you know, if you can miss a day of work, miss it. who can miss a day of work. you know. >> we begin with breaking news, an early morning crash in the transbay tube has created a commuter nightmare for tens of thousands of b.a.r.t. riders. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu, mornings on 2. good morning everybody. a very busy morning on this friday may 31st. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm brian flores. >> i'm tori campbell. dave clark has the day off. we begin with the b.a.r.t. delays we've been telling you about since 4:30 this morning. a b.a.r.t. accident is now causing a nightmarish commute. right now there's only one track inside the tube that's working. this means instead of 23 trains normally running per hour through the tube, there is just

eight. so b.a.r.t. passengers trying to get in or out of san fransisco are dealing with long delays. we have team coverage, reporter tara moriarty is timing the commute. sal has alternate routes. we begin with claudine wong at the west open b.a.r.t. station, and you have new information about what type of vehicle was involved in the crash? >> reporter: that's right. we know this accident happened between 2 and 3:00 this morning in the transbay tube. we're now being told that one of the vehicles involved is what's called a rail grinding machine. it's a big piece of machinery that goes along the tracks and basically smooths them down. it got into an accident with another vehicle and that's what caused the mess we're dealing with this morning. we've seen people still heading up here. we've heard people say some got here earlier. some hoped it might move more

smoothly but there are delays. we've been on the platform and seen trains sit there for 20 minutes at a time. it's stopped at different points. tara moriarty has seen that along her travels along the b.a.r.t. route as well. the problem is is that the repairs take a while. you've got almost 400 feet of track that needs to be repaired and they've been working on it for hours. there's no getting around it. the morning commute is shot. the afternoon commute might be better. >> the afternoon commute should be normal, but the morning commute is anything but normal. we apologize. we know it's affected a lot of people, but, you know, these things happen with mechanical devices, so we're doing what we can to rectify it. >> we wanted to show you this video too because in addition to the 380 or so feet of track that needs to be fixed, they also need to fix these insulators along the third rail. they're ceramic. there are 40 of them that need to be replaced. b.a.r.t. said look, this is work we know

how to do. this isn't complicated work. it's just work that takes time. that's what's happening now. they are replacing those insulators, they are fixing the track. they're trying to get it done as soon as possible don't have an eta on how long it will take. only that the afternoon commute will be better. the morning commute is not saveable. they're still working on it trying to get these trains through. how they go through is dependent on the traffic pattern. some people have hit their cars, sal castaneda watching all of that for us telling us how the alternate routes are looking. >> a lot of people just turn to their cars when this happens, and they'll be crowding on the bay bridge, crowding on some of the other bridges gating into san fransisco. another way to get around the delay is to take a ferry. this is a live picture at the alameda ferry dock this morning. we haven't seen any larger than usual crowds. we've talked with one man who said he takes the ferry on

friday. he considers it a treat but when he heard the news he thought he might have a lot more company. we don't see huge crowds at the dock. you can take the ferry from alameda and also from oakland into san fransisco. also you can take your car. you're going to be dealing with traffic there as well. we'll have a complete traffic update. the ferry another possibility as we said. one of the things i want to mention is that if you are taking ac transit there, the bus service from downtown oakland into san fransisco and again, you can take your car, although it is going to be -- going to be somewhat crowded. so, again, it's the ferry. it could be ac transit from downtown oakland to san fransisco, or you could drive across the bridges. stay with ktvu. we will have continuing updates on all these services getting into the city. sal thank you very much. now if you're still planning to take b.a.r.t. into the city, we're also keeping track of how long it might take you. ktvu's tara moriarty, she's on her way from lafayette to san

fransisco on b.a.r.t. at last check she was at rockford station. where are you now? >> reporter: we just took off from the mcarthur station. we had been backed up at the rock bridge staying station for a while. we arrived at the lafayette station at 6:14. we took off by 6:24, and now it's past 7:00, and we have just left the mcarthur station, and what they were doing was at the rock bridge station, they actually had a train pull up on the opposite tracks but headed into san fransisco. all those people got off and got on to this train which is obviously headed into san fransisco. we have a couple of people who are a little bit frustrated. how are you holding up this morning? >> we're still alive and well, a little packed in like sardines this morning and on our way to the big city, but we're in oakland. we're here. we adjust. >> how long have you been on the b.a.r.t. train this morning, where do d

you leave from? >> too long. walnut creek. >> are you frustrated? >> yeah, it's very frustrating. we pay a lot more than most transit systems for this service and delays like this are common. >> are you headed into work? >> i am. >> have you called the office ahead of schedule and let them know. >> yeah, yeah sometimes you have to let people know you're not going to be on time. >> all right. looks like we lost tara's signal there. a lot of people on b.a.r.t. this morning, a little frustrated. as you might have guessed, the big problem is having a huge impact on other transit agencies. right now ac transit, scrambling to get drivers to handle the growing number of commuters hoping to take a bus across the bay bridge. we spoke to one passenger a short timing a. >> i didn't know until i walked downstairs and there's crowds of people and the message saying b.a.r.t.'s 30 minutes behind, so. >> ktvu janine de la vega is at one ac transit station in oakland where the crowds are getting bigger by the minute.

we'll see how ac transit is responding when janine joins us live at 7:30. we will continue to follow this breaking story throughout the morning. you can also get updated on our web site at ktvu.com and on mobile ktvu.com. it is 7:06. new this mo g,in other news, 1 1/2 million dollars in damage. that's how much it will cost to rebuild and repair three buildings that went up in flames in san fransisco overnight. the fire happened at the spencer restaurant on 14th street about 1:30 this morning. in this video you can see the flames raging inside the building as firefighters worked to put it out. the restaurant was completely destroyed. it also spread to two nearby buildings including an apartment. people living there will now have to find a temporary place to live. the cause of the fire is under investigation. novato police are warning people to be on the lookout for a man who allegedly harassed a teenage girl on her walk to school. police say the girl was walking in the area of 1st street and

her bella avenue yesterday morning. she was on her way to the hill education center. they say a car pulled up and the driver started talking to her. when she ignored him he got out of the car and followed her tugging on her shirt. now the suspect, he is described as a light skinned hispanic male in his mid-20s. he's 5 feet, 4 inches tall, 145 pounds. he was driving a green car. anyone with information is asked to call police. 7:08, i want to check back in with sal and get an update. the major traffic story, are the delays on b.a.r.t.s on all trains or just the ones that use the transbay tube? >> i talked to the dispatchers to and that question, and the main delays are the trains coming into and out of san fransisco. the trains that use the tube. and these are pictures by the way, live from news chopper 2 of the workers that are replacing part of that third rail that became damaged in the accident. the other trains, the trains that do not run in and out of

the transbay tube are suffering delays, not as severe. there will be some delays because the entire system is affected by this. the major delays are for those trains getting in and out of san fransisco. if you take a train, let's say from richmond to freemont, it may not exactly be on time, but you're in much better shape than those who have to get into the city. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge teleplay ozark 25 to 30 minute delay. it's not as bad as we could be if this was a tuesday for example i think we would be backed up all the way out to the 580 lake shore area, but this morning it's not quite that bad. and if you are driving in san fransisco northbound 101 traffic approaching the 80 split, that traffic is moving along pretty well. in the east way, southbound 880 between hayward and fremont, the traffic here looks good in both directions. 7:09. let's go to steve. thank you. clear skies, 39 miles an hour, mount diablo out of the north, but most locations aren't that bad, at least at the surface

things are quieter. wind is turning northerly for some. today temperatures warming up. it's clear at the coast. everything looks good to go, but this is not an offshore event, this is not record setting territory, but 50s. we had some 40s this morning. they didn't last long, napa was in there. santa rose picked up a little. mid-50s oakland. oakland airport was 49. san fransisco starting off at 52. a beautiful high of 72 under clear skies. from fort bragg and bodega bay to santa cruz and monterey the coast is clear. lots of sunshine. the system that gave a cooldown has moved away. high pressure is building in for two days. two days. two and a half. 8 degrees warmer for many locations today, sunny for all coast, bay inland. biggest jump will be the inland areas. tomorrow will be the hottest day, highest fire danger, 70s, 80s, and 90s. coast does not look like it's going to get that hot.

