jack london square near downtown oakland, a superb view of the san fransisco skyline.o why does this prime real estate sit mostly vacant? not just the old buildings, the bookstore barnes and noble is gone. but new buildings too. and vacant for more than a year and a half now, the new jack london market building designed to house restaurants and a fresh food market place similar to san fransisco's ferry building. >> i'm astonished. this is empty. this is empty. >> reporter: tourists from washington, d.c. booked a hotel near the square because travel websites described it as the east bay place to be. >> they say the jack london square had a lot of shops and restaurants. >> and what do you see? >> not a lot. >> reporter: the bartender at the first and last chance saloon has a lot of time on his hands these days. the author jack london drank at this bar but now -- >> it seems like a ghost town down here. >> reporter: some charge ellis structures. they built bigger structures before locking in tenants. the owner of the el piscatore says his business started suffering two ye

. >> reporter: there is a big party that's just getting started here at jack london square.folks are arriving by car and by bike and in a new way. in a time when the city losing some black and white it is gaining some agree. >> reporter: folks are used to the government taking away. they are caught off guard when get something back. >> i was really astonished. i hear about all the bus strikes and all this and i'm wondering, you know, wow, this is free? you know? but it's a really good service for the city. >> reporter: astonishing? a free service for and in part from the city. that's what this is, the newly launched broadway shuttle nicknamed the bee. on weekdays diesel buses going three miles between jack london square and uptown stock at places like citycenter, old oakland and chinatown. even at a time when the city just lost 80 police officers, oakland's community and economic agency breaks down the me what's cost this way. it takes $730,000 a year to run the shuttle. half a million comes from a grant from the bay area air quality management district. $150,000 from privat

jack london square near downtown oakland, a superb view of the san fransisco skyline. so why does this prime real estate sit mostly vacant? not just the old buildings, the bookstore barnes and noble is gone. but new buildings too. and vacant for more than a year and a half now, the new jack london market building designed to house restaurants and a fresh food market place similar to san fransisco's ferry building. >> i'm astonished. this is empty. this is empty. >> reporter: tourists from washington, d.c. booked a hotel near the square because travel websites described it as the east bay place to be. >> they say the jack london square had a lot of shops and restaurants. >> and what do you see? >> not a lot. >> reporter: the bartender at the first and last chance saloon has a lot of time on his hands these days. the author jack london drank at this bar but now -- >> it seems like a ghost town down here. >> reporter: some charge ellis structures. they built bigger structures before locking in tenants. the owner of the el piscatore says his business started suffering two

. >>> food festival underway at oakland's jack london square.t showcase as wide spectrum of street cuisine. >> reporter: well this is only the second year for this eat real festival, a big crowd here tonight. they have already helped launch businesses as a result of this and given thousands of people a taste of some real street food. as people sauntered past samples of the food, vendors taunted them from a wood fired oven baked pizza to local ice cream made from goat's milk. >> it's great. especially to get people to jack london square. >> reporter: the eat real festival drew some 70,000 people last year when it launched. even with a tough economy, organizers expect bigger crowds this year. >> the biggest change is we got a focus on food crafters, people who make food. if you come you can see the demonstrations of people pickling, making jam, taking apart cups of meat. >> delicacy in the asian market. >> reporter: ken kirk land hopes his chicken and egg business will take off after the recent factory farm egg scare. >> i see a niche where we can

because of the big party going on here at jack london square tonight, there is going to be exceptionat and the free shuttle runs until midnight tonight. >> nice new buses. sherry, how much money do they have? how long can they keep it going? >> reporter: actually two years. they have a grant for a million dollars so that's going to last. so at least it's going to have some sort of longevity. this is a resurrection of the downtown shuttle that once operated a decade ago. >> all right. hopefully it will keep going more than two years. thanks, sherry hu in oakland. >>> new signs today the economy is a long way off from recovery. all the markets -- major stock markets fell today on dismal unemployment numbers. alexis christoforous reports it companies as no surprise to millions of job hunters. >> reporter: beverly gordon fights back panic every day as her job hunt drags on towards a two-year mark. >> never in a million years did i ever think that it would be this difficult. >> reporter: since losing her job as an executive assistant, she survived on temporary work and unemployment checks

