strike. abc 7 news is live tonight with team coverage and let's begin with you, heather and talks still underway. >> yes. they are. we just saw carter into the doors we haven't seen him before now. otherwise little traffic. and that is another question entirely. >> is at 11:00 tote today with chief negotiator from bart not arriving until 1:45 after a closed door meeting. he's been in the union site with absences and refusal to

move. it's a job for both skpidz he is just representing interests. getting employees to contribute into pensions is one of those interests where unions will have toughest filts. >> most every fortune 500 company in the united states has gotten rid of the defined benefits plans. the only place you find them is public sector. you've got to think of a lot of different parties. not just one group you're thinking about. >> we've pleaded with the board today. and asked for help in changing the direction a little bit. we need to get dialogue going. >> we have heard quite a bit from the unions here on the sidewalk but nothing today. i did see evidence of work

getting done today. a negotiateor came out with a pack of paper work and told me he had to go find a copier. waits a 16-page offer no word how late they will go tonight tonight or what time they will start tomorrow. >> a lot of work to do, thank you very much. bart general manager homding out hope that say contract will be in place by the commute. say prog gres is being made on negotiations. but insists agency can't give into the union demands for higher wages and keeping benefits. >> bay area has fwhn a recession in the past. we're starting to come out of it slowly. and they thought would it makeup for the past four years, it's just not done. >> saying agency needs to balance costs with ongoing fro

jekts they must pay for like protecting a fleet of aging train cars saying train operators willing not be hired if workers walk off the job. >> union leaders want bart board members to get more involved and they made that plea today in a special meeting in oakland this morning then directors disappeared behind closed doors. nick smith joins us live from berkly. nick? >> you know a possible strike is only days away. today board members met face-to-face. both sides tell meeg they hope an agreement can be reached within the next two days. >> if you want us to bargain you have to cooperate. we cannot bargain with our self autos this morning the bart board got an earful from frustrated commuters and union representatives pushing for an agreement. >> we do not want a disruption

of service. and hope you do not. >> a looming deadline means bart is closer to uting brakes on service, leaving thousands without a way to get around. >> i hope they get settled soon. i'm starting a new job. i need bart badly. i work in the city. i've got to go to work. >> they issued a notice sunday at midnight. the board held a closed door session to talk about the looming crisis. the first time all board members met since june. >> the boards suggest am excited we want to get this done this weekend. >> we haven't been able to snare a group setting our experience to see if we can make this work. >> closed door session gave an

opportunity to provide how to move forward they shared nothing of what was said with us. >> these are safety issues. >> with the deadline looming, both sides are under pressure to make a deal. >> a lot of people are dreading possibility of a strike. we want to show you a hur vai that a public policy group. only 30% say they pup sort -- support a bart strike. 70% are against it. 30% disagree with, 17% not sure. 41% say if money is available bart should invest more in worker compensation. 49% disagree with that idea. 11% don't know.

interesting. you can see the rest of the results on abc 7 news.com. >> governor brown could step in to appoint a strike by appointing apxzñ special board. the commission would have seven days to issue a report, bart workers would be prohibited from striking. the governor told abc 7 news would it have no comment on whether brown is considering appointing such a board. the labor secretary met with mayor ed lee. >> we have seen negative impacts that a strike has. >> we do not need yet another bart strike. this is a great hardship for the people in the bay area for everybody works here, lives here, travels here. >> the mayor says a strike costs $70 million a day in

lost productivity. >> in case there is a strike some carpoolers will get a little kickback for helping commuters offering $5 gift cards to peep's coffee and tea to snin who picks up riders in san francisco. ftc says sit to make it easy they'll use twitter to connect drivers and passenger autos twitter users can use that hash tag casual carpool to let the world know where dreefrs are needed or where paempks are needed. >> to get cards you'd need to pick up passengers in two locations in the evening if the strike happens. >> other public transit agencies gearing up for th5qmvq possibility of a strike. cal train said it may add additional services trains and crew availability permit.

