now at 5:00, a change in tone between b.a.r.t. and its unions. >> there could be a strike. but we're doing everything we can. >> we're monitoring the talks with the threat of another strike still looming. plus a 7-year-old boy struck by a train in the south bay. what one family member tells us happened right before the boy was hit. even though alcatraz is still closed because of the government shut down, a former prisoner there giving would be visitors a taste of what it was like at the rock.

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. the b.a.r.t. trains are still running but concern looming over the bay area. both sides returned to the bargaining table about 1:00 this afternoon. after talking all night last night a federal mediator reported substantial progress but didn't elaborate. >> reporter: tom vacar joins us with the latest, tom. >> reporter: well there were a lot fewer public sparking flying today but i get the sense that both sides are still very far apart. >> the mediation service is doing a spectacular job coming with creative idea that is both sides will be able to live with and embrace. >> the package was $57 million. if you want to give us some ideas of how we can rearrange what's in there and still make it under 57 million we're open

to that. >> reporter: no word yet on a strike for tomorrow. >> obviously if we don't reach ape agreement there could be a strike. but we're doing everything we can -- reach an agreement there could be a strike. >> the bay area can't continue to go on wondering if there will be a strike. >> reporter: now if anything changes we will be back instantaneously waiting to see if there's any comments. but we'll certainly update you at 6:00. tom vacar, ktvu news. >> through your reports we've seen a change in tone among the two sides. we get a sense that people involved in the negotiations are getting tired. does that affect any wiggle room there might be in these contract talks? >> yeah, i think it does affect the wiggle room. i think people do want to come to some sort of an agreement. but yesterday the president of the board said in a very hard tone way, that the $57 million they have on the table is all the money that there's going to

be. but some of my contacts inside of the board say there's still a little bit of wiggle room left. whether that will be allowed has not yet been said. b.a.r.t. riders were glad to see trains running this morning but many of them are fed up and frustrated with all this day-to- day uncertainly of a strike. >> this morning i wasn't even sure if the trains were running. we can't live like that you know. most of them make more money than the people that ride their trains. >> reporter: it's just propostrous. this should be been taken care of a long time ago. >> reporter: most riders say

they are staying up to make sure there will be trains in the morning. ac transit drivers and mechanics could strike this thursday. the agency requested a 60 day cooling off period. the governor's office is reviewing that request but if no action is taken by midnight on wednesday, one driver says he's ready to walk. >> they're going to give us a raise over the next three years but the raise that we get, the money that we're getting is going to the medical cost. >> reporter: members have rejected two agreements recommended by the leadership. both sides say they're ready to start negotiations but there's no meeting scheduled. the pay increase would far exceed any new medical contribution. >> right now the atu work force contributes nothing toward their health care payments.

we're asking them to contribute the way that other ac transit employees do. >> ac transit buses carry some 181,000 people every day. the agency also plans to add transbay buses to the schedule in the evident of a b.a.r.t. strike. for continuing coverage on the looming strikes threatening both b.a.r.t. and ac transit stay with ktvu and ktvu.com. you can also always follow us on twitter and facebook for any up to the minute developments. a 7-year-old boy is recovering in the hospital after being hit by a light rail train in san jose. tonight his family is telling us how it happened. ktvu's anne rubin is here with new information on what the little boy's sister did just before that accident, anne. >> reporter: according to relatives she threw a toy and it landed over there on the tracks. before anyone realized what was happening, the boy went to retriever it. this is where it happened in san jose. soria rodriguez 7-year-old cousin had been leaning over

the track. the train simply could not stop on time. >> i guess he was playing with his older the sister. and i guess he threw something right here. he was trying to get it and i guess the train came and hit him. >> reporter: the little boy was knocked back to the platform. he was then rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. overnight his condition stabilized and tonight family members say he's awake and asking for his favorite snack. >> he was talking, crying. i was talking to him a couple of hours ago he is doing fine. thank god he lived. >> reporter: a vta spokesperson says people need to be more cautious. >> whether you are a 7-year-old or you're an adult it doesn't really matter. everybody needs to be aware of their surroundings while on the

