sides urging them to continue talks. meanwhile the strike will go on today as planned. bart officials plan to tack. bart plans to add more free buses for compute commuters today. let's two to the walnut creek bart station. bart is extending buses today to make up for yesterday's short supply. buss will take passengers into san francisco between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and return to the east bay at night. tickets handed out on a first come, first serve basis. a san francisco ferry is seeing double. we have seen long lines at

the ferry term thats buts is -- how far parking is an issue. >> people are getting here a lot earlier trying to a -- because parking is limited. and that is a limitation that there is little we can do about. >> san francisco bay ferry normally sees 6,000 commuters a day. during the bart strike it's been closer to 19,000. you can see the anthony lines the aal. still as we begin day three of the bart strike, commuters are losing their patience. >> i'm frustrated. i'm waking up way earlier than i need to usually. and i'm not productive at work because i'm leaving early to

catch the bus or ferry. it's just, you know, it's stressful. >> if you've been using the ferry as an option, keep in mind there will be reduced service tomorrow due to the fourth of july holiday. only three will operate compared to the usual five. katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. drivers inch their weightily san francisco streets during the evening commute last night. a stalled truck didn't help. a lot of drivers say yesterday's traffic was worse than monday. graffiti removal team will be eninging the. the bart strike is hurting the bottom line bay year

companies. glen park relies on traffic. >> the baa herb and a lot of excitement. the last two >> the bay area sr. strike sea it's $70 million a day. for the latest information on your commute and what you need to know about alter -- a bouncer has been rushed to the hospital after being shot at a bar. it happened around 1:15 this morning at epic social bar lounge. police say the bouncer was shot at least once in the abdomen. police are still searching for the shooter. anyone with information should contact santa rosa police. more details coming out

after a deadly shooting. two men wearing orange construction vests entered that business late monday night possibly because they felt threatened by a third party check on hump busing opened fire. >> we are confident saying this was not a robbery. >> one suspect has been arrested. oakland police are holding a community meeting to address the shootings. it is being held at the lake shore avenue baptist church. that meting is for lake shore, lake park, and grand avenue business owners. another meeting will be held at 7:00 tonight. that will be for business owners from the grand lake neighborhood. a father is facing child endangerment charges for leaving a baby in a car during the heat of the day. it was 91 degrees outside when the man left a ten-month-old

baby alone in a car friday at the pacific strip mall. a couple heard the baby screaming and called for help. rescue crews were able to break in the window when the father arrived. the bay -- cooling center will be. excessive heat warning is in effect until 7:00 p.m. canning can ebb knew if -- power has been restored thousands of people in the south bay who have lost electricity in the heat. mostly in san jose and campbell. power was restored to almost all customers by last night. pg&e is asking customers to conserve energy by setting thermostats to 78 degrees and

unplugging appliances that are not in use. chp officers will go into maximo -- mine people died in in addition they say drivers should watch their speeds. the bart strike could add a little chaos to fourth of july plans. last year hundreds of thousands lined the waterfront to watch the show. more than 128,000 of them took part to the -- bart to the city. if the strike continues people will need to change their plans. >> lots of people effected. you have businesses, the fourth of jill stuff going on. then the oakland a's game yesterday. sal, you is fire works night if

you are trying to get to the game i would suggest -- the a's are suggesting you car pool. from there is no other real way. you can take the buses if you are local there but no or the obviously. baby this morning. but the traffic is still pretty light getting out to the mccarthur maze. when you get to the toll plaza already a bake. i can light day all. if you are driving in san jose the south bay. it has been a death doctor it's 4:37 let's go to steve. a lot of thunderstorms yesterday up in the sierra. the fog bank is much, much

bigger. june into july we've had about day six of hot temperatures. there will still be a little bit inland. but there is a bigger fog bank. everyone will begin to cool down. heat advisories or heat warnings have gone into thursday for some. again they are starting to push a little farther east. this is not for the coast. this is not around for the bay. which never got in on the warmup expect for last saturday. much bigger fog bank. it's lifting a little bit. it stale can't fly over the hills. 50s and 60s on the temps. unless you are out in the back. a lot of fog is starting to ramp up here. the thunderstorms really just went crazy over reno and tahoe and truckee yesterday. things might pick up again if you're up in that direction. bigger fog bank. it will still be hot inland.

it is showing signs of weakening on the western edge of it. 60s to 100s again. we will start tomorrow and it looks cooler for everyone. >> heart. firm for an nsa leaker. and the bart strike has more and more people relying on their cars. what that could mean for the air we breathe and what drivers are being encouraged to do now. if you are heading out between walnut creek and oakland. westbound 24 does look good. another look at bart strike day three straight ahead. you kids should count yourselves lucky.

