you see people lined up at the ferry terminal in san francisco. on the bottom left you see 880. it is not that bad even though there is a a's game. >> it is a different story. those are the drivers on the far left hand side trying to get out of the city. look at the bottom right, 80 in berkeley, packed in both directions east and westbound. the longer the bart strike drags on the angier the bart -- angrier the bart riders are getting. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live at the ferry building. some are wondering if it would be handled better if it was private. >> reporter: generations ago

most public transit was publicly owned. >> reporter: the east bay ferries are publicly owned, a private company operates them. >> the answer is to let the ferry service run bart. >> reporter: some say -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: new york's ferries, denver and atlantic city and allowing private competition in miami and atlanta. what do passengers think about privatizing bart? >> i should be considered. i can't fathom the difficulties and benefits on that. it should be considered. >> reporter: the anger does not support privatization. >> i think keeping it public is fine. >> this is a public services and it should be for better or

worse. >> reporter: he says if the strike were to drag out riders might prefer a lesser evil. >> not taking a lot of the important public good of -- into consideration. >> reporter: every rider agreed on this -- >> they had more than enough time to come to a agreement. >> reporter: we tried all day and no one would comment on this issue. consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. thousands of people are expected to converge on san francisco tomorrow for the 4th of july but there could be no bart service. ktvu's david stevenson is live to show us just what the strike impact could mean for all the festivities in the city. david? >> reporter: look in between

the buses here. you can see the line. it is moving along. folks heading on the a.c. transit. there are worries about those who may travel into celebrate the 4th of july. >> reporter: san francisco's 4 4th of july celebration promises big stuff. >> opening day. >> bigger explosions. >> there is about 4,000 devices that will launch from this location. >> reporter: officials estimate 200,000 people will head to the water front for the fireworks show and opening ceremonies for america's cup. with no bart trains loment is worried that -- law enforcement is worried that means more cars on the roads. >> bart won't be running on the 4th of july, it will be more important to make sure you have a dead uginated driver. >> reporter: -- designated driver. >> reporter: bart will operate a few buses but those are for

folks who have to work in san francisco for the holiday. it has some wonder about tomorrow's turn out. >> one would think they would sit at home. we will see how it works. >> reporter: just over an hour ago a.c. transit said they will run buses from the east bay to san francisco. san francisco's muni will offer extra trains and shuttle buses to help folks get to the festivities without having to drive. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. and more details on bart's charter bus service schedule for the 4th of july. there will be fewer buses than today. at 6:00 a.m., 7, a.m., buses -- 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. buses will leave from these

stations and in the afternoon they depart at 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. we have continuing coverage of the strike on www.ktvu.com. go to the tab. we have links for carpooling and get ferry and bus schedules and you, sign up to get alert on the strike. developing news on the accident at camp tawonga. one counselor is dead. ktvu's robert handa is live with more. >> reporter: during the past hour we have seen people coming and going from camp tawonga and several families indicated they were planning to stay despite what happened. >> reporter: camp tawonga near yosemite national park is staying open but some people say it won't be the happy camp it was before this morning's

deadly accident. >> unfortunate accident. >> reporter: officials sent letters to parents confirming a staff member was killed when a tree crashed near the dining room. >> at the time it hit power lines so we had to wait for pg&e to get here to remove the power from the lines socal fire could cut up the tree and see if there was anyone under there at the time. >> no children were injured. two adults were rushed to the hospital. >> they were obviously upset about their injuries and the accident. both of the patients had minor injuries. one had back pain ask the other -- and the other arm pain. >> reporter: two other adults are in stable condition at a hospital. at this point the camp is offering counseling and will remain open. >> any kids that need to be

talked to or have a need for anything, other than they are trying to keep things as normal for the kids as possible. >> reporter: the camp called her a beloved member of the staff. we can see pg&e crews still working here trying to restore power. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the director of camp tawonga acknowledged the death of a beloved staff member and said the campers doing well and -- campers doing well -- campers are do doing well. . another round of hot temperatures today. a live camera look. temperatures soring. humidity out there. moisture from the south. as far as temperatures, talking about the heat for the past