platform or crossing the tracks. >> reporter: the family members agree and hope that others learn from this incident. >> anne rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. the fbi and dea teamed up for a major drug bust today in contra costa county. four people were arrested accused of working for mexican cartels. as alex savidge tells us the four moved drugs up the coast. >> reporter: fbi agents carried away beings of evidence and a computer from this house in pittsburg early this morning. this was one of six spots raided as part of a large scale drug sweep targeting mexican drug cartels. federal investigators found meth, cocaine and lots of cash. many neighbors just could not believe it. >> never had any idea those kind of activities were going on. >> reporter: yolanda bragg runs a health care center just a few

doors down from a home hit by the raids. >> disturbing because overnight this happens and you have no idea. >> reporter: this operation involves the fbi, dea and county police. investigators say the four people taken into custody this morning were helping to transport drugs across the border and up to the pacific northwest. >> we hope today's operation will disrupt that drug trafficking lanes that are crossing through our state. >> reporter: agents were seen tearing apart a truck searching for any hidden come parts that could have been used to transport drugs. alex savidge, ktvu news. >> they believe the people arrested were a serious threat to the community. new developments now on the federal government shutdown. after first promising a vote tonight on a plan to reopen the

u.s. government. house leaders announced about an hour ago they were delaying a vote. tomorrow is the deadline for passing a measure to increase the debt ceiling. the decision not to vote follows a day of closed door negotiations and it is possible that the postponement happened because republican house speaker john boehner doesn't have the votes from his own party members to pass the measure. julie haener is in our newsroom now with more details,. >> reporter: frank the bill discussed today featured a provision that would have ended a medical care provision. the president, vice president and dozens of aids at least for a time. that could not have been an easy pill for congress to swallow. still minority leader nancy pelosi seemed confident that that will drive republicans to a bargain. >> the impact of not listing the debt ceiling on top of shutting down a loan actually is so catastrophic that there

will be some in the republican party that will see the light. >> reporter: pelosi's announcement came after the house spoke. a plan to delay a tax on medical devices and tougher verification standards for applicants seeking subsidies. earlier house speaker john boehner vowed a solution would come in time to avoid default. >> we're going to continue to work with our members on both sides of the aisle, to try to make sure that there's no issue of default and to get our government moving. >> reporter: the credit agency is giving the u.s. credit

rating a low grade which is bad news for the united states. at 5:55 how a former prisoner at alcatraz is helping out while the rock is closed. covered california says consumer interest remains strong to the state's marketplace. open enrollment began on october 1st. more than 600,000 unique visits to the covered california website were made in the week ending on saturday. since october first officials say more than 1-1/2 million unique visits were made to the website. nearly 105,000 calls were made to service centers and about 90,500 applications were started. a bay area fire department under fire over an alert. >> there has to be some sort of emergency. >> new at 5:30, why the fire chief says he actually did nothing wrong. >> and is this brother coming

to fremont. the new surveillance proposal and why some say they're being profiled. a public health alert about the yellow fever mosquito now here in the bay area. the findings that experts are concerned about. temperatures are increasing the fog is still nowhere to be seen that means fire dangers ratcheting up. we're also going to talk about concerns in the weather changes tomorrow. [ male announcer ] you can change your tomorrow

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employees of a hair and nail salon had a real mess to clean up this morning. the driver of a saturn drove into their store front. the man driving was not impaired and incredibly no one was hurt. two employees were the only people inside at the time.

