union workers hit the streets tonight as negotiations at b.a.r.t. hit a critical stage. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. there are indications that positions are softening amongst tedious negotiations. our clock shows just two days

to go until the midnight deadline. jana katsuyama is live in oakland she's been talking to me forbe kwraeu tors and joins us now with a progress report, jana. julie, i want to let you know that just in the past two minutes both sides have been walking out of the door. we have josie moody and antoinnet bryant. they say they've wrapped up their talks today after an exchange of ideas which they're going to go back and analyze before they come back tomorrow morning to continue these talks. the bottom line. what i'm hearing from both sides, there's been progress it has just been really, really slow. about 100 union members and supporters marched down oakland's grand avenue and their message was loud and clear. but negotiators on both sides appear to be making some

concessions and exchanges proposals. >> we've sat down with the districts and i think we've made minimal progress. >> i think there has been a change in the tone of negotiations we'll see how it goes. >> reporter: b.a.r.t.'s lead negotiator returned from dinner and told us. >> i think we can get it done tonight if everybody wanted to. >> reporter: hoch says that progress has been denied. meaning both unions must reach agreement before dealing with the transit agency. >> it makes it very cumbersome to move anything in the right direction. >> reporter: the state's former chief mediator who helped with the b.a.r.t.'s 2009 talks say negotiators are feeling pressure. >> both sides are thinking, whatever we come out here with we have to recommend it to our

principals and they have to ultimately decide. >> reporter: as for the negotiation, aclu president says. >> i don't want people to think we're trying to disrupt service. that's never been the case. >> reporter: jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. we asked commuters how they feel about a possible strike and we found a lot of frustration. >> it takes a toll on you. >> we want to make sure they're

fairly compensated. i am willing to take a ferry or whatever i have to do. but i would like them to move it along. >> reporter: stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. you can also follow us on twitter or facebook for the latest developments any time. ac transit has its own labor issues and now its board of director says the next move is the union. aclu says they made a solid contract offer but the rank in file rejected it. it's the second time in three months that workers have rejected an offer recommended by their own union. now to our continuing coverage of the oakland a's play off run. the divisional series is headed back to oakland for game five after the a's lost to the detroit tigers 8-6 today. the next game is do or die. the winner advances, loser goes home. amber lee is live now in oakland where fans tell her

they are ready to watch game five at home. amber. >> reporter: julie a's fans are not letting today's loss get them down. they plan to come out to the coliseum to watch their beloved team take the division series at home. game four was down to the wire. nervous anticipation at the top of the 9th inning at the tavern in downtown oakland. the back to back wins on the road to dash detroit's hopes was not to be. >> here's the good news, we're coming back to oakland for game five and we have tickets for game five. so we're going to take it here at home. >> reporter: pride in the team came in many forms, bottles of gold and green at the bar. >> i'm going to get tickets for the game on thursday and we will win. >> reporter: optimism tempered. >> i've been an a's fan since i

was a kid and to see them go this far is amazing. >> reporter: green is the color at the towers. they're hoping for a repeat on thursday. the a's flag flies high above. below hotel workers wearing a's caps greet detroit fans. this afternoon at visit oakland. the city's tourism bureau work was definitely mixed with pleasure. >> i think it's a three hour tour on a bike. >> reporter: a meeting among staff with an eye on the game. >> it's a source of pride. i'm ready proud to see them go this far and work this hard. to not end up in the play offs. >> reporter: fans say a modest payroll by mlb standards and rookies who perform well make this team special. >> you always need the big super stars to take over the

play offs. >> our goal is to celebrate with a parade downtown when they win. >> reporter: the tourism bureau is giving out these cheer cards. they're available for free. they're available at jack london square. reporting live in oakland, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. show your support for the a's on your facebook page. share our new game five badge as you can see it's at our house. share the badge at ktvu.com on facebook. later in sports, mark ibanez will have postgame reaction and what the a's are up against when they return home. new information tonight about that salmonella outbreak traced to three facilities. the centers for disease control says 42% of the 278 people known to have gotten sick or hospitalized. they say many strains of

salmonella appear to be drug resistant which may explain the high rate of contamination. now here are the three usda codes to look for on packages of foster farm chicken. p6137. p6137a. and p7632. the usda says the chicken is safe to eat if handled properly and cooked to an internal temperature of at least 160 degrees. the white house says president obama is planning to nominate janet yelen as chairwoman of the federal reserve. the official announcement is set for tomorrow. she would be the first woman to be head of the federal reserve.