--en oakland, maÑana viernes inicia el festival "come de verdad" en "jack london square".ta el domingo, es demostrar que se puede disfrutar de buenos platillos y baratos sin recurrir a la cuestionada comida "rapida". lleve a toda su familia. ---si usted es hincha de los "raiders", maÑana viernes a partir de las 4 de la tarde se llevara a cabo la celebracion de "raider nation".---esta es su oportunidad de conocer a los jugadores, los entrenadores, y tambien a las famosas porristas, las "raiderettes".---la celebracion sera en la plaza "frank ogawa" en las calles 14 y broadway en oakland. --durante todo el fin de semana usted podrá disfrutar del festival de la familia en walnut creek. esto es en el "heather"harm park" donde habra musica y juegos infantiles. la fiesta inicia a las 10 de la maÑana. ---el sabado a las 7 de la noche disfrute de la musica y baile de flamenco en el teatro historico "hoover" localizado en el 16-35 de la avenida "park" en san jose. ---cada vez menos inmigrantes se cambian el nombre de "ricardo a richard", de "carlos a charly", o de "juan a john".---p

there is luther burbank and jack london. there was a thing on the side. it says federal art project and has beginning and ending date. that is a wall which becomes a tomb stone. the artists themselves are becoming ghosts. that's what he's doing there. joseph danish. head of the projects, it is it was a wonderful time that he woke up every morning wondering how long it would last. they were being paid to produce public art. well, what happened of course is the war. the war came along. and roosevelt could see it coming. so, very few people understand the new deal segways into war. they beefed up the military bases like fort mason. my 1943, they are all killed. the war did what the new deal couldn't do, full employment. there were reports, it's still with mind numbing statistic. we have to rely on other people to do it. the these projects enriched the lives of millions of people and does so today all the time. i have become aware of it, but very few people are. i have also become aware extraordinary people. here's a dedication of roosevelt. on the left, who

expecting 100,000 people here in jack london square for the eat real food festival. if you're wondering what is the eat real food festival, how is that didn't from other festivals? that's how we got anya here to describe it. it's fast food, fast and cheap. >> it's fast food, but fast food from real ingredients. we use good, quality meat, fresh vegetables. all the products here are healthy, delicious, made by local bay area communities and priced in the fast food zone. >> then you are trying to get people to make butter, pickles, you are going to have a butchering competition. how does that tie into the movement? >> it's just about reteaching, relearning the skills of making food. i think in america we are used to having all the food come in a can or a bag, not knowing where it came from. at the east real festival, we are connecting people to real food telling them thousand make butter. the butter competition is clean, easy to see. a lot of people have never seen people cut up the leg of a steer. they eat meat the whole lives and never seen that. >> how do you compete

it blocked the track between emeryville and jack london square. union pacific officials say the tracks were cleared and inspected overnight and there should be no problem for trains running on the capital corridor on the can joaquin lines. >> the fog, all dealing with it this morning. >> fog and mist even though we weren't forced to use wipers. >> you can expect delays at sfo because of the low ceiling. temperatures mild. low to mid-50s in most neighborhoods. mountain view and san jose and los gatos at 58 to 59. warmer spot this morning. 8:00 i don't expect temperatures to move much because the clouds won't move. the only thing we'll see is a little drying trends by 8:00. sunshine, especially the east bay and south bay where we'll hit the mid to upper 70s in the east bay valleys. even sunshine arounds santa rosa, napa, low 70s there. cloudy around the bay with low to mid-60s and by 4:00, sunshine dominates most of our neighborhoods but the sea breeze will keep clouds arounds half moon bay and san francisco to a lesser extent. oakland upper 50s to

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. >>> the eat real festival also attracted crowds at jack london square.t's a chance for new chefs to show off anfor those eating to enjoy gourmet items. each dish costs five dollars or less. tomorrow's event includes demonstrations of making cheese, home made sausage and of course raspberry jam. >> i'm hungy now. there is a lot to talk about sports wise. >> the giants, niners, raider, all playing right now. after being shut out last night the giants hoping to find the bats that were presents for three games against cincinnati. they and the diamondbacks just underway. hard to know who to pull for this week in san diego if you are a gianting fan. the padres hosting the phillies. phillies broke a tie in the 7th when victorino hit this drive to center. making a dive but can't get the ball while it rolls. werth coming all the way around to score. the phillies would go onto win. right now they lead the giants by a game in the wild card. the padres lead the west by five and a half. >>> the niners welcomed their last wayward player into the fold. with training ca

