>>james: let's get our water coverage and traffic on the two of the bart strike. good morning and thanks for liking up with us. --waking

up. >>george: no significant delays at this point. bay area toll authority's determined that with so few fasttrack users and so many more cash payers at the bay bridge that they needed more land available to accept cash. they did ed extra toll takers yesterday and there may be a plan in place to increase the number of cash lanes at the bay bridge this morning cents a that was an added delay factor to the morning commute. i also think we may see fewer cars in the bay bridge this morning. after yesterday's, i think a lot of folks will find their route to a different mold. state-owned parade in the meantime, let's get a look at the weather. is another hot one. >>erica: little foggy at the

bay bridge but that will lay off. were already off to a pretty warm start. livermore still holding on to upper 70's. we do have excessive heat warning still in effect till 7:00 p.m. on wednesday which means all inland spots will be in triple digits. on warm evenings, excessively hot afternoons and it looks like he should certainly keep this in mind if you have any heat related illnesses in terms of an afternoon highs, livermore at 104 degrees. low eighties for east bay shore lines. 7 day around the bay shows warm weather to about the middle of this week and then temperatures start to slide as we transition into the weekend. >>james: we will continue coverage of our top story. bart workers are officially in today to avoid striking. management

says it did not receive any indication that bart workers would return to work today so commuters are advised to make alternative travel plans. so far, bart says there has been no progress in largest unions. workers want a for that-5 percent raise that race annually. bart has offered two%. >>darya: a >> thing the strike cost over $73 million for the city. >> it is very costly for all of us who live in the san

francisco bay area. this region depends on quality transportation. clearly 40,000 people a day using a bart coming in and out of san francisco. that's a substantial number. >>anny: brown also suggested that san francisco mayor did leave should get involved in an effort for both sides to come to an agreement. one of the bart labor groups that went on strike said they would welcome an offer to help resolve the problem. >>james: while the bay area weights, bart workers are having trouble seeing eye to eye. the union and management positions are still fairly far apart on several issues. >> it is something that bart has really ignored so we brought it to the table and we've had workers who have beenlighting and are tunnels. it

doesn't sound like much but it is very dark down there and it is dangerous for our employees. mainly concerned about the public. it would be very hard to evacuate the public the way the lighting is. the back rooms have been closed and we have been pushing them to open them. they do not want them. >>james: you can see how long some of the lines were yesterday at the ferries. expect lines to be just as bad today. no plans for negotiations at least none have been scheduled. we will let you know if maybe they can get together in some sort of emergency session >>anny: as commuters scrambled, the bay area economic institute estimates that the bart strike is costing the region $73 million in lost worker productivity alone. that

figure is based on workers stuck in traffic or forced into longer commutes. the bay area council economic institute says it doesn't even include things like the economic impact from people who do not buy lunches or dinner or who meet people for drinks because they did not go to work. we will continue to follow the latest with the bart strike threat will be provided updates are 247 channel comcast 1933 will also be updated on our website, kron4.com as well as our facebook and twitter feet. >>james: coming some commuters who

share their experience yesterday. coming up at 430 we will show you around 3 we will take a quick break and we'll be right back. let's go back outside to show you the san mateo bridge. not too much traffic after that but that will change as folks decide to not take the bay bridge to that botanic others. also a live look from our helicopter partnership with abc seven newsprint and empty bart platform. and he once again today. [ male announcer ] to all you burger aficionados...

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>>james: we are back at 409 a. ac transit workers are also in the midst of contract negotiations. their union contract also expired sunday night but they decided not to walk off the job. that turned out to be good news for the many commuters who are relying on ac transit to get around the bay. ac transit buses carried an unusually high volume of

passengers. it was at least double the normal number of writers at some locations. the union has mentioned the possibility of an ac transit strike, but said, it will give 24 hours' notice before beginning any work stoppage. meanwhile, the 3500 oakland workers who went out on a one day strike have decided to head back to work. with city services up to full operation by tuesday morning. hundreds of workers are protesting for more pay and what they call unfair labor practices. ac spokesperson said, oakland mayor jean quan met with union leaders on friday, and presented a package, a 3.5 percent pay raise for employees over the next two years. but the city says the union rejected that proposal.

>>darya: >>erica: >>erica: > >anny: no bart trains, long lines and a whole lot of traffic is what the majority of bay area commuters went through during monday's strike. normally, many of these commuters would have taken our home, but the strike has forced them to find other ways across the bay. many of them have to take the ferry and others took a.c. transit buses. there was plenty of anger over the situation. >> i understand it want to stand up for their rights, but it is very inconvenient. san francisco bay ferry more than tripled its normal order shipped on monday, from 25 other passengers to more than 7800. they say

they are prepared to continues offer extended service as needed. commuters can also run on an ac transit bus or had to ride in a casual car pool. -- hitch a ride in a casual carpool.