yellen's appointment requires a nomination. it appears the woman who went missing from her hospital room never actually left the hospital ground. a janitor found a body today in a seldom used stairwell. just before 5:00 the san francisco medical examiner took away the body found in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital. the body of a woman once found at about 10:00 a.m. in what hospital officials say is a rarely used exterior stairway. a hospital worker told ktvu employees at first believed they found a mannequin at the bottom of the stairwell. >> the person is deceased and the san francisco sheriff's department is leading the investigation with assistance of the san francisco police department. >> reporter: a source closely

involved in the investigation told ktvu it is the body of 57- year-old lin spalding the with who disappeared from her hospital room 17 days ago after checking in for a possible bladder infection. she was last seen by her family saturday september 20th. >> two friends, her boyfriend and her best friend came to visit her at around 11:00 a.m. on saturday morning. and were told she had disappeared as of 30 minutes previous. >> reporter: worried family and friends built a website to help find her. >> someone has died in a mysterious fashion here at san francisco general. an institution that is known for healing. tonight i'm sure the staff is horrified and confused. i'm sure the family is horrified and confused. >> reporter: the hospital police is in charge of the investigation. discovering why the woman died and if anything should have been done or could have been

done to prevent it. >> we're distressed. we don't know what happened. that's our top priority to figure that out. >> reporter: the discovery of the body bringing up questions as to how thoroughly the hospital was searched after the disappearance. david stevenson. if california public utilities commission stepped in and ordered pg & e to keep a distribution line in san carlos out of service until the agency can determine if it is safe. a san mateo county judge initially ordered pg & e to shut down the 40-inch distribution line on sunday. the city says an e-mail from a pg & e engineer raised questions about the possibility of a san bruno situation and the safety of a seam weld on a pipe that is 83 years old. a follow up tonight, we return to solano avenue in

albany and discovered this protest encampment is now gone. last night about two dozen people spent the night on the street. an estimated 50 people are living on the land. the city wants to clear out the encampment and make it part of east shore state park. new at 10:00, a birthday party for coit tower. the monument on top of telegraph hill in san francisco. it was 80 years ago today that the tower was dedicated to the people of san francisco. the monument was built with money left by lily hitchcock coit. she wanted the money to be used to make the city she loved everyone more beautiful. someone told us tonight that the tower is simply an art piece. >> it's not a place for a practical use. but that to me is what art is. it's a place that inspiring

people -- inspires people and makes you think. >> reporter: she was said to smoke cigars and dress like a man so that she could gamble in male only taverns. it makes people sick. we're just trying to get by until the next job comes by. >> we uncover a trail of complaints about a company hired to update the system. >> and fall is in the air. i'll tell you how far temperatures will drop where you live. >> in 90 seconds a house in look at them with that u-verse wireless receiver.

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members of an fbi task force swarmed all over a home on quarry street. ken wayne is live and tells what the fbi found. >> reporter: petaluma police and the fbi just wrapped up the search. this investigation has been going for over 30 hours and some maybes are still wondering what is going on. the fbi spent part of the night digging up the front lawn where an explosive was detonated.

when officers entered the house they found much more. >> upon looking for the firearm, they noticed an explosive device, they immediately backed out. called the sonoma county bomb squad. >> reporter: four devices were found. the bomb squad safely detonated two which police say contained explosives. this you tube video listed under the suspect's name features homemade fireworks. black powder was also found in the home. >> a little suspicious? >> very. we have been for a long time. we kind of wondered. it's been about 15 years. >> reporter: the fbi was called in including members of the terrorism task force. >> we call our reactionary squad. if there's any sort of explosives or an active shooter which isn't the case here. they would be the ones that

would initially respond. >> reporter: one neighbor says that the man set off fireworks that struck his home last year. >> the suspect was burning things in the backyard and we responded and asked him to put that out. >> nobody wants him back. it's bat. >> reporter: the suspect's mother operating a printing business from the home which is called cd muhammad press. meanwhile ismael boinan is being held without bail. and faces illegal possession of illegal drugs and illegal possession of explosives. there's word of more arrests including the secretive rogue website and its

facilitating of the sale of drugs. today the fbi announced the arrests of more people. and they promise for arrests are coming. the fbi said silk road brokered more than $8 million in drug sales before they closed down the site. san leandro police say tips from the public helped them catch the suspect in a robbery. the attacker is 39-year-old charlie johnson of oakland. he is scheduled to be arraigned on a felony assault charge tomorrow. a photo showing the principal of an east bay high school holding a female student in a head lock has gone viral. as patti lee reports after the photo from pittsburg high was