ac transit plans to add buses but doesn't yet know how many. and bart still plans to round up 95 charter buses to shuttle passengers from these five east bay locations with the possible addiction of concord. >> and we>]%d have put togethea list of resources four on abc 7 news.com. you'll find alternative transit options and realtime traffic maps and you can down load exclusive abc 7 news waze traffic app follow us on twitter for updates. anchors eric thomas and traffic reporters will keep an eye on the morning commute for you. all start agent 4:00 a.m. on the abc 7 morning news. and one more note. we're going to take a look at technology now available to let you perhaps skip the commute a redwood city man convicted of killing a poodle

has been sentenced to three years probation admitting hitting the toy poodle with a brick last march saying he was tired of the dog coming on to his property. the poodle had to be euthanized. >> the u.s. supreme court ordered california to release thousands of state inmates because prisons are overcrowded. the governor has been fighting to stop it but has run out of options. plenty of people have serious concerns. >> despite pleas that the prison population can not be reduced with outleting out dangerous felons u.s. supreme court refused to stop it's release order to ease overcrowding. the ruling in a decades old case is a victory for inmates claiming the health care behind bars fails to meet constitutional standards causing needless suffer and death. >> overcrowding stands in the

way of an effective remedy for problem that's plague california. >> california has already reduced it's population in prisons by 46,000 but courts said that is not enough. the state needs to shave another 10,000 in less than ve months. governor brown is out of legal mç7 of court charges if he doesn't comply by the end of the year. the corrections department confirms preparation has begun to meet reduction. 30 from womens prison have been identified eligible for medical parole with more than 800 men throughout the system. contracts have been extended and sentences recalculated for those with completion of program thooz is insane. >> crime rates are still at lows, the numbers were up for

2012. >> unfortunately, they have already shifted those they consider low right after this tok counties now all that is left are serious, violent criminals. >> the legislature has until mid september to pass laws or approve funding that enables the state to further cut the population. >> still head here tonight a warning from the state department to anyone planning a trip overseas. travelers at sfo may be taking a big risk. >> evidence against two men accused of keeping a sex slave one of them reportedly confessed. >> i'll let you know if this will keep us in a cooler than normal mode or if there is heat coming up

tonight the state department issued a travel alert. u.s. citizens traveling abroad are being warned for phone shall for a terrorist attack. more on the warning and things you can do to minimize the risk. the barn warning says that u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be aware of surroundings and adopt appropriate safety measures to protect them selfs when traveling. ranna heard about the alert.

>> on the way i was telling my husband there is an alert. >> her 16-year-old son is on a flight for a tournament. aweddel is not concerned. >> well, you know, i'm not a great deal unless it's impinges upon my travel plans. >> but it's not? >> no. no. >> liam heading back to india. >> i deal with terrorism threats every day. there. >> the alert is world wide with particular emphasis on the middle east and north africa noting tourist sites, public transit systdy

>> i would say if you don't have urgent business in that part of the world you shouldn't go. >> he says temporary closing of 20 embassies over the weekend is a sign that the u.s. has picked up on what it believes to be a credible threat. >> it has to be fairly specific. sources and phone calls are probably well known. my question is will an attack occur in the middle east? >> saying before the september 11th attacks there was chatter about an attack in turkey then, al yaed is perfectly capable of creating a diversion. >> almost air year after the richmond fire the city of i richmond filed suit against chef rochblt a pipe burst causing an explosion and fire n a lawsuit city leaders say it resulted from years of neglect and indifference to safety. city leaders say litigation is meant to-to-hold the oil giant

account ybl. >> just not about money. money is something the city has coming to us. the focus is creating a healthy, safe atmosphere. >> the suit cites 14 other incidents since 1989. chevron would not respond but in this statement says the city meritless law surt is a waste of resources and yet another example of failed leadership. >> a's will have to jump through more legal hd hurdles tonight if they want to build a ballpark in san jose. these are pictures of what it might look like claiming a deal to sell land is below market rates and illegal. the a's waiting for major league baseball to give permission to make this move. >> we enjoyed a lovely day around the bay.

