council. twin transit troubles moving over the bay area, how talks are going as bart and ac transit unions threaten to strike at midnight. >> keeping tabs on patients, many patients leaving without telling anyone. what they're doing to keep track of patients. >> why open police are taking away extra resources for a neighborhood hit hard by armed robberies.

. good afternoon, welcome to ktvu news. happening now, we are following two major developing stories. first we're still waiting for word on two possible transit strikes, workers for both bart and ac transit have threaten to walk off the job if deals are not reached. >> in washington, d.c. it appears congress is close to a deal ending the 16-day government shutdown. the senate is getting ready to vote on a deal and the house is expected to vote next. we see senator ted cruz of texas. he's blasting "obamacare." he called it a terrible deal. the compromise would fund the federal government through february 15th and extend the debt ceiling until february

7th. a coverage of the shutdown will continue in 5 minutes where we'll be checking in with our washington, d.c. for the latest. first we go to the strikes facing the bear area. dualing strikes leave the community in limbo. bart and its communities leave riders stranded. the numbers have been dropping. >> reporter: because of what's happened and what continues to happen, the situation is that bart's proposal to pay its workers $1,000 a year bonus if ride remember ship exceeds projections may not take a long time to realize. riders we met think the endless stand off is grossly unfair. >> i think they're going to

have to make a decision, strike or not to strike. it shouldn't be this difficult. >> i think everyone should fight for what they deserve: a working wage. >> reporter: bart ridership reflects that concern, down 20,000 riders, monday down 15,000 from columbus day last year. last friday 42,000 from comparable fridays, last thursday up almost 28,000 but only because of the a's playoff game and a pink concert. many of those people have and will drive. >> i think i would rather do that then spend hours in line for a ferry or something like that. >> we guaranteey you an announcement today, no later

than 10:00. >> advice from both parties from a teacher who rides daily. >> god is watching so you need to make a conscious decision on what it is you're trying to do and try not to affect a large population of people. >> reporter: now, obviously, there's the possibility of a bart strike, ac transit and its union is set to meet in an hour from now, about an ac transit strike. if those two sides can't come to a contract agreement a strike could begin as early as tomorrow. they're considering a request ac transit for a 60-day cooling off period. they haven't made a decision yet. the commuters are fed up about losing sleep whether bart will be running and ac buses will be running tomorrow. >> they need to get together,

you know. >> ac has twice reached an agreement with union leader, but they've been rejected by the rank and file. stay tuned for continuing coverage of bart and ac transit. we're updating our website, you can check us out on facebook and twitter. returning now to the government shutdown. we'll look at the senate floor, you see senator ted cruz of texas. lawmakers are taking up a deal to end the gestation. the vote is ex -- government shutdown -- and it's expected to be any minute now. >> reporter: the treasury department is running on fumes. the white house says the nation won't be able to borrow any more money in 24 hours. the stalemate broke at noon.

it reopens the government, much of it closed for two weeks. it pours enough cash in the treasury department to pay the country's bills in february. our country came to the brink of disaster, but in the end political adversaries set aside their differences and disagreements to prevent that disaster. they have a bipartisan committee to hash out a budget by december. they said it should never have taken this long. >> there are crazies, the tea party crazies are dominating the republican caucus. >> it's time for the speaker john boehner to cut bait. >> it's been a reckless irresponsible exercise in holding the economy of the country and the world hostage for something that's not even clear what. >> republicans initially hoping

to dismantle the affordable care act, they increase requirements of the affordable care act but keeps the law intact. >> we are waiting for the senate to begin voting, senator john mccain of arizona just told me it would be posted fairly soon. the senate walked by me and said it won't it be for an hour, hour and a half. >> more details now. if the partial government shutdown ends tonight he expects the federal government to be open tomorrow that would mean furloughed employees reporting for their shift tomorrow morning. they are going to grant backpay for people who didn't work during the furlough. >> all three of the major indexes were up. the dow gained 205 points and

