engineer and that process began over the weekend ask concluded this afternoon but the debate continues. >> this e mail is about a year later after a leak was found. >> where is the test to confirm the test? >> remissioned a report after the employee e mail was sent that. alert report outlined in addition to high pressure test was operating safely. >> how they can claim it's safe if they don't know what they have in the ground? >> this field is safe, and the homes and residents. the utility rerouted gas using other main lines and says service will not be disrupted. >> did you assume it's safe? >> absolutely. >> do you still think it's snaf. >> i don't know.

>> nothing would make pg&e happier. >> investigators are not closer to figuring out what caused this fire last night that quickly spread but did not destroy buildings. investigators say they may never know the cause of the fire. >> well a small brush fire threw out a lot of smoke in san francisco presidio area today. the fire spread to gas in the presidio. we're live with the story. jonathan? >> well, there were tense moms today, people gathered where i'm standing to watch a fire going on over that hill there. you can see there is a tiny wisp of smoke still smoldering.

the flames spread quickly on the hill. firefighters struggled. >> these guys are heroic. it looks hot and slippery. >> the thick smoke through onlooker autos i've never seen a fire here. >> firefighters believed the flames started near this concrete enclave full of graffiti. >> old gun battery from world war ii. the grass caught on fire. >> took firefighters half an thundershower bring flames under control in spite of the tough land skpaip a hose run this is national parkland and investigators found clothes and bedding stashed away. >> possibly homeless encampment. >> police detained a man for questioning. neighbors say they're happy the smoke wasn't from something bigger. >> took me back when the east

bay hills were on fire. >> it will be up to them to decide if they file criminal charges. >> a group of surfers came to the rescue of a man in humbolt county. it happened yesterday. the sark suddenly bit his upper left side. and the damage is contained. we do, can tell you the man was able to paddle to shallow waters. another surfer wrep wraped him until the emergency workers arrived. another surfer survived an attack that area last year. >> some breaking news. the transit agency faces a threat of a strike friday.

we are live in oakland with the latest on this. >> we're here with major union that's just walked to the podium here we're going to go back to them and hear what they have to say. they have been talking all day but we're expecting -- to make this announcement about the notice for a strike. >> good afternoon, laijs of the press. my name is antoionette bryant. the business agent of atu local 1555. we will be reading a statement. we will not be taking questions, thank you. thanks for joining us today. as you know we have been engaged in discussion with

mediators. the mediator issued a gag order ochbl we do want to take the opportunity to share with you perspective on the state of play in negotiations. we listen to the public ask share concern. it needs to be made clear unions do not want a strike. we do not want a strike and don't dmoth want the disruption of service. and that is why we're not giving a 72 hour notice at this time we want to leave opportunities open to try to get this deal done. we're keeping all options on the taenl. -- table. at this point doing everything possible to avoid a strike unions moved three times. the district has not moved. if this was a score in baseball playoffs it would be a's three tigers zero. you know who is three and zero. if there is a disruption of service it would be for one reason.

our bart leadership has not shown leadership. now our country being held hostage by a group in washington, d.c. here in the bay area public being held hostage by a small group of bart leadership refusing to show leadership. there is a failure. the board of directors holding bay area hostage them. have seen the process on the side lines not taking property action. we dmot want to strike. we understand the disruption. we understand impact of everybody in the bay area and want to clear we're not intending to do that. we want a deal. thank you. we have all options on the table. thank you. >> some very encouraging news right now. we had to cut away right now we had plob lems there but no

72 hour strike noots negotiations will continue. there is no strike notice at this moment. two more days are scheduled until thursday. but again no, strike flts issued just now. >> if fl is a strike anthony joins with us a look at the decoration autos if there is a strike bart will bring in more buses. it is october and there are more cars on the road, about 10% more than in july. all in all, transit official as agree that chances of a disruption are high. bring on bus was possibility

of another strike bart planning to charter more than double of number of buses during last strike in july. >> with signed contracts to have service into san francisco during peak of the commute. >> 200 buses commuters. last time ac transit picked up slack but now unions rejected a second contract proposal there is a possibility day two could strike. >> prospect of an ac transit strike is serious. prospect of a bart strike is very serious. but the two together and it's terrible. >> the san francisco bay ferry service will be trying to fill in the gaps by adding more boats this time.