coast is clear unless you're in san diego or l. a. sunny and warmer. 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s. oakley, antioch, down to gilroy, 80s in between. upper 80s and 90s tomorrow. that will be the hottest day. cooler sunday, a low forms off the coast, and that will pick up the fog, especially monday, tuesday. time now 7:10. once again top story, major delays on b.a.r.t. we are staying on top of how long the repairs will take and what kind of impact this is going to have on the rest of your commute. >> early this morning a plane slams into a d. c. area apartment. the cause of the crash, plus the reaction of the people sleeping inside. using stereoscopic cameras ♪ and even stop itself if it has to. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine... but why you would want it is not. the 2014 e-class,

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news chopper 2 has a live picture of workers trying to fix a third rail outside the transbay 2 that became damaged

after an accident, a collision between two maintenance vehicles overnight as forced the closure of one of the transbay tubes. 400 feet of the third rail needs to be replaced along with insulators about 40 of those. i do want to mention that there are some delays, major delays getting into san fransisco because they're only using one trackway to get into san fransisco. normally 23 trains use the transbay tube at this hour. now it's down to eight. it's a big bottleneck. the major delays on the lines in and out of the san fransisco. the ferry service is one alternate. you can use ac transit, and go to 20th and broadway where they have special buses getting you into city. and of course you can drive. the bridges are crowded. at 7:14 let's go back to the desk. we'll check in for updates frequently. thank you sal. and new this morning, a single engine cessna plane crashed

into the living room of an apartment in virginia. early reports indicates the aircraft may have run out of fuel. two people were on board, and amazingly both survived. the passenger on the plane and two people sleeping inside the apartment suffered minor injuries. one tenant says he woke up after hearing an explosion and he was shocked to see part of a plane inside his home. and another small plane crashed into a home. this was on the other side of the country in washington state. this was the frightening scene in eatonville last night. incredibly no one was seriously hurt here either. the pilot and a passenger escaped the crash with just minor injuries and no one on the ground was hurt. the faa says the two men were flying from oregon to seattle when they encountered rough weather. authorities in iraq have imposed a car ban in the wake of a recent spike in deadly violence in baghdad. at least 33 people were killed in attacks in predominantly

shiite neighborhoods yesterday. authorities are banning vehicles from passing through baghdad. the recent violence has been reviving fears of widespread sectarian violence in that city. time knew is 7:15. new information this morning, three letters believed to contain a potentially deadly poison are sent to the president and others who support gun control. ktvu's kyla campbell is in our washington d. c. newsroom. you just heard back from the fbi? >> reporter: my contact at the fbi says those letters are under further review and testing for ricin, but she can't provide any other details this hour. all three letters addressed to president barack obama, new york city mayor michael bloomberg and his group mayors against illegal guns included threats to shoot anyone who tried to take the senders guns away. the fbi has a person of interest. they're questioning a man from new boston texas. he is believed to be an army veteran who works as a contractor for the department

of defense. his wife reportedly called authorities after finding a strange substance in their refrigerator, and computer searches for ricin. mayor bloomberg said he's not angry or concerned. >> there's 12,000 people who are going to get killed this year with 2001s and 19,000 are going to commit suicide with guns and we're not going to walk away from those efforts. >> i called my contact at the white house for reaction to these latest developments and i'm waiting to hear back from her. we will dig deeper into the threats made in these letters when i see you next hour. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. a registered sex offender in spokane washington is facing charges of sending a ricin letter to the white house as well. matthew bousuet is accused of sending letters to the president and a washington state federal judge. some of the letters were intercepted last week. he's pleaded not guilty to threatening the judge and is being held without jail.

attorney general eric holder is looking to tighten rules on when prosecutors may seek phone logs and other information that could reveal reporters sources. he's been under fire following revelations that thjustice department secretly gathered reporters phone records and e- mails. holder is meeting with news organizations to develop new guidelines for leak investigations. president obama has given holder until july 12th to deliver a report with his recommendations. four walnut creek employees who have been on administrative leave will return to work on monday. they work at the lescher center for the arts. they were accused of failing to alert police after another employee was suspected of inappropriatsexual contact with teenage girls and fired. the walnut city creek council says the four are obligated to report any crimes. it is 7:18, and when it comes to the forecast, we're in for a little bit of a roller

coaster ride. meteorologist steve paulson will tell us when temperatures are expected to peak and then dip. >> of course we've been following the major story today, b.a.r.t. delays all around this morning. we'll tell you how this may be affecting your commute. >> good morning san mateo bridge doesn't look bad getting over to the peninsula in case you're driving over to 101. we'll have more affic and weather straight ahead.

. i got on b.a.r.t. to go to the city, and there was significant delays, which can be an hour or so, so i got on the train coming the other way. >> a nightmare commute this morning, if you are trying to head into or out of san fransisco, we've been covering since 4:30 this morning, there is a big problem in the transbay tube of b.a.r.t. this was after two maintenance vehicles collided overnight on the tracks doing some significant damage. we just learned a short time ago that one of those vehicles

was a rail grinding machine, and it's going to take a while to do those repairs, so b.a.r.t. is advising people to find an alternative to get to work or school. they are hoping to get things back to normal by this evening's commute. we of course are going to continue to update you on the situation throughout mornings on 2 and all day on ktvu.com, twitter twitter and facebook. in other news for the second time in two months, pleasanton police are investigating threatening graffiti on the campus of a school. this time was discovered on the wall of a girl's bathroom of pleasanton middle school. officials alerted parents and are asking any students who know anything to come forward. back in march, threats were also discovered at foothill high school prompting increased security on that campus. a soccer league for the homeless in san fransisco is scoring goals on and off the field. >> the nonprofit street soccer usa league recruits players

from homeless shelters in the city. they practice every thursday. the cofounder says the weekly practices and games offer a network for the homeless to develop life skills. >> showing up on time, working well with others. these are skills that people need to be successful in the work force. >> kind of like when i'm playing street soccer, i'd leave all my problems off the field. >> several of the soccer players have found jobs and a place to live since joining the team. 7:23, more companies are hiring in the bay area, but many young people are still having a hard time finding work. the labor department says unemployment is about 25% among teenagers and young adults. the reason older workers are reentering the work force with more experience. >> i have so many degrees that it does make a difference as to what i can find. >> i don't have any professional experience, so there's just so many people looking for work, that it's difficult to get noticed.

>> a survey found 57% of retirees want at least a part- time job. officials say the best advice for young people is to be persistent and work on communication skills. 7:23. we have some breaking news right now. we want to show you live pictures from news chopper 2. this is the scene of a major police operation. this is underway right now at 10 10th and filbert in oakland. we don't have any information about what kind of operation is going on, but you can see quite a lot of activity down there on the street with police officers and some kind of big police vehicle there in the center of the street. it doesn't look like they are very actively involved right now in the situation, but they seem to be standing around and talking about what they're going to be doing. again, this is a major police operation happening at 10th 10th and filbert in oakland. looks like that area around that area there is also blocked off as well. if you're heading out to wherever you're going this morning, obviously with the b.a.r.t.

delays and everything, keep in mind that as well. a major operation going there in oakland this morning. >> as we get more information we will bring it to you. we want to check in with sal, get an update on the situation with the b.a.r.t. delays and the transbay tube. >> the rest of the commute is going to be slower. i think we got lucky today tori and brian because fridays we usually have lighter than usual commutes. some people have the option of not going, and 237 traffic is moving along okay. the santa clara valley traffic has been moderately heavy. the dropoff we see on fridays has helped out. let's move along to over pictures. 880 doesn't look bad. in both directions looking good here. we've been talking about the bay bridge toll plaza and that is only backed up for a 15 to 20 minute delays. it's not as bad as it was when we had that fire in 2012 when it was -- i think it was a middle of the week kind of thing. we really had a lot of people taking to the bridge. this morning the backup looks

as it would on an ordinary day. 15 to 20 minutes into san fransisco. 7:25 now. let's go to steve. clear skies and no fog to be found unless you're in southern california. it will be this way today and tomorrow. i think fog comes flying back if not late sunday but definitely monday. today sunshine and warmer temps. can't find any clouds at all. santa rosa, sonoma county airport, north winds 20 miles an hour, 59 degrees, closer to in town in santa rosa, i saw two readings of 46 and calm. mount diablo 39 miles per hour to the north. wind is picking up some of these bay him. high pressure is here today, then sunday things start to change a little bit. lots of sunshine, warmer, good to go on the coast. patrick was saying what do you think, the ritz and half-moon bay or crows nest and capitola, either one is fine patrick. 60s, 70s, 80s or low 90s. it will be warmer in capitola. livermore will get into the

90s. warm to hot saturday, a little cooler sunday, and much cooler monday and tuesday. ening. coming up a crash inside the transbay tube throwing the commute into chaos. the delays from b.a.r.t. to the bay bridge. >> we're live in oakland at a bus depot where commuters are waiting to get into the city. we'll tell you how ac transit is ramping up service to help out because of the problems with b.a.r.t. >> also one bay area city takes drastic action in response to a crime emergency. find out what happened overnight. you kids should count yourselves lucky.