the owner says the window has already been fixed and that the salon is now back open for business. a san jose man is set to go to trial in december on charges he beat a woman and forced her into prostitution. 24-year-old kevin pearl sims pleaded not guilty at a san mateo county court. the victim lost her job and began living with sims. they say she first agreed to work as a prostitute but then changed her mind. sims is then accused of beating her and forcing her back into the sex trade. a handcuffed woman daring escape from a san francisco police station is raising questions about police security. 20-year-old sonia espinosa used a small piece of metal to slip out of her handcuffs. they say she then walked out of the station and disappeared. police found her yesterday just a few blocks away. she was arrested in connection with an auto burglary case and is now facing additional charges. the sfpd has also launched an internal investigation into her

escape. more mosquitoes that could carry a deadly infection have been found here in the state. and we're not talking about west nile infection, we're talking about yellow fever. cara lui has the story. >> reporter: inspectors tell us they found larva at a home four days ago and they will know tomorrow or the day after tomorrow if it is yellow fever but they're more than certain that it is. they're in the midst of extensive door to door surveillance since finding yellow fever mosquito egg in late august. so far more than 1,100 properties have been suspected. about 20 of those properties have had mosquitoes, eggs or larva. just four days ago inspectors collected another sample, technicians believe will test positive as a yellow fever

mosquito. mosquitoes known as 80s egypty. >> if we have this mosquito here and it built somebody with denge fever then that mosquito that would then have the ability to transmit that disease to somebody else. that's what we're trying to prevent. >> reporter: this mosquito hasn't been seen in the bay area in more than 30 years. vector control says they're not sure how it got here. it's possible that it was brought over in a plant or other vegetation. they say this is critical to nip this in the bud and that will start by making sure residents make sure there's no standing water on their

property. cara liu. police are looking for a missing man. family members think he may be headed to the central coast. he's driving a white toyota four runner with license plates 4mmv790. i was up early this morning taking my daughter to school, boy it was chilly out there then it turned into a beautiful day. >> it's very cool in the morning, very warm in the afternoon. overnight lows last night in the upper 40s in some spots and then we get the afternoon highs in the 80s. you see this fog bank gets pushed away very quick. that's the offshore wind land to sea. it's creating this very warm weather. increased fire danger as i mentioned that fire danger is going to stay with us the next 24 hours. it's 83 degrees right now in napa. 78 in san jose so it's kind of warm out there. but really, you know it's just cool enough that we're not dealing with severe fire

conditions. a little warmer a little windier we would be dealing with red flag warnings but that's not the case. we're right below that threshold. we have a north wind in napa. north wind in fairfield but they're not howling. have seen some winds in the oakland hills up to 20 miles per hour. that's where you would expect the winds to be strong in the north bay as well. let's stick with the elevated fire danger. there's no warning no advisory. but next 24 hours we're going to be in the same environment. so filled with the wind in the hill it's going to come up a little bit. no fire weather advisory or red flag warning but definitely fire danger up. overnight lows very chilly. 40 in santa rosa, 40 in napa, 49 in fremont. you just get away from the urban center and you will find yourself some low 20s. the city tends to stay a little warmer because of the concrete and reradiation of heat. you will find some frost too. san francisco tomorrow 25 degrees downtown for daytime

highs. san francisco today very, very warm. up into the upper 70s low 80s. 80 in vallejo tomorrow. 82 in antioch. so temperatures tomorrow very similar to what we had today. very similar. maybe a little warmer in some places. maybe they're about the same. not a big jump. tomorrow is going to feel just like today. cold start, warm end. you got right tomorrow a little warmer. a little cooler about the same. this pattern is going to keep going. and again it's nice because it's below the high fire danger threshold. so we get this really excellent weather without the heavy fire concerns that we often see this time of year. a little cooler as we head into the bay area weekend. i'm always thinking about the bay area. >> so do i. never too early. >> it's a nice looking weekend just lightly cooler. the number of babies born with the help of fertility treatments has now hit the 5

million mark. the first test tube babies as they were called back then was born in 1978. by 1990 there had been 90,000 births using reproductive technology. the number grew to 2.5 million by the year 2007. and since then the number has doubled to 5 million. this information was presented at an annual reproductive conference in boston. up next the state's prison overcrowding problem heads to the supreme court. plus honored for his bravery. the soldier who was given the medal of honor today. what he did and the request he's making that is believed no other winner has ever made. >> now to our julie haener in the newsroom for what we're working on for 6:00. julie. >> thieves targeted his home and he's not the only victim. >> at about 9:20 is when the dogs were going off. that's when we figured they popped the garage door. >> the simple precaution that could have prevented a string of burglaries. >> and getting clean in the

classroom. the unique program helping teens fight drug addiction at school. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00.

