abc7 news begins with breakings news. >> the breaking news at 6:00 involving bart. >> computer glitch forces the agency to delay the start service this morning the we thought first it would start at 5:00, and then 6:00, and now we do not know. >> now there is no timeline. leyla gulen is tracking bart and the traffic. >> we do not have any bart service. that is the story for the rest of the morning until we find out what is 457ing. we have a computer glitch causing all trains to be stranded. we have other alternates, ace train is going to be running on time. and i think a tran it.

caltrain has two trains that will pick up bart passengers in milbrae. those folks will were helped out. other folks my have to use another form of mass transit or casual car pool or drive your own car. 580 westbound from tracy to dublin is 38 minutes and highway 4 westbound antioch to concord is 4 minutes and 101 southbound from san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes and with the wind we have a lot of debris causing slow downs. so far, we have not been hearing of any major accidents so we will hope it stays that way and we start the weekend off on a good foot. live doppler 7 hd shows radar satellite returns and we do not see any radar runs because it is looking dry. we did have rain early this week which we desperately needed and now everything is cleared with dry cdionons. with that we have plenty of wind

and to the bay bridge it is bouncing up-and-down and that is because we have some of our highest winds in the east bay. proceed with caution. our gusts now are 29 miles per hour in napa and 32 in petaluma and 22 miles per hour in hair and calmer along the peninsula into the south bay the as we look at our day planner, the next 12 hours, we have sunshine and cooler temperatures as we head into the afternoon and 59 is our high, and 65 around the bay and 63 along the coast and starry clear skies for the evening. >> our top story of the morning, what are bart passengers saying? what is bart saying about no service? >> we will check with amy hollyfield from oakland with the latest. amy? >> they are saying the track switching problem and they don't know when it will be fixed.

look at the passengers standing an empty we have talked to some who said they are wondering whether they should wait, just in case the trains start running in the next few minutes. i asked a bart spokesman and he doesn't advise doing this. he says grab a bus, jump in a car, join a car pool. don't count on bart. we have a time of engineers working on its since midnight and they have a not been able to update me because they focused getting the problem fixed which and so major we can fought run the trains the way we want to to make sure our customers are getting where they need to go. this happened at midnight. there were trains full of passengers when the system shut down. it took two hours to get home. they are having to manually crank the switches and shift the tracks which is not efficient and though cannot run the system. the main computer is not

communicating with the track. at this point they have no idea when it will be fixed. were stuck for hour on the train. at pittsburg bart station from this morning they said bart said this was a computer problem and they waited. and waited. >> it is frustrating. but are just getting back and i have been at the bart station since 12:00 and now it is 4:12 in the morning. the bart has been running terrible since they got off strike. >> four hour bart ride to pittsburg bay point. we heard from a number of people who felt the same as that gentleman. >> to get latest on bart, please tweet us.

we will let you know when the service resumes and if you are stuck on a bart train or you see anything else related tweet it to us. the same could be said for winds hitting bay area. the wind was deadly in oakland with two people killed in two separate citizens. a driver hit a toppled tree and was killed. another man died when he stepped on a power behind and was electrocuted in east oakland. we have more of the damage from the wind in berkeley. matt? what a mess in downtown berkeley but the winds have died down the last 20 minutes. there is a lot of debris in the roads. i told you of the sign that blew off the restaurant and blew 75

yards away. you can see the damage here shows how strong the wind gusts have been in berkeley and, of course, you have the trees, the branches in the area and you have a lot of debris, we saw at the who of garbage cans. it is a mess. you could run interest a lot of debris on the surface streets so it is dangerous. pg&e crews are in the area. they are working on getting the power back on. the latest numbers from pg&e in the east bay at 13,000 outages but over the last hour the number has dwindled from 20,000. north bay has the second most customers without power at 6,400, and the peninsula has 62. the winds have died down but there could still be problems.

