>> van earl: the ferry will -- >> the ferry will operate 12 vessels. capacity will triple to 20,000 riders with more crossing, most customer service agents and weekend service. even with all this it only represents 5% of bart's valium -- volumes. >> if you don't have no more vacation it will be tough for the family. >> i don't know how i will get to work. i pay money already for it. >> reporter: a.c. transit will use its largest buses to increase its ridership but with its union in disarray, a.c. transit could strike at any moment and without notice. >> i wouldn't be able to get

anywhere. traffic will be backed up. nobody will be able to get to school, work. it will be a mess. >> havoc for the bay area. >> reporter: if it terps out this is an -- turns out this is an important announcement we will have it live and at 6:00 p.m. an update. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> bart and ac could go on strike at the same time and that would be a mess. is there any chance a.c. transit could delay a strike? >> reporter: the one person who could do it is governor jerry brown. he called a 60 day cooling off period for bart he hasn't done that for a.c. transit and they are subject to that kind of order. the governor jerry brown will be approached by a.c. transit and the governor will say no strike for 60 days, that

is what we believe will happen. we have information that suggests that will happen. >> we expect to hear from bart in a few minutes. thank you. >> the only bright spot is agreement on one part of the pension. bart say they are still $89 million apart on competition. the union wants three year deal. bart wants 4. because of the government shut down the mediator is not being paid. state lawmakers want the governor to pass a bill preventing bart workers from walking off the job. it would force union workers to honor the snow strike -- no strike clause. supporters say it is only fair. law prohibits the governor from ordering a second 60 day cooling off period. you can check facebook for the

latest developments or twitter. if you have foster farms chicken listen to this. strains of salmonella have been linked to raw chicken processed at three foster farm plants in central california. the outbreak spread to 16 states but most cases are in california. the packages contain the usda marks here. in the air to right. redick back. and oakland hangs on to win game three. >> the game three of the american league division series is in the books between the a's and etigers. -- and the tigers. oakland leads 2-1. the score was 6-3 and it was a good game.

ktvu's fred inglis is live in detroit after talking to players and fans. fred? >> reporter: you know, it was cool and crisp here in detroit, just like the oakland a's and while there was a two game love fest in oakland they knew the atmosphere was going to be different here. yet there were a's fans who had their back. >> reporter: some of the a's fans had to do creative scrambling to get here for the early start of game three. >> san francisco to charlotte. 10:00 to all nighter to 6:00. from charlotte to here. three hour delay. raining in charlotte. >> reporter: you got here at what time? >> 10:00 a.m. >> i was the loudest person here. they wanted me out. they wanted me out. >> reporter: is your body set up for this now?

eastern time? >> 10:50 right now, not ready yet. by 1:00 p.m. it will be ready to go. >> reporter: redick a solo homer. one of three big blasts by the a's in today's game. >> i think i was on 4 hours of sleep after getting in so early. both teams are working with that. you have to get up and we found that way to do the job today. >> reporter: a's 6-3 in the 9 9th when they had a little conference call. >> i always walk down to the front of the mound and i look up to get the ball and the guy is staring at me like -- i said if you have a problem come on out. >> post season baseball. guys -- egos are flying, tempers are flying. he is crazy and we love him. >> i know they are waking up on

their bats so they will crush it tomorrow. we are going to be the world series. i swear it. >> reporter: he is excited but the a's were business like. they know there is still a lot of work to do. game four is tomorrow. we are not sure whether it is 4:00 p.m. or whether it is going to be 2:00 p.m. pacific standard time. if they can win this game and clinch their first playoff series victory since 2006 the celebration will be more than what we saw today. reporting live in detroit, fred inglis, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a lot of fans called in sick today. quite a few crowded into restaurants and bars. too watch the game. the fans hope the winning