the nasdaq added 45 and the s&p was up 2423 at the close. >> a bird made an emergency flight. the 737 carrying 166 passengers and crew members landed at oakland airport without incident. they transferred to another alaska plane to continue their trip to hawaii. there were reports of a plane on fire. the engine never caught fire but passengers were taken off the plane while maintenance crews investigated. we're learning hundreds of patients leave san francisco general hospital without telling anyone. and that is significant when a person's body was found in a seldom used stairwell. we have more on the problem and what the hospital is doing about it. >> reporter: we got answers

today about the ongoing problem of disappearing patients. san francisco general hospital says it's making it more difficult for patients to slip through the crack. 17 days after this woman went missing she was found in the stairwell. >> we're looking to make our hospital safer. >> aural stairwell doors will require an alarm triggering an alert to sheriff's deputies. >> the nursing staff will take a census of that unit. >> patients who leave without informing each other and patients who leave against medical advice. they will have more pressing priorities than treatment. >> they may need to care for a loved one, they may need to secure their housing which may

be tenuous. >> developments show that sf general had a combined 423awols and amas last year. oakland showed 249 such incidents. its own numbers show 136awols and ama's this year. they've shown a steady increase in the problem that affects every hospital. >> is there anything you can do to keep people in the hospital if they don't want to be here. >> the bottom line is no. >> one week later it's unknown why lynn left her hospital room here but there are investigations as to why it took more than two weeks for her body to be discovered in a stairwell. a water main break is finally capped.

it started with a small leak but over the course of the night it went from that small leak to a gushing geyser. they responded to calls about the leak but because of the amount of flow it wasn't a priority and crews left with plans to return in the morning. >> it was gushing 75 feet in the air. >> it gushed from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 this afternoon when crews were able to cap that broken main. >> facebook for young users, not everybody is happy about that. plus explosions and raging plans at a home in a quiet neighborhood in the east bay. what the homeowner thinks may have caused this devastating fire. >> people in one oakland neighborhood say police promised extra protection about crime in the area.

they had to change its plans. >> right after the break, it's heating up in there, temperatures in the 80s in some areas. how warm is going to be tomorrow. how about the bay area weekend, back here right after the break.

. returning to our continuing coverage of the government shutdown we're looking at the senate floor, the senator from new york just finished speaking, they're taking up a deal to end the government shutdown. here at home frustration and disappointment after police pulled way back on their promise of extra officessers in their neighborhoods. robberies have spiked 34% in oakland. we have more on what the police had to say about pulling back

on that plan. >> residents in north oakland were told they would be getting a team of oakland police officers to handle crime in their neighborhood. some were upset to learn that that team had to be reassigned. >> i don't carry a wallet or anything on me. >> it's her new strategy to avoid becoming a crime victim. the crime is up 34% from a year around. >> they tried to burglarize this restaurant and my home was burglarized here. >> they thought they were going to get six new police officers and to have them deal with crime specifically in that area. that team will be spending most of its time in east oakland. >> it was the level of gun violence in east oakland.

>> that's what happened every time they're giving us police protection. >> she feels let down by the shift in rehad miss resources. she understands that the crime in oakland is more violent than other parts of the city, but she thinks she deserves it too. >> armed robbery burglary seems to be important, but it's not fast enough. >> and the captain says it's the department's belief if they focus on east oakland it should all go down. they have dropped since their peak about a month ago. the crews spent the day venting a gas line. this was near estate's drive and clear view drive. they warned people they might

be smelling gas and hearing a hissing sound during the release and there is no danger because the gas would dissipate. the city of carlos plans to spend one quarter after million dollars to make sure this is safe. this comes after an e-mail raised questions about a san bruno like situation on that gas pipeline. they insist that the line is safe. the gas line has been shut down and will remain out of service during the investigation. fire investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a house fire in pleasant hill that left a family without a place to live. the flames burned so ferociously they brought down powerlines near the home. neighbors say they heard explosions that came from two cars in the driveway.