a tad bit cooler. >> yes. we'll keep it cooler than normal. warmer today, areas came up. we're going to show you live doppler 7 hd. some fog along the coast. temperatures upper 50s up to 90 degrees in antioch. check out the view now from our camera. you can see the marine layer now. san francisco, 61 degrees marine layer about 1400 feet deep. not going very deep inland. you can see low clouds out there towards west. santa rosa 81. 70s in napa. novato, 75 degrees holding on to warmth. concord ix 83 degrees. from our camera we're going to

give you a perspective looking back towards san francisco. a cooling trend starts sunday running throughout the middle of the week. so as if is not cool enough compared to normal. steady flow continue was this cool pocket of air here, heat stay as way. and we haven't been seeing hot weather lately. this cool air mass will just linger over us. into middle of the week no sign of the summer heat. there tomorrow morning if you have early plans cloud cover near coast and will start out kind of cool. for afternoon you'll be able to shed layers.

81 los gatos. 78 san jose. 80 degrees in gilroy. peninsula, blue skies. some lingering low clouds into afternoon. 65 downtown and nice looking day in santa rosa. have you to get up towards clear lake to get low 90 as above marine layer. in the east bay,rnj1 still pleasant. 75 oakland. good looking weather. 76 castro valley. 88 in antioch. accu-weather forecast, little dip in temperatures for your sunday. cooler into tuesday and wednesday only low 80s inloaned yes. >> that is different.

>> yes. >> thanks. >> coming up next a progress report for new bay bridge. >> testing under twi see how well it

bay bridge officials started putting new pieces of the span under the microscope, today crews started testing steel anchor rods.

in may an oler set broke when tightened potentially delaying the opening date. crews now making steel saddles to fix the problem. newer rods undergoing tests to find out what will happen to them decades from now. >> we want to make sure people understand that we take safety seriously. >> so far caltrans has not found any additional problems and do not expect additional delays. >> tonight money matters a big disappointment for chevron despite oil prices at $100 a barrel quarterly profits down to $5.3 billion more than google or general electric. justice department and 33 states offered a plan to let

apple off the hook for allegedly kol you'ding with e book publishers wanting apple to sign new contracts that encourage pet better price competition. u.s. employers added 162,000 people to payrolls last month.  the rate fell to a 4.5 year low. and facebook stock hit a milestone today closing for the first time higher than when it went public. heading in the right direction. >> yes up next latest on the barlt strike and technology that can allow you to skip the commute next week and beyond. >> also a man report lid admits his role in holding a teen-aged raun way as a sex sflaif a pot farm. >> what a difference a decade 2004 can make. old freeway and building boom

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good evening we'll begin with latest on the ongoing bart negotiations. both sides back at the bargaining table. talks resumed this afternoon but there is no deal on wages health benefits and pensions. bart general manager and union leaders are hopeful they'll be able to reach an agreement on points as talks continue throughout the weekend. workers may walk off the job if an agreement is not in place by sunday night. now, abc 7 news morning news will go on early monday at 4:00 a.m. strike or not to bring you latest developments. >> this sm thought impossible to go to work but figured out where to go to get the job done. >> the city wants to help those by making main libraries accessible. >> we have free wi-fi access

all normal, open hours so that is a s.available. so we'll have that space in addition to this. >> it will be open monday and tuesday from 8:00 in the morning. during the last strike co-working spaces became popular. drew says if he can't get on bart he'll stay in the east bay. >> with a strike boy stay there. >> monday, will drop it's drop in fee if there is a strike during the last strike owe% of the employees were not able to make it to the office. it's a virtual white board company using a program called go to meeting able to work on

projects by staying connected. >> a week is doable. 20% are used to being here. >> there are other options for smaller operations. cisco has the basic app connecting using any device. >> we have a free offering where we can meet with up to three people for as lng as you want to. >> he says there are more workers surfacing every day strike or no strike it's how it is evolving. >> the library said it, too, will offer free work space and i've eye next week. >> there has been a tragic death in san jose tonight. a toddler drowned. it turns out it happened after the baby-sitter fell asleep we now know. the 2-year-old wandered into his neighbor's yard in the evergreen area and fell into the swimming pool. the panicked sitter called

