at kaiser permanente we've reduced serious heart attacks by 62%, which makes days with grandpa jack 100% more possible. join us at kp.org and thrive. day one of the bart strike and thousands of commuters had to find other ways to cross the bay. >> right now traffi franciscleat is still crawling. this is a live picture. the headlights coming at you, folks trying to get on to the

bay bridge. earlier tonight, it was worse. this video looks like it slowed down, but it is not. it was realtime at that time. it took some drivers more than an hour to get to the sky way. it has been a mess. good evening. i'm dan ashley. carolyn johnson is off tonight. there is no end in sight sorry to say as bart and the own yens continue -- and the unions continue to argue. a lot of frustrated commuters. >> a lot of them hopefully aring paing lots of patience even though the traffic is backed up on the freeways heading to the bay bridge. the good news is that right now traffic on surface streets in the city has eased up a bit at least in the last couple hours. but on this first day of bart's fall strike, there was that such thing as rush hour. there were several hours of traffic gridlock. this was a line of cars waiting to get to the bay bridge at 8:00. it was a crawl through city streets.

>> it takes me about 35 minutes. >> literally two miles from here. >> how long did it take you? >> about 45 to an hour. >> to avoid the traffic back up lots of people tried getting out of the city early. with no bart trains running the afternoon commute turned into an evening odyssey. >> i can see it going over the bridge. >> for the casual carpoolers the traffic made for really long waits to get home. >> usually it is about 30 minutes to get home. it is usually not too bad. but it doesn't look like it will be 30 minutes today. >> plenty of drivers stopped by to pick up a few passengers going their way across the bay. but it wasn't easy for some to even get to the designated pick up spot. >> i went to the old carpool section and some lady that was in a muni thing directed us two blocks that way and one back that way. >> even a tourist bus rolled up to carry would 5 chuters to

the east bay. 25 commuters to the east bay. it started early and then stretched until late. >> i have to take my wife early in the morning. >> they are dreading a repeat common day. in san francisco, abc7 news. hundreds of commuters waited in long lines at the trans bay terminal in san francisco to board buses home this afternoon. ac transit and even bart added buses to help with the extra load of passengers today. similar sites at the ferry terminal and long lines during the morning and the afmmute. commute. the san francisco bay ferry says the ridership numbers more than doubled today. ferry service will be increased to accommodate additional riders. there was a glimmer of hope late this afternoon when the unions announced they had a proposal to end the strike immediately. but it is a nonstarter as far as bart management is concerned. alan wang explains why. >> the unions are offering to

call off the strike if bart agrees to let an arbitrator decide the issue causing the stalemate. bart rejected the offer. the issue is workplace rules. for years they protected workers, but bart says they are outdated and need to be changed in order to save money so they can use it to pay for the salaries and benefits the workers want. >> for instance maintenance workers who do inspection are not allowed to use ipads and send information to the computers. instead they are required by the contract to write handwritten notes. >> the unions say gutting the workplace rules would give bart too much power. unless bart can gain the flexibility it says there is no deal. >> we can fight long and fight hard. what is motivating us to end the strike is the suffering that we hear? >> it has been a long 6: day. 6:30 in the morning until now. >> right now it is 8:00. >> yeah, i get home about 8:30.

>> bart wants to let their union members vote on the offer, but the union says no. alan wang, abc news. st. anthonys is asking for extra help because of the bart strike. more than a quarter of the volunteers were unable to get into the city because the trains weren't running and traffic was a mess. they put out a call asking for extra help in the dining room. so if you can volunteer between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv for more information. it would be much appreciated. keep it tuned to abc7 news for the latest developments without bart or with bart. you can download the news app and allow push alerts to get dates as they happen. we will keep you informed immediately. and we have assembled a range of resources for you at abc7news.com to help you plan your commute and deal with this including alternate tran it is is -- transit options and traffic maps. you can download the exclusive ways traffic app.

