abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> the breaking news is great richmond where the discovery of a suspicious package forced evacuation of the federal building there, located at 12th near the richmond bart station. workers have been forced to wait outside while authorities investigate the package with wires. we have images of federal worker whose have been deemed "essential," working despite the government shut down.

this is video taken yesterday. we will continue to follow this for you and bring you developments when the information is available. >> our other top story, of course, bart is a welcome sight for commuters with trains rolling. is it only temporary? several agreements but this morning new players have entered the picture to move forward with a deal. >> bart top brass decision makers are now sitting down with union negotiators to avert a possible strike on monday morning. abc7 news reporter matt keller is in oakland. >> both sides are here. they are talking. a midnight sunday deadline looms. a strike could happen monday. bart's lead negotiators explains what the mood is like. >> i don't view it at contentious.

i don't view it as contentious, myself. they have been professional. we have been professional. no one is yelling or screaming if that is what you are assuming . >> union management and leaders have agreed, and bart negotiators say they were prepared to offer a new proposal yesterday but the unions said not to present it yet. the leaders said they believed it was the last best and final offer and had proposals on the table that needed to be negotiated. >> we did not refuse to take it. we wanted to talk about it and work on things we still had on the table. they were noting. they would not change it. we never did see it because that is unreasonably. that is not how you bargain. >> last best and final offer is a legal term. when we get to that, it will be

clear. >> you are not there? >> correct. >> bart had a contingency plan in place if today but canceled when the unions agreed to a contract extension through the weekend. a spokesman said they will be ready on monday just in case a strike happens. that is very limited bus service to nine east bay stations with capacity for 6,000 people of the both sides say the talks are moving forward. that is good. they are both hoping to avoid a strike. >> bart riders are able to get where they need to go today but monday could be a different story because the unions have issued the 72 hour strike notice. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is talking to bart riders if walnut creek. what is the reaction? >> custody a good news-bad news situation. some people were smiling but they had a furrowed brow. the moment no one was sure they would see opening up a lot of

happiness and relief. >> it is very good. i waited up until 11:00 to get the word from the news. >> although the bart trains are running today we found that the situation still created a loss in product it. >> i didn't sleep because i was waiting for the news to see what would happen with bart so by the time i did fall asleep it was 2:00 a.m. so i am late for work. >> most catching trains today said they cannot work for home and were not sure how they would get to work without bart. >> i was very relieved. very relieved. it is ridiculous they can strike considering we all depend on them. >> a city council member agrees and asked riders to sign a petition supporting the idea of a ban on transit worker strikes. >> i am supportive of collective bargaining trying to work it out but if they can't, the consequences should not fall on the riders. >> we heard a lot of support for the idea but heard concern of

taking this tool away from the labor unions. >> they deserve it. they need to have their say. i understand what they are coming from. >> politics and solutions aside, riders are united: worrying about next week. bart has given notice they could walk off the job on monday. >> monday is a holiday is i don't have to worry about that. i am worried about tuesday. >> he makes a good point. monday is columbus day. if they strike monday maybe it will not hurt quite is bad and it will be tuesday that will be painful but of course the hope is that we will not even get there and they will reach an agreement over the weekend. if there is a strike bart managers have been training to run some trains and the district is going to charter 200 buses and service will run from nine east bay bart stations in downtown san francisco and you can catch a because between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. and walnut creek

and west oakland and hayward and dublin and pleasanton and fremont stations and evening service back to the stations will be from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. you have to get around round trip ticket in the morning to watch the evening bus. a.c. transit will have additional and longer buses on the local and transbay line with bus stops located need bart stations will be moved outside the bart property lines. the san francisco-based area services land to have four ferries. usually they carry 6,000 passengers. that number jumped to 19,000 during the last bart strike in july. >> bart riders are relieved but many have strong feelings especially with a monday strike possible. here is our reporter with a sampling of what commuters want to say to bart management and the unions. >> no matter which side everyone has an opinion of the bart strike. we have been hearing from you over social media with the hashtag "dear bart." commuters continue to sound off

with their concerns. dear bart, unions and management: please, sit down, get together, work this out, don't hold us hostage. we have to go to work. you have to work. do it. >> dear bart, i support you and i believe you guys hud get what you citizen. you have not had a rise but i support you 100 percent. >> dear bart and the unions: i'm a commuter, i commute to san mateo and i commute from oakland and i need the train. it is important to me. if i don't have the train i don't get to work and i don't make money. >> sunday through thursday i take bart every day. i commuted a long way so...cannot afford another strike. >> dear bart, come to an agreement to we can have piece

of mind and not worry about whether we will be able to get to work. >> if you have something to say to bart or the unions use the hashtag "dear bart." >> now the partial government shut down now in the 11th day with in sign the government will re-open any time soon. this morning, president obama is meeting with republican senators hoping the discussions will bring an end to the crisis. g.o.p. senators will have their chance to try to narrow the differences with the white house on the debt limit and the shutdown. yesterday, the president met with house republicans for 90 minutes and both sides described meeting as constructive but all they agreed on was to continue talking. >> a woman accused of hitting an oakland resolution didn't with her car during an altercation appeared in court. the 25-year-old was an innocent bystander and now in a coma.