police. when he woke up and could not find the boy. police found the child, tried to resuscitate him but to no avail. >> two men pleaded not guilty today to holding a teen-aged run away as a sex slave on a lake county marijuana farm. the two men appeared in shackles this morning in court in san francisco. investigators claim they assaulted a 15-year-old girl and locked her up in this four-foot box n addition to a thousandk9cfñ pot plants numberf assault weapons and body armor investigators found equipment used for bondage and a human torture rack. a hayward man facing charges. the video here was taken just moments after firefighters arrived on the scene provided to abc 7 news by the fire department destroying the car

port and six vehicles. investigators say the suspect may have been siphonning gas from one car when he lit a cigarette treated at the scene after telling abc 7 news he was punched by a neighbor accusing him of starting the fire. >> remember the embarcadero freeway? officially interstate 480. a double decker highway south of market neighborhood but along water front. it's been 22 years since torn down after the quake. the freeway rubble is long gone replaced with sky scrapers these days but the building boom snot over. taking a look at how the city skyline is still changing. >> south of market neighborhood you'll see a whirl wind of construction. >> this is going to be the biggest change to the skyline since i think mid-80s.

>> he says san francisco about to burst with development. most centers around this site. and looks like just a big hole in the ground right now. trance bay terminal will be the grand central station of the west linking high speed rail, cal train and eight bus lines from around the bay area under one roof. a four-block long public park will drop it off. this animation shows what the center will look like when it's completed in 2017. >> idea to make transit more accessible, available. >> in 1980s san francisco saw a backlash against high-density projects. critics worried the new high rises would threaten and lead

to manhattan drs ization of the city. but since 1980s demographics shifted and so has public opinion. next to the terminal developers will build a center piece. the transbay tower rising more than 1,000 feet making it tall qleft, most-visible building in the city. >> development is starting to move forward we've got four buildings under construction or about to be. >> nearly two dozen projects have been approved between second street and the bay. these renderings so some projects under construction or about to break ground. it includes 655 luxury condominiums at maine and folsom streets. construction started last month. they'll go on sale next june.

>> putting housing and jobs together where people can ant yacht and have that interaction is what people crave. >> well, from building forts to playing guitars grad students making it fun to learn. >> find out how invengs could change how w

the student you're about to meet spent time learning about learning. >> now faced way thesis like no torj build a product designed to change education. >> a look at what they came up with at the technology expo. >> a room milling with people, one man is playing guitar. nobody can hear him. his computer can. and it's says he needs practice. >> we analyze they're playing correctly and determine feed back. it's like guitar hero but with a fit rar and on the computer, free. >> this student's app is his final project for a master's in learning design and technology.

he's presenting it with a host of other bright minds. >> start. and end the program. >> megan's team wrote a program where you write arranging block autos kids can get exposed to programming but using tangible oblts. >> these students put together mazing things that have something to do with learning but in different ways. >> all teams have gotten past the eye of their professors now, a chance to present to the public an audience over 150 people. and a lot of students. >> real users give us feed back if it's working or not that, is the rewarding part, i think. >> that was key for dads to build thing was daughters. >> we found they wanted to spend time with daughters but had no idea how to. >> not just for bonding

teaching girls engineering is creative. >> wanted to design where a daughter can also teach the dad, creating art together. >> you're never too old toez learn. >> it brings them together with question autos facilitating connection. >> in this is connections for the students as they go on to change the face of education. at stanford jonathan bloom abc 7 news. >> that is pretty cool. >>

what goes better on a summer day than a slushy? >> how about those gadget that's let you make them at home? michael finney is here now with result autos we knew.