continues and the momentum carries the a's through the rest of the playoff games. more details, game 4 is tomorrow in detroit at 2:00 p.m. if a's don't wrap it up, game 5 is 6:00 p.m. thursday back here at home. right now we want to show you breaking news from downtown oakland. a news conference among bart negotiators just wrapped up. the union members came out said they are not calling for a 72 hour strike notice right now. potentially that means that they are making progress perhaps in innegotiations and they don't -- negotiations and they don't want to call the strike notice yet. the clock is ticking and they could go out on strike late thursday, early friday morning. but again breaking news right now, union negotiators came out moments ago in downtown

oakland, and said they are not calling for a 72 hour strike notice right now. we will keep you posted on new developments as we get them. a's fans have been showing us their pride in photos. back to the a's. here we go. this was taken at the ballpark. here is another picture of young fans. we want to see your photos. e-mail them oo photos@ktvu.com or on facebook or twitter. you can also show your pride by sharing our facebook badge. continuing live coverage of the government shut down. the government shut down entered its second week and a new twist. the threat of the government defaulting on its debt is next week. and that has become part of the

accusations. >> a senior white house staffer this morning said the president would rather default on our debt than to negotiate. the american people expect when their leaders have differences, we are in a time of crisis, we will sit down and have a conversation. >> speaking at fema president obama called on speaker of the house john boehner to let the house vote on a clean measure. >> my strong suspicion is there are enough votes there. the reason john boehner can't called a vote is because he doesn't want to see the government shut down end at the moment unless she able to extract concessions. >> the deadline for raising the debt limit and keeping the government from defaulting is october 17. all over the weekend here the house passed a measure to pay hundreds of thousands of

furloughed federal employees but many don't know how long they will have to wait. ktvu's allie rasmus is live with more on the impact this is having on federal workers and businesses they support. >> reporter: a week after the government shut down began we checked in on the people who rely lie on the -- rely on the federal employees to keep their businesses going. >> reporter: this convenience store. >> lunchtime usualty is packed. -- usually it is packed. >> reporter: normally there are 3,000 people working every day. he is missing money of his regular customers. >> each day gets slower. >> reporter: at the flower shop sales wilted this week. down 20% since the government shut down began. >> a lot of the people, the regular people that come in to buy flowers. >> feels lonely. [ laughter ]

>> feels lonely. feels hurtful. >> reporter: she feels bad for her customers on furlough. >> i feel like a bartender. i wish i could offer them a drink, something. [ laughter ] >> when they come in annoyed and frustrated. >> reporter: he is one of those federal workers. she air traffic controller. -- he is a air traffic controllers. he and other are considered essential federal employees. friday is pay day. >> i will get a half a check. this fiscal year there is no money. >> the government will pay him eventually but in the mean time -- >> you have to think my bank isn't going to take it out. >> reporter: this afternoon we talked to other essential government workers who are still on the job and they told thrus is a lot of confusion on

who -- told us there is a lot of kings who will get -- confusion who will get paid. live, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the government shut down is causing concern for home buyers. coming up the paper work problems that is putting loans on home. fleet week in san francisco but hard to tell. ktvu's christien kafton is here now. what is left? >> reporter: we were talking about this early, a lot of events are off the table. right now the -- there is a canine exhibition, art exposition but it is nothing compared to the usual show we see here. we are between peers 28 and 32 on the right here. ordinarily you would see a lot

of navy ships, right now all you can see is the coast guard. with the budget cuts the parade is off, the air show is off and the crowds will not be coming off. it usually draw as million visitors, the area is packed for days. with the big name events off the table, business owners were blunt about the impacts. >> the impact for our staff, these people will make less money. >> reporter: businesses long the front were sponsoring a fireworks show, it worked well over the weekend but one said one good night can't make up for four or five great days. live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. banning the homeless in san francisco park. new, the plan some say

criminalizes homelessness and why many think it would make the problem worse. and former president jimmy carter pays a visit to oakland. what brought him here and what he said about the crime that happened last week where he was today. >> san jose state university is trying to figure out if they have rat problem. what happened inside thissed aatorium. >> after the break, no fog along the coast but temperatures are trending down. you will notice it. especially in the morning. the details on your forecast back here in a minute.

. fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire on yerba buena island last night.

it broke out before 8:00 a.m. and took two hours to get undercontrol. fireworks were heard in the area but there is no evidence fireworks caused the fire. emergency crews were able to remove a liquid propane tanker that over turned. it was one of two on a tandem trailer. it over turned at 3:00 a.m. this morning as the driver was turning. the tanker had just been filled. a small leak was patched. earlier gas leaking from the hull was vaporizes and a hotel had to be evacuated. >> we evacuated the hotel, that the what we felt was the most important. >> the chp is investigating the cause of the crash. san jose state university is checking to make sure they don't have a problem with rats on campus after a rat tried to

share the stage with a guest speaker. ktvu's robert handa tells us what happened and what is being done about it. robert? >> reporter: when you are on the campus of san jose state university you see quite a few construction sites, a lot of improves are going on but that is cause a problem. >> reporter: there was a good turn out at this presentation. even though many students had heard about the rats when he was giving a talk. some noticed rats around the construction sites on campus. >> a lot of my crass there -- classes there has been rodents. it is annoying. >> reporter: he said people

were startled but not scared by what happened. >> a small rat found its way on to the stage. it was distracting for a few minutes but the speaker handled it gracefully. >> reporter: they are checking to make sure they don't have a bigger problem. >> controlling the pests is something at the top of our radar. we do feel sorry that there was a visitor that interrupted the speech and we are doing everything we can to look at that situation and address it. >> students are glad to see the college responding but take it in stride. >> we had rats at school. i see it as something that is normal. >> reporter: the college won't have to change its routine too much. they have been dealing dealing dealing with squirrels. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news.

all right. our weather now. beautiful day out there. >> yeah. october in the bay area, right? many locals, anybody else, you know it, this is our best weather. fire danger is always around. we had hire fire danger last week -- high fire danger last weekend. high clouds. and then look at the system that will have an impact on us into, you know, probably into -- tuesday, wednesday, more clouds and as it drops down temperatures cool and there is a chance in the five-day forecast for sprinkles or wet weather. the current numbers look like these. lots of 70s today and low 80s. today the warmest day for a while. temperatures work their way back down as we go into the period. i will make my way back down. you can see the temperatures, as i said, cooler tomorrow.

winds are shifting direction. instead of out of the north, a westerly flow. it is westerly. helps fire danger. helps air quality. and keeps temperatures on the down side a little bit. 46 napa tomorrow. 47 santa rosa. really cold this morning. not as cold tomorrow morning. more clouds. we had temperatures this morning, low 40s. conquered, 83 right now -- concord, 83 right now. tomorrow 5:00 a.m., 54. that is warmer. lunchtime, 2:00 p.m., low 70s. that is concord tomorrow. we are looking at into san jose, downtown, high there, 73 degrees. temperatures cooler. air quality is good. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view i will step over this way. temperatures tomorrow in the

upper 70s. on wednesday, into the low 70s. you see slight trend. your best bet for showers, few clouds, and cooler temperatures. fire danger off -- never off the table but it is not as bad as it could be. we will see you in a bit and we will have a forecast specific to your city. seeioback here -- see you back here. back to breaking news. the bart negotiations that are ongoing couple days left, right now you are looking at a bart spokesperson talking about the situation. let's listen into what she saying. -- he is saying. >> we want to negotiate and we will into negotiate as long as we have to. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i want to making it clear