>>james: we are in day two of a bart

strike. george, what are you seeing out there? >>george: i don't think we will see any real congestion until the 5:00 hour at the bay bridge. importantly, caltran, the sec, the bay area poll of authority have determined that they need to get more cash lanes at the bay bridge sense of most of the people using the bridge yesterday for the first time were not using fasttrack. they were paid by cash as a consequence, and that accounted for big backups while there were plenty available lanes in the middle. here at the san mateo bridge, pretty like an easy ride. this was an underutilized alternate use yesterday but that will probably change today.

probably higher lows for the san mateo bridge earlier in the day. although we did have a problem on the approach to the bridge yesterday. if we can eliminate that, we may have a better ride on 92. here at the golden gate bridge, didn't see much as far as alternate traffic goes. but lighter than usual load to this week. a quick look at traffic around the bay. updating drive times. currently, he sure freeway drive is about 13 minutes. that was well over two hours yesterday. 24 still looks good so the 680 south. you're right to the san ramon valley is problem for reprieve west 580 without delays. south bay freeways look good. greene shows speed of 50 mi. per hour or better and that's why the commute time through loren is now just 23 minutes from

the bottle down to the golden gate bridge on a one- to-one southbound. if you want to take advantage of alternate modes of transportation, air can update you on ferry service. yesterday their numbers were double on some then normal days. >>erica: everyone we talked to yesterday had a pretty positive experience today. they start at 6:00 a.m.. they are operating eight opposed to three trips that run every 45 minutes. they can carry hundreds of passengers but they do have limited parking so park somewhere else if you can have someone drop you off. you can catch them at main street in lme them are jackson street. in terms of whether or around the bay area, waking up to a mostly clear conditions. still fairly warm out there in fact some spots still

holding on to 70's. coastal fog to contend with and a little bit chillier for those of you in the north bay. as we take a look at your day planner, although it is a one-stop for some of us, it will get high into the afternoon. we are talking another day of triple digit readings. expect mostly clear and warm conditions into the evening hours. in fact, what people futurecast 4. you can see by lunchtime all of their red, dominates the the screen. keeping temperatures in the '90s. holding on to '80s inside the bay. 70's for those of you along the coast line. putting the clock into motion agreed afternoon highs. barely warm conditions by 8:00 p.m. tonight. temperatures in the '70s inside the bay by holding onto '80s for those of new england. year after the highs evergreen at 100 degrees. turning art

attention to the east bay, triple digits everywhere. its board at 105 degrees. downtown san francisco low to mid 70's. looks like 80 degrees for berkeley and 96 for napa. san mateo and low 80s. here 7 day around the bay forecast shows excessive heat continues to about the middle of this week but then temperatures will start to cool. >>anny: a brush fire and concord is 100 percent contained afterburning 31 350 a. and damaging three buildings. the brush fire was reported at around one thirty yesterday afternoon near capacity and has rolled not far from the former concord naval weapons station. this is video from

our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. 2 tool shed and bar were destroyed in the blaze at no animals weren't cited no residents were living in the buildings. fire officials say no injuries were reported. in press got arizona a tribute monday night to the 19 arabs on firefighters who lost their lives when they became trapped in a growing wild fire. --prescott, arizona. andrew spencer has the story >> reporter: remembering of the fallen firefighters. heroes all like andrew and four young children. crisp

mackenzie. sean a miner who was about to become a father. the average age of the man was just 27 years old. one of the youngest was 21 year-old kevin who worked with a hot shot crew for just three months. a known risk. andrew spencer, kron4 news >>james: president obama is on his way back to washington this morning after a wreath laying ceremony in tanzania. the president in the first lady were met by former president george debut bush and first lady laura bush in

africa. both families lady read at the memorial for 11 americans killed in the u.s. embassy bombing nearly 15 years ago. president obama is on his final day of a weeklong tour of the continent, while the bushes are hosting a today's summit on african women. >>anny: nsa leader--leaker edward snowden's chances of getting asylum in any of the european countries his petition that don't look promising right now, he is reportedly still holed up in the transit zone of the moscow airport. russian president of vladimir putin says snowden will have to stop linking u.s. secrets if he wants asylum but adds, he doesn't think snowden will stop. many require such request to be made on their soil. countries like poland,

germany, norway, austria, and switzerland have denied snowden applications to apply for asylum. we will be right back on the kron4 morning news.