and packing them to capacity. >> this time those 12 include two boats on lone loon from the golden gate ferry so. increased quite a bit. >> and bart has 12 managers across the bay. others have been trained but would need more hands on experience after a strike is called to be fully prepared to jump into the driver's seat. >> and stay with us for talks on the bart talks. you can find traffic conditions that is not the right picture but i do want to el you you can find realtime traffic conditions through our abc 7 news waze traffic

>> two bay area professors won top prizes in medicine. honored for cracking the puzzle of how cells transport molecules needed to >> i didn't this would happen and it is the most wonderful professional recognition very skpefd will ever received. >> a lot of congrd layings around the world. >> yes. we'd like to add ours to that. matt? its not every day you're excited to get a phone call waking you up in the middle of the night but for this professor it's one he's been waiting for. >> my reaction is oh, my god.

my heart was race oogt committee made it official in sweden. aoo decided to award it jointly. >> checkman with stanford professor and yale professor honored for their work solving how cell organizes transport system. the research helps in the study of newer logical disorders as well as diabetes. the work led to other discoveries. >> i never worked on myself but happy to have contributed in some small way to making that possible so. this is a value of basic science. >> he is the 23rd faculty

member to win a mob yez yell prize. his wife took the call from the committee. her husband wanted to make sure someone wasn't having fun at his expense he said he couldn't believe it. and wanted to see if it's real or someone pulling a prank. i told him, it's real. >> the three professors will be also splitting $1.3 million. >> very real. tomorrow we're going to find out who won the prize in physics, after that, chemistry. economic on thursday. winner of the nobel prize on tri fry coming up succeeding where the beatles failed. continuing to take on apple. >> how you can fly free next spring.

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a warn being about chicken possibly contaminated with salmonella. the getting warnings has been tricky. the raw ficken being sold by foster farms produced in california. >> and i'll pick this up, so far 278 people have been sickened mostly in this state. package was following serial numbers, you nid to know. those are the numbers right, we don't have them on the clean. those gorg to be on our win site for you just look under see it on tv. now, abc news has been trying

to get more information regarding where it was somd and when but usda operating with a reduced staff so says workers are on furl crow and we don't have idea when that furlough will end. >> right. this continues. >> well, a two-year drug investigation ended with deputies seizing 29 pounds of crystal meth. the sheriff's department says the drugs have a value of $1.5 million. >> now, looking for a 22-year-old from san jose. and with anyone with information to contact the sheriff's office need lie here are some of the company that's will be represented at the job journal hire event taking place at hilton guard oninn

between noon and 4:00. >> do you have a clunker is in the bay area air quality district has $7 million to getd those pollution cars off the road. here are the requirements your car has to be a 1994 model or older and registered in the bay skpaer driveable condition and has to pass a smog check. those who qualify can get $1,000 we have more information on our web site. >> who doesn't like getting something free? >> michael finney is here. how do you manage this? >> yes. how would you be like to fly free on spring break? it's possible. how? planning to get bumped from overbooked flights. those who are bump skpofd get comp stated with free flights ford says now is the time to act.

>> thanksgiving is a golden opportunity for a free ticket. family of four you? want to go to orlando is in the spring? fly on tuesday. take tuesday or wednesday on thanksgiving. flights are full. >> the wen site offers advice for cheap travel. very a link on our web site if you want to check it out. >> for those tallly paying for travel there is some good husband news. the average price of gasoline dropped 14 cents over two weeks. highest price is right here, baby. in the bay area, woo hoorks we win again. have you shopped for homeowner's insurance? or do you keep reup something it's worth checking prices.