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it is 7:29. it is a chaotic morning commute for many people. b.a.r.t. is only able to run one line between san fransisco and oakland. the crash involving two b.a.r.t. maintenance vehicles inside the transbay tube early this morning has taken out one of those tracks. we have team coverage from alternate transit to traffic on the roadways. we begin with claudine wong at the west oakland b.a.r.t. station with the cause of the transbay crash and the impact on b.a.r.t. riders. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, work is underway to try to fix the problem on the tracks, but it's going to take a while, and the morning commute is not saveable. i want to bring in jim allison, b.a.r.t. spokesperson so we can talk about the repairs and the plan

for the day. good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: long morning for everyone out here. let's talk about the repairs underway, we know this happened at 2 or 3:00 in the morning. we have to repair tracks and insulators. tell me what's happening right now. >> the third rail which provides power to the trains was damaged in this collision that happened at 2 to 3 in the morning, and so we're making good progress on making those repairs. it's not really complicated work, but it is very time consuming, but i'm told they're making great progress, and we're hoping to have everything back to normal for the afternoon commute. >> can you tell me anything about the crash, the vehicles involved, what they were doing, how this all happened? >> well, it sounds as if they were grinding rails, which is a common activity in the overnight hours. the rails are -- sometimes get out of alignment and they'll make that squealing noise people do not like to hear while they're riding b.a.r.t. it sounds as if the two vehicles were headed in the same direction and it was some sort of rear end collision. >> let's talk about delays

while this work's underway. we have one track that can go in and out of the city. eight trains instead of the normal 23. what kind of delays are we talking about? we still see folks coming in and wanting to get on trains. >> it seems as if the worst- case scenario is someone would be delayed by about 30 minutes. so for most people they're adjusting their schedules, and they seem to be getting where they need to go. we realize it's a tremendous inconvenience for many people, but it seems to be working itself out a little bit better thanks to your station and others who have gotten the word out. >> the afternoon commute you think should be fine? >> we think it's going to be great and we'll get everybody back home safely. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning. that's what's happening now. if you are headed to b.a.r.t., trains are still running. there's just going to be fewer of them. be prepared. we've been talking to folks sitting on trains to kind of get to different points in their route. they sit there for maybe 15 minutes, maybe 20 minutes. then they keep moving.

it's a traffic flow issue in terms of when you're going to get to your destination. some people say they left earlier. some people have tried to get closer to the city. everyone has their different strategy. people still coming in, and people still trying to get there. some people say i've got to get where i'm going. other folks we've talked to have gotten in their cars and said i'm going to hit the road and see if that's a better pathway. sal castaneda watching all the roads and all the alternate transportation, forms of transportation. we know there's ferry, there's ac transit, and watching all that for us this morning. that is the very latest here from the west oakland b.a.r.t. station live in oakland claudine wong ktvu news. we do want to let you know that our reporter tara moriarty is on a b.a.r.t. train this morning, and we saw her earlier live on a train that was moving talking to commuters about the delays. now they say the situation is frustrating, but there really isn't much they can to.

>> we're still alive well, a little packed in like sardines and on our way to the big city. we're in oakland. we're here. we adjust. >> as claudine mentioned b.a.r.t. is expecting this to last all morning but is hoping to have the situation fixed by the afternoon commute. tara got on b.a.r.t. at the lafayette station this morning at 6:14. she just tweeted it's been an hour, and they are right now at west oakland. they're heading into san fransisco, tara and her photographer. coming up at 8:00 we're going to check in with that crew to see where they are and how long the strip taking. sal, how are the alternate routes looking? it looks so far it's not terrible. just a little heavier than normal. >> we've caught a break. one of the ways to get around the delays is to take the bay bridge and take a ferry. this is a picture of the alameda ferry dock this morning. we talked with a spokesman for the ferry service. he told us they're seeing only

a minor increase in the number of passengers and they're adding two extra ferries at the jack london dock in oakland. one man says he always takes the ferry on fridays. when he heard -rt news about b.a.r.t. he thought he might have a lot more company this morning. >> i was expecting a lot more people here this morning because of the news. >> the ferry from oakland's jack london square are other possibilities. you might want to start taking -- or actually just get on the road. unfortunately a lot of people do that. looking at the for the are you you might want to think about ferry, you can think about ac transit. we talked about the ferry,ac transit has extra buses from 20 20th and broadway in oakland, and then some people will resort to taking their car. we'll have more on the roads, the condition of the traffic getting into the city coming up. sal, as you mentioned many commuters in the east bay are hoping to take the bus to get across the bay.

ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live in oakland to tell us how ac transit is responding to this. janine. >> reporter: brian we're here at 20th street and broadway at that bus depot. this is the staging area where they're going to bring in extra buses. i've got to tell you, sort of surprised there's only about like 12 people waiting to get on the bus to get into the city, but i have been told by ac transit that they have five buses on stand by, three are en route to help commuters get into the city. normally there's one bus, the nl that takes people from 20th 20th and oakland to san fransisco every 150 minutes starting at 7 a.m. ac transit is monitoring how crowded it gets at the bus depot and will send the extra buses there to help with the commute. they chose that location because it's close to the 19th street b.a.r.t. station so they're suggesting people get off b.a.r.t. and walk over to the depot. we found riders taking that advice, but they were still frustrated with the inconvenience.

>> not today. i need to be to work early for a meeting so i'm going to have to make alternative arrangements to get there. >> there are ac transit supervisors at the 20th street bus depot to answer questions and direct traffic. while they have five extra buses, they say they may have more come online. they're just going to assess the situation. again, they have three buses en route. they're going to stage them on telegraph, and then as soon as the supervisor here on 20th 20th street realizes it's getting crowded, then they're going to send them over here. again, back out here live, it's not very crowded. so this is a good alternate route to take, but again, the rush may just be beginning usually their busiest hours are 7 to 10 a.m. as long as need be,ac transit says they're going to extend their morning commute operating hours and let it go past 10 a.m. if they need the extra buses. so far it looks okay if you want to come by and use the bus

as an alternate route. janine and we will obviously continue to follow this breaking story throughout the morning. you can also get traffic updates on our web site at ktvu.com ask on mobile ktvu.com. 7:37. we have new details now on the east palo alto's latest response to the city's violent crime emergency. police enforced a youth cur fie for curfew for the first time in years. it began at 11:00 last night. police did not make any arrests. officers were looking for any teenager out alone on the streets. the plan calls for police to bring them to city hall to face a youth court, and the parents would be called to pick them up. >> we don't really need anybody under the age of 18 out on the streets at night. >> this youth curfew comes after five homicides and more than 50 assaults this year. many of them gang related. the most recent deadly crime took place on may 19th when a

16-year-old boy was shot and killed while sitting in a car with friends. investigators say the shooting appears to be gang related. time now is 7:38. i know it seems like we may be repeats ourselves this morning, but it's so important for people that may be waking up this morning in case they didn't hear about the b.a.r.t. situation this morning. sal joins us with an update. >> we're looking at it, in case you didn't hear b.a.r.t. has major delays in and out of san fransisco because of trouble insides transbay tube. some people may be taking the car into the city. we've been checking the routes. it is backed up at the toll plaza, a big delay, it is bigger than it normally is. it's not an hour delay but it's very slow. had is the peak of the commute, and we're looking at 30 to 40 minute delays in your car getting into san fransisco. also 880 northbound a little bit of slowing driving up past the coliseum with traffic that's moving well after downtown oakland. i want to mention there's only one tube available in the transbay tube, normally 22

trains use that tube in and out. it's eight trains now, major delays, especially on the lines getting in and out of san fransisco. now let's go steve. >> thank you sal. clear skies, coast, pay, inland, everyone in on the sunshine and warmer temps. we've been below for the longest time. it makes sense we'd eventually warm up. it's not going to last long. today and tomorrow, and cooler starting sunday and for everyone next week. another low pressure system drops off the coast. today the coast is clear. 50s, 60s and a north wind or east winds starting to pick up a little bit. nothing outrageous yet. the main day will be tonight and tomorrow tonight and tomorrow will be the main time frame. we had cool readings this morning, the nights are short. had a cup of upper 40s. the strong low we had is into montana and the dakotas. it's cool and rainy there. for us high pressure comes over for two days and then it will break off. today and tomorrow about 4 to 8 degrees warmer. sunny for everybody today. we'll top it out saturday.