>>james: more on our top story this morning. the bart strike. the workers say is about pay, benefits and workers' safety, but as we all know

it is also about thousands of people whose lives have been disrupted by the walkout. here's what they have to say. >>mark: >> i showed up to bart this morning. >> i am trying to get to send francisco. >> had to give up a very early. >>mark: >> had to get up a very early. >> took us almost a half- hour to be here. >> and then trying to coordinate how to get home. >>james:

let's hope that is the case of but at this point, no negotiations are scheduled for today. we will let you know if that changes that we will continue to follow the latest here with the bart straight and provide updates on our 247 news channel comcast 193 as well as updates on kron4 dog, and on facebook and twitter. -- kron4.com. >>anny: we will have more on your traffic and also your weather when we come back. at the time now is 427.

>>james: we are back and following our top story once again is the day to of a bart strike. here's an update with traffic. >>darya: >>george: we are tracking another hot spot. pretty serious problem on the ride through the altamont pass. this was a vehicle fire that was so intense that was reported to be engulfed in flames. bad enough that the adjacent to brush caught on fire. fire crews are responding and the right lane is blocked on interstate 580 and is backing up traffic already almost to the 2 05 interchange for your trip into the hall to mont pass this morning it has been

very warm out there so i am at gen. crews are trying to respond fairly rapid leap at this location. and just the last minute or two, you've seen quite a big increase in the back up. also tracking your right to the bay bridge is this morning and no real increase in slow. here at the bay bridge the light and easy. i believe it'll be the 5:00 hour before we start to see things back up. >>erica: good morning. a we are off to a pretty warm start. 64 in oakland and hayward. 70's and fairfield. we are holding on to warm weather but we do have moisture rotating around the bay area. we did see moisture around the santa clara. we do have potential for isolated thunderstorms.

that's on top for the morning hours into the afternoon, we are talking sunny skies. temperatures in the triple digits and land. brentwood climbing to 108 degrees. 102 in danville. you notice the excessive heat for the east bay and lynn spot. much cooler along the bay shore. turning our attention to the south bay, mainly sunny skies. campbell and 98 degrees, 92 at los gatos. 70's and san mateo. last but not least, the north bay. napa, 98 degrees. we are talking triple digits and fairfield and mid-90s at petaluma. your extended forecast shows we will hold onto warm weather for the next couple of days with temperatures will cool as we head into saturday and sunday. >>anny: kron4's will tran is

alive at 20th and broadway in oakland where commuters are boarding a.c. transit buses to take them across the bay. what you see out there? >>will: you can see that woman leading on the post. we saw her yesterday at about five are so. i went over to talk to her and she said she ran away about an hour which is why she's coming even earlier. you see people here. this is a very busy area. the uptown transit center print it here early because people thought they could be here two hours earlier but even then, they were late. here is video we shot at about 8:00 in the morning yesterday. this was pretty steady for about two to three hours from 7:00 to about 10:00. i've got to tell you. everyone who was in line ran late. there was

a strike right across the street of bart workers. while these people were laid, they were watching some of the workers while others. if you want to give yourself a fighting chance, i suggest you come down here even earlier than yesterday because we start the crowd start to arrive around 630 or 7:00 this morning and that was not good enough. the reason why is a once these buses are full, and they blew by some of the other locations. if you want to give yourself a fighting chance, come down here to 20 and broadway you probably won't be able to hop on the bus at other stations after o'clock this morning from what we saw three which is

at the monitor the situation. tuesday may be as bad the what we saw yesterday. we will have live updates all the more than just all morning. we do know that when people got here, they saw the line or wraparound a corner so on average, the people said they running about an hour late while they were in line and once the top on the buses and hopped into traffic, who knows how long that traffic was backed up. a >>

>>anny: >>james: it seems that the ferry was one of the bright spots for commuters. kron4's jackie sissel is back at a jack london square in oakland to track that. >>jackie: i was out here all morning long. there were lots of long lines especially early in the morning. here's some video of what it looked like. for the most part, they did great out here. they tripled the number said they usually did. a little over that period. yesterday they did 7800. that they had help. for the most part, everything went pretty

smoothly. there were long lines some people aren't sure where to get tickets, but once back out worked through pit-judge people were patient. because the increase service, they only have to wait 45 minutes pr. some of the people we talked to yesterday said they may make this a normal commute for them because it went so smoothly. this is day two. patients may be a little less prevalent today so we will be out here monitoring the situation and letting people know what they need to do. this is a great alternative if you don't want to sit in the bay bridge traffic. come over here to the ferry. the only downside. not a lot of

parking at so if you cannot, have someone drop you off. >>anny: as commuters scrambled without the benefit of bart, the bay area economic institute estimates that the bart strike is costing the region's $73 million a day and lost worker productivity alone. that figure is based on up workers stuck in traffic or forced into a longer commute on other bay area transit. the bay area council economic institution says it doesn't even include things like the economic impact from people don't buy much as a dinner meet people for drinks because they didn't go work. >>gabe: go to our facebook page for all updates on the bart strike. there are

resources on how to get around while they are on strike. we also have tweets here from all the major players in a vault in the bay that the bart a labor dispute. you can see pictures, slide shows. you can e-mail pictures. this is the bart on strike section of kron4.com. i'm grant lotus, kron 4 news. >>anny: we will also have full details on our 247 news channel comcast 193 as well as our facebook and twitter pages. >>james: we will take a quick break. it is 439. here is the live pictures from of the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back in a moment.