that the federal mediator has asked both sides not to talk about proposals, what is going on right now and we will honor that request. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i don't have any reaction to that. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> okay? thank you. >> we are going down to the wire here. what you heard him reference was that a mediator asked both sides not to talk about the negotiations. we are going down to the wire. just a couple days left before the 60 day cooling off period comes to an end and there could be a bart strike as soon as the 60 day cooling off period ends this week. negotiators came out a couple minutes ago. they are not calling right now for a 24 hour strike warning. they are holding off on saying that. potentially maybe that is good news. maybe that means they are making progress. they are now less than $100

million apart. that is significant. they were over 100 million apart and now they are underthat. they still have -- under that. they still have a long way to go. we have a reporter there in oakland. if we get nomore information we will bring it -- more information we will bring it to you. two professors received the highest honor and a story that will have you asking how could that happen. a 9-year-old sneaks past security and flies all the way across the county without a plane ticket. what officials are doing to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> an officer accused of breaking the law, the way he used his power against her. plus -- >> we investigate the continuing problem of missingnotomy checks. -- missing unemployment checks. these stories and more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> it took a court order but today pg&e reduced pressure on a gas line beneath san carlos now the city wants proof the residents are no longer in danger. officials asked for it to be

shut down after a pg&e worker expressed concerns. ktvu's rob roth has been talking with pg&eking leaders and city leaders about the safety of the line and rob is here with us. rob? >> reporter: pg&e says it has taken the gas line out of service but residents want pg&e to do much, much more. >> reporter: under a court order pg&e reduced the pressure on the line by 2/3. >> if that is what they did, great. but i think the community and the city, everybody needs more information than just saying we relieved the pressure, that is fine. tough to live with that. >> reporter: the line came under concern when officials read e-mails from a pg&e

engineer stating i have concerns about this pipe, are we sitting on a san bruno situation, on friday they declared state of emergency and got a court order demanding pg&e shut down the line. >> we have isolated the line and it is not in active service. >> reporter: but officials aren't convinced. they asked for records about the line and haven't heard back. >> how much information do they have optheir -- on their own pipe? >> the concern is a repeat of this, the san bruno pipeline explosion three years with ago. eight people died. dozens of homes destroyed. >> we commissioned a report earlier this year that inspected this pipeline. we know it is operating safely. >> reporter: he isn't buying it. >> our corts are telling them to turn -- courts are telling them to turn it off. they are saying they don't need to. you know, sounds sketchy to me.

>> reporter: officials want the line inspected which pg&e seems reluctant to do. where this this end? at the public utilities commission. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. searching for the cause of a fire. it appears to be suspicious. fire crews responded this morning at the home. the house was being prepared for renovations. no one lived there and it did not have gas or electrical service. >> surprised because it has been abandon since the 1970s. and nothing happened. there has been work, the person had clean up crew. >> investigators say because the roof collapsed they won't be able to get inside till tomorrow. police are asking for help in identifying a woman accused of holding up a credit union.

police say they are photos of the bank robber. she walked into the patelco credit union last wednesday and demanded money. the woman is asian or pacific islander, 5'8", 170 pounds. anyone with informations is asked to call police. in san francisco, parks are a big attraction for tourists and locals but a plan to adopt uniform closing times is upsetting one group of people. ktvu's david stevenson is here to explain why some say it isn't fair. >> reporter: a plan aimed at preventing park vandalism could be hard on the homeless. >> reporter: slashed trees, broken windows and damaged playground. they say vandalism, illegal dumping cost the city a million

each year. >> it -- a million dollars each year. the hours he wants to close the 224 parks which have different closure hours. the hope is with uniform hours police can go after malicious intruders but this afternoon some say the plan criminalizes the homeless. >> many of the speakers spoke and said this isn't a homeless issue. i have to say i think that comes from the privilege of having a home to visit our parks from. >> hard like, we are trying to find a place to stay. >> reporter: it is illegal to camp out in the parks but some are sited and allowed to stay while others were forced to move on. >> i came here the first time.