put on social media nearly one dozen students were suspended. >> reporter: this photo shows the principal of pittsburg high school shows the principal holding a woman in a choke hold. >> i put it in my page, they told me to take it off so i took it off. >> reporter: principal todmire says the picture was taken as he was breaking up a fight. >> i think the disappointing aspect is the comments ranging from racist comments to derogatory comments. >> reporter: whitmire says he suspended 10 people for reposting the picture and for those who made derogatory comments. >> we postwhat we want and they should not get involved in what we post. because if it's hurting them, then probably yeah. but i don't think it was the

right to suspend them. >> reporter: ashley johnson is the girl in the photograph. she claims her neck was injured. >> i wasn't fighting him back. i was just there on the ground. >> reporter: whitmire says he had to restrain johnson. johnson and the boy who shoved her will not be in school this week. in pittsburg, patti lee. police in oakland say a young woman killed after the city's first friday event last week was an innocent bystander who was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. police identified the woman at corin ray. family and friends refer to her as corin bailey. her family tonight remembered her as someone who was loved by many people and touched many lives. one of her former counselors described her as a sweetheart. a bright young woman interested in music and art. the shooting happened on

broadway near city hall. two other people were wounded. police say those two had gotten into an argument with a man who pulled out a gun and then opened fire into the crowd. the university of california's largest union has called for a strike for alleging unfair working conditions. the union represents 22,000 employees who provide staff support and medical services at uc hospitals. contract talks have been dead locked now for more than a year. the union says it wants better retirement entitlements and health care coverage. eight other unions have already agreed to wage and pension reforms. the university says esfumc is demanding they get paid less than others. and this system is dropping down from the north and as it

does it's going to pull down some of the cool air. even some of these showers. it's going to pull it and make it sag. and then about 2:00 tomorrow afternoon we're going to notice showers trying to rotate back into the bay area. especially down here near san jose. about 2:00 there's a chance for showers. when i come back at 10:45. i'll roll this mod -- model all the way through your tomorrow. it's going to get a little cooler around here. we'll see you back here at 10:45. california owes her thousands of dollars in unemployment benefits. >> these were all the e-mails i sent that were never responded to. >> the pattern of problems made

now to our continuing coverage of the government shutdown. here's a live picture of capitol hill where both sides insist they have to budge first. they're still unwilling to compromise. president obama said he called house speaker boehner and is willing to talk about a host of issues but only after they raise the debt ceiling. >> we're not going to pay a ransom for america to pay its bills. that's something that should be nonnegotiable and everybody should agree on that. >> moments later, boehner went to the microphone. >> the president said today if there's unconditional surrender

by republicans he'll sit down and talk to us. that's not the way our government works. >> reporter: boehner did say he is not ready to draw a line in the sand. later a congressman close to boehner said there may be a way to raise the debt ceiling while negotiations are under way. the lack of progress drove stocks lower again today. the dow industrials lost 159 points. nasdaq fell 75. the losses keep mounting as the shutdown drags on. and at least eight democratic members of the house were arrested for blocking the roadway. house speaker john boehner has refused to put the legislation

up for a vote. the cliff house closed last week then opened this week now it's closed once again. the cliff house restaurant sits on national parkland near land's end. he was forced to close last thursday due to the government shut down. but the restaurant owners then defined those orders and reopened yesterday and today. but now they decided to abide with the order. the owners told us the cliff house will remain closed until the government says it can reopen. two bay area companies have worked together to debut a new computer. hp and google unveiled the chrome book in new york city today. it's powered by a small usb cell phone charger. they're based entirely on the chrome web browser. meantime apple is reportedly getting to unveil new i pads in two weeks. the tech website all things d says there is an invitation only event on tuesday october

22nd. the fifth generation i pad is expected to have a thinner design and a better camera. a fire in the south bay burning near some historic buildings. the problem that firefighters encountered as soon as they arrived. up first critical unemployme ready?