the heat from the fire caused the car's tires to explode. >> the house, everything was orange and it was quite scary. >> the homeowners said he left the oily rational outside to air out. he's wondering if that is what could have started the fire. two teenage girls who disappeared in san jose have been found safe with their mother. these two girls were reported missing after being seen last at a church service. there's an ongoing custody fight between the girl's patients. the job market has recovered from the 2008 recession. that's from the job market. it's hit a five-year high. it's 232,000 fewer than the

peak back in january 2001. the bay area job market is getting to close to the.com boom. members of the nonprofit neighborhood assistance corporation of america or meca announced today, there's they are helping people modify their loans into lower mortgage payments. this mortgage, she was helped by a department of public utilities couple00 dollars of a month. >> it's helped me stabilize my life and rebuild it. >> she has an interest rate of 2%. the american dream event will be held at the city center. samsung will be holding a

confers at mountain view, the south korean company is building a research and development center on clyde avenue. it will stretch across 8.5 acres with two large buildings and campus structures. it should be ready next year. facebook is relaxing its policies for teens. privacy will be set to friends when they join. but, 13 to 17 will be able to change that setting to friends of friends and the internet. they will be warned about what they are doing. facebook is competing with tumblr it, twitter and google plus which let's teens post to a broader audience. another nice day out there, moist in the eastern half of the country. this is a ridge over us.

it's traveling out here. those are the upper level. it's weakening a little bit tomorrow. that's a nice day. it will tweak temperatures down a couple of degrees. 82 in santa rosa right now t83, very warm. just below a big fire concern here. we've had winds in the hills and below any kind of advisory. we're not dealing with extreme fire danger which is often the case this time of year. tomorrow is going to be like it is today. it's cooler and a wind shift. we'll usher in some of the moisture and cool air after the ocean. santa rosa, east of santa rosa, you've got 34, 35, here's the high pressure center, it's given us a nice week, it's given us and wind direction,

that's offshore from land to sea. the wind offshore has been warm and that's why we've had increased fire danger. watch what happens, the wind shifts, which direction is that. the northwest wind comes off the water more off the water and temperatures trend down a little bit. it's subtle stuff. but, it's interesting, look at the flags in downtown san francisco if you're driving in. if you're blowing onshore, right towards oakland. oranges and yellows, it will be a nice day. maximum heating, right around 4:00, but in the summer days are shorter and sun setting earlier. these forecast highs for your thursday look nice. if you like these, you're going to like what happens on friday, saturday and sunday. sunday cooler still.

the five-day forecast is going to show that. no big changes, 80s on the top here. mid-70s, fortunate we can enjoy the five-day forecast without the concerns of fire danger in the bay area. we always have fire danger just not as bad. . the playoff game against the cardinals just ended. the are dodgers still alive? mark is up with sports in a moment.

. returning now to our continuing coverage of the potential government default, lawmakers are taking up the

deal to end the government shutdown. >> dodgers had to stay alive to stay in it. did they do it. >> oh, yeah, it's got to be where the cardinals have to be thinking about it. dodgers show a little muscle and beat the cardinals but not before st. louis makes it very interesting. matt holliday a shot to the gap. this ties it up at 2-2 early. but, then there comes a dodge muscle that's been missing in this series, gonzalez with the first of two home runs. he was the hit and the dodgers would never trail. check out crawford here. this is a shot that leaves the yard instantaneously. the cardinals make it interesting in the ninth. it ended just five minutes ago.

6-4 your final. going back to st. louis, 3-2 cardinals leading. they'll be taking their act to tennessee and it's the defense that has been showing up large for them. ten turnovers in those last three games and in each of those turnovers like this interception from white ner they've been able to turn them into points. and they come through the sacs for safety. defense looking sharp. >> our goal is to cause turnovers. we're getting more interceptions and strip the ball. >> being physical, flying around, you no he that's our defense and early in the season we weren't doing those things, but we knew how to correct them. that's why we never panicked. >> 49ers you'll see at 1:00. they're looking for their fourth in a row.

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