we're on the bay in oakland at jack london square where the people are coming out in thdrov to this event. the most important thing is the aroma of this gourmet food where people are like up to get a taste of what's happening. from mexican to philippines cuisine and joining us right now is anya fernald, the founder of this event. this is quite the event. a lot of people coming out. tell me about it. >> we're celebrating real, delicious, fabulous food. everything here tastes fabulous. all prized under $5 and all food you can feel great about made from local ingredients. hormone-free ingredients. very safe and very delicious. >> and the trucks give a neat twist. they're decorated in their own pizzaz and energy so it's like a mobile restaurant of sorts. >> absolutely. you can come to the festival and taste food from ten different countries and be supporting local businesses with every bite. that's amazing because we have such a diversity here in the bay area. >> and it's also $5 and under for the meals, right? >> yeah. that's incredible. a lot of organic and sustainable ingredients, and horm

. >> last night many passengers had to be bussed between emeryville and jack london square.t is not clear yet how many passengers were effected and union pacific is looking into why the cars tipped over in the first place. >>> a controversial proposal in san francisco that would allow forced treatment for severe and chronic mental illness is now back in a supervisors committee. the proposal would allow the implementation of laura's law, named after a young woman killed by a psychiatric patient. it was approved by state lawmakers but must be approved locally. the supervisor sent the proposal back for further debate after signs it faced defeat. >>> the city kicked off a program that allows long time taxi drivers to sell their medal ons to other drivers. that had been prohibited under prop k, but the city worked out a way for drivers over 70 or for those whose visibility no longer allows them to drive to transfer them to drivers on the waiting list. he has been on the list for 14 years, he paid $250,000 for the first transfer. >> today you know it is finally happening after you

the eat real festival attracted big crowds today at oakland's jack london square.event offers an event for new chefs to feature their dish. each dish costs $5 or less from pickles on up. >> nice and sour, lots of garlic. it's good. >> potato, spinach, fries. good stuff. >> it's really good. >> tomorrow's eat real festival includes lessons on how to make cheese, homemade sausage and everyone rasberry jam. >>> are you ready for some football? find out about rules for fans plans to head to games. >>> is a warming trend in the future? meteorologist mark tamayo is working on that forecast of yours. we'll have it for you straight ahead. droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices at will. putting you at the center of your own world wide web. introducing the new droid x. the next generation of does. >>> just a few days ago we were talking about record heat, today we're tracking a weather system, cig significant cool down here. right now the maps, i can show you this the,

it is blocking the tracks between emeryville and jack london square. union pacific will not hoe how badly the tracks -- will not know how badly the tracks were damaged and no word on precisely how long it will take. >>> a california watch report out shows state workers are actually earning more money than usual during the furlough weeks that are designed to save the state money. >> why not me? why not me? >> this report comes as union workers are protesting the return of three furlough days every month. they are outraged over the report that says hundreds of state workers at the management level are profiting from the furlough days. that's because federal law mandates salaried workers be paid overtime when the furloughs are ordered. >> that's ridiculous. when you are cutting the lower workers, and you are giving the managers more money during a furlough time, it seems like you are counter balancing everything that's going on. >> state officials defended the overtime pay saying the amount of money spent is the tiny portion of the nearly $3 billion being

it blocked the tracks between emeryville and jack london square.he trucks are cleared and expected overnight the trains will run through the area once again. >> starting next week, the routine will change for thousands of commuters who get to and from san francisco by bus. they'll use a brand new but temporary terminal. it's located a few blocks from the existing trans sis house that's about to meet the wrecking ball. >> security was at the top of the list of priorities when architects designed this temporary trans bay terminal. >> pretty much open. you'll find there's no real cubby holes for people to hang out and hide it at the end of the day. >> they used glass walls at the bus stop so you can see who is coming and going. cameras will help keep an eye on everyone. almost like they were thinking of it as they drew the plans. she's a bit nervous about the location on the terminal on main street. you can see everything. it is a little dark. >> but they may have taken things too far. because of security, they also decided not to have public bathroom

bay tonight, where a freight train derailment has halted amtrak service between emeryville and jack london square in oakland. news chopper 2 is overhead where union pacific railroad freight train has derailed. about a mile west of the emeryville station. several cars jumped the tracks under the macarthur maze as you can see here from the live pictures, sending cargo containers onto the rails. just a few minutes ago, the front section of that train pulled away. we have no word of possible injuries. amtrak says it's working to get passengers between the emeryville and oakland stations by bus, but riders should expect significant delays through this area. >>> in another news tonight, amidst a festive back drop, hundreds of neighborhoods across the bay area are trying to send a message to criminals. the event is called national night out and in oakland, participation this year is said to be bigger than ever. ken wayne is live tonight in oakland with more. ken. >> reporter: heather, oakland city leaders just wrapped up their kickoff party at oakland city hall a short time ago. this is oakland's

