this state program call or visit two and a half weeks after police say a man stabbed and killed nia wilson at a b.a.r.t. station the b.a.r.t. board meet this morning to consider a plan. the safety plan being presented right now to b.a.r.t. board members is in direct response not just to nia wilson's murder but to a number of violent attacks in the past few weeks. amy hollyfield has been watching the meeting in oakland. >> reporter: the general manager told the board that the b.a.r.t. system needs to be safer, that she knows that and she says she has a plan. she is presenting it to the

board right now. this meeting starting at 9:00 this morning. it is full. it appears there is a lot of interest on thisds t will cost million. she has added police to trains. she's having them working on their day offs and overtime. she wants to improve the train's surveillance cameras, wants to update them, wants to add video screens showing realtime images at the stations. she wants to show call boxes. she does want to calm any concerns out there about privacy. she says privacy is critically important to her, so she emphasized what they will not be doing. >> we will not be introducing any surveillance systems that will collect any personal

identifiable information. this is about systems and crowds. second we are not introducing a facial recognition technology today as the technology is unproven in a transit environment. >> show me how spending this much money on further criminalizing the b.a.r.t. system is going to help our people, right? because it test test out. the stats aren't there. you can't show me stats that demonstrate the things you're trying to do actually lead to public safety because they don't. >> reporter: a couple of speakers did express concern about the cost and really pushed b.a.r.t. to help reach out to the community for help. the board will likely have a long discussion about these proposal, a vote on on whether to move forward on some of these ideas could come today. >> amy, thanks for the update. and we turn now to the northern california wildfires and we have some sad news to report. another firefighter has died in connection to the carr fire.

this morning we learned a heavy equipment operator assign today the fire was killed in a traffic crash. two other firefighters have also died fighting the carr now to the latest on the mendocino complex fires. the river fire is now 84% contained. combined this is the largest wildfire in state history at more than 300,000 acres. some evacuees were allowed back home yesterday but many still arrived at evacatievacatievacevn

this is new video just into the abc 7 newsroom this morning. a look at just how close the fire is now getting to homes. >> reporter: it is raining ash. the holy fire continuing to burn behind me. you can see the sky is filled with smoke and just the past couple of minutes you can see itten the ridge line behind me. take a look at this window right here. you can see that it is painted red now. now over the past 4 hours fire crews doing everything they can to protect this community. and it comes as authorities tell us those flames were started on purpose. a suspect now behind bars charged with arson. we spoke with some of the people who live in this community. they told us they are furious someone would ignite this fire on purpose and put their lives

and their properties on the line. will car, abc news. news. cal fires has burned all utah door burning in the area. no cam fires, outdoor stoves charcoals. developing news from oakland where a stream of family and friends of the 36 victims of the ghost ship fire are addressing the two defendants. it's been a year and a half since a two story warehouse exploded in flames. that was december 2016. they pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter. they're expected to be sentenced to 9 and 6 years respectively. new information this morning on the desperate search with

missing iowa college student with bay area ties. the man who may have been the last person to see molly tibbetts is now speaking to bay area news. he saw her jogging past his home at 9:00 p.m. the night before she was reported missing. and he says that wasn't the first time he saw her running several times a week. >> she jogged down the street, and up the hill and thought nothing of it until i heard somebody was missing and it hit me i haven't seen that runner since then. >> law enforcement will not comment on riley or any other potential witnesses. investigators say they've received nearly 800 tips about this case. the reward is now up to $313,000. the son of a union city police chief was part of a brutal beating of a sick man. surveillance video shows two men

walking towards him, and then the man in black kicks him to the ground. family members say he came home on body badly injured. >> everybody's scared. you know, me, everybody. >> police arrested two people, a 16-year-old boy and 18-year-old tyrone mccallister for attempted robbery, elder abuse and assault. the union city chief darryl mcallister says tyrone is his estranged son. violence and hatred is not what we have taught our children. happening now salono county 911 officials are discussing new ne technology. apple announced it's going to provide location services this

fall. officials say it'll help 911 dispatchers dramatically lower the time it take tuesday locate a caller who is seeking assistance. are you ready for some football? the san francisco 49ers kicked off the preseason in santa clara against the dallas cowboys at 7:00 tonight. jimmy du jimmy garapolo will start the game but don't expect him to play for too long. helping the community and helping the environment. we're live a after the break with the collaborative effort taking place right now to brighten one of san francisco's neighborhoods. here's a live look at santa cruz this morning. looks like a bunch of people are enjoying it although it's a "right this minute."

