>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> happening now, a public hearing on bart's contract negotiations. these are live pictures from inside the meeting as the board of inquiry investigates the heated labor dispute between bart and the unions. >> good morning, there is a full house inside the hearing room in oakland to hear both sides in the bart dispute explain themselves and the public get as chance to sound off. kira? >> goodgood morning, just momens ago a reporter is inside the

panel hearing right now let me know that bart is presenting its case. once this information is presented to the panel it will be public information. wart notified this panel that they are offering a 9 percent pay increase over four years. the disparity is that the unions want a 20.5 percent increase over four years. that is the latest information we have from inside the panel right now. just to explain this panel was appointed by governor brown. they have a week to present their findings to governor brown. what actions led up to this point? why we have already gone through one strike and we are facing another? the seven daytime line started on sunday when the governor stepped in to block a strike. the board technically has until sunday to present the findings but the governor wants their report by friday. he has to go to a junk to

declare a 60-day cooling off period prohibiting bart workers from striking. you can imagine the sides are divided on what they want to happen tomorrow. >> they want to hear how the strike impacts the bay area not just the economy but safety. they want us to show it will impact the safety the bay area if there is another strike. is all about a cooling off period that allows for the trains to continue to run for the next 60 days while we negotiate. >> our hope is the board of inquiry will determine what we know to be true: this contract can be resolved. the negotiations should have been resolved june 30. there was no need to intervene. the district was slow and unking to bargain fully and fairly so here we we are. >> there could be a 60 day cooling off period by friday and bart management wants that and the unions do not.

the leaders have not held talk sin the governor stepped in hours before the contract expired. they will return to the bargaining table tomorrow they say, but if the panels ends early today they could resume negotiations by in afternoon. reporting live in oakland for abc7 news. >> here is information about the three people appointed by governor brown to investigate the contract dispute: investigative board chairman has been senior advisor to the governor since 2011and director of the alcoholic beverage control. and the san francisco director of human resources of san francisco used to be a state mediator or labor mediator and was a union representative at the service employees possible union from 1982 to 1994. and president emeritus of the safe building and construction trades council of california was a commissioner at the california

transportation commission from 2002 to 2006 and has a long union history with the international brotherhood of electrical workers and the orange county building trades council. >> we streaming this hearing live on our website at abc7news.com. you can tune in tonight for a complete coverage of the hearing on abc7 news at 4, 5, and. >> commuters who ride the bus are relieved to stick to their regular teams. a feared strike was called off before midnight as the transit agency and the unions reach a contract deal. our thursday reporter reports. >> normal never looked so good for 180,000 who ride the transit each weekday. the buses arrived on time at the temporary trances bay terminal in san francisco. >> i thought i would have to drive in, traffic, late, money. >> problem? >> a problem. >> the bus drivers if they are

on strike, we all have problems. >> union officials and a.c. transit management made a deal at 11:00 last night, an hour before the strike dead line. the agreement gives 1,800 bus drivers, mechanics and clerical workers 9.5 percent over three years but they will have to contribute to their medical benefits. >> very good news. everyone is happy. passengers. i am happy. i am happy to be at work. >> a deal was made without a strike keeping their morning routine intact and hopes this send as message to part and -- to bart management and management. >> i hope bart takes note. >> we want to be at work and do the right thing. >> union members still have to approve the deal and are expected to vote later this month.

>> a developing news in the east bay where a one-year-old baby boy and his father are dead after an early morning shooting in oakland. the family says that the shooting victims are 20-year-old andrew thomas and his son, drew, the two are from fresno. the shooting happened near east oakland at 2:45 this morning and police say someone fired through the rear of the house, hitting the father and son in a bedroom. 9 boy died at hospital and his father died at the scene. >> we cannot confirm if it was targeted but what we can share is we know the suspect enters the yard and went to the rear of the residence and shot through the residence striking the father who is 20 years old and a one-year-old little boy. >> when police have a description of shooter or shooters they will release it and they are asking for witnesses to come forward. >> in antioch, investigators are trying to determine the cause of a house fire that sent one

person to the hospital. it broke out after 10:30 last night weapon firefighters got there the garage was fully engulfed and was spreading to the home. a man was working on his car in the garage and was taken to the hospital with leg buns. throw kids and a woman were asleep in the home and they get out safely. >> san francisco officials will hold a gun guy back event in the mission district. they hope getting guns off the streets will reduce the potential for violence in the neighborhood. guns and working conditions can be turned in for $100 with no questions and assault rifles exchanged for $200. the exchange will be held tomorrow at 22nd from 6:00 to 8:00. >> right now recycling workers are protesting what they say is a rat infestation in their workplace. waste management employees in san lenadro say they are coming in close contact with rodents each day. they say at least one employee habitten by a rat and they have

notified osha and workers have gathered in oakland with a rally, the second protest in a week. >> the f.b.i. is asking for the public's help catching problem we whose targeted five bangs in san francisco and on the if peninsula in four months. the f.b.i. calls them the high jumper bandits after they are shown jump over the top of bank counters, usually with thick jackets and hoodies and are increasingly violent pointing guns at tellers and recently they pistol-whipped a teller. >> powerball fever is heating up at $425 million and growing. many do not buy tickets until the pay off is big and the $425 million prize is the third large of the jackpot in the history of the multistate lottery game that is $244 million if the winner

chooses to lump sum it. the pot for saturday if no one wins rolls into world-record territory. the last person to win big was a florida woman back in may who now is $590 million richer. >> did you put your money in the office pool? >> of course. >> hear from a woman held captive at the house of horrors which was torn down today. >> scene from the cold war, tension is building between the united states