increased fire danger, north wind picking up, gusts to about 40 or 50. i think that's mainly in the extreme higher elevations. 70s, 80s, 90s for saturday and cooler on sunday. sunny and warmer today, no fog unless you're in southern california, l. a., cincinnati craig, not for us, 60s, 70s, 80s, low 90s. we started the week off with rain on monday. now we have sunshine and warmer temps. looks cooler sunday, much cooler monday and tuesday. 7:41. more on this morning's breaking news. a problem in the transbay tube overnight has made a mess of the commute for thousands of b.a.r.t. riders. we'll continue our team coverage including what's in store for this afternoon. >> free at last, the crucial evidence that led to the release of an arizona mother from a mexico jail after she'd been charged with drug smuggling. ♪

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i'm watching. i have three hours so hopefully i'll make it. >> see this live picture of b.a.r.t. workers actually fixing the third rail. you see another train going into the transbay tube. these are the live pictures. that was video. these are the live pictures of the workers fixing the third rail that was damaged after a collision overnight between some maintenance vehicles. no one was injured but about ho 0 feet of the third rail need to be replaced. some of the porcelain insulators need to be replaced before they can use this second transbay tube. meanwhile we've had major delays on b.a.r.t. getting in and out of san fransisco especially. stay with ktvu. we'll be on this until the morning commute goes on, 7:44.

let's go back to the desk. thank you sal. some mixed news this morning on wall street, new data showing that consumers pulled back from their breakneck spending pace while income was unchanged in april. but u.s. consumer sentiment is at its highest level in nearly six years for the month of may. the dow basically flat, the and the nasdaq is down 2. s&p also down 2. new this morning, a restaurant destroyed and an apartment evacuated in san fransisco after an early morning fire. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom with some of the dramatic video. good morning pam. >> reporter: yeah, that fire is out, but the extensive damage is what is left behind and has some people looking for a new place to live. three buildings went up in flames including the shay spencer restaurant on 14th 14th street. that was about 1:30 this

morning. now when firefighters arrived on the scene, they could see flames shooting from inside the restaurant, which is now from what we understand completely destroyed. that fire spread to two nearby buildings including an apartment building. >> there are people involved, people living in the exposure, and we got them out. the fire was probably contained in approximately 30 minutes. >> reporter: there are no reports of any injuries in that fire. now the restaurant where it started is a french restaurant that features a wood burning oven from what we understand, but at this point the cause of the fire is still under investigation. reporting live in the newsroom pam cook ktvu channel 2 news. thank you pam. 7:46, an arizona woman jailed for more than a week in mexico on drug smuggling charges is back in the u.s. this morning. yanira maldonado was greeted by her family as she walked out of jail last night. the mother of seven was arrested last week after mexican soldiers claimed they

found 12 pounds of marijuana under her seat in a commercial bus that she was taking back to the states. the surveillance footage from that bus was crucial to maldonado's release. her lawyer says it shows her boarding the bus with only her purse, blankets and bottles of water in her hand. protesters surrounded a bar in mexico city where eleven people tis appeared. the victims were taken on sunday by people posing as police officers. the victim's families are angry that police are not doing enough to find their loved ones. the missing include six men in their 20s and a 16-year-old boy and four women. they're all from mexico. mass abductions are rare in mexico city but are common in parts of the country where drug cartels fight with rival gangs overtire tore. an american woman has been killed fighting in syria. nicole mansfield was raised in flint michigan. she traveled to syria after

converting to islam several years ago. mansfield and two people from england joined opposition forces in syria's civil war. all three died in a battle with syrian military forces this week. defense secretary chuck hagel says he plans to bring up the issue of cyber security with chinese officials. he's attending astuter security conference in singapore and has a meeting scheduled with chinese delegates. he'll discuss reports that chinese computer hackers have stolen data. the father of a 27-year-old chechnyan immigrant shot and killed while being questioned by the fbi about the boston marathon bombers says the story they're telling doesn't add up. >> there were four or five of them all armed. he didn't pose any threat. even if he threatened them with his fists couldn't they shoot his leg. >> the fbi says ibragim todashev admitted to being involved in a triple homicide with one of the boston bombing

suspects before attacking an agent. ♪ come together right now over me. ♪ it was a star-studded benefit concert last night for victims of the boston marathon bombing. the five and a half hour show featured performances from groups such as aerosmith, new kids on the block and boys to men. everyone gathered on stage to wrap up the night with a performance of the beatles hit come together. proceeds will go to one fund boston. new details in a deadly crash involving an alameda county sheriff's deputy. we know the identity of the person killed in the accident near hayward last month. 38-year-old vladimar flores was hit bay patrol cruiser and killed. a woman with him was hurt. the chp has launched an investigation into the crash. 7:49. it's the breaking news we have been following since 4:30 this morning. an early morning crash in the

transbay tube creating delays of up to an hour for many b.a.r.t. riders. we'll see what's happening right now with the rest of the commute had might not be as bad as some had had thought. also astronomers are telling us to get ready for a close encounter later today. when we can expect an asteroid to zoom near earth.

yeah, it's very frustrating. we pay a lot more than most transit systems for this service, and delays like this are common. >> as you can imagine frustrations are high as people experience major delays on their commute to work. b.a.r.t. is seeing about a 30 minute delay from the east bay to san fransisco after two maintenance cars crashed in the transbay tunnel. one track was damaged. crews are working to fix that track. they're hoping to have everything running back to normal by tonight's commute. we will continue to keep an eye on the story and bring you the latest information as soon as we get it.

you may recall there was another huge problem on b.a.r.t. nearly one year ago. many riders remember the big fire near the west oakland b.a.r.t. station that caused huge delays in june of last year. the early morning fire at a nearby construction site melted the ac and caused huge commuter problems for days. the fire led to a major investigation involving federal agents. investigators believe it was deliberately set, but they still don't know who was responsible. it is 7:52, menlo park is considering adding its 5th red light camera. it will be placed at the intersection of choco street and bay expressway. others are dropped their red light programs because of complaints they're not effective. menlo park say they're a good way to decrease accidents. the city council will vote on a new camera in august. if approved it will be installed shortly after that. the investigation into a deadly accident in the delta is becoming harder for investigators who are being hampered by conflicting statements from the person who

reported it. the accident happened on sunday near bacon island. five people were inside the suv when it crashed including a 28- year-old from redwood city and a 40-year-old from santa rosa. officers want to know where the car was headed and how it crashed. astronomers around the world are keeping watch an an asteroid that is coming relatively close to earth this afternoon. these grainy images show the asteroid named 1998qe2 will swing by earth about 2 our time. it's considered large for an asteroid but more than a mile and a half across. if it hit earth it could be devastating but astronomers they're not worried. >> nothing to fear. 0% chance of this hitting us anytime in the next 200 years. >> they say qe2 will stay more than 3 1/2 million miles away from us. the astronomers say they are keeping track of more and more large asteroids every year. 7:54. we don't have to worry about

asteroids right now. we have to worry about the major b.a.r.t. delays. it's interesting, sal, that it does not seem to be causing massive problems for the rest of the commute. not like that day we had last year. we talked about that fire just a moment ago, and i think that's because it was on a wednesday, and this is on a friday. fridays are just much different. we have lighter volume out there. it really has helped us out. let's go to the bay bridge. this certainly is a big delay at the toll plaza. it's like 30 or 40 minutes which would be like a busy day at the toll plaza. san fransisco north and southbound 101, that traffic is moving along pretty well approaching the 80 split. in the south bay we've been looking at that, we haven't had a lot to talk about which is good. it's been slow on 101 approaching 237. now let's go to steve. thank you sal. lots of sunshine, temperatures started off a little cool, 40s, 50s. some areas in the upper 60s. winds at mount diablo north at 45. that's been picking up. nothing that bad at the surface thankfully. it's just high pressure kicking

in. we'll have to keep an eye on things for today and tomorrow. no fog. you're good to go the monterey up to bodega bay, fort bragg, southern california a little fog. 59 sonoma county airport. antioch is right, 68. there's a decent breeze. 50s for many. mostly about 54, 55. high pressure builds in today. tomorrow and then a little low breaks off and forms off the coast by late sunday, and that will cool us down. lots of sunshine and warmer temps. we'll top it out tomorrow, toddies 60s, 70s, 80s and low 90s. tomorrow will be the warmest by far. next week is looking much cooler. temperatures will take a plunge starting on monday. thank you very much. no question it's a slow going for b.a.r.t., and the passengers this morning. in fact some trains are at a standstill, the major delays plaguing service between san fransisco and the east bay. >> reporter: crews have been trying to repair that damage for hours. now for the first time we have an estimate on when those repairs will be finished. we'll have that for you coming

up. >> we left the east bay at about 6:30 this morning. we'll tell you how long it took us to get to san fransisco on b.a.r.t. obviously not a normal commute here. we'll have more reaction when mornings on 2 continues.