it helps you and a half tbait the -- navigate the freeways and shows you the sticking points in realtime. follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area for breaking news updates. we are all over that story, but we will move on. dramatic new video tonight of a big rig accident on highway 101. look at the right hand side of your screen here. watch this. you can see the big rig swerve across traffic and then flip over the center divider into on coming traffic. this accident that happened in redwood city was caught by a limo driver's dash camera, and there it goes again. seven cars were damaged and we are glad to tell you that there were no serious injuries. when you see this accident it is quite remarkable. >> power is back on after a transformer explosion in morgan hill. nearly 5,000 people were without power after the transformer blew near tenant avenue and butterfield boulevard. it caused a grassfire, but no

structures were burned and they put that out quickly. pg&e says the power was back on for most customers by 7:00 p.m. in the mountains, a case of broken trust. a man who was supposed to protect the interest of children is instead accused of preying on them. he has been a youth counselor, advocate and coach. now as abc7 news anchor ama dates explains, there is another label from police, molester. >> brian criswell from santa cruz is accused of child molestation. they say he engaged in illegal conduct with two minors while volunteering for the casa program. it stands for court uh .ed special advocate. volunteers offer support for abused and neglected children. before being sworn in as an officer of the court the volunteer faces an extensive background check. the executive director says they dismissed c ri swell as soon as they learned about the

investigation. he had been a a volunteer since 2008. >> anyone who would do harm to a child or take part in this type of criminal behavior really has no business in being your children let alone volunteering at a child advocacy organization. >> the sheriff's office believes there may be more victims out there because of his contact with kids. he repped -- he helped coach a couple wrestling teams. >> he was with the 20122013 school year. he was hired and the district says it never received complaints of inappropriate behavior by c ri swell. he is expected to be arraigned early next week. abc7 news. a toddler is in critical, but stable condition after being shot. he was playing and a bullet hit him in the upper body and police say it came from two

groups of people firing at each other. there were a large number of shell casings left behind. there was quite the shootout. neighbors are tired of this sense lens violence. >> there are so many young children dying. no one knows. it is crazy. >> police have not yet made any arrests. coming up next, a new twist in the case of two girls accused of bullying a girl into suicide. the mother of one of those girls is under arrest. >> and tired of your wi-fi signal dropping out just when you need it the most? new technology shining the light on the problem quite literally. i will explain. and a struggling department store is get nooght holiday -- is getting into the holiday spirit a little earlier. >> i'm sandhya patel. a foggy start to your morning especially near the coast, but how will it end? a look at your wake up weather

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he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the weekend pop.

that you are pulling this rt, i standwith workers. >> dear bart, please stop striking. >> dear bart, i am upset at management and they will no go to binding arbitration. >> dear bart, i don't know why y'all >> bart riders are sounding off about the strike. we want to hear how it is impacting your life. you can post videos on twitter, instagram using the

hash tag dear bart. you can also send videos to the abc7 news facebook page. we will be delighted to hear from you. after a 12-year-old girl was bullied by classmates and took her own life, a tough sheriff decided to take action. tonight he is leveling a brand-new charge. he has arrested the mother of one of those accused bullies. matt gutman has the story. >> it is chilling video.a mother a mother clutching one of her children. tonight vivien is locked up in a polk county jail, the same jail as her 14-year-old daughter. >> i can tell you this, ladies and gentlemen, once again and i repeated it earlier in the week, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. >> her daughter was charged earlier this week along with a 12-year-old with felony aggravated stalking. police say the 14-year-old girl tormented rebecca sedwick before she committed suicide last month. sedwick was 12. the polk county judge says

perhaps the greatest insult came on facebook after her death. she wrote, yes, i know i bullied rebecca and she killed her but i don't give a. she said her child wasn't a bully and never made that post. >> before it was -- >> text messages, facebook? >> everything. >> i would suggest to you after looking at this video on-line that vivien does not monitor the facebook. >> vosberg says the boys were unharmed in the beating and violence never happens in their home. earlier in the week the sheriff said he was investigating the parents. >> i hold the parents equally as responsible. they are the adults and the parents. >> abc news, lakeland, florida. a second employee has been arrested in connection with setting off dry ice bombs at los angeles international airport. the bombs were detonated on sunday and monday. a third was found, but never