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new at 10:00, bay area leaders are calling for a full review of the state's employment development after a computer program delayed

unemployment checks for thousands of people. eric rasmussen is here with questions about the company hired by the state to upgrade its system. >> reporter: frank massachusetts just fired the same company for problems with a new computer system for tax returns. today edd officials in sacramento told us they are aware some people are still going without benefits even though the department announced it cleared a backlog last week. >> reporter: she lives in one of the bay area's most affluent city, but laura beachi of buehrleing game is down to her last dollar. >> it makes me sick. we're just trying to get by until the next check comes. >> reporter: siachi said that she has not received a check. >> these were all the e-mails i sent that were never responded to by edd. >> reporter: officials say they fixed the glitch.

but siacchi and many others are still waiting. >> it's hard enough to make end meet with a regular salary. then you're reduce to unemployment, then you're reduced to nothing. >> reporter: that could include questions about contractor deloyd consultants. the company has had problems with major projects in massachusetts, florida and pennsylvania. california paid deloit $62 million to develop the new system to process unemployment claims. >> we need an answer. we need answers to why this went bad. what the problem was. what caused the problem and how can we prevent it from happening again. >> reporter: in a statement deloit told ktvu the delays were the not created by the new computer system. now edd officials say they're

looking at claims. >> what can people do if they think they are owed benefits. >> frank, as you heard getting through the phone has been impossible. e-mailing has not been easy. >> it is coming but it's very slow. eric, thank you. the state's new health insurance exchange cover california is now 1 -week-old. and officials say they are making progress. officials at cover california say more than 16,000 applications have been completed in the first week of the program. they also say the covered california website is seeing

97,000 unique visits. alameda county wants to hire 100 workers to help people enroll on to medi-cal. the county says it needs the addition workers to handle calls at a center in downtown oakland. two historic buildings were destroyed today during a three alarm fire that broke out at a lumberyard in the south bay. you can see the damage here from news chopper 2. the fire in south san jose started at 7:45 this morning. ktvu's anne rubin tells us why firefighters say it could have been a whole lot worse. >> reporter: neighbors in coyote recorded this cell phone video before the fire trucks arrived. >> you have to have 50, 60-foot flames real quick. >> reporter: and crews had their work cut out for them.

there are no fire hydrants here. >> there is a poor water supply system in this area. but we know that. >> reporter: so they brought in water tenders and got to work. on one side since the pedula lumberyard, on the other three historic buildings according to their owner. >> this building was built in 1970. the building over there was built in 1968. >> reporter: one had been a train depot, the other a bunk house for railroad workers. firefighters were able to save all but the bunk house. >> i seen it an hour ago it was there. and i thought they were able to save it. they said that only the roof had caught on fire but they took it completely down. >> reporter: two more buildings at the lumberyard also burned though the lumber amazingly did not. >> i got a lot of my stuff left. just my office is gone. >> reporter: ringo too is thankful that not more history is gone. >> i can't thank them enough.

you saved this place. you saved this place. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: coincidentally there was a fire at this same spot last year. in coyote, ann rubin, ktvu news. the east contra costa fire protection agency board of directors has discussed billing vehicles required by emergency officials. last week the board of supervisors voted to cut ties with secure communities program. today mayor ed lee signed the due process for all ordnance. it says that police and sheriff's deputies can no

longer detain undocumented immigrants for up to 48 hours past their release date. the law does not protect violent offenders. she fought for her life. now she is fighting for change. >> what she's asking one bay area city to do to protect pedestrians. >> and a front is bringing cooler conditions. and in two minutes a look at them with that u-verse wireless receiver.

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a day care facility inside a home in the south bay remained open today despite the arrest of a man who live there is on charges of sexually abusing young girls. we sent ktvu's cara liu to

sunny vail to investigate why that day care did not shut down. juan carlos gonzalez had no idea that anything was amiss when he dropped off his child at the day care. >> it's really good. she loves the kids. she loves all the -- she's really fine. but i am in shock. i'm in shock. >> it's been here almost a year. it's been great for him. like i said, the people are great. >> reporter: investigators say jose cristobal velangria a relative of the owner who also lived in this house was arrested after a parent came forward with allegations of inappropriate touching. at least two children were abused say investigators. >> the children are five to 8 years old. they're elementary school aged children. and so the touching that was made was a sexual type of touching. >> reporter: neighbors tell us

68-year-old velandria was friendly and they would sometimes watch him walking with children to the park. >> i thought he was a good man. i don't know what happened inside. >> reporter: police want to hear from any parent worried that their child may be a victim. >> we are concerned that because this individual may have had access to those other children, that there may be other children who were inappropriately touched by this individual. >> reporter: we obtained state records showing child care inspectors found no major red flags over the last few years. the day care still has a valid license but an investigation is still under way. there's now a note out front saying no comment. the owner did not open the door when we stopped by earlier this afternoon to ask questions. the asiana pilots and airline told investigators the

automatic throttle may have malfunctioned. the investigator said they had not found any mechanical problem. and right since the beginning the ntsb said the plane was flying to slow and too low. a police the detective is due in court tomorrow in connection with the video taped attack of an suv driver. this video from last sunday shows bikers pounding on the vehicle. they eventually pulled out the driver and beat him up. the detective's attorney side his client only witnessed other bikers kicking and punching the vehicle at the scene. but there's now a video showing