>>george: westbound 580. there is a hot spot. a be his co has caught on fire. --a vehicle has caught fire. chp has been requested to provide additional traffic control in order to help firefighters deal with of the fire that erupted after the car fire started. >>james: keeping and i'll wall street this morning. a shot all three indexes positive. economic reports indicating u.s. economic growth is steady but modest has traders betting that the federal reserve won't likely cut back on the stimulus program anytime soon. that's a good sign for

them so they started buying yesterday. the dow finished positive by 65 to in the right under the 15,000 market. nasdaq finished 31 points up. s&p and a positive by about eight and a half at 100614. we will keep updates as the opening bell rings at 630 this morning--1,614. for >>anny: if we will be back with our top headlines in just a minute.

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>>george: the bart strike is not yet the big traffic story but likely will be very quickly. we are dealing with a major problem in the commute to livermore. westbound interstate 580 and on altamont pass where two lanes are shut down at three we have a grass fire on the side of the roadway. it started by a car fire on the shoulder. fire crews are on the scene. the traffic

backed up is solid all the way back to the 2 05 interchange. hawks had his wholat the bay bridge, we are already monitoring a slide back up and the west hand lane. we are about a half an hour ahead of yesterday. as we've mentioned, while there were two extra cash wins, there will be even more since so many people who are using the bridge in lieu of the parts are not fasttrack users. at the san mateo bridge, we still don't see

much in the wake of an increase of the l bridge approach. the golden gate bridge still very light for 101 southbound. some of your options this morning besides taking the ferries >>erica: ac transit is trying to accommodate all commuters by adding extra buses to their fleet. in addition to letter buses, those buses run every 30 minutes. they are trying to add additional buses to get across the bay. you can catch buses got our running every three to five minutes from 40th in the broadway. those will drop you off at the terminal and san francisco and then there is a contingency plan in place so whenever bart strike goes on strike, they're supposed

offer charter buses. as we take a look outside, this is walnut creek quick enough to make clear skies. we are talking excessively hot weather in the afternoon. in extreme heat warning is in fact. we are talking temperatures well into the triple digits. keep this in mind if you suffer from any heat related illnesses. you can't escape the heat heading closer to the coast line 3 temperatures by lunch

time, is in red. temperatures in the '90s is what that indicates. the appearance of purple indicates triple digits and it looks like fairly warm conditions by 8:00 p.m. tonight. breaking down your afternoon highs. starting in the south bay, los gatos with a high of 102 degrees. i think the hot spots will be in the east bay interior valleys. downtown san francisco with a high of 73 degrees, low 80's at east bay shore line three we will continue with fairly warm weather for the next couple of days. but like a cool down as we head into saturday and sunday. by monday, morning fog and afternoon sunshine. temperatures in the mid '80s. the >>james: at 453 the bart strike

continues 3 workers united and pick it all day yesterday with trains the standstill. here's a video of that happening. the council says this costs the bay area economy $73 million. >> it is very costly to all of us who live in this ever to go bay area. the economy of this region depends upon quality transportation to get workers and purchases to and from what they need to be read and clearly 400,000 people a day using bart coming in and out of separate tesco that's a substantial number braun and suggest that samper to go mayor ed lee and oakland

mayor jean quan it gets involved to help bart come to negotiations. >>anny: bart officials and bart workers are having a difficult time seeing eye to eye. the two sides have not been together at the bargaining table all day monday and the union along with management positions are still far apart on several issues. >>mark: it is something that bart has really ignored so we brought it to the table, and we have had workers who have been insulted and killed. we are pushing for better lighting and are tunnels and it doesn't sound like much, but it is very dark down there and it is dangerous for our employees and we are mainly concerned about the public if a train were to break down in the tunnels, it will be very hard to evacuate them with the way lying is pre our bathrooms underneath stations have been closed. we have been pushing to open