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good morning. right now traffic is still looking pretty good. but there is a little bit of a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza in some of those cash lanes. again we see people who don't

have the fast track trance ponders are usually the ones using cash. it's backed up from the middle of the parking lot. the metering lights are not on yet. a team of investigators is in prescott, arizona to try to determine what went wrong when 19 elite firefighters were killed. their rival comes as people gather to honor the man killed in the line of duty. 20 firefighters from a crew called hot shot firefighters were battling an eight acre wild fire. the lone survivor was not with the rest of the team when it happened. >> he was a look out for the crew. he was assigned to kind of be a heads up on top of a hillside. to give the situation awareness to the crew. >> investigators will make their way into the area and issue a preliminary report in the next few days.

one of the things they will try to determine is whether a water or retar dent aircraft would have helped. the obama administration is giving u.s. companies a bit more time to comply with a requirement that they provide health care coverage to their employees. the white house unexpected announced a one-year delay in implementing part of the health care law that requires employees to provide health care to employees or face a fine. more diplomatic drama surrounding edward snowden. a flight out of russia was rerouted after suspicions that snowden was on board. bolivian president had been in moscow meeting with president putin. france and portugal blocked the plane from traveling through its air space. oh live january air force had

-- bolivian air air force had this response. in austria the plane was searched and determined that snowden was not on board. a couple in canada has been arrested for plotting a terrorist attack like the boston marathon. investigators say the suspect john stewart plan to leave and detonate three pressure cooker bombs on monday which was canada day. their version of independence day. >> information sharing is a key component of canada's counterterrorism strategy and sunday mental to protecting our citizens from terrorist threats. >> police say they learned about the alleged plot after receiving a tip from the canadian security intelligence service. there is no evidence the

canadian suspects are connectioned to the boston bombing suspects. time is 4:45. the light show is not what the artist thought it would be. several thousands of the led bulbs are out or stuck on the on position. now the artist has reprogrammed the light show creating what he calls a subtler light show. some strands of light will be replaced in the coming months. passengers flying out of sfo can take a shuttle. passengers can also catch shuttles to south san francisco ferry terminal at oyster point. 1500 passengers have used the free shuttles. bart strike could mean increase in pollution as well. drivers are expected to use

800,000 more gallons of gas. environmental groups are encouraging those to car pool, telecommunicate, or take a ferry if that is possible. i wondered if people would slide into the fourth of july holiday. i thought maybe people would taketh day off. it looks like some people have to head into work. >> yeah. it doesn't mean that more people won't take the day off today, it means some of the people that have to go, have to go early. sometimes we see early commuten. ? let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound bay bridge that traffic is backed up into some of the cash lanes. no problems in the fast track lanes. this is northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. that traffic moves along pretty well. 4:47 let's go to steve.

is it the power hour? >> it is the power hour. >> thank you. we do have a bigger fog bank today. it's a lot of resistance in the form of big strong high pressure system. 50s to 70s. i think temperatures coast and bay never really warmed up that much. we will continue their trend of starting to cool down. san francisco has been in the 70s. about 72 to 77. i'm dropping that temp today. there is a lot more in the way of low clouds and fog. going 67 here today. but you can see some of the higher clouds continue to move up as well. could be more thunderstorms in the sierra nevada. they were really lighting up yesterday. fog, sun, cool for some. hot for others. there ask a lot more fog today than the last week. temperatures anywhere from upper 50s to 1- hundreds. 100s. the trend is take temperatures

down. some restaurants are celebrating the fourth of july a little early. jamba juice has a coupon. that deal is good through sunday. and boston market will offer four family meal deals for 50% off. that is good only for tomorrow. coming up a new roller coaster at great america apparently had too many screaming riders on it. the problem that shut it down. and it's usually a very popular series. but how the bart strike secting the a resawn -- bart strike is effecting the a's and cubs.

good morning. it's bart strike day number three. people are already waiting here in line for the buses that bart has chartered to take you from walnut creek into the city. you can see people are up and early. kind of a long line here. alex savidge is will. we will talk to some of the people that are taking the bus and get a gauge on what it will be like. remember bart has added more buses. i will let alex come in with the details. we would like to hear how the bart strike is impacting you this morning. chris go to ktvu facebook page and share your stories.