set off. police arrested a ground services employee earlier this week and they arrested the man's supervisor too. the devices did not cause any damage. police say they were set as a prank. >> google stock topped $1,000. the company's stock shot up 14% closing at $1,011. google released a better than expected earnings report. when google went public the stock was valued at $85 a share. if you bought it at that price, you are doing okay. forget wi-fi. soon you will be able to access the internet through the nearest lamp. it is called li-fi and it uses light instead of radio waves to connect your device to the web. a special connected light bulb would flicker billions of times per second, so fast that the human eye cannot perceive it. a camera on your computer or phone would decode the blinks into data. here is the best news. it is 150 times faster than

wi-fi. now there is a drawback. light can't go through walls, swow have to stay in one room while surfing the web. amazing. jumpin jc penney iso the thanksgiving day shopping fray. most stores will open at 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day to kick off the holiday shopping season. that's the same time macy's announced it will be opening. the stores are following in the foot steps of other row taylors like wal-mart, target 1k3* old navy which began opening on thanksgiving day in order, of course, to boost sales. there is growing concern over the addictive nature of a popular video game called candy crush. maybe you have tried this. more than 45 million people play candy crush each month. most are women between the ages of 25 and 55. the game is free to download, but the players can buy additional lives. that's a big part of the problem. a lot of people are spending big money to keep the game going. while that is bad for them, it is certainly a sweet deal for the game's creators.

they are said to be making $636,000 each day. that 1 $231 million a year. >> and the hunter's moon is the full moon in october that would indicate the time of year native americans would begin to stock up on meat for the winter. tonight was also the pinumberal eclipse when the shadow is cast on the moon. doesn't that look spectacular over the bay bridge? it is neat out there tonight. it illuminates all of the people stuck in traffic. sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> it is a great way to just brighten your day. this evening you are probably stuck in the mess. wanted to show you the view of the full moon again tonight. this is a time lapse. is that incredible or what? it is really something else. it looks so unreal. let's check out live do doppler 7hd. here what is real.

it is solid there. visibility right now has fallen. two and a half miles and your early morning plans will include some thick fog. just be careful out there if you need to get somewhere. a nice view and we have some fog looking back toward san francisco. it is 50 rig 55 oakland and san carlos. currently 59 in san jose. los gatos dropped to 53. it has cooled off. 46 and the foggy weather there. from the exploratorium camera, a lovely view of the ferry building there m tort 7 novato.and 45 you have the wind-sheltered valleys that are already falling. it will be cool in the morning. 56 concord and 58 livermore. foggy view from the golden gate camera. fog along the coast and we are looking at mild to warm weather for the afternoons with cooler days next week. today's high temperatures dropped. we continue to see the cooling trend just about everywhereexcen except in livermore. tomorrow we will see the

numbers come back up a few degrees. the fog is starting off the morning. the fog pulls away from just about every location. turning sunny and warmer. except this one patch here. hopefully shouldn't bother anything. 60s to 80s for your high and here is what it will look like when you start off your morning. clear inland, but not the case along the coast. you will have to deal with some low visibility. temperatures will start out in the low 40s to low 50s. make sure you have a jacket or a sweatshirt in the morning. bundle up if you are going out for a hike tomorrow afternoon. the weather is looking fantastic. 81 in san jose in the south bay. warm and 84 degrees in morgan hill. 74 santa cruz. on the peninsula, 76 in san mateo and 74 in millbrae. palo alto, 68 n half moon bay. your temperature is coming up from today and you are in the 50s. daly city 66 and pretty mild afternoon. in the north bay, shear where you will see the fog lingering. bodega bay and stinson beach. low 80s santa rosa, napa, 79