>> happening now, cleveland's house of horrors has been demolished. cruise cleaning up debris at the thews belonged to 53-year-old ariel castro. three women were imprisoned inside for 10 years. one victim released balloons to signal the start of the demolition. she looks forward to moving on and being a motivation am speaker. >> i feel liberated that people think of me as a hero and role model and i would love to continue being that. >> castro was sentenced it live in prison plus 1,000 years after pleading guilty to hundreds of kidnapping and rape charges. all the materials will be shredded so nothing is ends up for sale on land. the contractor is doing it for

free. >> former president george w. bush is out of the hospital after a heart procedure. doctors released the 67-year-old this morning after inserting a stent to clear a clogged artery yesterday discovered during a routine physical. hospital officials say the 43rd president is doing great at home and the younger bush plans to resume his normal schedule tomorrow. >> new this morning, president obama canceled a planned meeting with russian president putin in now next month. tensions have escalated between the two countries over russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to edward snowden the man who leaked classified n.s.a. documents. the white house says that president obama still plans to attend the group of 20 economic countries, world economic leaders but does not have plans it meet with putin one-on-one. >> now, to an abc7 news exclusive, the only survivor of the arizona wildfire that killed 19 firefighters in june is speaking out for the first time. the 21-year-old was seven as a lookout for the hot shot team.

at first he said the fire northwest of phoenix seemed like nothing out of the ordinary but the winds that were driving the fire away from the hot shots, shifted dramatickedly and started moving toward the seem. he asked himself a million times the same questions. >> why am i sitting here? why isn't someone else? why aren't they with he? >> do you think yourself as a hero. >> i look at a hero as someone who who laid their life down. >> he says the only reason he survived the wildfire is because his captain assigned him as the lookout that day. >> meteorologist mike nicco is on the roof with the forecast. mike? >> good morning, from the abc7 news broadcast. we are on the roof with breaks in the cloud cover over san francisco and blue showing through but off in the department, there is still drizzle around berkeley and oakland. i will tell you when the wet pattern is going to leave and when we will get to the summer

in the forecast. >> thank you, mike. coming up, yahoo is ready for a change, a major change, something that it hasn't done in 20

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>> yahoo released a video to announce it is changing the purple logo of the last two decades with a variety of new looks the next 30 years. september 4, the favorite will be revealed. here is the logo you will find on the home page today. they decided to pick a new logo because they are evolving. >> and facebook says if you don't have interesting content, or else, with boring content pushed to the bottom of the payments. it could be a nuisance for private users but a business killer for advertisers. they is to create super interesting facebook pages in hopes they go viral or pay to run ads to be seen. >> who decides blue interesting? >> based on how many interactions they get.

>> speaking of on top, mike nicco is on the roof. >> up on the roof enjoying the refreshingly cool air coming off the ocean. what i notice as i look on the embarcadero everyone is wearing a sweatshirt, long sleeves, jeans, not summer weather as i look at the exploritorium and people, whether they are walking to the america's cup, all dressed for cooler-than-average weather. >> we have been tracking drizzle for the better part of the morning and most prevalent in the higher elevations and the east bay hills and at the coast, at half moon bay, there has been measurable drizzle. when i came to work this morning there were slick streets and highways and interstate and that is the case the next couple of mornings. the low to the north is punching the sea breeze all the way into the foothills of the sierra so we have a slow go again of the

sunshine and we. -- we will start to see more blue spots. temperatures mainly in the low-to-mid 60's in the bay and 69 at antioch for a warm spot and los gatos at 74. half moon bay is still at 59 degrees. in san francisco, though, 62. from from sutro tower, you can see they are letting go of the drizzle soul get a drop or two. the big forecast highlight for dead and tomorrow and friday, highs are short of average, with more drizzle and wet road in the morning for the commute and then brighter and more comfortable if the weekend if do you not like this cool weather. you can see the breaks developing from emeryville back to san francisco. the bay is not too choppy today. no small craft advisory. four degrees cooler-than-average

in san francisco and livermore, all in the 60's and 70's and we should be in the 70's and 80's. antioch is 80 today. a lot of 70's inland but mostly stuck in the 60's around the bay. at the game, italian heritage night at at&t park, brewers three our games another 7:15 start and dropping down to 5. the temperatures are in the 50's again, with drizzle and a lot of areas. we watching this area of low pressure moving to the north and so you see all the storms to the north and the moisture will be around and cause thunderstorms to our north and to our east. so, high fire danger is headed that way. this will keep the weather status quo on thursday and the transition friday afternoon to slightly warmer and dry weather and we are back to average by the end of the weekend and we keep that going until monday and tuesday. another cool day, watch out for the drizzle the next couple of

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swim across lake st. clair near the michigan and canada border to raise money for habitat for humanity that building housing for needy families. he did it while dragging two small boats, carrying more than 300 bricks, more than a ton. he in the he would finish in 30 hours but it actually took more than 50, so, as of this, he has to to. with the boat. >> he is methodical. he difficulty. perseverance. >> next on abc7 news, a couple of guys who are new to the rap game. >> can you recognize these two famous brothers? they may not want to give up their day jobs yet. ♪

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