the branches have been throwing all might and they could be weak and fall with the slightest of breezes. be careful when you hit the roads. >> thank you very much, matt. pg&e has been working through the night with the winds to restore power to 67,000 customers would were left in the dark at the height of the storm. now the latest figures, in the east bay, you can see 20,000 on the scene but now downgraded to 15,000 in the dark. in the north bay we have 6,800 customers in the dark and in the peninsula, there are 140 people only without power. in san francisco, everyone now has their power. pg&e crews say they are working hard to restore power but no word when the heights will be back on. >> the high winds knocked down trees around the east bay. a tree fell on power lines in

berkeley and crews worked into the night to clean it up and get all restored. a resident was caught by surprise by the power of the winds. >> it came from nowhere. i had dinner and then i came downstairs and the winds were blowing out and blowing out and blowing and blowing out and then the power went out. >> tree was knocked on to both sides of interstate 238 with two cars damaged during the rush hour backing up traffic for several hours while the highway was cleared. >> a 100' tree fell in concord and knocked the street. the road was closed for several hours. in petaluma, a car crashed for a tree that fell on highway 101 with one person hospitalized. there was a big backup before it was cleared.

the wind is blamed for being down a pine tree on a truck in petaluma the no one was hurt. the fire department worked hard to clear the debris. >> we want to see your wind and bart pictures at ureport@kgo-tv.com m. >> to download go to abc7 >> everyone is affected in the bay area this morning and we will get the latest from leyla gulen. >> bart is not in service because of a computer glitch. they do not know when it will be online. everyone is going do have to figure another way to get to work. that means you can take other mass transit such as ace and other areas of the bay, muni running on time. good news there. caltrain is picking up bart

passengers in millbrae so that will help those folks. otherwise, casual car pool or jump in the car. our traffic hitting the roads southbound 680 from walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes. 56 miles per hour, windy in the east bay and north bay and highway 17 through the santa cruz mountains into los gatos at 21 minutes. our picture of walnut creek from pleasant hill the traffic is backing up. we have wind advisories in effect until 10:00 this or but for the north bay hills. you can see the sun is just rising and this is from the sutro tower to the bay bridge and san francisco, it is clear. that is what the wind is doing clearing all the high clouds

with some still lingering and we are going to see mostly sunshine today. san francisco is in the upper 50's and oakland is in the mid-50's and upper 40's to mountain view and san jose and the coast is 55 degrees for a current temperature. we have high wind in certain areas at 29 miles per hour in napa and 21-miles-per-hour gusts in concord. the wind gusts are dying down. the next three days, sunshine is the story, it will be nice but that will bring us cooler temperatures in the evening and 64 degrees in the bay and 60 degrees on the coast. on monday we are on the cooler side with the possibility of rain for thanksgiving. >> wouldn't expect friday lite with no bart station, look outside as the bay bridge toll plaza shows a big backup in the

cash-paying lane but fast track people are getting through pretty well. >> the bridge is slow, as well. all this is because of bart trains not running and no time given when that will start to happen. let us know what you are going through.

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get from midnight train to the pittsburg station. drive, casual car pool or take the bus. >> today, the nation will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president john f. kennedy. the president was riding in his motorcade through dallas, texas, november 22, 1963, when he was fatally shoot. five decades later the country is stopping to remember the most defining moments in the nation's history. >> good morning, i have to say there is a somber feeling at the place where president john f. kennedys with assassinated 50 year ago today. as you can see behind me there are preparations underway for the ceremony that will take place. thousands are expected to gather to remember his life and legacy and the moment america lost its innocence. job was more than president of

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>> at the moment you will want to figure out an alternate whether it is another tran it agency or driving. >> if you drive, expect windy conditions. >> it is not a good way to start the weekend. bart is out of the commission for the morning. we will let you know when that changes. we are reporting there are major computer problems. that is why it is not running. caltran is picking up passengers along 215 and 225 and muni is running on time. we have other options. make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get where you need to be. this is berkeley drive away from highway 4 it is not friday lite with lots of headlights to the maze and a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with the metering lights turned on and it

is busy funneling into san francisco. we have a high wind advisory for several bridges including the bay bridge and the cartinez. the san mateo bridge is clear. we are looking at clear conditions there. we have wind in the forecast that will last through the morning hours so physical 10:00 this morning, from the live doppler 7 hd satellite we do not have any moisture, the rain left and went to the south. looking to the bay you can see a beautiful shot with the winds in the northeast direction and are heavy at this hour. make sure you are careful when you hit the roads for the high-profile vehicles. napa has 29 miles per hour and petaluma has 33 miles per hour.