several days. look at livermore, temperatures since the 28th, above 100 degrees today. 102 degrees. a long series of very hot days in the inland valleys. concord 100. antioch 104 degrees. san jose lower 90s. 73 in san francisco. we still have the west, a big portion of the west with excessive heat warnings, including parts of the bay area. coming up we have changes to talk about, an tend to the excessive heat warning and the big change for the weekend. the hammer was dropped on san francisco city college. that college will lose its accreditation next year unless it can address a number of problems. supporters are holding a rally at the campus right now.

today the commission that over sees says san francisco city college will have to show how it will improve. >> just the impact that, you know, that this -- that this decision is going to have on this school. >> the school says for now classes will go on at normal and credits will be transferrable. if the decision is finalized the college that serves 85,000 students may be forced to close. business owners are telling police they are worried over a spike in crime. the second of two meetings is set to get under way in less than an hour. that church was packed this

morning. residents say they never seen it this bad. >> it has been escalating for the past few years and happening right in my neighborhood. on the street i live on. police captain who is in charge of the area says the department is training and hiring more officers and he said the killing of two restaurant employees was an isolated incident. police now say it happened after two men came into the wing stop restaurant to order food. the men got spooked by someone on the street. they ran to the back of the restaurant. when two employees went to see what was happen they shot and killed them. one man is in custody. police are looking for a second suspect. school teacher entered a not guilty plea today to 91

felony counts of child molestation. he is being held on $10 million bail accused of molesting a dozen students starting in 2006. prosecutors say most occurred at the school. if convicted he faces live in prison. new information on the america's cup. one day before opening ceremonies two teams are protesting the safety rules put in place following had death of a sailor. they said they can't make change says close to the competition -- changes so close to the competition. the teams will still be allowed to race in the opener on sunday. showers for memorial day. i will bring you up to the minute details.

as we have been oreporting triple digits -- reporting triple digits for the bay area tomorrow. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's john fowler tells us about preparations some people are making. john is in richman where a fireworks show is set to begin -- richmond where a fireworks show is set to begin. >> reporter: beautiful here. this is the city getting a jump on the rest of the bay area. thiset up -- they set up food courts and children's activities and a fireworks display at dusk. here the weather is cooperating. many cities have parades and events tomorrow and there the threat is heat. >> reporter: decorating for tomorrow's parade. >> we love helping out the

whole town and our motivation is the community. >> reporter: the 30th year, the town closes the freeway and streets. >> always a lot of fun. pick up vans. children. everybody dresses up. it is fun. >> reporter: it will be hot. a couple thousand people expected to turn out. >> 1500 bottles of water they are going to hand out and once we get down here we have cooling stations. >> reporter: across town the family preparing water bottles, t-shirts and hats for the 9th annual fundraiser run named for their daughter who died. >> we put together this run for a reason. in honor of her and all the proceeds go towards medical research. >> everyone tomorrow urged to follow this advice. >> drink a lot of -- drink a lut of water. stay in the shade. -- drink a lot of water.

stay in the shade. >> reporter: tonight's show planned for dusk over the boats at the marina. the view from anywhere along the water front should be great. they are asking everybody to be safe. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. 13 cities allow the sale and use of fireworks. firefighters have recommendations for people who do plan to set off fireworks where it is allowed. lite on a driveway or street, remove dry grass and weeds and have a hose or a bucket of water nearby. garbage problem in san francisco is promping changes. -- prompting changes. take a look here. trash, bottles and furniture. glass containers and kegs will not be allowed this year.