another person, jack london, the writer, came out and partied in carville in an old car a doctor friend of his rented. george sterling, the poet who wrote "the cool, gray city of love" came out to carville a lot. and this guy really loved it. gillette burgess was a humorous, a writer. he wanted to be known as a serious novelist but he was better known for his children's books and nonsense works. he wrote "the purple cow." have you heard of that one? it's an old san francisco one. but he got so sick of it. tive written down here. he hated people reciting it back to him so he wrote, "a, yes, i wrote "the purple cow," i'm sorry now i wrote it. but i can tell you anyhow, i'll kill you if you quote it." he used carville in two of his novels, scenes and characters. one is a romantic. a guy rents one and brings his dates out there for a little romantic rendezvous. and another one where an old car conductor rents a car and it comes to life. you have to read more in these books. another artist and musicians. this car on the left, number one, was called la bohemme rented in the sutro section by m

thousands came to jack london square. at $5 and under a plate, the festival was a chance to experiment and try something new. it also encouraged cook, healthy, aced forrable meals are local ingreds. >> telegraph avenue in berkeley was in the groove today. sunday's feel of featured several bands playing jazz, blues, punk and rock for free. besides the music, the young and young at heart enjoyed looking at berkeley fashion, including, it shirts and tie- dye. this sunday's final last sunday festival will be held september 26th. a 1960's era drama was amok the big winners at the emmy awards in los angeles. >> and the emmy goes to "madmen". >> it was the third straight best drama win for "madmen," the best mini serious went to hbo "the pacific. >>> coming up on the 10:00 news, many of us have probably been in a water balloon fight, but i doubt it was anything like this one. details of a world-record attempt in bakersfield. >>> do you with an to be in a water balloon fight? because we might see another warm-up. meteorologist ma

the eat real festival attracted big crowds today at oakland's jack london square. event offers an event for new chefs to feature their dish. each dish costs $5 or less from pickles on up. >> nice and sour, lots of garlic. it's good. >> potato, spinach, fries. good stuff. >> it's really good. >> tomorrow's eat real festival includes lessons on how to make cheese, homemade sausage and everyone rasberry jam. >>> are you ready for some football? find out about rules for fans plans to head to games.

once they arrive at either jack london they get on a bus or wait longer to get on another train. >> a train that's not going to leave until 9:45. >> i am tired, i want to get home. >> i'm not mad, it's a derailment. what can you do. >> reporter: an investigation is now under way. the equipment to get the car on the tracks is on the way to the scene. commuters should expect cancellations and delays for tomorrow morning's commute. reporting live tonight here in emeryville, mike mibach. >>> the decision in the federal court battle over proposition 8 is set for release tomorrow. circuit judge walker says he will release his decision tomorrow between 1:00 and 3:00. the losing side expected to appeal to the full ninth circuit court of appeals, from there to the u.s. supreme court. same-sex marriage supporters say tonight the that they are hopeful. >> so we're very hopeful that tomorrow will be a good decision. we hope this will go up to the supreme court. >> reporter: proposition 8 supporters says even if they lose, not to allow same-sex marriages to resume until they appeal. same-sex marri

once they arrive at either jack london they get on a bus or wait longer to get on another train. >> a train that's not going to leave until 9:45. >> i am tired, i want to get home. >> i'm not mad, it's a derailment. what can you do. >> reporter: an investigation is now under way. the equipment to get the car on the tracks is on the way to the scene. commuters should expect cancellations and delays for tomorrow morning's commute. reporting live tonight here in emeryville, mike mibach. >>> the decision in the federal court battle over proposition 8 is set for release tomorrow. circuit judge walker says he will release his decision tomorrow between 1:00 and 3:00. the losing side expected to appeal to the full ninth circuit court of appeals, from there to the u.s. supreme court. same-sex marriage supporters say tonight the that they are hopeful. >> so we're very hopeful that tomorrow will be a good decision. we hope this will go up to the supreme court. >> reporter: proposition 8 supporters says even if they lose, not to allow same-sex marriages to resume until they appeal. same-sex marri