bajs rate.com found prices were all over the map finding policies charging double was not uncommon. and paying more was easy to do. >> thank you michael. >> fum one in our weather, sandhya patel. >> it's chamber of commerce weather here. but today i ran into a viewer saying where is this weather going to end? and i can pull out cute sweaters. really? >> yes. >> starting wednesday. that is what i say to viewers she wants to know when whether will change. it has been a beautiful day.

areas into 70s and 80s. we have a few of those. one thing you might have noticed is wind has come in. and this started cooling spots. so it was a warm day. east bay hills camera you can see temperatures now 65 in san francisco. still mild in san carlos, upper 70s to low 80s. you're getting ready to step out take a walk. it's going to be gorgeous here. you'll probably feel it there. clouds are harmless you'll be seeing snow before you know it. it's still pretty mild san

jess yeah enjoying sun with a light breeze here is a look at the highlights. cooler tomorrow, cooler pattern mid week and snow coming to seera nevada early. this is a cold front. cooler air will be with us into tomorrow and wednesday. starting to filter in. tonight breezy conditions. plenty of sun talking about snow levels down to around 6,000 feet. so thil this means snow possible down to lake level. two to five inches aof snow for the bay aerk it's going to be wintery weather here if the bay area. not bay area, excuse me, bay area cooler than average

temperatures. tomorrow morning cool start you'll have to grab that jacket then into afternoon make sure you have a second layer, temperatures will be a different compared to today. 65 half moon bay. breezy at times filtering our son. more cloud cover with temperatures inland only making it up to 74 degrees. temperatures mild throughout the weekend but below normal at this time of the year. going from 0 degrees to 20 degree as above average beach weather to dropping down. >> i was doing something and it was warm, into 80s. >> most of the bay area this weekend in 80s so it was very warm this weekend. >> so we can pull sweaters

out. >> thank you very much. >> coming up clearing the benches. >> tension at teesd playoff games. >> and and then at 6:00 helping you find the perfect halloween costume in a great price and spread goodwill. that is at 6:00.

a small cafe owner celebrating a win over apple. take a look at the local apple cafe. the owner filed an application, apple told her to withdraw it. after a fight, what do you think? apple last week withdrew objection autos well, oakland a's need only one more win to

clench alcs, division alds pardon me, title. first pitch was at 10:00 a.m. that had fans ordering more coffee. but there is still plenty of exciting news about chance autos every play is heart wrenching but i believe this year is going to be the year. >> after the raider game last night. >> one more game, tensions hit a boiling point. both benches clear afd a shouting match a's went on to win the game. >> wow. >> we love seeing your a's. check out a picture of

9-year-old kioni celebrating. you can e mail your pictures or post them our facebook page and you can tweet us. >> we want to see picks coming up next, the man believed to be oldest person in the nation just celebrated a birthday today in oakland. >> doesn't he look great?

to those who've been waiting welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage, and nobody can be denied because of a pre-existing condition. enroll today at coveredca.com. coming up at 6:00 a question causing a stir should san francisco close parks at night? why it won't be that unusual. also, government shut down, glowing impact on more bay area workers. plus an exclusive interview

with former governor davis. now 10 years since his recall. state of our state then and now. it's all coming up in a half hour. >> thank you very much. see you then. >> we know every day is someone's weather day but it's a rare treat to wish someone happy 115th birthday. >> amazing. we want to do that. andrew frank patch from oakland turned 115 years old today and he enjoyed cake at his party. >> good lunch there, imagine all he lived through, born in 1998. -- 1898. the year pepsi cola was invented. >> his daughter says he was her inspiration to found senior moments. >> happy birthday. >> that is wonderful. >> thanks for joining us.

i'm cheryl jenning autos from all of us here thanks for watching welcome to "world news." tonight terror takedown, a major al qaeda leader in u.s. hands after a daring mission. american special forces hit two terror targets halfway around the globe. collision course, the dramatic crash on the race track, the superstar driver and more than a dozen spectators injured. are fans getting too close to the action? unbreakable, our exclusive interview with malala who defied the taliban because she wanted to go to school. her impossible story of survival after she was shot, and the message she brings tonight for everyone about hope and staring down fear. >> i am malala. >> i am malala!