they put out more bins. they are asking to please clean up. go to www.ktvu.com where we have a list of 4th of july events around the bay area. www.ktvu.com. lot of people who rent their homes are having a tough time trying to stay cool. law does not require landlords to provide air conditioning to their tenants. it only requires the basics, heat, water and doors that lock. he said today he plans to draft legislation in the next term that would add air conditioning to the list. crews will be fogging in the east bay to kill mosquitos that carry the west nile. mosquito and vector control district will spray in discovery bay tonight in two hours. this shows you the area that will be fogged. in green. for the first time this year

tests found mosquitos in discovery bay carrying the west nile virus. weather story not changing. hot numbers inland. it will be changing, especially friday and into the weekend. live storm tracker 2, high clouds ushered into the bay area. it feels muggy out there. and enough instuability developing. we have -- instability developing. we have partly cloudy skies. it is beginning to cool off. still hot inland. san francisco downtown 66. and san jose in the upper 80s. 87 degrees. this was a time lapse from this afternoon. there is the golden gate bridge. you will notice the marine layer. the cooling limited to the coast and around the bay. what will happen that marine

layer will deepen and that will be the source for cooling. for the 4th of july, inland valleys, south bay, and the mountains, this expires at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night. this area of high pressure has been in command of the weather. hot numbers inland for your 4 4th of july. here is the key change, a cooler system from the north and west. temperatures responding by cooling off into the weekend. no more 90s this weekend. back up into the 80s for highs. the fog will be locally dense tomorrow morning. clearing back to near the shoreline tomorrow afternoon. here is the heat as you expect. fairfield, livermore, concord and san jose back up into the 90 degrees for tomorrow afternoon. highs, santa rosa 91. triple digits towards vacaville, brentwood, oakland

upper 70s. san jose upper 80s to close to 90. san francisco 71 degrees. 4th of july fireworks, all the red dots correspond to the fireworks shows. coastal fog. in san francisco patchy fog could have an impact on the visibility. we will track that. five-day forecast, the cooling relief for friday and into the weekend. temperatures continue to cool off by friday. coming down 6-12 degrees across the region. there is relief in sight. >> weekend look goods. thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, a necklace stirs up controversy on a college campus. why officials admit they made a mistake. >> why the bart strike is impacting residents, what if it was the only way to get around? that is how it is for thousands who don't consider driving an option. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00

on tv 36. we are continuing to follow the latest on the bart strike, how it is effecting the commute. live picture of the conditions on interstate 80. it is not bad at all. this is near where the a's are getting ready to host the subs for a 705 -- cubs for a 7:05 p.m. game. with the a's game 880 is not that crowded and they are having fireworks tonight. should be a good crowd on hand. ♪ roundup

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pictures of the community on the third day of the bart strike. you see the long lines of people waiting to board ferries. look that right hand side, a bus just pulled up to take all the commuters trying to get home back across the bridge and where they need to go. people have been waiting in long lines to get home, getting out of the city and heading to the east bay. new details on the roller coaster in santa clara. great america actually had to shut it down. it was because of all the

complaints from nearby businesses about how loud it was because of all the screaming riders. well it just reopened at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon. they say they have installed a into muffle some of the -- tunnel to muffle some of the noise. joe fonzi is in here for mark ibanez. >> the giants scored multiple runs for the first time in three days in cincinnati. reds pitcher is at the plate. he gets a hit. he is coming from first. he runs through a stop sign at third base. buster posey fumbles the ball. he has torun him down -- to run him down and does that. it was 1-0 reds. the giants took their first lead of the series. they are in the 6th now with san francisco leading 2-1.

novak djokovic is number one and he was trying to get into the semi finals today. puts a nice touch on this point to wrap up the match in straight sets. the brits have a hope in andy murray. >> today's fifth stage of the today today -- of the tour de france. chain reaction pile up with 9- miles to go. he got it done with a sprint to the finish. 24th24th career stage win for him. a's back at it tonight against the cubs. second game of the three game series. >> thank you. tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news more on the deadly camp

accident that claimed a life. ktvu channel 2 news goes to uc santa cruz and we will talk with her co-workers. >> we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu keeping an eye on the bart negotiations. the latest coming up at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36 and on the 10:00 p.m. news so we will see you then. have a good evening everyone. i'm totally in love with the avocado on this sub.

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