them. they don't want to. it is very hard for our service workers to keep the stations claimed while they are closed. >>anny: you can see how long some of those lines got at the very gifted 83 expect lines to be just as worse today. again, no plans for any negotiations are on the table between the two sides today. >>james: alum rock park in san jose will be closed today due to high temperatures and fire danger. the emergency closure was activated to reduce or eliminate the potential for fire related emergencies in alum rock park. temperatures in the

park hit 90 degrees monday. with high temperatures expected to continue this week, the city of pleasanton is extending the hours of public schooling center through wednesday. the primary cooling center at the pleasanton senior center onusuno sunol boulevard. it will be open today and wednesday from noon to 8:00 p.m.. the cooling center has air-conditioning, drinking water, tv and games for people who need an escape from the heat. triple digit temperatures are forecast for inland cities like pleasanton through july 4th. >>anny: we will return in

just a minute.

>>erica: welcome back to the kron4 morning news. thanks for waking up with us this morning i will break down your full forecast coming up in my next report. >>anny: a live look outside

at the approach. the bay bridge toll plaza on your left. the san mateo bridge on your right. expecting more traffic this morning as part trains will not be in service for a second day. >>james: coming up, we will continue to follow the latest with the strike. you will have to find another way around. plus the strike is costing the bay area and millions of dollars. we will tell you just how much the bay area is losing as a result of bart on strike. we'll also hear from stories of commuters on what their commute was like the first day as they prepare another day and to get to and from work.

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>>james: good morning. top stories we're following this morning on this second day of a bart

strike. everyone expected another long commute. that is the alert that is going out. we will give you the latest terror just a moment >>anny: we will first are things here--start things here in the traffic center with george bridge and >>george: there is a brush fire and car fire out in the zero altamont pass. westbound 580 and now eastbound traffic through the area is affected. after the car fire erupted, it became engulfed in flames. that grass fire has been spreading. that is the big problem here in addition to the fact that the two right lanes are shut down to the chp has issued a special traffic advisory many of

these two lanes are likely to be closed for 30 or more minutes westbound. that is jamming up the right out of tracy. we also want to point out to a we are seeing an earlier than yesterday the back of beginning at the bay bridge toll plaza here in the westbound direction. this is about 15 to 20 minutes ahead of schedule about what we saw yesterday. there will be more cash toll lanes available at the bay bridge this morning and then at usual up and then yesterday, but that really was a big snag yesterday. there weren't enough cash lanes zero been so many of the fasttrack only lanes were vacant. remember, if you don't have fasttrack and find yourself at fasttrack lane, you can drive through and you will be sent a notice in the mail that you

will have to pay the toll and also pay a fine, but if you sign up for fasttrack within i believe 10 days, they will outdate the fine. whatever you do, don't back up and tried to change lanes and don't try to use the car pool lanes. chp has enhanced enforcement dealing with car pool violations this morning >>erica: it is a fairly warm and muggy start to the morning. we are in the low seventies out livermore, upper 60s looking at the san jose downtown san francisco ad. into the afternoon, we are talking high clouds, sunshine and temperatures in the upper digits.

>>mark: we are watching the transit agency stepping up to help out. the best news is that ac transit still negotiating and not on strike. that has been a big help for commuters. will tran is alive on 40th and broadway. >>will: yesterday's commute could have been one for the ages of but the buses are still running while they continue to negotiate. and a.c. transit spokeswoman said that usually they tried to give big 24 our heads up should they go on strike. that has not happened which means they are still adding more buses to the morning commute from oakland in two san francisco. people are off to a fast start. we were here yesterday kron4 thirty in the morning. we did not see anyone at the bus stop but we have already seen dozens of people today. we

see this woman. yesterday it turns out she didn't have enough time. but now she's added more time. >> this is cras standing room only three were packed in there like sardines. the line was wrapped around the corner to wait for the bus. as far as coming back, we can display that by year. >>will: we saw the lines wrapped around corner at about 630 and pretty much steadily in to about 930. everybody we spoke to yesterday were late 3 there was nobody have today who

said they were doing ok. people were either caught off guard with not even knowing it was a strike or only given themselves an hour which they turned out to fdenough. back to you mark. >>james: they have better luck at the ferry's three we will continue our team coverage out to the arabs were kron4's justine waldman is standing by with a look at three service as we are seen date to of people taking ferry sprint >>justine: it was pretty organized out here yesterday. people really understood how the system went down after early confusion about people turned to the ferry service has a different way to get into the city from here. triple the number of passengers used the the fare yesterday just in the morning commute compared to an average day three that normally take about 2500 people. yesterday it was

just under 8003. hundreds of people came to take the fare race. the ride takes about 30 minutes and we did not experience any delays. we will be monitoring the situation at the ferry terminal and oakland parade finding out how passengers are doing. the first three does not depart until 6:00 this morning. they're just a few people out here right now and you cannot buy tickets on the ferry. you will have to have a clipper card parade we suggest you get down here early. he should leave yourself a little extra time. we will keep you posted.