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an emotional message today from a woman nearly killed by a hit-and-run driver earlier this year. as ktvu's rob roth reports the woman hopes to put a human face on the many pedestrian accidents that happen in san francisco. >> reporter: she wrestled with her emotions as she wanted to speak. her walk to the podium was short but for hernandez, this

is something more than she ever wanted to endure. >> i plead with you to help me change some of the policies here in san francisco that concerns us all. >> reporter: martinez says she does not remember what happened before the impact. >> i was walking home with my friend and we were both hit by a car. my injuries were, i was severely injured. >> reporter: monique shattered her pelvis and suffered a brain injury. the uc berkeley neuroscience researchers spent four months in the hospital. the driver of the honda sped off and has not been caught. monique says that she expects to make a recovery but because of the hit-and-run, she has a bills into the million dollars.

last year there was 1,000 pedestrian accidents including 19 deaths. monique had suggestions. >> make sure all traffic signs are visible. >> reporter: the supervisors didn't respond but afterward monique said she felt she did some good. >> now i'm able to speak to people for san francisco. so i feel proud. >> reporter: in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. new at 10:00, dozens of people demonstrated in san francisco tonight calling for the compassionate release of imprisoned attorney lin stewart. the rally was held on market. he was convicted of conspiring to attack the united nations and other u.s. landmarks. stewart is now facing a sentence that gives him 19 months to live.

>> she is suffering from cancer. she doesn't pose a threat to anybody. we can only imagine that the reason she's still there is for political reasons or red tape reasons. >> reporter: both the federal bureau of prisons and a judge denies for release. her evaluation has been submitted and is now pending. a nice day around here today. things are cooling off. they cooled off a little bit yet. they cooled off quite a bit more today. these were the highs recorded today. you can see not 80s but lots of upper 70s. tomorrow i think we will see lots of upper 60s and 70s at best. so a little cooler pattern all brought to you by this weather system i talked about earlier. that will be the jet stream as we bo into the bay area the next 24 hours. that cool air is going to come down over us and give us a chance for her happens that stphráeupbg -l. maybe in the sidewalk.

these are the current temperatures 59 in fairfield, 67 in livermore, 51 in walnut creek. wind out there are kind of light. we have a little bit of wind out in fairfield. the wind direction will be kind of westerly. richard and cool with a shraoeug charlotte obsernever of showers as we head into tomorrow . a little cooler, a little breezy tomorrow and a slight chance of a shower. these are your forecast highs, yellows are 70s, greens are 60s. that's not an aggressive warm temperature all all. we had oranges today, right. but tomorrow lots of 60s and low # zeros. computer model there it goes. carry seven 11 money. you can see him here then row

taeting out. it's mostly on this part of the bay bridge in this part of california. i would suspect that clouds are increasing. 72 in anti antioch. still not cold but not as warm as it was today. this pattern is a good one for firefighters. i think you have to last the last week sor we had very high temperature, big strong winds. that goes away and that gives el ma ae way. -- and that gives them a way. leap the sponsor of a yearly sand castle says the

event is now postponed indefinitely. the contest is a fundraiser for art education programs in san francisco, san mateo and alameda county private schools. men meanwhile there's word from the white house. the a's wrote think friday. while the jim available to congressional staffers is reportedly closed. all right mark is here now with sports. game five, winner takes all. thursday at the coliseum. >> yeah you just have to keep thinking forward and forget about this one as quickly as possible. only one thing could kaoeb the a's for scores if t. no one will care about the wasted afternoon this afternoon. now 3-3. cocoa crisp four hits comes through again. with an rbi single and the a's

take a brief 4-3 lead. as they celebrate a little early. and sean martinez deep. redick immediately claims fan disappearance. you judge to himself. did he get in the way. could young return that ball. they caught a come run and he continues, that's the right key. ashson johnson broke the bad singly. that puts the tigers up front. nobody else has the sáeufpgs as the a. the tiger scored three and. the a's just never lay coup. -- the a's do go by a six buck they never give up.

>> i mean we don't give up. do you really seem to be let down. we put runs up and they answer back. that's what good things do. they help to help you when you're doing. i can score more runs if you didn't. >> the come pat national. the athletics will be off the imfield. elk bury scoring 2-1 liar that must mean that the red sox will

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