the u.s. supreme court heard arguments today in a case involving affirmative action. the question before the justices is whether voters can ban affirmative action through a referendum. in 2003 the high court refused to end affirmative action programs at the university of michigan. three years later, voters in that state passed a ban on the

consideration of a student's race in the admission process. >> it's fundamentally wrong to treat people differently because of the color of your skin, your race, or origin. >> it is not possible to have diversity without a program that says who are you. what are you about. >> reporter: now depending on what the justices decide the ruling could have an effect in california where voters passed a similar affirmative action ban in 1996. the court refused to hear a case regarding california's overcrowded prisons. the ruling from the lower court strands we quiring the state to shed 10,000 inmates. over the past three years california has reduced its prison population by 30,000 inmates after a court ruled that overcrowding refused prisoners of adequate medical care. president obama awarded the medal of honor to swenson. swenson received the medal of

honor for repeatedly putting his life in danger to help his fellow troops in an attack that killed five americans. >> he was there for his brothers, for their families. as a nation we thank god that patriots like them are there for us all. so, will, god bless you and all the men that you fought alongside. and everything that you've done for us. >> video from a rescue pilot's helmet camera shows swenson standing watch over another troop. he said after the ceremony that the award is shared with others. >> but this award was earned with a team. a team of our finist. marines, army, air force, navy, and our afghan partners standing side by side. and now that team include gold star families who lost their

fathers, sons and husbands that day. >> there's word that swenson has applied to return to active duty. they also said this may very well be the first time ever that a medal of honor medal has returned to active service. a fire department is under fire. >> what the palo alto fire chief says he will do differently the next time he send out an emergency alert like this. >> also tourists hoping to visit alcatraz may not be entirely out of luck. how a former prisoner is helping out during the shutdown. >> and san francisco's new campaign to protect immigrants from fraud. [ male announcer ] you can change your tomorrow

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some people in palo alto are upset after they received an emergency alert. the problem is there was no emergency. instead the alert was about a pancake breakfast fundraiser. tonight the fire department is trying to explain why they sent out all those emergency e-mails

and texts. >> allie rasmus live in concord and says that the chief says there's a good reason for that alert. >> reporter: the event was a big success and they ended up raising thousands of dollars for a local charity. carol rogers sent us one of the 27,000 alerts that went out to palo alto residents. >> i opened it expecting it to be some sort of emergency and i just read about the pancake breakfast and i just laughed. >> reporter: other people got this version of the text. the first line says palo alto firefighters will be holding a pancake breakfast. the event will include a helicopter landing. >> historically when we've gone that before we get lots of 911 phone calls. >> reporter: the event was made

to inform not publicize the fundraiser. >> if i were to do this again i would put the helicopter in the first line. >> it didn't say anything about helicopter on the text i received it just said pancake breakfast. >> reporter: chief nicoles says the department message did fall on the county guidelines. >> it says on the web page, you're signing up to be notified of local events or regional emergencies. >> i think it was a good thing for the community to be alerted. >> reporter: cohen received this message. >> i think if life flight would have landed, the 911 system would have been overwhelmed. i would have called. >> reporter: because this fundraiser counts as a local event the fire department did nothing wrong in sending out that event. live in palo alto, allie rasmus. family members of a woman found dead in the stairwell of