. >> there is oakland began offering free shuttle bus service between jack london scare and brand avenue from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and if this is efforts to revitalize downtown by making it free and easy to get around town. this ensures that buses can run quickly because no one has to stop to pay a fare. >> it's being funded to a grant from the bay area management district and sponsor autos still to come tonight at 6:30 we'll show what you is difference about these living, beating heart cells. >> this is one of the things our labs have been trying to figure out two decades. >> two co-a broken heart be fixed with man made cells? >> and a government crack down on mortgage lenders. >> why a judge is refusing to hold a controversial round up of wild horororororororororororr what this droid does will change how you do movies. with blockbuster on demand, this does hit films on a 4.3-inch screen so big, the way you see them will never be the same. introducing the new droid x. pre-loaded with blockbuster. the next generation of does. but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberry toaster strudel. [

derailment happened on these lines about a quarter mile away from where we're standing here and jack london square. amtrak says all of the trains are running as scheduled on these lines. and they have been all morning. about a half hour ago, we watched two union lines make their way down the lines and the amtrak lines have been working. all of them have departed from this emeryville station online. we saw people with their computer bags and luggage in toe. many were getting ready to travel and many were surprised about how quickly the service was underway. they say two empty rail cars on one of the freight trains tipped over and they had to shut down the lines. >> i have to be at work at 9:00. >> i take the train twice a week to san francisco. to me, my alliance is high on this system. i'm very much for the service to be restored. >> reporter: it was easy travel for commuters this morning, several trains were either cancelled or delayed and amtrak had to bus passengers between the emeryville and oakland station. we asked amtrak how many commuters were affected by the delays. they told us th

it happened between the emeryville station and jack london square. union pacific spokespersons say two empty rail cars on one of their freight trains tipped over so they had to shut down the tracks to clear -- [ inaudible ] >> -- relief everything is back on schedule. >> -- need to be at work at 9:00, so it is for me, yes. >> today i do depends on it very much because i am kind of in a bend because i have broken truck up there in davis that -- >> -- so you are glad that -- >> -- absolutely -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- train, not an amtrak train, so it is union pacific that is going to be conducting an investigation to find out why those empty rail cars tipped over in the first place starting all of this back up. reporting live in emeryville, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:07. sal, you are watching downtown san jose. right? >> that's right, dave and claudine, good morning to you, and 280 in downtown looks pretty good and if you are driving out of town to the valley should be a nice drive and by the way we are also checking cal

employees want to unionize, teeming up with a union at jack london scare.he company says they stand to lose their medical and 401 benefits at the end of the year. >> hours dropped from 40 plus to 20 to even 15 hours per week. >> my house is in foreclosure now. >> the chief executive calls complaints misleading and inaccurate. he says the company reduced hours in order to weather the economic storm. >> there is an upstick in foreclosure activity. the number is up 9% from june. and there is in kos stra county, there is 480,000 people applied for first time-unemployment benefits last week. the highest since february. and wall street is still disappointed by cisco's outlook. the dow lost 58 points today. nasdaq fell 18. cisco is down 10%. and there is a revenues down 6%, marking three years of decline for the first time in nevada history. there is some optimism. there is a $1.3 billion profit, gm could begin selling stock again this year. and delta today became the first major airline to let you book travel on its facebook page. >> and nancy pelosi celebrated t

it's at jack london square. talking about jeff ranieri. >> the sun is out.emperatures are cooler than average. no complaints out here. forget hd television. i wish we had some smellevision tonight. this is unbelievable. look at this line here. this is just for one truck called the terriman bow bun truck, filipino food. how is the food, guys? let's bring in the chef, guillermo perez. the line is over 40 minutes. why are they waiting so long? >> we are doing bow buns, sesame red chicken, we are doing a tofu with garlic mayo. >> tangy, spicy, hot? >> it's amazing. >> it looks fantastic. $5 and under for the food to come out here to get a taste at the eat real festival. thank you very much. come on out. he said try his buns. let's go ahead and take a look at the graphics. what you'll be able to note here is we are looking at the fall coming back tonight. not only that but a cooler than average system across the bay area which will bring 50s and 60s throughout this evening. a big jump from the hot record-setting temperatures we had on monday, tuesday, wednesday w