>>james: >>anny: here is what we know so far. barton says there has been no progress in labor negotiations with its two largest unions. workers want a 4.5% to race- annually over the next two years. >>james: as commuters crambo without the benefit of all bart, the bay area economic institute estimates that the strike cost $73 million a day. the

bay area council says it doesn't even include things like the economic impact for people who don't buy lunches, dinners or meet people for drinks because they just couldn't get to work. after all of that and the cost is even higher. we will continue to follow the latest with the bart strike. we will be provided updates on our 247 news channel comcast 193. and on our web site and the offer did facebook and twitter as well >>anny: time to take a quick break. a live look outside as the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic already backing up on this early tuesday morning. this is day two of the bart strike. we will be right back.

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backing up for at this early morning hours. expect more traffic of course other bridges this morning as bart trains are not in service once again for a second day. we also have a hot spot. with a board with that. >>george: what we have here is in the all to my past. - all to my past--altemont pass. where a car has been caught on fire which led to a brushfire nearby. the good thing is a bold fires have been extinguished. --both fires. we are right at the anticipated opening time

that we could see those lanes clear. take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza up where the westbound ride is already backing up like we've seen just before the 6:00 hour. we actually saw a few cars are lined up in the left-hand cash plans as early as an hour ago. it was about 430 when we started to see things began to slow down. they have added more cash lanes year and that will allow a number of commuters to get through the back up that weren't able to do so yesterday because they reduced the number of fasttrack only lanes. other bridges look pretty good. at the san mateo bridge those in look to have much traffic. my be a good time to have in this direction if you have that option. if you're headed to the golden gate bridge, you'll find that when no one southbound looks good were we are problem free. let's find out

more for other transit options. ac transit is stepping up to provide some help. >>erica: they're adding even more buses that what we saw. keep in mind that the buses to have to wait and that bay bridge traffic. in terms of bay area weather, we are talking temperatures. upper 70's right now we're holding

to fairly warm weather and excessive heat into the afternoon. take a look at pittsburg today with a high of 105 degrees today. we will see 82 in oakland and mid-90s expected in napa. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows a triple digits for the next three days. after that, temperatures are certainly going to " read for the weekend, saturday and sunday we will see men '80s and

lynn, mid-70s around the bay, and low 70's along the coast. >>anny: of the two sides of the bart strike have not been at the bargaining table all day yesterday. the union and management positions are still far apart on several issues >> it is something that bart has really ignored so we brought it to the table. we have had workers who have been killed in a salted. we are pushing for better lighting. we are mainly concerned about the public if a train were to break down in the tunnels, it would be very hard to evacuate with the lighting is. our bathrooms one underneath stations have been closed three we have been pushing them to open them. they don't want to. it is really hard for our service workers to keep the stations claimed while they are closed.

>>anny: you can see how some of those lines that really -- at the ferries yesterday. expect lines to be just as bad today maybe even started a little earlier. no plan for any negotiations on the table for today >>jacqueline: giving you a quick look right now at kron4.com. on the front page, if you look at the news taps on a bart strike. you'll find several things that will be of value to you. first, the latest on the strike itself. scroll down and you can see a video player with all the stories we've done on the strike so far can be found there. click on that to get yourself up to speed. we also have articles if you'd like to read those as well and then resources with all of the major players. all

these will link straight to pages that will help you get around the bay area. below that, if you to set up to speed, all the major players twitter feet are displayed here as well 3 hear what they're saying as they're saying it. >>mark: a developing story we're following. police in oakland are searching for two people involved in the double murder inside of rolling stock. this happened at 1130 last night. on the 500 block of lake park avenue. police are now releasing much information other than the two people were shot and killed inside that wing stop. we'll bring you more information as we did agree >>anny: a brush fire in concord is now 100 percent contained. it was reported at about 130 if the

afternoon. not far from the former concord naval station. to toolsheds in a barn or destroyed in this blaze. no animals were in sight and no residents were living in those buildings. fire officials say no injuries were reported. >>mark: a memorial growing for the 19 firefighters killed and investigator is now headed to the scene to see how these 19 firefighters were killed over the weekend these men were part of an elite team. the crews were responsible for getting in the front lines in creating a barrier around the fire. family and friends are bringing flowers and remembering the fallen firefighters. this was the

deadliest day for firefighter since the september 11th attacks. the deadliest wildfire since 1933. up over 13 square miles and 50 homes have been lost to that fire. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. ♪