i think b.a.r.t. is vital for people who work in the city, and when one little thing happens, i mean it just causes a lot of frustration for a lot of people. >> this morning's commute taking longer than usual for b.a.r.t. riders. this after a problem in the transbay tube that's causing delays both on b.a.r.t. and on the roads. b.a.r.t. riders have been forced to take buses, drive to work themselves, or take the bay ferry into san fransisco. commuters are reporting delays of more than a half an hour. we have live team coverage, reporter tara moriarty has been on b.a.r.t. timing the ride into san fransisco. sal is obviously watching the roads. first claudine wong, she's at west oakland's b.a.r.t. station. you just learned for the first time when the repairs will be finished? >> reporter: that's right. it looks like noon. that's their target time of when they think these repairs will be done, that they can open the eastbound track and everything can get back to

normal. the the good news is if you can get through the delay this morning, your afternoon commute should be fine. that's going to be a relief to folks getting on b.a.r.t. now. let's talk about the repairs that are now underway. i want to show you some video from news chopper 2. they were over the entrance into the transbay tube. you can see some crews working to try to get this finished. again, they're making some od go problem. this all started about 2 or 3 this morning when there was an accident in the transbay tube. they're saying it involved one of those rail grinding machines that basically smoothed down the rails, so when the trains go over the tracks, it doesn't make such a loud noise. we did talk to b.a.r.t. this morning about the repairs that are underway and what's happening now. >> wii making good progress on making those repairs. it's not really comply complicated work but it is very time consuming. i'm told they're making great progress and we're hoping to have everything back to normal for the commute. >> the effect of that long, slow pain staking work to repair the track, let me tell

you what they're doing. there are about 400 feet of track that was damaged in this collision. they have about 40 of what they call these insulators that are along the third rail, and apparently there was some hydraulic fluid that leaked out from one of these machines, obviously not a good thing when you have the electricity running through the third rail. all those things combined have made this slow going. instead of 23 trains an hour, they can only bring 8 through an hour and that's for both directions. so that is very slow. how that's all affecting the peer is that the trains are doing a lot of stopping. they're doing a lot of waiting. people are going to have to be patient. you say a half an hour, it all depends on where you're going. some people here we've seen them get back in their cars and try to hit the roads instead. we have the ferries and all that as an alternate. sal castaneda watching all that for us. i don't know which is the better route at this point. one woman we talked to said a 30 minute delay is here or

there because there is that backup at the toll plaza. >> also some people have been trying the ferries and that's one of the ways to get around this mess. the live picture of a ferry we have at the alameda ferry dock. we have people who are lining up. now, there have been people lining up here in alameda and also at jack london square. this is a live picture. one man we talked to says he is a regular rider, but he has a lot more company this morning. >> i got up as i normally do not anticipating anything. i didn't hear until early this morning. i just came a few minutes early but it's more crowded than it is normally. >> the ferry service is adding extra boats to both the alameda and the oakland jack london square lines this morning, and we want to remind you that the alternates are the ferries, even the vallejo ferry or you can take ac transit buses from 20 20th and broadway into san fransisco, and some people will be using the bridges and driving. we'll have a complete traffic

update in just a few moments. thank you sal. if you are still planning to take b.a.r.t. into san fransisco. we are keeping track of how long it will take. tara moriarty jumped on a train from lafayette to san fransisco to see how long the commute would take and tara joins us live from looks like a san fransisco b.a.r.t. station. looks crowded. >> reporter: it took us an hour and 7 minutes to get from lafayette all the way into san fransisco, and it is quite crowded here at the station. typically it would take about 20 to 22 minutes to get into san fransisco. that's about a 45 minute delay. now trains are running on both of these tracks in the same direction toward oakland, and then everybody is basically hopping off one and piling on to another and heading across into the transbay tube. it can get packed at times. we were in the east bay. we got stopped basically at the rockridge station for maybe a half hour, then again the

macarthur station. people are going patient. many of them were sleeping or playing on their laptops or iphones. we passed the trouble spots in west oakland where the two maintenance vehicles collided earlier, you know, about 300 feet into the tube we could see crews on the ground working to solve the problem. , and in the east bay, again, same story as here in san fransisco. both tracks running in the same direction towards the city. everybody hopping on one train and waiting to get across the bay. we have somebody here who's experiencing all of the headache. what's going on? >> it is what it is. this is bay area rapid transit, and we just have to wait. >> and then where are you trying to get to this morning? >> i'm trying to get to macarthur b.a.r.t. station. >> so did they tell you how long it would take? >> they didn't say exactly how long it would take. what they did say is the trains on one platform are trying to get to the other side. they're just turning around. everybody is leaving off

platform 2. nobody is leaving off platform 1. we're waiting like trains for trains. >> good luck this morning. >> thank you. >> reporter: definitely pack your patience this morning if you are planning on using bart, sal has been mentioning a lot of other alternative options for you as well as janine de la vega, so if you do have to take b.a.r.t., just be aware that you're looking at at least a half an hour wait to get across the bay. live from san fransisco, i'm tara moriarty. ktvu channel 2 news. thank you tara. as tara mentioned we wanted to check and see if this big problem on b.a.r.t. was having a huge impact on other transit agencies. right now ac transit is getting extra drivers to handle the commuters hoping to take a bus across the bay bridge, and we spoke to one bus passenger about an hour ago. >> i didn't know until i walked downstairs and there was crowds of people and the message saying b.a.r.t.'s 30 minutes behind. >> janine de la vega is at one ac transit station in oakland where she's been saying it really wasn't too bad earlier

this morning. we're going to check with her to see if it's gotten more crowded. that's when janine will join us live at 8:30. and we will of course continue to follow this breaking story throughout the morning. you can also get updates on the traffic section of our web site at ktvu.com and on mobile ktvu.com plus twitter and facebook. time now is 8:05. and novato police are looking for a man they say harassed a 17-year-old girl on her walk to school. the incident was reported yesterday morning in the area of 1st street and mere bella avenue. the girl was walking to hill education center on diablo avenue when a man pulled up and began talking to her. when she is did not respond he got out of the car and followed her for a little while tugging on her shirt. she was a light skinned hispanic neal in mid-20s. 5-foot 4 inches tall, 145 pounds and driving a green car. anyone with information is told to call police. 8:06. let's check in with sal and see how the rest of the commute is going. it does look like there's a bit of a backup at the toll plaza?

it does. this morning we've had a 30 to 40 minute backup at the toll plaza, which is i guess it could be a lot worse. there's a little bit of crowding now on 580 and on 80 getting there. a lot of people have decided to drive the car, but it's not undoable. it will add an extra 15 to 20 minutes to your drive at the bay bridge getting into san fransisco. san fransisco traffic itself looks good. on the peninsula it's not bad. we've had slow traffic in san jose especially on 101 approaching sunnyvale and mountain view. 8:07. let's go to steve. hold on sal. >> steve it's friday i think a lot of people are happy about that. let's go to steve paulson. >> sal this is one of those days where you're doing double duty. we do have -- my time here in the camera will come. clear skies, everything looks great today, sunshine, warm weather, unless like my mom anything over 75 was too hot. only 76 mom. i don't care. it's too hot. clear skies, the coast looks

good, it's going to be really nice today and tomorrow. 68 already in antioch. you know they're on their way to the 90s. you can see that, fairfield 63, santa rosa, 62. can cord, san jose getting close, livermore not far away. san fransisco starting off 52 this morning. it makes sense we'd finally go above. but we'll go above for only two days, a high of 72. not getting that offshore breeze. there's still a north wind, some of the higher elevations. but i mean it looks really good unless you're heading to san diego and l. a. they have some fog. california is sunny side up and temperatures are warming up. 4 to 8 degrees warmer today, coast, bay, inland, doesn't matter. temperatures will go above average. seeing 90s not only today but tomorrow we'll increase that. it's going to break off from the jet stream and form right after san fransisco. that's going to pick up the fog, probably monday but maybe a little bit on sunday as well.

sunny and warmer today, great beach weather, coast is clear. 80s, 90s to the interior. 70s to near 80 to the bay. 60s, 70s, close to the coast. santa cruz, looks nice to warm, near the wharf upper 70s to near 80. warm to hot on saturday. that will be the hottest day. cooler sunday and much cooler early next week. thank you very much. we are following breaking news the from south bay. we are learning that a missing man who suffers from dementia has been found. 63-year-old james norberg went missing from his home in cupertino. the sheriff's department has been using search teams and helicopters to try and find him. they were concerned because he didn't have his method and can't talk. it's unclear where norberg was located. we're working to get more information and will bring you an update as soon as it's available. 8:09. once again a busy commute today for the bay area. >> it's much, much more crowded than it is normally.

