talks, no new talks are scheduled today however, negotiators for both camps are hold up in an oakland hotel. it is possible talks could resume any time and his mediators are trying to get the talks going again. >> the administration expect is the parties to negotiate and meet and talk about a settlement. >> both sides are blaming each other for bad space bargaining and they are telling them they are sorry they could not afford a strike. once again, they are on the picket lines instead of inside the trains and on the stations and they are there from the lake merit station from what is happening there, tara? >>reporter: well bart workers are not here any time soon and they are out here at the merit station reminding folks of why they walked out on the job.

they certainly startled the commute and what would normally take an hour would sometimes take up to two hours. the chp is converting them to a carpool lane and 3 plus passengers and the connector ramp to the bridge, be aware of that, they are doubling the charter buses and they will have 36 buses today to shuttle people into san francisco and 76 buses total and yesterday it was costing the agency 76,000 to do that and obviously that amount will be pushed up. if you live in oakland you can take the ferry to oakland and casual carpool is another option and your options are limited, you can do ride share or work from home. from hayward and fremont, you have ac strandings sit and we have shuttles heading into san francisco and that was wrapped around the corner at 20th and

broadway. for richmond, rapid transit service links bus service will be operating every ten minutes and from the peninsular you can take the train into san francisco. we'll see where the negotiations stand once again and we will offer any new information about getting where you need to get this morning. ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now is 4:32 and last thing we need is like an accident, so crossing our fingers, sal? right now the roads are looking okay. we do have a grass fire on livermore on the exit and that grass fire has spread because of a car fire which was started about an hour ago. it started 45 minutes ago and let's move along and take a look at the east shore freeway

and traffic is moving a long nicely. so far it is more crowded than it would be and there are no major delays across the bridge. we are off to a good start on 880 and 85, let's go back to the desk. new hours will be 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the toll plaza. these hours will be in effect between the carquinez and the bay bridge toll plaza. chp will be strongly enforcing the hours. and we learned how bad the bart strike began. they took almost 8 hours away from them and traffic was still backed up at 10:00 a.m. many paid the tolls in cash a sign they are not regular

commuters. the rich man bridge saw an increase in traffic. they saw it in dumbarton where they also increased 4%. and they are estimating it is costing the local economy $73 million a day in lost productivity. the council estimates how many are crossing county lines each day and they are determining they lost two hours of productivity sitting in the heavy traffic caused by the bart strike. ac transit workers are continuing to avert a strike. mechanics expired -- mechanics expired while negotiations in that situation continues. the two sides are at odds over pay and safety and riders will be given 24 hours notice if a strike is there.

and for the very latest, we have more on what you need for services just click on the bart strike tab. we are following breaking news in oakland where police are on the scene where they killed employees at the lake stop. here is more on the unusual items the two suspects were wearing, alex? >> reporter: police say the two shooters walked in wearing orange construction vests and they opened fire and killed two people. they are going in as we speak to remove the bodies of these two men, again both workers at this winning stop. for whatever reason they began to shoot. the two men were in their 20s and i just spoke with a woman

who said one of the men was her boyfriend who worked there for four years. now it is on lake park avenue and police say there were four employees and a number of customers at the time. somebody triggered the fire alarm but nothing was taken from the restaurant. >> it is confusing, again we don't have any loss from the business but that can't rule out a robbery. it can show a robbery gone bad, at this point we are still early on in this investigation. right now investigators are going to be retrieving and taking a look at surveillance video to try to identify this so it should be helpful in this investigation.

and there is a surge in robbery and attempted robbery here near lake merit. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. more than 1,000 people pack add memorial for the 19 firefighters who were killed. >> many of these firefighters were somes, they were brothers, they were fathered. >> they ever were part of an elite unit called mountain hot shots. four firefighters were from southern california. >> this fire claimed the lives [inaudible] >> the fire tips to burn out of control and at least two hundred homes now are destroyed. you can post your thoughts and

then share the band we have created. east bay, they watched the flare-ups which affected two dozen homes. the fire burned 492 acres and damaged two sheds and a barn. it took firefightersers around 100 degrees and the cause is under investigation. they are mopping up brush spots in orb. the fire -- orrin do. firefighters say steep terrible rain made it hard to fight the fear. >> it prevents it can topple down the hill and the fire is still nearly don't attained. the park was also closed

yesterday and on sunday to help reduce the risk of a fire. the park is a popular hot spot for hikers in the south bay and no word if the park will be closed again tomorrow. after of the seven days of triple heat, they are putting them on the flex supply and that means people need to conserve energy. >> it is amazing and they are really driving the emergency and it is about dipper time. >> we can do laundry before we head to work, right? >> it is a good time to do it and that is exactly what people did, they got on the road now without any delays.

>> right. >> later on it will be slower like marion. let's look at these commutes, but traffic is moving along already, it is not stop and go and it's slower than is would be and 580 westbound at north friend and i just want to mention, there was a car fire which turned into a brush fire and you might expect some delays through this area. let's go to steve. >> i ran my dishwasher at 2:00 a.m. >> well, it is a dude see. i thought it is reaching the group -- i doubt it is reaching the ground but it is

there. it is picking up on the fog bank and in june we are starting to warm up and this is probably at the end -- probably at the end, away from the coast, tropical clouds are rumblings up in the sierra for vote it. 55 -- novato, 55 half-moon bay and 72 sacramento, almost 60 in lake tahoe and it is hot and it is blazing hot down there and in las vegas palm springs, if anybody is getting rain you can tweet me. but that's what is moving through. most of this is so dry at the lower levels, it is not reaching the ground here so we

have humidity and there is a bigger fog bank, for some it will be in the 60s 70s and all the way to the 100s and it will feel like you are in bangkok. it will keep leak bangkok and end stand you can cool document earlier next week. another jam packed commute, what some have done and why some companies are on board with that. plus another strike in oakland. the impact they will have. ♪