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is 5:29 a.m.. >> the westbound ride is a backing up and the meter will lights have been activated. the 880 approach is already backed up over the westbound lanes. let's head up to the helicopter shot. this is the backup of interstate 580 into the alta mount pass way. this is a look at the miles, miles of track said. this is all leading down to a car that is on fire. this is a look at the location. they managed to get one of the right lanes reopened in the westbound direction. but the

right lane remains closed. both the car and a brush fire has been extinguished. they still need to told this vehicle and that is why this traffic is here backed up. and again, here's another overhead look from the helicopter. you concede mersey crews are on the right side. >> the westbound ride is still jammed as you come me in from the macarthur mayes. the drive time is already 18 to 20 minutes from highway 24. you could expect this to continue. >> what followed ac transit

this would have been 1 for the records. it was a terrible and you can see why these people behind me are here. we did not see the line until about 6:00 a.m.. you can see that the line is starting to form because everyone that i spoke to gave themselves a little bit of room. people were getting very hot in line. they stated they could not believe that it was a strike. today, just to make sure they are able to get to work or school on time there here even earlier. i spoke to one man in line and this is what he had to say. >> i work for the school system and i had six more summer school days to go. if i do not go to work i do not get paid. >> i arrived here early and

i got in line. >> 20 minutes earlier but still have a factor in the time if they're running. he stated that he came in line about 5:00 a.m.. not only is he here earlier he did get up earlier so that he could make it on time. if you get here around 7:00 a.m. in the morning will probably see what you saw yesterday. the lie was wrapped around the corner. if if you're ride after 7:00 a.m. you should come here and ac transit is going to add extra buses. they instantly filled up the buses and it just blew by the other stops. you just have to get here earlier than normal. we do expect more people to show up and i will give you more reactions later. >> we are continuing our

coverage this morning on different ways that commuters can get around the bay area. one ofs is to take a y if you need to get across the bay. kron 4 urs justine waldman is live at jack london square with the update. >> most people want to get a enough time to get here to find parking and to get in line and to hope the they can make it on the first ferry. here is what it looked like yesterday just how crazy things were. commuters were telling me that they just want to get to work on-time tes. we also talked to some

passengers who got here early this morning and how much of an inconvenience this is turning out to be. >> there are still some seats. i arrived about an hour before the ferry left. >> we are back here looking at a different line. this is where you can purchase a ticket. the doors opened at 5:30 a.m. this morning. you can see a lot of people are try to purchase tickets. normally these people are car drivers or bart riders. not only do you have to wait and this time but you have to wait into a another line to get on the ferry. it is running every 45 minutes. we will continue to talk to

passengers because yesterday's everyone was patient and just going with the slope. today, i am saying more and no wins because they're not able to do what they need to do. i will keep you pted. before i send it back to you i wanted to know that the ferry service had tripled on a daily basis because of this. >> people were livid about an hour before the ferry actually leaves. so you do have two lines to go through. this is still enough time with an hour? >> that is what the passengers have been telling me. i will take their word for it. if you are driving here which they are now recommending you do. you have to find a parking spot in the new have to walk over by ticket if younod think you should leave before an hour.

>> following the lead is with our top story this is day two of the bart strike. people usually take part from el cerrito are already lining of this one is to take charter buses. one man tells us about his experience with the charter buses. >> it has been a tremendous and conveyance. i just do not understand. >> i just wish that they will go back to the negotiation table and try to do with they have to do. >> other charter buses are being offered around the bay, at the walnut creek, dublin, pleasanton, and fremont bart stations. >> do not forget that we do have continuing coverage throughout the day on the bart strike. we will be

providing updates on our 24/7 channel, comcast 193. will also be providing updates on our web site, kron4.com, as well as our facebook and twitter pages. >> the time now was 5:38 a.m.. we're also tracking the hot weather. >> it is a very, he starred for the morning. we are holding on to some 70's. satellite radar shows moisture. it has hit half moon bay. you are waking up to a few raindrops that will clear by the afternoon. we're talking temperatures from seven days of the way to the triple digits. will continue with excessive heat until about thursday. after that, we're talking about cooler weather for the weekend. i will have a full update on your whether my next report.