in san rafael. 78 oakland. 80 in fremont and castro valley. check out the inland highs. you are around where you should be this time of year or slightly warmer. fairfield, livermore, 84. 83 pleasanton and 81 in walnut creek. if you are head together half moon bay pumpkin festival, couldn't be better weather. foggy in the morning, 58 degrees and the temperatures will quickly come up on the mild side for the afternoon. a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast. we are going with a cooler pattern next week. noti notice those temperatures getting out of the 80s. only the 70s by midweek. cloud cover increases and live doppler 7hd watching for rain, dan. the rain finds them on friday. really, where is it? the radar tracks it first from the north. we will watch for that, of course. >> thanks, sandhya. sports director larry beil is here. our mr. october. >> well, it is october and i'm here. i have something -- you are going to love this. half of the world series

is set. a great midnight madness stunt. ready for liftoff in the cannon. >> oh no he didn't. you've got to try this sweet & sour chicken helper. i didn't know they made chicken. crunchy taco or four cheese lasagna? can i get another one of those actually? [ superfan ] hey, america, we're here to help. ♪ [ male announcer ] you say tomato. ♪ old el paso says diced tomato stand 'n stuff chicken tacos. ♪ you say what's for dinner? old el paso says start somewhere fresh.

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the giants ended the season for the cardinals last year. well tonight the cardinals did it to the dodgers in game six of the national league championship series. this is funny. it is the royal guard stand up. who would go to the dug out. the ump finally said go! it was the last thing the dodgers enjoyed in this game. former giant carlos beltran a huge r.b.i single in the third. three for four and clayton kershaw chased after allowing seven runs in four innings. and rookie michael w tay cha was great. struck out five and series mvp. to the 9th 1k3 rose sen that will strikes out ellis. 9-0 and the cardinals head thether world seriehe fourth time in the last 10 years. >> it was the regular season. we had ups and downs and we stood together. we did it as a team.

it was fun. >> not everyone gets this opportunity. we try and just embrace everything kind of deal. we try not to take it for granted. >> the guy is a rookie, amazing. the warriors are talking contract extension. he left the game in china after three minutes because of back spasms and they don't think it is serious. it was tell advised -- televised live and producer scott was up and logging every play. that's what he told me. clay klay thompson to knocks it down. he was worried about the long flight and his back apparently paid the price. he had four points but had 14 assists as the warriors beat the lakers in china for the second time 115-89. huge upset in college football. louisville versus central florida. teddy bridge water lead them to a 21-point lead.

bridge water throws for 341 and two touchdowns. the knights battle back and lead it 31-2 ai. brown scores his second td of the game and louisville goes back in front 35-31. ucf answers. an 11-play 35-yard drive. it was 23 seconds left to win it. central florida comes through with the upset 38-35. and this is a great stun at midnight madness. head coach launched from the cannon into a net as the crowd goes wild. and then he tbets down and is surrounded by the team so you can't see him. izo may be crazy, but he is not stupid. he had a stunt double, that young lady flying through the air. a real man gets into that cannon himself. he does. not. abc7 sports brought to you by riverwalk casino. but, dan, i am talking to the bosses about a dan cannon.

>> i'm there right after you. you do the test shot. >> i would love to do that. >> we will launch larry. >> mail in if you would like to see that. coming up, an update on our top story. that is day one of the bart strike. phone lines are ringing already. wanted to see that. join me sunday at 6:30 p.m. for a look inside one of san francisco's coolest places. the newest exploratorium. it is called more to explore an airs sunday nigh too big. too small. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. some are giant. some not so giant. when managing your weight,

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♪ hey! must be the honey! he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ he loves me! that's right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands! [ girl ] make dinner pop! so i should probably get the last roll... yeah but i practiced my bassoon. [ mom ] and i listened. [ brother ] i can do this. [ imitates robot ] everyone deserves ooey, gooey, pillsbury cinnamon rolls. make the weekend pop. strike will continue into the weekend. the union said it would be willing to go back to work if bart signed off on six issues. bart said no. no new negotiations scheduled. our reporting continues on tw twit abc7 news bay area. abc7 news bay area. that's our so what can i get you? we'll take something tasty and healthy. ♪ ♪ if you wanna go and fly with me ♪

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