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very muggy inland. and on day two of the bart strike, we are live to lake merit in oakland where you can see bart workers walking the picket lines there, no sign of a settlement, yesterday and no new talks are scheduled today. however, negotiators are now hold up in an oakland hotel and we hear it is possible talks could resume at any time and we are looking live at the lake merit bart station with bart workers out picketing this morning. stay tuned all morning long for day two of the bart strike. the bart strike is proving to be trouble and there is also traffic on bridges and highways and many are finding they are forced to pay sky-high prices. some owners are jacking up

their prices. >> it went up 50%. >> from what? >> from 20 - 30 and i am here for the early bird special. >> they jacked it up and put is it on an event special rate. >> finding a place to park in downtown san francisco is proving to be a challenge during the bart strike. many are not going to work at all and many are working from home instead. >> that bart stopped me, shall i start from home and have a super productive day? >> yes, i will stay home. >> and neil normally commutes to his office in san francisco on bart, but he says with today's technology, he is ready. >> union workers held a rally

in oakland, and set that furloughs and other measures have cut their pay over 2 5% over the last five years and meetingsare set to given on friday. they are trying to beat the heat and oakland city pool should be back open today following the one day strike. you can see people came to public pools and seeing they were locked. people looking to pete the heat. >> maybe people are working from home this morning... >> i would be happy to. >> i wonder if you could do that, i don't know. >> good morning, pam, everybody is thinking this week it will help us out because as we get

closer, that will primming us pack to the commute. the traffic is doing well on 808 and there are no -- 808 and there are no problems coming through in san francisco. a little bit of slow traffic in some of those cash lanes getting through and if you are driving in livermore, 580 traffic is busy and as you drive through san jose, that is doing well. >> thank you, sal, we had a couple of returns on raid tar but there is a possibility of the high pressure system bring out air from arizona and new mexico. the fog bank is bigger as well and we have a lot of things going on, 70s for others and there is an incredible difference in the temperatures.

it's not something we say too often here and it is amazing hot in the desk either, we are getting some rain and a few sprinkles and we have a partly sunny partly cloudy day and it means it is going to be hot and humid. 60s and #0s by the coast and -- 70s by the coast, temperatures today will be a good 40-degree temperatures change, and we could have a transition day on the 4th and everyone should cool down as we get to the weekend. what you need to know before heading in to work. and an extra bang, what they did to reduce celebratory

gunfire. and it is looking good on the way to the tunnel, traffic is looking good and we will tell you more straight ahead. look at them kids...

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toll plaza so you can see what is going on right now. it is not even 5:00 a.m. and you can see a lot of cars out there. striking unions both say they are eager to resume contract talks and however no face to face contract talks, no new talks are scheduled for today and that could change at any time, stay with us all morning long for complete team coverage of the bart strike. union officials are postponing commuters during all of this. the project would require an early closure at tempe p.m. and during that time -- at 10:00 p.m. and it is likely going to have a big hold. the a's fans an amounts host -- a's host at the coliseum and this means fewer spaces in the coliseum parking

lot. tomorrow is fireworks night and that means even larger crowds. several bay area police departments will be talking about plans to crack down on celebratory gun supplies. they will be using technology to keep people safe and they will pinpoint exact locations and distinguishing between the sounds of gunshots and fireworks. california has a zero tolerance for the sale and use of illegal fear works and if caught, you could face up to a 50,000 -- $50,000 for them. >> it is a great ministry to be able to reach out to broken families and hurting people who need help an offer assistance that we need here in our

community. >> keep in mind, gilroy is the only place where it is legal to buy and possess and use fireworks which are safe which don't go up in the air or move on the ground in an uncontrollable fashion. >> right now i am checking as well. carpool lines are expected. >> yes, along the corridor that means on the carquinez and the west grant bridge and you can read the signs, the changeable message signs are giving you details about that. carpooling by the way is a great way to avoid causing more traffic and also helping yourself out by paying a reduced toll o let's look at the commute on westbound 580,

there was a car fire and the fire department you should see some delays in the area. it has been slow, let's go to some of those cash lanes pulling up to the pay gates and in san francisco northbound 101, that traffic is moderately heavy, let's go to steve. the area of high pressure, you can see it is moving over us and the majority is off the coast, they are throwing a lot of humidity into the mix but underneath that, we have a little bit of fog bank and it retons and i doubt it is reaching the ground. sierra nevada and if you are by the coast it is not bad, but we get the hot but not the

humid. 70s and 80s and 90s, the clouds may take temperatures down but clouds are streaming in here and we will keep an eye on that an update you as we go throughout the morning. time now 4:56, the bart strike we have been following all morning long, what traffics perts say you can do to get into the area faster. they are searching for two killers after two restaurant workers were found shot to death. ñáçwçñ

. we are live in oakland where bart workers will have an impact on your commute. police are searching for the killers of two restaurant workers. complete coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, thank you for waking up with us, tuesday july 2nd, i am pam cook. >> let's check weather and traffic, steve is right there. >> it is tropical clouds coming in and give ago lot of humidity, some warm

temperatures, maybe a few isolated showers and that is holding up the lows. that will give us 60s to 100s. good morning, interstate 880 looks good so far and people are getting out on the road early and also a big look amount the commute on 237 south bay, it is a bit quiet, let's go back to the desk. two restaurant workers were shot and killed just after they sent out a warning on lake park avenue, the shooting happened here just before midnight. now they say the two suspects were wearing orange vests. four restaurant rk