>> reporter: his plan targets vandals. not those looking to rest. >> legislation designed to address the vandalism in our parks. not by people who are sleeping. but people in the parks awake. >> reporter: those found loitering could be sited for $100 for the first offense. the board will take up the proposal in a few weeks. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. [ singing ] san jose state for a rally to oppose cuts. it is part of a three day march. they are upset about dutes the housing authority that came as a result of sequestration. 18,000 families are now unable to pay their rent because of

those automatic federal budget cuts. former president jimmy carter pays the bay area a visit and he isn't the only big name. what brought them to the east bay today. >> and expressing outrage over the government shut down. why some say it is costing money in the long run. >> the new ratings that could change the way networks think about tweets.

double trouble on the streets of new york city. a crane malfunction and danging and the city was under a tornado watch. the crane was manually lowers and no damage and no one was hurt. boston bombing suspect is set to face charges in the killing of a police officer. a court issued an arrest warrant. he is in federal custody in connection with the boston marathon bombings. he face as possible death sentence in the federal case.

if you tweet about what you watch on tv they will now try measure you. they are known for compiling tv ratings, now they are trying to get a handle on how many people are interacting about shows on twitter. viewers sent out 1 million tweets about the final episode of breaking bad. at the peak that was more than 22,000 tweets per minute. and it appears apple is seeing strong sales of the iphone 5s. sales jumped 10% in september compared to august. what makes that impressive is the 5s and 5c didn't come out till the 20th. a former president visiting oakland.

>> the supreme court hits the ground running. the controversial cases the justices face as they begin their new session. >> temperatures are trending down. as we look at the five-day forecast, there is a chance of wet weather in there. i will have that back here after the break. blm

former president jimmy carter said the recent ropery of a habitat for humanity work -- robbery of a habitat for humanity work site said is

despicable. ktvu's paul chambers was there and tells us why former president jimmy carter believes the robbery will end up helping the community in the long run. >> reporter: today hundreds of people came together to support one cause. building homes for those in need in a part of oakland that had problems with crime. >> this is the safest place in california you can be. >> reporter: because former president jimmy carter and his wife are in town helping to build 12 new homes. people say they are hap ay to -- happy to have the new development. >> we are taxpayers like the rest of the city and we should have more security. >> reporter: this habitat for humanity site was a crime scene last week. when four men robbed workers at gun point. >> i think there has bane general rising of everybody

that lives in the community against that crime which i think was despicable. >> sad, unfortunate. it brought us to our knees. >> reporter: the volunteers say they are aware of the crime that happened and especially what happened at this site last week. but they say what they are doing for the families who will be living here will be worse it and former president jimmy carter said the crime may have helped. >> there has been an adverse reaction from the public that it is not likely to be repieced. >> reporter: the homes are expected to be complete by december. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> they had help from two of the biggest stars, they got busy building homes for habitat for humanity this morning. they built homes for habitat for humanity before. >> carter said it is not a

competition as long as his house gets down first. [ laughter ] >> the real reward is to see the reaction of the homeowners. next election day is a month away but voting is underway. in san francisco early voting started today ahead of the november 5 election. voters can cast at city hall and early voting in san mateo county. today is the first monday in october, that means the supreme court is beginning a new session with a number of cases on the docket. they began even though parts of the rest of the federal government is shut down. campaign contributions, government prayer, and abortion. warm fall day out there for many around the bay.

to our chief meteorologist bill martin for changes ahead. >> it is fall. fall months, the days get shorter and cooler and the jet stream pushes down. that is the beginning of winter. this is part of the transition. weak system going through the north of us. rain up here. what we are looking at is for the low to set up a trough over the top of us. and that will trend temperatures down and perhaps the chance of wet weather, especially north and east part of the bay area. 83 concord right now. nice day today. great weekend. temperatures warm. windy on friday. that changes as the low- pressure system gets closer to us. right? we will see this pattern all summer. getting stronger. the temperatures trend down tuesday and wednesday.