the festival runs through tomorrow at oakland's jack london square. the goal of it is to raise awareness about healthy food and just how easy it is to get it as easily as fast food. >> from hand-made tamales to organic ice cream. we have a butchery contest. we're going to be making pickles. 100 people are going to be making butter at the same time. it's a food extravaganza. >> i might have to check out early. you can find the festival near i'm bar der . if you're driving you get a free valet bike ride to the square. >>> still ahead on the "bay area saturday," update on the top story. officer shot in the line of duty. the vigil for him and the search for the alleged shooter, and also what you can do to help the officer. >>> coming up in sports, taking another hit on the mound. plus, a scary moment for often of the a's starting pitchers. the raider nation, ready for some football. that and more in sports. b-a-c-c-a-l-a-u-r-e-a-t-e. baccalaureate. correct. [ audience groans ] since this competition has been continuing for 48 hours and we have yet to elim

the three-day event kicked off in jack london square yesterday with a street fair focusing on sustainablecate people about the food they eat and put them in touch with farmers, chefs and growers. >> we're saying this is the food your grandmother ate, the food we've eaten for generations. we want to have real food made from real ingredients. >> eat real highlights fresh seasonal produce from the bay area. more than 80 vendors are taking part and all the dishes are $5 or less. a national production of the tony award winning musical dream girls opened earlier this week in san francisco. the show first launched at the historic apollo theater in new york. arts and entertainment reporter don sanchez has a look at the show and its "american idol" star. ♪ >> it is a classic broadway musical as a '60s girl group struggles to become pop stars. the love. >> everyone can relate to having a dream and the feeling of finding yourself and really wanting to know why am i here, what is my purpose? >> all you gotta do is dream! >> the diana ross-like role, she's been in theaters since she was a child. she w

jack london's square is the place for you this weekend.he eat real festival kicked off featuring a wide variety of street cuisine of the bay area. it's far more than hotdogs or pretzels. there's often baked organic pizza. the eat real founder says this year there is a focus on food crafters. >> if you come to the festival, you can see all the demonstrations of people pickling, making jam, taking apart cuts of meat and taking it to all of us consumers to be able to learn from. >> for shatterup chefs the festival is good for pro -- for start-up chefs the festival is good for promoting their craft. the festival runs through this sunday. >>> the giants after this huge hitting blitz they've had all week, they didn't have the same thing happen tonight. >> yeah. and their pitching is still a little is suspect, too. i mean after all, it seemed like a perfect scenario for tim lincecum. he's back home to face a last place team that he's owned in the past, but tonight the arizona d-backs turned into paybacks. lincecum was 5-1 all time versus arizona,

train service between emerivil e emeriville, oakland, jack london square stations temporarily suspendedn both directs and it looks like it's a long time before it's restored. amtrak says they're in the process of getting alternate transportation for the passengers. some trains might be rerouted. once again, passengers should expect major delays. again, this is very near the emeriville amtrak station. a train derailment causing major delays. >>> health news for you now. has to do with obesity in the country which is growing rapidly. a new report finds that nearly a third of the nation's adults are obese. from 2007 to 2009 the number of states with more than a third of. population considered obese tripled from three states to nine. adults age 18 and over have getting fatter by the day, undermining a national goal aimed at lowering obesity. doctors suggest people can help themselves even in small ways. >> instead of looking for the closest spot in the parking lot to the front of the store, park at the back of the parking lot and add a couple of extra steps. >> for the medical costs, krftd

into the weekend just a couple of days, and this event is going on friday, saturday, sunday in jack londonquare in oakland. the eat real festival. saturday's conditions 64 degrees and sunday 66 with partly to mostly sunny skies. just in case you're looking for something to do over the weekend. looks nice. >> are those pancakes? >> it ain't real if it ain't got bacon. [ laughter ] >> i don't see any bacon. >> looks good. >> you got it. thank you, tracy. >>> 6:20 right now. bob dylan gave his bay area fans a flashback. for his show at the warfield in san francisco last night, fans had to show up in person to get tickets. everybody must stand in line ♪ 60 bucks per person. but here's the interesting part. no convenience fees, no presales, no internet, no credit cards, no scalpers, cash on the barrel head. >> that's the way it should be. there is no middleman, the right people are getting the money and giving the money. and i think it's really great. >> oh, yes. >> first time in 20 years that dylan played the warfield. he is 70 years old now the. >> that would have been a great concert. >> i w