>> the problem on b.a.r.t. that has passengers looking for other forms of transportation, and we've now learned when the b.a.r.t. problem might be fixed. >> and a vallejo man is being held on $15,000 bail this morning after being arrested for trying to make his neighborhood a little safer. t.yeah, you couldn't just stream movies to a device like that. before u-verse high speed int one time, i had to wait half a day to watch a movie. you watched movies?! i was lucky if i could watch a show. show?! man, i was happy to see a sneezing panda clip! trevor, have you eaten today? you sound a little grumpy. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] connect all your wi-fi-enabled devices with u-verse high speed internet. rethink possible.

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hassle for people trying to get into the city, but there are also people who are trying to get to oakland, some people do work in oakland and live in san fransisco. this has been a big problem for them as well. i also got word from our photographer at the ferry terminal in alameda that the line has grown longer than a few minutes ago. we are looking at his picture off camera and it's grown significantly. it's a big mess on b.a.r.t. and some of the alternate routes. b.a.r.t. has trouble in the transbay tube. they have a section o. of the third rail that's damaged. they're fixing it. it should be done by noon. at 8:13 let's go back to the desk. new this morning, a single engine cessna train crashed into the living room of an apartment in virginia. early reports indicate the aircraft may have run out of fuel. two people were on board. amazingly both survived. the passenger and two people sleeping inside the apartment

suffered minor injuries. one tenant says he woke up after hearing an explosion. another small plane crashed into a home in washington state. this was the frightening seen in edenville. no one was seriously hurt. the pilot and a passenger escaped the crash with just minor injuries. and no one on the ground was hurt either. the faa says the two men were flying from oregon to seattle when they encountered rough weather. 8:14. the fbi says it has a person of interest after letters believed to contain ricin were sent to president barack obama and others who support gun control. as ktvu's kyla campbell reports from our d. c. newsroom the fbi is questioning a man in texas about an hour and a half from shreveport louisiana where some of the letters were mailed. kyla. >> reporter: that man is believed to be an army veteran who works for the department of defense as a contractor. his wife reportedly contacted authorities after finding a

strange substance that their refrigerator, and computer searches for ricin. the fbi believes this same person is behind three letters sent to president barack obama. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and his group mayors against illegal guns. the letters addressed to the president and mayor were intercepted at off site mail facilities. the washington d. c. director of mayors against illegal guns opened their letter, but he is okay. >> i don't see it as a real threat in the sense of an actual capability to kill but rather to intimidate and attract publicity. >> all of the letters also contained threats to anyone who took guns away from the sender. it said "what's in this letter is nothing compared to what i've got planned for you" my contact with the fbi tells me these letters are under further review and testing for ricin. they're not offering any other details this hour. live in washington kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. thank you kyla. 8:15. in a separate case a registered

sex offender in spokane washington is facing charge of spending a ricin letter to the white house as well. matthew buquet is accused of sending ricin letters to the president, the cia, an air force base and a washington state federal judge. some of the letters were intercepted last week. he's pleaded not guilty to threatening the judge and is being held without bail. there's some relief for people living near a wildfire in los angeles county. the fire has burned a thousand acres near santa clarita residents are allowed to return to their homes because conditions are improving. power is being rerouted. seven hikers were reported missing when the fire started but have been located. fire crews in vallejo spent the night watching for flareups after a brush fire caused tense moments. the fire started around 8 last night and burned 3 acres. at one point the flames were threatening several homes. it's expected to be fully contained today.

this morning high speed rail opponents will ask a sacramento county judge to put a stop to the project. the former chairman of the project will lead the group arguing all construction plans should be put on hold. he says the project has doubled in cost since voters approved it in 2009, and ridership estimates have dropped while ticket prices have soared. the rail project is already a year behind schedule. caltranss is working on removing a crosswalk in vallejo that was hand painted by a man who lives there. 52-year-old anthony cardenas was arrested for painting a second crosswalk across sonoma boulevard. police call it an act of felony vandalism. people who live and work in the area say it's necessary because most drivers don't slow down. >> very very dangerous to cross here. i've been here for a few years, and all you see is accidents all day long. >> he's been held on $15,000

bail. friends say he is a freelance artist known for trying to spruce up the neighborhood. caltranss will now grind down and repave the the section of street that he painted. this morning oakland animal services says it has no choice but to euthanize a female german shepherd that was badly abused. we want to warn you that some of these images are disturbing. surveillance video from early yesterday morning shows a man dropping the dog off at animal services in a large plastic crate. the shelter director says she was starved and beaten and weighs 30 pounds less than she should. he says she had a bungee cord and a large chain embedded in the fur and skin around her neck. >> i mean this dog was really just allowed to rot in a backyard and suffer for a long, long time. >> the director says the dog doesn't make a lot of noise and is in pain. they say she will not survive her injuries and will have to be put down. now they are hoping to find the people responsible and get

justice for the abused animal. this weekend could be the perfect time to adopt a new dog or cat. four shelters are takes part in the matty's adopt a ton. new pet owners don't have to pay adoption fees and they will make a donation for every dog or cat that gets a new home. county shelters in contra costa alameda and san fransisco shelters are taking part. it runs all day tomorrow and sunday. 8:18. people who own abandoned properties in vallejo will have to pay an annual fee. a new registration program is finally in place and should start bringing money into the city in the next month. owners must now register, maintain, and secure their vacant or foreclosed properties and pay a $368 annual fee. once owners get their informational pacts in the mail, they have ten days to complete the application. those who ignore it can be fined anywhere from 200 to $740

depending on the number of violations. coming up, he's a 13-year- old walking dictionary. he's also a smart kid as well. we'll introduce you to the national spelling bee champion and the winning word. and temperatures are heating up as we get ready for the month of june. it's starting tomorrow. meteorologist steve paulson will be back with your weekend weather forecast. >> and we have a bigger than usual backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll tell you why the b.a.r.t. problem may have a lot to do with this.

. it is what it is, this is bay area rapid transit, and we just have to wait. >> well, it's been a busy commute in the bay area. problems on b.a.r.t. have some people looking for alternate routes to work. it all started overnight when two maintenance cars crashed in the transbay tube. b.a.r.t. is working to repair the damage and thinks they might be able to have things back to normal by 11:30. delays are around 30 minutes for b.a.r.t. the ferries are also seeing more passengers as well. in other news this morning, can you spell winner? >> coo knaidel knaidel. >> i couldn't spell that. 13-year-old arvind mahankali of new york won the national spelling bee by known that

german word which means dumpling. he won $30,000 in cash and prizes. he admires albert einstein and wants to be a physicist. the last contestant was knocked out of the semifinals by the word politicus that refers to animals that give birth to several babies at once. this is the first week of operations for an alternative to muni on one bus route. leaf transit runs on the same streets as muni's 30x line between downtown and the marina. it only runs during commute hours, but its buses offer leather seats and wi-fi for $6 payable through an iphone app. >> san fransisco's been growing a lot, and muni is, you know, just kind of over capacity on a lot of the routes so we've set out to develop the best commuting experience possible. >> more than 1100 people have already signed up for leaf transit and the company is