it is calm on the peninsula and the south bay. that is good news. the high wind adviseory will lift by 10:00 this morning. the ridge of high pressure is coming in and bringing cold, cool, dry air mass. behind it there will be a tropical depression that will bring more moisture next week so be prepared for possibly a wet thanksgiving. the highs will to be out in the upper 60's or low 70's. lows will be chilly because the winds calm down that will cool it down. 41 degrees in many areas of the bay area and near freezing in the north bay. we have a big game this weekend, on saturday, cal versus stanford is pack the sweater or jacket and maybe a blanket. stay seasonal temperatures

through early next week with rain on wednesday and thursday. >> thank you. go, bears! >> we continue to update our breaking news on air and online and twitter and facebook with major bart delays. a computer glitch is being blamed. >> first, though, a different type of breaking news in napa, a large wildfire forcing dozens of families from their homes and an update is next. with the stabilize camera is showing you it is stable although it is windy. there are a.c. transit buses running. it could be a good idea to consider that or drive if you [ indistinct conversations ]

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break breaking news. dos are have forced out of their homes in napa county. katie marzullo? >> the winds have died down so that is good news but the wind

is pushing the flames. the wind is drying out the moisture that rain brought this week. however, the firefighters are getting the upper hand with the fire 50 percent contained. the fire has burned 350 acres. it broke out at 9:30 last night and before midnight authorities evacuateed the areas. the sheriff says 50 homes and 30 to 40 people were evacuated. soda canyon road is closed. cal fire and napa county crews are on the scene. there was a scary moment early on when the sheriff deputies went through the flames to help a man get out of his home. the elderly man is okay. no estimate when they will have full containment of the brushfire. >> thank you.

we continue at 6:30 with the top stories. there are two, wind and bart, just windy out there and it will continue with a lot of damage in the bay area and, still, shows of power out aims. >> if you were involved in an accident move to the side of the road. >> you can see the bart trains are not running. this is hayward bart with act tran it buses lining up waiting for the trains that are not running. now the trains are closed

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abc7 news begins with breakings news. >> as we have been telling you, the breaking news involves bart. there is in strike. there is no problem with the wind. there is no service. >> there is a computer glitch. amy hollyfield is monitoring the situation from west oakland bart where people are trying to figure out what to do. amy?

a lot of people are waiting around at bart station trying to figure if they should wait for the trains to run or get in the car. >> the ferry is trying to step things up as is caltrain. at least you have alternatives. >> exact. because bart is not running we have other alternatives and caltrain 215 and 225 passengers are being picked up to go where they need to be and act a.c. transit is picking things up. muni is on time and adding service. i will tell you what they doing, they are adding service on metro to embarcadero with the bus routes adding service. you will not be left in the

eleven. that is the good news. over a pass, if you are hitting the roads we have a disabled tractor trailer and we have heavy conditions as you make it from tracy, over the altamont pass into livermore. we have bumper to bumper and walnut creek is very busy. and bumper-to-bumper traffic to the 24 junction and we have plenty of debris on the roads. now, the weather where we do have a high wind at advisory until 10:00 this morning. this is a gorgeous shot from sutro tower with the sun rising, looking to the east bay hills. the high clouds are being pushed out by the high winds and, certainly, the winds when they die down will be expensing

cooler temperatures. right now, san francisco is in the upper 50's and the mid-50's for oakland and mountain view and cooler temperatures in the south bay to san jose and los gatos. that is going to bring us very cool temperatures calm in the south by. the sunday forecast is coming up in a little bit. >> we will check back in at 6:3 6:33. winds are musting the area. they turn deadly in oakland. two people were killed in separate accidents. a driver was killed when he hit a toppled tree in oakland hills. another man died when he extend own a power power line in east d matt has more on the uprooted trees and other damage in the

east bay. >> messy morning in berkeley with a lot of clean up needed. the wind knocked down trees and branches and, unfortunately, some people will wake up to find their property damaged. check out this video from the past hour, a large tree branch and several smaller branches came down and covered the car. it is not just parked cars. the delivery drivers face dangerous driving conditions. the big trucks are pushed bit -- by the high winds. you need the ferry or gray