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>> welcome back perry ed the traffic is already backed up. take a look at the bay bridge it back up. this covers all lanes of the mimic freeway. right now, highway 24 is the worst for the westbound ride. i will have more when the kron 4 ♪ ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] one day it will hit you. by replacing one sugared beverage a day

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>> to the good morning. the time is 5:45 a.m.. this is day two of a bart strike. it is making things difficult for the bay bridge. >> we continue to monitor

bake delays for the bay bridge where a back up has started. all of the approaches to the bridge is backed up. here is our look from the helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. on the left-hand side is the approach from the mimic freeway. all of these are backed up right now. switching to the toll plaza you will see that there is a lot of traffic at the center of the toll plaza because extra cash lanes have been opened. this is definitely manning less of that advantage for fasttrack users. it doesn't spread the pain are run.are round. alreadye drive time is 18 to 20 minutes. it is already

backing up too high with 13 coming down highway 24. yesterday, this was the busiest corridors for the approach to the bridge. we clock to a half hour drive times by bus from walnut creek to downtown san francisco. we continue to monitor the hot spot in alta my pass way. westbound interstate 580 had two lanes shut down because of a grass fire. look at the affect coming out of patterson on 580. i cannot remember the last time this freeway was bed late back up. 2 05 is backed of all the way to tracy. 580 is a real mess. >> back to the bridges we will see if the san mateo bridge is picking up the extra traffic. it seems like there may be a little but

there are no delays. the 880, 92 interchange is still looking good. 1 01 southbound traffic is moving quite normal. there may be an extra car or to but it looks like we may have extra traffic but is not slowing things it is still an easy ride even out of novato. let's get a little bit more on the commute options here is erica. >> bart, part of their contingency plan is to provide charter buses. they hired more drivers and they will have more buses out today. yes, they were confused because the buses were dropping people often oakland instead of taking them to san francisco. but it looks like today everything is in place. you can catch these free charter buses at the el cerrito del

norte, fremont, dublin/pleasanton, walnut creek stations. we are talking about two to 4000 passengers they carried across the bridge. this would goes into affect from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and then once again at 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.. in terms of your weather forecast take a look as storm tracker 4. it is muggy and fairly warm. we're dealing with showers along the coastline. there is a little bit of instability outside. a lot of the moisture was sitting off shore and some of it was actually not even hitting the ground. storm tracker 4 is is showing some lighter showers approaching daly city. >> your drive through

oakland you may have to use your windshield wipers once or twice. this is nothing to concern yourself with is this just a stray pop-up shower. livermore is coming in at 72 degrees upper 60s for san jose. the national weather service did issue a excess of heat advisory. the temperatures will be in the triple digits and you can expect the evenings to be warm. you should keep this in mind if you suffer from heat exhaustion. my best advice for you is to drinkwater and head to the coastline. evergreen will be coming in today at a hundred degrees and the warmest weather would be in the east bay. pittsburg will come in at a hundred and five low 80s for castro

valley low 70's for downtown san francisco. we have three more consecutive days of temperatures in the triple digits. it will be very warm as we wrap up the work with. by friday leading into the weekend the temperatures will go back down to the '80s. >> the next work week the temperatures will be around the seasonal average. >> we're watching on wall street this morning. futures trading shows all three indexes in the green in this morning. economic reports indicate that the u.s. economy is growing steadily, but modest, traders are betting that the federal reserve is unlikely to cut back its stimulus program soon. the moderate numbers helped boost stocks yesterday. >> here is a look that the closing numbers. the dow climbed 65 points in the day

at $14.974. the nasdaq gained 31 points to close at 3434. the s&p 500 and the day of early nine points, at 1614. will be watching the stock market all morning long here on kron 4 morning news starting as 6:30 a.m.. >> more than 500 same-sex couples got married over the weekend as san francisco's the clerk's office stayed open late friday. they open on saturday and sunday, which happened to be pried weekend in the city. a total of 563 marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples from friday to sunday. gays and lesbians are thrilled to now have the right to marry in california. >> a new u.s. a today poll

shows that 55 percent of americans say, that marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized by law. the major groups polled which had a majority opposes same-sex marriage, people 65 and older, and republicans. >> the time is 5:53 a.m.. here is a live look outside from the oakland jack london square. people are lining up to buy tickets to get on the ferry. the time right now once again is 5:53 a.m..

>> welcome back. we just want to give you a special look at our website. if you go to our news tab and click on the bart strike button which will have the latest on the strike with a video

player. will also give you the latest news articles. we also have other resources for you. these will help you get around and we have the latest twist from all of the major players. >> we will be live once again to help you get around the bay area as we cover day to of the bart strike. we do have a mass of back up on the bay bridge as well as 580. we will be right back. look at them kids...

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ahead this figure out what they need to do. >> good morning. top stories we are following for you on this tuesday, july 2nd. entering day two of the bart workers strike. long lines and longer commutes expected for a second day in the bay area. we'll tell you what you need to know to get through it. here's a live look at the bay bridge approach this morning. let's get right to the traffic center and kron four's george rask. >> 24 and 580 are the worst. here is a live picture from the macarthur mayes. we are already backed up towards highway 24 in the westbound direction. '