looking to expand to other muni routes. leaf uses muni bus stops which is unfair. time is 8:24. let's go to sal with a check on traffic as well as the b.a.r.t. delays we've experienced all morning long. >> we've been looking at all the commutes and the commutes that have been most affected by the b.a.r.t. delays are the bay bridge toll plaza and the east bay commutes. we're looking at 880, that looks typical, slow traffic there passing the coliseum getting into the downtown oakland area, which is typical. also the morning commute is going to be busy at the toll plaza. it's getting a little better as you drive from the maze but it's still a 20 to 30 minute delay. this morning's commute on b.a.r.t. again down to one tube this morning for the entire morning because of the problem in the transbay tube. b.a.r.t. is significantly delayed. the afternoon community should not be affected. let's go to steve. thank you. sunshine already warming up pretty fast for some away from

the coast, and still pretty nice by it. there's no fog or anything. temperatures start off cool, but didn't last very long. clear skies, clear today, clear tomorrow. wind picking up a little bit, not diablo north at 45, but high pressure today, antioch's 68 already. fairfield 60s, concord's in there. 62 santa rosa, the sonoma county airport it's cooler, closer to town. sunny for everybody, no fog. sunshine and warmer weather of. the coast is clear. not much of a breeze for most. there's a little breeze in higher elevations, but a far cry from the past couple of weeks. 60s, 70s, 80s, low 90s. temperatures going above for the first time in a long time. they've been cool for a while. they'll be high tomorrow, and then they start to cool off sunday and temperatures sliding below average monday and tuesday. relief is on the way for b.a.r.t. riders after a morning commute filled with delays. the welcome news b.a.r.t. is now announcing.

>> ac transit is getting extra drives to handle the commuters as well hoping to take a bus across the bay bridge and reports of police activity in oakland. the latest information we're getting into our newsroom and the number of agencies involved. look at them kids. [ sigh ]

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it will be about noon when they finish the repairs and get back the eastbound direction o. tube back open. it now looks like it's going to be a little earlier than that. let's bring in now jim allison, you're saying now 11:30. that's good news. the time frame keeps moving up. >> i don't want to say 11:30 actually. 11:30ish. before the noon, before e clock strokes noon we hope to have everything running through the transbay tube on both tracks. >> which will obviously allow you to bring more trains in. let's talk about the repairs underway. we have news chopper 2 above watching cruise going into the tube. what's happening in terms of repairs? >> well, the major repairs are completed. we're testing, making sure everything's done, and of course if those tests don't work out we'll have to do more repairs, but essentially the work of getting the third rail, which provides a thousand volts to the train and the insulators, the big work is done, and we're making sure

that everything's safe and reliable, testing with trains will take place, and then we'll carry passengers when we're absolutely sure that everything's fine. >> could that happen earlier if all the tests are done and everything goes through could we even have an earlier opening? >> you know, the men and women who do this type of work are among the best in the business, so that would not surprise me. >> tara says she's been riding the train from lafayette into the city. it took 45 minutes. you're saying the average is still about 30 minutes to the riders? >> i think the worst care scenario for most people is about 30 minutes and some people are getting to where they need to go on time, and some are speciousing some major -- experiencing some major delays. it depends where you are and when you're there. >> what people understand on why there's delays, the there's tracks that run through the tubes. only one can now and that's only eight trains at a time per hour? >> that's correct. it's a lot like if you're used to traveling on a road that has traffic going in both

directions. all of a sudden you encounter road work, you're going to have to wait for cars coming the other direction before you can proceed. that's what we're doing with our trains. that's why it's backing things up. >> okay. jim allison. thanks for the update. we appreciate your time this morning. >> reporter: here's the good news for folks now is that the repairs are was the low, slow p staking kind of work. they had to repair 400 feet of track. they had to replace the insulators along the rail, 40 of them. the work is done. they are testing now. they're saying 11:30 looks like our best guess but it could possibly be earlier if things go well. the good news for that is even though won't save your morning commute and your delays right now your afternoon commute going back home once you get into the city should be as normal for a friday afternoon. live here in oakland, claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. thank you so much for that update. beginning at 6:14 this morning, our reporter tara moriarty boarded a b.a.r.t.

train in lafayette. about an hour ago she arrived at the station where there were large clouds waiting for trains and looking for direction. >> reporter: everybody is leaving off platform 2. neck is leaving off platform 1. we're waiting like trains for trains. >> it took tara about an hour and 10 minutes to make the trip from the east bay to san fransisco. coming up at 8:45 we'll check in with her to see how passengers trying to get out of the city are holding up. right now let's take a look at one of the alternate routes people can take this morning. these are live pictures from a ferry stop going into the city. one way to get around the delays on b.a.r.t. is obviously take a ferry. this is actually the alameda ferry dock this morning. you see long lines there. this is video that we shot within a half an hour now. one man we talked to says he is a regular rider but he has a lot more company this morning. >> but i was expecting a lot

more people here this morning because of the news. >> now the ferry service is adding extra boats to both the alameda and the oakland, jack london square lines. if you are headed out till to the city, let's go to sal castaneda who has more on some of those routes. brian, we do have some alternate routes for you. a lot of people have taken the car, and if you do have to take the car into the city, if you can't wait for b.a.r.t. to get into the city, you might want to do that. now the east bay traffic has been very busy. southbound 880 there, there was a crash there and traffic is still recovering. san mateo bridge is also busy. northbound 880 traffic is busy as well. as we look at the south bay which is happily away from most of the b.a.r.t. situation we've had slow traffic on highway 101. i do want to mention that the options are you can take the ferry as we talked about. you can take ac transit from 20 20th and broadway or you can use the roads, and the roads have been pretty slow,

especially the bay bridge. at 8:34. let's go back to the desk. we'll check back with you for the rest of the commute in just a moment. thank you sal. right now ac transit is getting extra drivers to handle the commuters hoping to take a bus across the bay bridge. things actually going fairly smoothly when we checked in with janine de la vega. she joins us from oakland, is it starting to get more crowded? >> reporter: you know, it's still going smoothly. it hasn't been that bad. we're here at the 20th street bus depot near broadway, and so far they've sent in three extra buses, and at least the first two that i saw there were still seats available. the third one looked like it was fairly full. i see this other bus, i'm not sure if this is a fourth extra bus that's waiting to shuttle people to san fransisco, but we know that we still have some on standby. this is a good alternate route to get to the city. now ac transit is monitoring how crowded it gets at the bus depot, and it's going to send extra buses to help with the

commute. normally buses come every 15 minutes, but they've been coming sooner just to help out with the extra people who have shown up. they've chosen that location because it's so close to the 19 19th street b.a.r.t. station. they are suggesting that people get off b.a.r.t., and walk over to the depot on 20th street. we talked to b.a.r.t. riders taking that advice who told us what it looked like on b.a.r.t. >> they weren't running adds many trains and it just looked like it was too crowded for my bike. i wasn't going to be able to get on there so i had to take a bus. >> big inconvenience or? >> it's a little bit of a delay. i had to text my boss and tell him i was going to be late today for sure. >> reporter: there are ac transit supervisors at the 20 20th street depot to help answer questions and direct traffic. and while they don't have all of the extra buses yet in service, ac transit says they can access them, just depending on how the situation goes this morning. again, some of the questions that the supervisors are getting here is can i use my

clipper card to use the buses. yes, you can. you can also use cash. it's going to cost you $4.20 to take the bus to san fransisco, and you'll be dropped off at the terminal. out here live you can see here is -- this is actually the regular bus. this isn't an extra bus. this is a regularly scheduled bus that goes to san fransisco, but you can see it is quite crowded, but it looks like there will still be enough room to get everybody on that bus to san fransisco. reporting live from oakland, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. thank you janine. we will of course continue to follow this breaking story throughout the day here on ktvu. you can get traffic updates on our web site at ktvu.com anytime. also on mobile ktvu.com plus twitter and facebook. we are also following developing news in oakland where multiparking light police multipolice agencies are conducting a raid at the acorn housing projects. this video was taken an hour ago. our crooked says they have seen officers from the fbi alameda

sheriff, u.s. marshals and oakland police. this is happening at 10th and filbert streets. they are getting more information from police. we will continue to update this developing situation as we get more details. right now we want to check in again with sal who's been keeping a close eye on the commute since 4:30 this morning. how's the toll plaza looking? been a nice quiet morning how tori, nothing going on. you know what things are getting better. i don't want to make it sound worse than it is. we certainly have had because of this b.a.r.t. situation a big backup, and i know a lot of people are saying what the heck. i'm just going to have to deal with it. i had a couple of friends twitten me that. it's a 30 minute delay at the toll plaza. b.a.r.t. actually some people have stuck with it. you saw tara earlier. it took ant hour and a half to make a trip that would normally take 30 to 40 minutes. that's what you're dealing with this morning. san mateo bridge, the traffic has been okay but slow getting