as a matter of fact in this test kitchen, that you didn't know we had one, we went looking for cooling technology and boy did we find it. we want a street treet that will cool us down. we checked out the jelly belly electric ice shaver and slushy magic. starting with the jelly belly ice shaver. our testers kelly finney and arianna sylvester. >> just push down. it makes ice. >> look at that thing go. once ice is made, you top it with syrup like at the board walk we give it a taste test. listen to crunchy. >> good. >> it tastes like a fair. >> both like the jelly belly. slushy magic says on the box

no mess, and announces it on commercials, too. that was not our experience. >> should goi? >> yes. >> okay. >> okay. okay! >> so we were warned to allow air to escape with a carbonated drink. here is how slushy magic works you freeze reusable ice cubes, put them in and shake. we started with a couple carbonated drinks then tried juice. >> we get slushy but not much. >> made it really cold and when you first take it out when first take cubes out it's a little slushy but not as much as you'd expect when you're buying one. >> yeah. >> now others have more slushy

action than us. but here is a problem that is hard to overcome. after taking out freezer cubes there isn't as much as you might think. >> it's half as we put in there. >> so we contacted to ask if this was operator error or what. we have not yet heard back. >> that is sun. >> thank you. >> sky 7 live over a shooting scene. you can see large response. >> we're going to bring you more tonight at 9:00 and 11:00 you can follow us on twitter on abc 7 news bay area or breaking news updates. >> spencer christian is off.

>> it's cooler but nice out. >> it s but pleasant. we'll continue with the prend for the trend. just a little bit of fog hanging around near the coast. tomorrow afternoon similar temperatures this, will be warmest areas. 85 livermore. 72 oaklandx. 65 in san tlan. forecast, cooler sunday, in the cooling mode tuesday, wednesday, low 80s inland upper 50s coast numbers coming up thursday, friday. >> thank you very much. >> take a look at who is going to be host academy awards next year. ellen degeneres. it's her second shot.

she reacted saying third time is the charm. >> great choice. >> yes. >> let's talk about sports. >> yes. good start for little leaguers trying to make to it williams port. kids from belmont

good evening, philadelphia eagles have a full-blown crisis there is no play book for this one. riley coopers left the team after a cell phone clip went viral with coopereling the "n" word at a kenny chesnee concert. he apologized then was fined. ñey the team openly shun him. it's the talk of the nfl now and today, raiders head coach was asked about the situation. >> we haven't addressed it. it's a situation you that don't want anything to be devicive in the locker room. we understand that we've got a group of young men from

different back grounds we've got to respect all different back grounds whether race, religion, whatever the case may be. >> everybody thought it crazy and when al davis picked jan ks kowski. he will be around four more yearsñita. believed to be four years just under $19 million. the 35-year-old hit on an amazing 42 field goals 50 yards or longer and tied record with a 63-yarder against broncos. raiders open at home against cowboys. this point match play seems to have a firm grasp after?ir&ç backing up in green bay then losing out to seattle flynn enters the season motivated. >> i don't like to talk about shifts on the shoulder and anything like that.

but i just say, you know, i'm excite that had i get an opportunity to go out there to prove people wrong. >> looked like giants coming to tampa. the deal fell through. they built at and t park bruce bocci has been crying. brandon fell back in the line up making his presence felt off of chris archer that is where they are now in the 8th inning. a's hosting texas tonight.

belmont in the board on the third part of a three-run inning for them. complete game shut out. belmont cruises in their first game in so cal playing hawaii sunday morning. tiger woods needed this effort with the british open. started the day two back on a roll after a birdie makes eagle on two. he birdied on the back nine had a chance at a magical record highing 59. a course record nine under 61. >> i'm very, very happy i was able to post that z i just

thinking whatever lead i had i just increasing this lead. abc 7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> we'll see. he might have momentum. 5 me on cable channel p 13. the source of a stomach bug outbreak. fda traces to it a mexico farm with a california connection. >> then, can they do it? bart and unions talking right now. we'll be back with the impact if they fail. >> and stay with us for shank tank, what would you do, then 2020. >> that does it for are this edition of abc 7 news, thanks for joining us. >> from all of us here, we

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