san francisco medical hospital -- she was found dead 17 days later. officials have not said how she died but they did rule out foul play. her family and friends issued a statement saying quote, we look forward to the independent review by fcsf. let's get to work, let's get answers let's make sure this never happens again. san francisco police say they made an arrest in a deadly shooting that happened early yesterday morning in the city's mission district. officers say they have arrested 56-year-old vincent jacobo in connection with a shooting near bartlett and 23rd street. he is accused of killing maurice white of san francisco. the two were house mates who lived near by on valencia street. also in san francisco police continue to investigate a shooting in the city's western addition. it happened about 7:30 last night on rose alley near buchanan. one person was killed two others were injured. we checked with the coroner just a few moments ago. so far the victim has not been

identified and no one is in custody. workers at lawrence livermore national lab say the government shutdown is leaving them in limbo. if the shutdown continues tens of thousands of additional workers will be furloughed starting thursday. ktvu's ken pritchett live in livermore where the furloughs are raising concerns about jobs, the economy and the brain drain of top scientists. >> reporter: behind me here at lawrence livermore labs we know that preparation work for a shutdown began this morning and will continue through tomorrow. if you take lawrence livermore here and neighboring sandia lab, 2,500 workers face furloughs. but the impact goes beyond the labs. >> reporter: what could making noki from scratch have to do with the top labs. furloughs here mean fewer

people eating italian at francesco's italian restaurant. >> i would say 20 to 30% less. >> reporter: at lunch and dinner? >> all day. >> reporter: he owns tehania and i s -- terra mia and is worried about his customer loss. there could be a drain brain of highly skilled workers. we talked to him today by skype. >> if we give them greater uncertain tip as far as job stability in the public sector and we make their uncertainty the same as the private sector, there's very little incentive for them to stay.

>> reporter: swaldewell is promising to compensate workers and businesses. but that still leaves owners of businesses like terra mia concerned. >> we'll see what to do. >> reporter: i talked to persons over at lawrence berkeley lab and stanford and both say the federal shutdown is not affecting them at this time. no furloughs yet at lawrence berkeley lab. but both say if the shutdown goes on, that might change. scams targeting immigrants are on the rise here in the bay area. today he launched a campaign warning about scamming promising immigrants work permits or getting them to the front of the line for a visa. scammers take advantage of the news to prey on immigrants who are typically hesitant to

report crimes. >> it is important that our community understands that we want to hear about their cases. that their immigration status is not a concern to us but their well being is. >> reporter: immigrants should only deal with licensed attorneys or respected groups that have experience dealing with immigration issues. >> one east bay city considering a controversial surveillance program. why police say it's necessary and residents say they are being unfairly targeted. >> a big boost for a group helping the disabled enter the internet age. >> a diabetic man adopts a dog with life saving skills. wait until you hear what this dog can do.

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the death toll from a powerful earthquake has risen to 23. that number could climb again as residents residents struggle to reach patients. the quake measured 7.1. over seas seas agencies point it at 7.2. small buildings collapsed, roads and buildings were damaged. historic churches dating back to the 16th century were also damaged. three dry ice explosions at

the san francisco airport was likely done from a disgruntled employee. one of the bomb like devices went off an employee men's room on sunday. then last night another bottle exploded outside a terminal. two others were also found. former san diego mayor bob philner pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of battery. he pled guilty to the charges. the 71-year-old resigned as mayor back in august after 17 women accused him of sexual harassment. authorities in florida today filed charges against two teenaged girls saying they are too blame for harassing another girl who later killed herself. 12-year-old rebecca segwick jumped to her death last month

from a cement tower near her home. segwick was targeted online by a group of bullies one of whom allegedly posted she didn't care that rebecca had died. authorities say it's unlikely the accused will actually spend any time in a juvenile facility because they have in previous criminal records. dogs can be trained to do some pretty incredible things in some cases they are actually saving lives. medical alert dogs are trained to detect everything from cancer to diabetes. ted stevenson was trying to adopt some type of dog when he met sassy at a shelter. he wanted to give the mixed breed a dog since older dogs have a hard time. but even know she has no training, she warns him with his blood sugar is too high and too low. >> one time i woke up in the middle of the night and she's

throwing his sugar test monitor on my lap. >> dogs are able to sense changes. also ahead an 18-foot long fish found in catalina. kind of looks like a sea monster. why scientists say this is a once in a lifetime find. and an increase in the fire danger in the five day forecast.