is it going to be cold? no. 60s and 70s. oakland 73 degrees for highs tomorrow. nice looking day in oakland. san francisco downtown, cooler. they have been seeing temperatures in the 70s. tomorrow 67 degrees downtown san francisco. 78 vacaville. 76 clear lake. 78 livermore. highs cooler than today. right? they will be cooler into your next day -- into your wednesday and thursday. coolf still. -- cooler still. 66 in pacifica. 73 redwood city. good air quality. we are not leading with fires which is good. this is fire time of year and the pattern is a pattern that will give firefighters a break. we are seeing the fires in southern california, high fire danger over the weekend. but things are backing off. we can take a breath there.

nice looking period ahead. san jose showers. marine county a little on wednesday. >> chance of rain long term? >> there is stuff out there but right now the five-day forecast is -- >> beautiful. >> dry. >> thank you. star gazers are hoping for a big show tonight around sunset. the meteor shower occurs when  the earth passes through a cloud of dust priced by comets -- produced by comets. there is hope of a big show of light. best view is to lie down with your feet pointing north and look up. [ laughter ] the federal shut down and concerns from home buyers.

>> with each passing day there is a -- >> the paper work problem that could put thousands of home loans on hold. >> a police officer arrested. the illegal way he is accused of making money. plus -- >> we investigate problems with unemployment payments and how the jobless are paying the price. julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m -- these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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continuing coverage on the government shut down. as it enters the second week there is new concern for home buyers and sellers. loans could soon be on hold -- soon be on hold because of the government shut down. >> reporter: a mortgage broker tells me she put most of their loans on hold. the government shut down making it impossible to possible loans. standard paper work like double checking an income with the irs. >> the sellers who thought they have found a buyer now that is uncertain. >> reporter: she has already seen buyers and sellers who

thought they had a deal on hold. >> you are in trouble no matter what your credit score is. no matter how strong of a buyer you are. >> reporter: for the first few days of the government shut down most loans still went through but in a matter of days thousands could be stuck in limbo. >> with each day there sadelay -- is a delay. >> we will see a back log. we will see homes that were under contract not be able to be sold because they cannot get federal approval. >> reporter: post sales where a closing date is set should be okay. the problem is new loans. if you found a home on sunday you might be facing delays. ktvu channel 2 news. the white house says it backs a bill the house passed on saturday to give back pay to furloughed federal workers.

it is in the senate where it is not clear if it will come up for a vote soon. harry reid said it amounts to a paid vacation for the workers. but one group says it is not the workers' fault. >> this isn't a vacation. this is a time of uncertainty. tox payers should focus on the pall -- taxpayers should focus on the politicians. >> the work is piling up and that means tax piers will be pay -- payer will be paying over -- stocks were lower today. the dow is down 136 to 14,936., the nasdaq is down 37 at 3,770. the s&p is down 14 to 1,676. now at six p.m. the state cleared a back log of unemployment applications but we found some are still waiting to get paid. >> no strike warningimate at

least for now. -- warning at least for now. we are outside the negotiations. stunning views and get aways but the government shut down is keeping crowds away. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. bart unions say we don't want to strike. and instead of giving us a 72 hour warning they could walk off the job. leaders say they are committed to the negotiations progress. hello. i am gasia mikalian. >> and i am frank somerville. >> julie haener has the night off. bart and the unions will spend the next three days trying to reach a agreement. ktvu's tom vacar is in oakland. in the past hour the unions and bart left to give us an update. >> reporter: we got a slight

reprieve from a friday strike. >> we are not giving a 72 hour hotes at this time. we have to -- notice at this time. we are keeping all options on. >> the table. -- options on the table. >> we are continuing to talk. i don't want to characterize how the negotiations are going. the mediator asked us not to. riders say this: >> think about us. we are the people who they serve. >> they told us to go to school and everything and not have transportation available is killing us. we got to be in class, got to work. >> just pray and try do the be you can and understand that everybody is in the same situation. >> reporter: the unions have no