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which is perfect for the volunteers out here. a lot of kids from the area as well as some of our own colleagues helping out. what they're doing behind me they're trying to clear this stuff away. they're trying to get this out because it's an invasive plant species. they want to protect our native plants here in san francisco to continue to have those kinds of plants, our native plants grow, that's part of the work they're doing. and it's part of the program funded through $1.5 million the disney company awarded nation would to several different programs. and it's local ones like this that benefit. 24 local ninth and tenth grade students along with abc 7 volunteers helped cleanup the bay park. olivia is one of san francisco's program designed to connect teenagers with wildlife in their

communities. the kids are interviewed, selected for the program even earning a small stipend. and they do a variety of cleanup projects in their neighborhoods. today they're picking up trash. >> so items like this, gum wrappers, stuff like that. >> reporter: and clearing brush away from the trail. funding for today's work comes from the disney abc meet me in the park grant. $20,000, where does that money go? >> it's important for us to be able to facilitate projects citywide and purchase tools for the youth, materials and identifying vests you see today to let people know we have people out working. >> reporter: today's work isn't easy so olivia has this advice the next time you visit. >> just be mindful of your surroundings. >> reporter: and the kids are not only helping to make the park more beautiful by getting

rid of this stuff, they're also learning about leadership. and they're hopefully being inspired to pick up a career in nonrofiork.l go to abc7news.com and we'll link you up with some information there. it is a beautiful day out here. we're going to continue doing our work reporting live from the park. reggie, come on out here when you're done with the midday show. >> well, i know mike nico is out there so we're going to check in with him in a couple of minutes. some strong words. after determining russia poisoned one of its exspies in britain the state department nounced it would rollout more sanctions this month. this morning russia responded quite it's an attempt to demonize russia. russia denies that it poisoned that former agent. and just hours ago vice president mike pence announced

plans for a new separate u.s. space course. vice president pence says it's needed to ensure heightened competition. this morning the parent of two kids are furious after they say frontier airlines made their young son and daughter spend the night in a hotel. the father says the airline never called to tell him that his 9 and 7-year-old stayed in that hotel with four other unaccompanied minors and one female airline employee. this happened after the kid's flight to orlando got diverted to atlanta. the father says the airline never asked for permission to put the kids in a hotel. >> it was very infuriating and very outraged. i think both jennifer and i would have drove to atlanta. >> frontier airlines dispute the

claims saying that they spoke to their mother and the supervisor was able to reach the father the next morning. apple's responding to cla

meteorologist mike nico has left me alone in the studio today. he is talking about the temperature but out in the field. so, mike, had you seen it look out there today? >> reporter: it feels great out there, reggie. and so far we are going to get

better air quality. the sky is actually just a little bit clearer than it was this time yesterday. let's take a look from walnut creek and we'll show you one of those areas that could have poor air quality later on. this one is going to be good. we checked that before we allowed everybody to come out here and do some manual labor. what they're doing is amazing. wul nut creek to the south bay that's probably where we're going to have our poorest air quality. ful uone of those most sensitive to the air because of the smoke and fires created to our north then just stay inside one more day and run the air conditioner. we've got another concern i want to talk about and also it pertains to those fires once again. and unfortunately those winds are going to pick up starting at 2:00 this afternoon. and we've got quite a few days until 11:00 saturday evening.

so that entire time, it's going to be a bit more stressful for those folks. let's talk about our forecast overall by taking a look at the highlights. east bay camera and you can see the haze out there. but not quite as much as it was yesterday. the temperatures will start roll back tomorrow and we'll be back to average by sunday with some cleaner air then. if you're thinking about going out today just be aware of the fact we do have the potential for poor air quality. so try to do stuff outside early or try not to burn anything as we head deeper into the forecast. 60s at the cost, 70s san francisco, 80s inlands until you get to the north bay and deep into the south bay. if you're going to game tonight we're going to have jerry garcia

night. for lows tonight, it's not going to be quite as cool as it has been. my seven day forecast what i want to show you is yeah we're near 100 in many inland areas today, 80s at the bay and near 70s at the coast but notice how ewe drop by 10 degrees on sunday. hopefully the fire conditions will be a little bit better for those firefighters. i want to bring you out live once again. i want you to introduce you to our community relations manager. she's going to talk about what's going on today and why is disney out here. >> disney is abc 7 are really proud to continuing to support meet me at the park in celebration of earth month. and we really as you can tell we stretch it out throughout the year. but the disney company has donated $1.5 million to the national parks and recs

association for the entire nation. and that money allows us to donate those grants across 15 or 16 different cities. we're one of the major cities that received this grant for the second year in a row. we're really happy to be here. it's a great day. >> it is a great day. we thank you and some of the people that came, some of of our coworkers out here cutting weeds, taking stock in their neighborhood. it's nice to see them taking stock in their community and trying to improve it. >> absolutely. they've really taken the lead today which is what they're trained to do and they're really inspiring. >> right now we've got a nice breeze coming off the ocean and we're enjoying helping the community out here at bay view hill park in san francisco. >> we thank all those folks who are doing it. apple is trying to squash

privacy concerns. it's assuring users users userss listening to or recording conversations you have around them. there's a visual indicator that lets users know siri is actually listening. samsung has just unveiled its new smart phone, the gal ax note 9. it has a larger screen, a standard battery and a souped up s pen. samsung note phones are intended for power ewers, but they also a pree view what we can expect in the galaxy s market baseball fans typically suggest there was something wrong with the umpires eyes

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york yankees trainer. he's shake his head. it turns out he had a live moth stuck in his ear. it was planning as they pulled it out with tweezers. happened during the ninth inning of the game between the new york yankees and the chicago white sox. and i certainly hope that didn't bug you. have a good day.

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