crime fighting tool or invasion of privacy. there's a surveillance controversy in fremont tonight. new at 5:00, christien kafton just spoke with police about a new plan to install surveillance cameras throughout the city of fremont. >> reporter: fremont police already have this camera here that they're using on central avenue and now they're looking to expand from one camera to a network of 20 cameras. police are asking permission to shift the funds from a now cancelled program to the camera program. >> in the future we could look

at plazas and parks. but right now what we're the way that we're designing the program will be to capture roadways. >> reporter: one of the major concerns you always here about surveillance cameras is privacy. for now the cameras cannot record audio and will only be deployed on city roads. city council is set to consider reallocating the $160,000 under the camera fund at tonight's council meeting. that meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. we will be there and have the very latest on the meeting for you tonight on the 10:00 news. for now we're live in fremont, christien kafton. a fashion ceo was recruited to become apple's new designer.

she's credited with turning burberry's label around and expanding to asian. another quarterly develop in revenue sending shares of sunny vale company down. third quarter revenue was $1.8 million. down 1% from a year ago. earnings came in at 38-cent as share compared to 21-cents a share a year ago. but yahoo's monthly users are up by 20% year to year. yahoo's shares were down a percent. worries about the dow sent stocks tumbling. an earthquake shook at 1:07 this morning. the usgs says it was centered about 4-1/2 miles underground. there were also several aftershocks. a 3.1 quake rattled that same

area almost seven days ago. a lot of people finding ways perhaps excuses to be out and about during the afternoon because our chief meteorologist is here to tell us this is really nice. >> outstanding weather. a lot of people love the bay area all year round we have great weather. but when you get to september, october, november even december we have great weather. it's almost more summer like than summertime with temperatures like these. something i want to show you. it's warmer in oakland that doesn't happen in the summer. 82 in hayward warmer than antioch. typically doesn't happen in the summertime. just the big picture here across the country. they're getting wacked out here in the plains in the ohio and mississippi valleys, the system moves through there. for us we just got the high pressure that set up in such a way that's continuing to allow the air to sink and the wind to go offshore.

current temperatures 82 degrees in napa. another great day in paradise. tomorrow another great day in paradise. it's going to continue this way as we head into the week. you see the wind come out of the north. you see them coming outs of the south. so the winds have sort of going around on and off. on shore, offshore. with those wind going northeast temperatures will have an opportunity to warm again tomorrow. to about where they were today. maybe a little bit warmer in some places. the same or warmer. very cold, cool in the morning. not freezing but you're getting some frost in some areas but it's chilly. overnight lows in the mid-40s and upper 30s. you have a daytime high in the low 80s. it's a pretty noticeable especially as the kids go to school with big jackets and they go to psychological and leave their jackets because

it's warm. 84 in vacaville, 80 in clear lake. these are forecast highs for your wednesday now. 83 in danville and 84 in livermore. santa clara valley with pretty good air quality low 80s. about the same very close to today. fire danger goes up a little bit. when the winds turn off hill in the hills. i have some wind gusts up in the berkeley hills area 20 miles per hour something like that. it's breezy and temperatures are up and the humidity is down. always something to think about. the five day forecast tomorrow a little warmer or the same. next day, it's just a subtle difference. you might even see a little coastal fog. i don't see any change in this one for the next five days. so we're dry for a little while. >> very nice. nothing to complain about. >> it's typical there time of