there. we had an accident in hayward along the way. the south bay which is far away from the mess has been typical as we look at 101 and 280, the traffic there has been just a little moderately slow. let's go to steve. thank you. well, old glory has been flying in the breeze lately, not today. taking a day off. we've had a lot of wind here the last couple of days, below average temperatures. today, tomorrow will be warm to hot, nothing we haven't seen before, not any records or anything like that, but i mean we're going to get a good little jump here. we've been very cool on these temps for a long time. a good ten days almost. that was the main reason right there, that low which is really a cool, cool rain, parts of montana, north dakota, south dakota. that was over the pacific northwest. that gave us our big cooldown, the wind and then remember on monday we had rain on monday. >> we did? >> yes, we did. now here we are sunshine and warmer temps. already 60s, probably 70 antioch towards oakley. north wind sonoma county

airport, it was 59 about an hour ago, closer to town i saw two readings at 46. there's some big spreads in some of the lows especially on the coast. the coast looks good, no fog. capital, santa cruz, half-moon bay, everybody good overnight up to baa day georgia bay. a little breezy to win dip. high pressure builds in but only for about a day and a half really. sunny for all today, warmer weather, fog free. that's for sure and then increased fire danger. a little north wind mount diablo, 45 i saw but that's the strongest. and 70s, 80s, 90s. i don't think there will be that strong of an offshore breeze for the coast. it will be nice but not going to go through the roof. coast is clear, not much of a breeze unless some of the higher elevations are on the coast. upper 80s or 90s. been a while since we've had 90s. we've been below average for a long time. we're above today on these temps.

saturday we peak it out, and then sunday a low breaks off and forms right off the bay area. that will includes the fog -- increase the fog. that will bring fog monday and tuesday. 20 minutes now before 9:00. wild weather continues in the midwest after another tornado touches down in oklahoma. >> get underground! >> you can hear the panic as the twister moved into the town of broken arrow late last night. the storm knocked down power lines, tore roofs off homes and damaged businesses. so far no injuries have been reported from this storm. however, it was a different story in arkansas where a tornado also touched down yesterday killing one person and injuring nine others. authorities say a driver died when strong winds knocked a tree on to his car, and that was 30 miles southwest of little rock arkansas. several homes were leveled to the ground. yesterday's tornadoes appeared to be far less powerful than last week's storm in moore

oklahoma where 24 people were killed, and unfortunately more severe weather is expected today for a big part of the midlands. time now is 8:41. coming up, we've been following the problems on b.a.r.t. since about 4:30 this morning. we'll continue our team coverage of this rapidly changing story. farmers presents: fifteen seconds of smart. so you want to protect your place from burglars? buy a lock. buy a dog. mow the lawn. get a sign. hang curtains. plant something thorny. buy another lock. and, of course, talk to farmers. hi. hi! ♪ we are farmers bum - pa - dum, bum - bum - bum - bum ♪

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stocks are up slightly on wall street following news that americans cut back on spending last month for the first time in almost a year. but consumer confidence is quite strong. it actually has been a good month for a major index as the dow's up 3.3%, s&p up 3.5% for the month of may. that's the best streak since 2009. taking a live look at the big board, the dow up 34. the nasdaq up 5. s&p up 1. just about an hour ago president obama spoke at the white house calling on congress to keep federally subsidized student loan rates from doubling on july 1st. >> americans now owe more on student loans than we do on our credit cards, and those payments can last for years, even decades, which means the

young people are putting off buying their first car or their first house. >> this marks the beginning of a public campaign by the president to temporarily extend current student loan rates or find a long-term compromise that avoids the scheduled rate includes increase. a san fransisco nonprofit is helping bay area students get to college. the san fransisco business times reports scholarwatch.org is giving underprivileged students a place to describe their academic record and funding goals. there is no minimum donation, and donors get frequent updates on how their student is doing. backers call it crowd sourcing for education. time now is 8:64 8:46. let's get you updated on the top stories, b.a.r.t. expects full service to return by 11:30 this morning. crews have been working on the track since 2 a.m. when two maintenance vehicles collided with one another inside the transbay tube. instead of 23 trains normally running per hour there are only

8. the average delay is about 30 minutes. tara moriarty wanted to see how long it would take to ride b.a.r.t. from lafayette to san fransisco, and tara how much longer and how crowded was the commute this morning? >> reporter: and we just spoke to a police officer, actually, who texted us and let us know that it took him over an hour extra to get into san fransisco this morning. so that's pretty much your standard delay right now if you're headed from the east bay into san fransisco. these folks are here in san fransisco and they're waiting to head across the transbay tube. they can only run one train at a time, so we are seeing the backups here in san fransisco and west oakland. we were packed like sardines at the rockridge station where b.a.r.t. is running trains on both tracks in the westbound direction and everybody's hopping from one train to the other. it took us an extra 45 minutes to get into san fransisco this

morning. we left lafayette just before 6:30, got here a little after 7:30. and we talked to passengerred here at the station headed into oakland, many obviously frustrated. >> are you happy it's all over? >> i am. it wasn't too bad. >> you came prepared? >> yes. books. >> how was it? >> terrible. >> how long were you waiting? >> like an hour. >> two hours? >> two hours. >> left home at 6:30. got to concord at about 6:40, and we've been sitting here since 6:40. >> frustrated? >> no. >> you're frustrated. >> frustrated 45 minutes. >> where do you have to go? >> right here. i'm home now. >> some folks here in the embark day roar said they had a 20 minute delay to get to this point and the real challenge comes at this stop because of the back up trains across the tube. some folks very patient.

. >> all right. we just lost our connection with tara, but we are looking still at some pictures. she is live in san fransisco b.a.r.t. station, so that we -- i wasn't sure if we had tara back or not but she's been reporting live with us, amazing technology being able to talk to people live at the b.a.r.t. station underground. some commuters a little frustrated; others handling it okay. we'll continue to follow this story. time right now 8:49. we have new information on a story we've been following in the south bay, the santa clara county sheriff's office has located this man, 63-year-old james norberg. he was found at kennedy middle school in cupertino about 45 minutes ago. norberg disappeared from his home in cupertino yesterday prompting an all out search. there was a loft concern about him because he suffers from

dementia and can't talk. officials say he was transported to a hospital and is in relatively good shape. a restaurant in san fransisco destroyed by an early morning fire. ktvu's pam cook is in our newsroom with what happened shortly after this fire started. good morning pam. >> reporter: yeah, the fire is out, but not before it did severe damage to three buildings. it started at the shay spencer french restaurant on 14th 14th street. that's in the city's inner mission district. when firefighters arrived on the scene, flames were raging inside that restaurant, and then it quickly spread to two nearby buildings including an apartment building. >> there are people involved, people living in the exposure, and we got them out. the fire was probably contained in approximately 30 30 minutes. >> that's the good news. contained pretty quickly, but again, severe damage to those buildings. no reports, though, fortunately of any injuries from the people

inside the restaurant where the fire started. it's a french restaurant that features a wood burning oven from what we understand. at this point the cause of that fire is still under investigation. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. you can expect more officers on the streets in san jose this weekend. the extra patrols are to combat gang violence and the recent spike in homicides, at least four since last weekend. special operations, s.w.a.t. and gangs sue presentation suppression units will take part. now there have been 20 homicides in san jose this year, ktvu was on hand yesterday morning when police investigated the latest killing, 19-year-old fe lee pea bandares was shot outside an elementary school while waiting for his uncle to pick him up. he was in a confrontation recently but not involved in a gang. classes were canceled yesterday during the police investigation. 5 minutes before 9:00. we have some new information

about the developing news involving multiple police agencies in oakland. this is new video from the scene at 10th and filbert streets. the fbi tells us this is a compliance check at the acorn r conducted in april. no arrests were made this morning and, no drugs or weapons were found. it was a multiagency effort that included the fbi, u.s. marshals, chp and oakland police. the fbi say they will be doing more of these compliance checks in the future. it has been a bad friday morning for many b.a.r.t. riders out there. we'll tell you when b.a.r.t. is expected to get back on track. >> this morning bay bridge toll plaza, that traffic is moving along slowly. it's a 30 to 40 minute delay. we'll tell you more about the morning commute coming up. look at 'em.

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