>> take your time. be cautious. >> the number of outages is done the past few hours. 42,000 were without power last night and now only 13,000 are out,. the good news is that the wind has died down the past hour. there is a lot of debris in the roads. be careful. reporting from berkeley for abc7. >> now our top story is bart: there is no service because of a computer glitch. amy hollyfield is at the bart station where people are still trying to figure out what to do. >> this is no reason to come to the bart station. trains are not running. they have not organized any bus bridges or alternate

transportation. people are lingering and they just do not went to believe it, there is hope, maybe, that the trains will get going. people are hesitant to drive to the city in the cars and bart will run this afternoon. her to gambling that maybe if they stick around they will catch a train. bart officials say do not do that there is no estimated time when service is restored because of a computer problem they are trying to fix. though are saying do not plan on bart. some customs are full of home. >> i take gray hand to the tran it center or the ferries. >> request are you waiting? >> we only need to go to embarcadero. >> we will not have service until further notice so we advise our customers that seek

other methods of transportation. the computer systems are down. >> they had people on the trains last night at midnight when the service was down. they got them home but it took two hours. this is from sky 7 other -- over hayward station. the problem is, switching problem with the computer, so, they can manually crank the switches and you may see a train move around here or there this morning and do not let that confuse you, there is no service although through could be moving the trains if place to get them ready. they can manually crank the switches to switch the tracks which is inefficient way to run the commute. no estimated time when the trains will run. make alternate plans. >> right now we want to talk to c.h.p. officer would has been mob toring what bart is doing to

the freeways. the western span is busy and we can see what the impact is. >> officer hill, we are seeing more people taking to the cars? >> absolutely. the backup has increased immeasurably since we last talked in the span of 45 minutes the traffic has been stacking up on all major freeways including 680, and 24 backed up to highway 13. the backup is increasing the traffic throughout the bay area. we will see more volume as people try to figure out how to get to work without bart. >> what does that mean if c.h.p. officers responding to accidents and other calls throughout the bay area? >> you can imagine our response is going to be extended because we cannot get through the

traffic when there is a problem. we are asking motorists --. >> officer hill, we last that phone connection. thank you for your good advise as the traffic is piling on to the san mateo bridge. >> if we hoped for friday lite we are not getting it because of the bart problems. the bart problem as it is right now, which

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>> welcome back at 6:42. bart is not running. all because of a computer glitch causing a switching problem. we do not have bart trains running. we will let you know when they do. we have other mass transit agencies helping out with caltrain picking passengers up in millbrae. muni is adding service on various lines including the 47 van ness. well let you know more on that in just ahead. if you take to the cars, we have a three car crash northbound highway 87 before 280 causing spectator slowing toward 280 and toward san jose. well let you know when that

clears. this is the bay bridge toll plaza with a high wind advisory. because we do not have barten is taking to their cars. you can see it is not friday lite. cars are stacked up bumper to bumper interest san francisco. the high wind advisory will last until 10:00 and a small craft advisory until 9:00. we are starting off cool and before you head out, grab the sweater at 48 degrees. that will be inland and 52 degrees around the bay and 50 degrees along the coast. by noon, temperatures ramping with plenty of sun and blue skies and plenty of sun. when the winds calm down this will bring the temperatures down and cooler overnight at 54 degrees inland and 56 around the

bay and 54 along the coast. >> thank you. next, we will follow our breaking news story with no bart service. we will check with amy hollyfield to find out how the commuters are dealing with the lack of train service. >> here is the look of the lack of train service over the south hayward machine yard with -- maintenance yard with the trains not running. what that means to you? you need another way to get to

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>> abc7 news begins with breakings news. bart trains are not run because of a computer glitch. trains are idle in the maintenance yard. the backup plan, if you have one, put it in place because the trains are going nowhere until "further notice." a kgo radio intern is joining us by phone to talk about where he is stuck. donovan? what is going on? >> been stuck here since 4:00 this morning and the train full pulled up the, the doors opened and they told us to get out of trains and they not going anywhere. >> we are seeing a picture you tweeted to us of a train stuck

in. you have called to work and i am sure they are okay with you coming in late but tell us what you seeing. people are confused? >> in the morning there were a handful of people waiting and they told us to find other means of transportation and everyone left and me and this man have been waiting it out since the morning. i went upstairs and there are a lot of stranded people waiting to get to their daily commute and are wondering what they will do. >> donovan, good luck to you. hope you get into work soon. >> me, too. >> i am sure they appreciate your report. now we will check with amy hollyfield. what are you seeing, amy? >> some people are deciding to wait it out at the west oakland