career. take a look at this giant or fish. it took 15 people to drag the dead 18-foot long creature ton shore this weekend. the body of the fish was almost perfectly intact and it appeared to have died naturally. ore fish are rarely seen dead or alive. a former alcatraz inmate back at the rock. sort of. >> there were some bad boys there. you know, i was a bad boy too. >> reporter: what the federal shut down had to do with his return. >> back now to julie haener in the newsroom with what we're working on for 6:00. >> giving thieves a golden opportunity. the warning about a string of bold burglaries and the thing that left homes vulnerable. >> math, science and drug rehab. the unique program that will help teens fight addiction at school. these stories and more coming up in about 10 minutes at 6:00. [ male announcer ] you can change your tomorrow

if you do something today. and there's never been a better time because this year, devry university has $45 million dollars in need and merit-based scholarships and grants available to those who qualify. and this degree can make a difference. in 2012, 90% of devry university grads actively seeking employment had careers in their field within 6 months. now is your time. apply by oct 28th and find your career success in the bay area. visit devry.edu.

one of the safe's largest disabled advocacy group got a big boost toward helping its members enter the internet age. intended to provide affordable home internet service for the

disabled. >> it's a key piece of people not being able to get online and this program will allow us to offer digital access to people with disabilities who don't have any other way to pay for it. >> in addition to internet access the grant will help with low cost computer devices. the grant came from the california emerging technologies fund. tourists who were supposed to visit alcatraz today with getting a special cruise instead. we found a group in san francisco that's trying to make the best of a difficult situation in the face of the federal shut down. >> reporter: the alcatraz flier normally goes to the rock. >> alcatraz, well it's over there and we don't get to see it. >> reporter: instead it goes

around alcatraz twice. everyone on board got a $5 discount and a faint idea of what the real tour is like. for some the frustration has been following them since they left home. >> i've been out on the coast of california trying to see yosemite. i haven't been able to do any of the state's park. >> reporter: many had these plans for months and came here. >> we had a tour of washington, we had a coach and everywhere basically. on that tuesday everything shut down. >> reporter: on board, bill barker a former alcatraz inmate. >> there were some bad boys there. i was a bad boy too. >> reporter: he's here selling his book and telling his story. >> 24 hours a day you were locked in a cell. unless you got out to go to work. >> reporter: visitors appreciate hearing from a former resident but say they would really like to see alcatraz for themselves. >> we've been in california for

a week. we get home tomorrow and i think probably by thursday they'll have an agreement. >> talk about timing here, today we learned the tour company will reduce advanced sales for tours to alcatraz with the first one scheduled for saturday. that is if the government shutdown is resolved. right now the oakland city council is discussing the future of the city's three professional sports teams. the proposed coliseum city project calls for the construction of three new stadiums for the raiders, a's and warriors. the hope is that the proposal will keep the teams from moving to other cities. so far there is no estimated cost on the project. but the city says several wealthy investors have expressed some interest. a $57 million contract to help build san francisco's central subway in san francisco has been awarded to a construction company from texas. lane christianson says it will do the soil stabilization and foundation work for the china

town union square and yerba buena under ground stations. the work will begin next january or march as part of phase two of the project. the subway is scheduled to open in 2019. new at 6:00, it's a simple thing that could have prevented a string of home break-ins. the safety measure police are asking people to take in this peninsula community. >> call it the high tax of fast food. the taxes people are paying to help workers make ends meet. >> and these students study, math, science and addiction. >> it messes with your mind and steers you in the wrong direction. >> reporter: the unique way these students are helping students get straight and graduate. a live look right now at the caltrans headquarters in downtown oakland. at this time b.a.r.t.

and their unions are negotiating. outside if tone seems to be more upbeat. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. several homes broken into by burglars using garage door openings and the thieves did it while the people were still at home. ktvu's rob roth live in wood side where he talked to one of the victims, rob. >> reporter: two of the burglaries have been here, the others a few blocks away. but the troubling part is in all three cases the victims were home at the time. >> we were sitting in the house, and apparently they just came right town the driveway. >> reporter: emerson shawn showed us what happened in his home. someone pulled the garage opener from his car. >> we were silly and didn't lock it. >> reporter: then it was a straight shot through that door into his