the 26-year-old woman is damaged in the hit-and-run accident and abc7 news reporter around joins us from the scene. cornell? >> yes, this is a tragic story and it began outside this bar in downtown oakland and escalated leaving one man critically injured. the 26-year-old law student was in court today. she is free on bail. police say she is accused of trying to run down a group of graffiti vandals on saturday night but struck innocent bystander a 25-year-old, today, would was leashing the lounge on 14th street. he remains in a coma. she was leaving the bar and confronted taggers who were spraying graffiti on the library across the street. they reportedly attack the her and moments later she drove her car down the wrong side of the

street and struck james she mistook for one of the vandals. >> all we are prepared to say is she was beaten, she was robbed, her life was threatened, she left in a panic and someone got hurt. >> james is in the icu at the hospital and doctors say when and if three wakes up from his coma he may be paralyzed. there is no comment and the woman is freed on $90,000 bail but she could face d.u.i. charges according to police. pre-trial hearing is set for november 6 and there will be a fundraiser this weekend for the victim. >> fremont police is released this surveillance video of a robbery last friday in the wal-mart parking lot where to man and woman stopped an elderly

woman and her family, grabbing the 70-year-old woman after approaching her, and gets part of her gold necklaces. another man tries to intervene and the suspect's girlfriend was waiting to drive the suspect away. a nobel peace rise is going to a watch dog group dedicated to wiping out chemical weapons worldwide. the committee awarded this year's peace prize to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or opcw. a pakistani schoolgirl was until natured but she was shot in the head by the taliban for wanting to go to school, shot when she was 13. she now is an activist for girls' education. there is a special tonight with her exclusive interview and i talked by satellite for a preview. >> does she remember anything about that day at all? >> she remember as lot about the only of the day being on the school bus with her friends, they are singing, as kids do and

she noticed that if some reason the streets around her are very silent and she doesn't remember what happened next but the friends have described to her how the gunmen boarded the bus and asked, who is malala and fired that gun three times. she was shot in the head. >> her passion for learning will change the way we think about girls and education. the special he is tonight at 10:00 here on abc7. diane will sit down with the revealing one-on-one interview talking about her attacker and fight to survive and thrive. >> still to come, lattes and the law are mixed at starbucks to deliver a message to our lawmakers. >> the chicken scare expands beyond the foster farms brand. >> new evidence that former

bicycling champ lance armstrong may have been doping up for races from someone who is very chose

>> san jose won a big victory against major league baseball. the district judge rules the antitrust lawsuit against major league baseball can move forward. san jose is suing baseball for trying to stop the oakland a's from moving to the city. the a's lost to detroit 3-0

ending the post-season play. >> new accusations against disgraced boiling star, lance armstrong, and the famous ex. the "wall street journal" reports that she witnessed armstrong receive an illicit drug transfusion while dating back in 2004 and the claim is made in a new tell-all book that says she spoke to federal investigators about her knowledge of the blood doping. he admitted to doping this year in an interview with oprah. she and armstrong began dating in 2003 but they called off an engagement in 2006. the department of agriculture will allow three foster farm plants in the central valley to remain open for now although they are linked to a nation-wide salmonella outbreak. the agriculture department officials say the company is making enough major changes to the slaughter process to remain open. consumer reports says chickens

processed at plans sold under several other brands such as safe way farms and kirkland signature. they are warning people to avoid raw chicken processed in the plants. >> we have a lot of gray. >> that is right, keeping the temperatures cool and 47 in san rafael. where the sun is shining it is in the upper 50's. we are 55 in san francisco and we will talk about the weekend warm-up i promised on the way. the forecast is

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>> we decided to bright things up. >> we need it. >> it is cool. we can shed a few lays -- layers this afternoon. sunny in the south bay. you can see the fog and the low clouds on the shoreline. the marine layer at 1,500' deep is eroding slowly. you can see the fog but we do have sunshine around the bay and the numbers reflect that. 57 in san jose, and san carlos with mid-50's los gatos and down to 44 this morning and in san francisco partly cloudy skies, oakland, too, brightening up, and much of marin county is

brightening up and the numbers are cool, you still have the gray skies and napa at 50, 61 by the delta, and low 60's in livermore and sun in conquer at 58. compared to yesterday, yes, much cooler and mainly in the north bay with the south bay still cool despite the clear skies this morning but that is when the temperatures bottomed out with the longer nights and on the way we do have another mild day for most around the bay and inland still chilly at the coast and the second half of the weekend is when it will warm up. but it will be nice with temperatures above average. here is a look at the visible picture and you will notice we have the clearing and parts of marin county and through the san mateo county area but the coast and where we are going to see the food from point reyes today and patchy around pacifica and half moon bay. temperatures are shy of average.

if you are hoping for rain to mix it up in the next week or so, it looks dry. 71 in milpitas and temperatures in the low 70's today with a long way to go but you will warm up from redwood city only in the 50's at the coast with 60 in the sunset district and getting into sunshine there and brightening up in the city with mid-60's and 72 in calistoga and sunshine on the way in the east bay and a nice afternoon in san leandro in the upper 60's with san ramon in the low 70's. the seven-day forecast is little change tomorrow weighing up to the marine layer and above average with highs in the low 80's and the upper 70's around the bay and the coast should brighten up a string of dry days. it is that time year where we are hoping for rain. >> right new we want to update breaking news from the top of the newscast, the federal building in richmond is

evacuated because of a suspicious package happening right now at 12th street. our reporter joins us with more from the scene. is the bomb squad there? >> there is, indeed, a lot activity. a suspicious package was found outside the social security administration building and we watched members of the university of california bomb unit pull up on the scene and we have learned there have been no injuries reported and most of the inemployees were ordered to evacuate which the building which houses 900 employees at 10:00 this morning. they can check back in at 1:00 o'clock p.m. for more information and possible re-entry to the building. officials found the pack knowledge with wires sticking out it and we are working to learn more. >> before you go, the federal

government, of course, is shut down but these are considered essential workers, the folks in the the building? >> that is exactly i don't know were held and there were 947 employees inside and they have been out here since 10:00 a.m. they are frustrated. we will talk with them later today and there have been no reports of injuries. >> up next, you will want to get ready to meet miss agg

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