bart station standing around. they do not want to deal with traffic, they do not want to pay for packing in the city. they want to catch a bart train. officials are saying they do not recommend this strategy. though do not know when the trains will run again. though do not want to disappoint so they are saying you need to take an alternate way to work and get on a bus or jump in a car pool or take your car. they are dealing with a computer problem, a track switching issue and they do not have progress updates because the edge nears are trying to fix the problems and they have future been able to tell bart officials and the bart spokesman how they doing or when they could get the trains running. there is in estimated time of service getting up and running. make other plans. >> right now we will look at the

movement in hayward of a train. we cannot tell you what that means. we do nut know if this is a test, we are not sure but this is good news. the computers have been waiting for movement of bart trains this morning. this is now in union city moving south. hopefully it will pull and a station to pick up people. we are monitoring san francisco bart. they have not given an official update yet. >> it is still "until further notice," there is in bart service. what does that mean? leyla gulen? >> we have other mass transit agencies that are helping out. with bart not running we have caltrain picking up passengers in millbrae on the 215 and 225 trains. a.c. transit is running on time. for muni they are adding service

on van ness to embarcadero line. and 49 van ness and, also, we do encourages to pull together. we are not looking at friday lite on the roads. fur traveling in -- if you are traveling in the car expect heavier than normal delays. 880 southbound from fremont to san jose is 16 minutes so you are still clear. 280 northbound from 101 to cupertino, that is 14 minutes. outside, you can see the traffic is stacked up along westbound 80 the headlights are slowly making their march to the maze. we notice the cameras bouncing and that means we have high

winds with us until 10:00 this morning and here is a look at live doppler 7 hd you can see it is clear and we are not looking at moisture in the forecast. we did have rain early this week and that moved to the south. looking at the ferry building from the roof camera the flags are blowing out and from the northeast or eastern direction, the winds will be with us until 10:00 this morning in the north bay mountains, again, that stays with us until 10:00 tonight for the highway advisory the we will have high gusts for the bay area at 23 miles per hour at half moon bay. 32-miles-per-hour gusts in petaluma. 18-miles-per-hour gusts in oakland. calm on the peninsula and the south bay. three-miles-per-hour gusts in livermore. there is a ridge of high pressure from the pacific northeast. that is pushing the cold mass of air, the dry air, you may want to have center hydration in your

diet today, it is causing the high wind to come and the bay area followed by moister air that will bring us rain for next week, possibly into thanksgiving. our highs for today are going to top out in the upper secretary to low 70's and lows are chilly and well see freezing temperatures in parts of the bay area in the north bay and 37 degrees expected in napa and 36 in concord and as we talk about what is happening over the week help, we have a special event and this is the tree lighting celebration at pier 39. >> we continue to follow our break news story. the no bart service this morning because of a technical glitch, a computer problem. we have been watching trains

>> breaking news, no bart service this morning. a system-wide computer problem caused the bart trains to come to a halt after midnight and crews manually switched the trains to get stranded passengers to the destination. right now, bart is not giving an estimate on when the trains will start running today. atwo, on the news of bart being out of service today, friday light is not going to be in our vocabulary, we have bumper-to-bumper traffic and it will take an excess of 20 minutes to make it into san francisco. as we look at our map, well, we do have some areas with heave congestion over the altamont pass and through hayward. >> three, we do have high winds and that is causing problems on the roads with fallen branches and trees blocking the roads but our day planner, the next 12 hours, a cooler start to the morning and plenty of sunshine greets us later this afternoon with chilly temperatures tonight so pack a jacket.

accuse cleaning up the downed trees and power lines and pg&e reports that 12,000 homes and businesses across the bay area still are without power. >> five, winds in napa have died down enough to let the firefighters get the upper hand on a large brushfire. one outpossibling and 350 acres have burned in soda canyon road. 50 homes are ever vehicle witnessed. >> democratic state senator from santa rosa will announce legislation aimed at preventing tragic accidents involving toy guns. last in a 13-year-old andy low me was shot and killed by a sheriff deputies would pass took the play gun. >> 50 years ago the country was if shock at word spread of the assassination of john f. kennedy in dallas, texas. thank you for joining. we will see you in 25 minutes.

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