we'll be taking some of the stories there and reading them on the air. it is 4:51 let's go back to the desk. santa claire are district attorneys office is considering whether to prostitute brooks. he's accused of punching lamar and hitting him in the head with a beer bottle. drivens needed a couple stitches. first he wanted to press conferences but he has since changed his mind. massachusetts authorities will try top prevent former new england tight end aaron hernandez from getting married behind bars. hernandez faces a first degree murder charge. sheriff says he does not believe hernandez should be able to tie the knot as an inmate. a man is recovering following a gang related attack in a morgan hill bowling alley.

that happened around 12:30 a.m.. according to the mercury news a 24-year-old watsonville man suffered a puncture wound to the neck. so far no arresting have been made. a bay area theme park hopes the newest rival passes an inspection today that will let it reopen in time for the fourth of july. they shut down the fold striker after neighboring businesses complained about the noise it makes. >> i think that is ludicrous. because the park was here before the businesses around it. we're only here for today so we can't come back. they shouldn't close one ride down because of a business. >> great america started making adjustments to bring down the mechanical noise. says that should compensate for the noise made by roller coaster riders. the oakland a's says the

bart strike should not drive down attendance for popular games. the division leading a's beat the cubs last night and will take them on again today and tomorrow. the a's are urging fans to arrive early and also consider car pooling. ac transit buses are running and there are 12,000 parking spaces for anyone who wants to ride to the game. there we have our parking here. there are several spots parking lots on the perimeter of the facility here. >> the a's also expect a big attendance today. it is fire works night. not to mention the a's is one of the hottest teams in baseball. >> yes. fire works tonight. sal has been talking about that. you want to leave early. leave a little bit earlier than you normally would. >> that is right. we will look at 880 and 880 near the coliseum has been looking okay. obviously it looks good now. last night for that game it

wasn't too bad. we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. already a backup. if this was a normal day you would wonder what is going on. the traffic does look pretty good on the upper deck of the bay bridge. there is already a backup in some of the cash lanes. we spoke of 880 and the traffic looks pretty good in oakland if you are driving through there. no major problems. 580 in oakland. 580 and 13 have also been heavy because of the strike. a lot of people get on the road. we'll watch the entire east bay commute which has been taking the brunt of the slow traffic during this bart strike. 4:55. let's two to steve. sal, i know the a's are hot. i think they were upstage if i'm not mistaken. >> by a no hitter. by the reds. that is his second one isn't it? >> second. back to back. >> a lot of fog on the coast. some of that is working its way

inland. high pressure system is incredibly strong. 50s-70s. a lot of that tropical moisture was sending thunderstorms to the roof yesterday. if you are up there or traveling up there, watch out they could really develop fast. for us fog, sun, cool to mild to hot. i know clearlake was 108. which is crazy. 67 san francisco. 100s for antioch. still close for morgan hill and gilroy. cooler weather will spill in tomorrow and on the fourth and really kick in for inland areas. >> thank you. dangerous dilemma for drivers on the fourth of july holiday. how the current wave is creating a problem for drivers. a sign of possible progress. what happened over night and

that it means for commuters this morning.

good morning, the bart strike moves to day three now. the late night development that is giving some commuters hope. and there is already a long

line of commuters waiting for charter buses here at the walnut creek bart station this morning. why bart officials are encouraging passengers to show up early. so far so good for the morning commute on the roads. it may not stay that way for long. the places you want to watch for ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning. thank you for waking up with us it's wednesday, july 3rd i'm claudine wong in for pam cook this morning. good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. we go over to steve. i'd like to be where it's cool. >> you're in the right place. [ laughter ] >> stay inside. >> there are a few changes here. bigger fog bank today. and it looks like some of that is starting to lift a little bit. even a few high clouds can drift in. we'll go mostly sunny. a little cooler for some. 50s to 100.

good morning. westbound 24 as you drive up to the caldecott between walnut creek and oakland. it's already busy. i think the adjustment is being made as day number three of the bart strike continues. more people on the road early. it does look okay heading out to the high-rise. no major problems by the way on the bay bridge. it's 5:00. let's go back to the desk. right now bart and striking unions are taking a break before they return to the bargaining table this afternoon. they met for nearly nine hours overnight and tara moriarty is live for us in oakland where the talks wrapped up a little more than two hours ago. >> reporter: we have signs of progress but still no details because neither side is really allowed to say exactly what happened in there. we're here at cal tran headquarters. we have been here around the clock waiting