many amtrack passengers had to be bussed between emeryville and jack london square. amtrack confirms that both amtrack trains and freight trains were back up and running around midnight. the cause of the derailment is still under investigation. >>> ac transit says a large number of drivers called in sick once again today. accord to go the district 165 drivers stayed home. the district says that's been the case every day now for the past two weeks ever since the district imposed a new contract on its drivers. a judge tossed out that contract on monday but the two sides remain at odds about the contract and the sick claws. district officials say now they are looking at service cuts as a way to deal with the budget shortfall. >> the board has taken a step to better protect the san joaquin dell that. for the first time they have adopted criteria for how much water should flow from the delta to the bay. the criteria based on a report ordered by the legislature last year the board says that diverting 50% of the delta's freshwater is not adequate to maintain nature's balanc

jack london's square is the place for you this weekend.at real festival kicked off featuring a wide variety of street cuisine of the bay area. it's far more than hotdogs or pretzels. there's often baked organic pizza. the eat real founder says this year there is a focus on food crafters. >> if you come to the festival, you can see all the demonstrations of people pickling, making jam, taking apart cuts of meat and taking it to all of us consumers to be able to learn from. >> for shatterup chefs the festival is good for pro -- for start-up chefs the festival is good for promoting their craft. the festival runs through this sunday. >>> the giants after this huge hitting blitz they've had all week, they didn't have the same thing happen tonight. >> yeah. and their pitching is still a little is suspect, too. i mean after all, it seemed like a perfect scenario for tim lincecum. he's back home to face a last place team that he's owned in the past, but tonight the arizona d-backs turned into paybacks. lincecum was 5-1 all time versus arizona, but

jack london square at oakland going to be going on saturday and sunday.onditions for the weekend mid- 60s saturday. upper 60s sunday. partly to mostly sunny skies. we had a discussion yesterday, what is this? it looks so good. billy and i concluded they are cookies. don't they look good? >> yeah. >> really nice cookies. >> wit bacon? >> yeah, we had to throw some bacon in there for you, john. >> that looks great. 6:21. >>> let's take a look at today's top stories. this morning crews still trying to repair a ruptured underground pipe in redwood shores. they want to do it quickly because it's been spewing thousands of gallons of raw sewage around davit lane and anchor circle. the pipe apparently ruptured wednesday. no estimate yet on when it will be repaired. >>> oakland police still have no suspects in the murder of a teenager one week before his 14th birthday. last night loved ones held a vigil for jimon clark near where he was shot wednesday. investigators say the gunman apparently went through the teen's pockets and stole $2 before getting away. >>> tra

off the tracks near the bridge toll plaza yesterday and blocked the tracks between emeryville and jack londone. the tracks were cleared and inspected overnight and trains can run through the area once again. >> the commuting routine will soon change for thousands of people who ride buses in and out of downtown san francisco. the existing trans bay terminal will close friday so demolition can clear the way for a multibillion dollar transit hub and commercial development. that means a. c. transit, golden gate transit, west cap link, greyhound and several other services will move to this open air terminal. they checked out the facility during an open house last night. >> i get the feeling it's going to be a little crowded but it will work itself out. >> the designer is to help facilitate this is temporary but here for seven years. we want to make sure passengers are comfortable and that they can facilitate easy transit economics connections. >> it doesn't have restrooms available for local commuters. they designed it without restrooms to avoid becoming a magnet for the homeless. >> time for a lo

now that derailment happened about a quarter mile west of here between the emeryville station and jack londonare. union pacific spokesperson say what happened was that two empty rail cars tipped over. now they had to shut down the tracks to clear everything up. the first capitol corridor commuter train pulled into this emeryville station around 4:40 a.m. right on time and we watched a couple of early morning passengers hop on board but it was definitely a different story for commuters yesterday evening. several capitol corridor trains were either cancelled or delayed and amtrak had to bus passengers between the enotherville and oakland stations. >> 8:20 to catch the 8:30 train. that is not going to leave until 9:45. >> we are pretty tired. we want to get home. >> no, i am not mad right now. >> well, it was a derailment, you know- >> -- do -- >> -- do -- >> -- first place and we also asked human commuters were affected by the derailment and those cancellations. for more let's go to sal. >> right now the morning commute looks okay. we don't have a lot going on. this is highway 4. we had a repor

. >> bevmo employees teamed up today at jack london square many got letters saying they were demoted to part time status effective immediate lie hours were dropping from 40 plus to 20 to 15 hours per week. >> my house is in foreclose sure now. >> long-time workers stand to lose their health benefits if they're no longer full time. >> i want to fight that for hours on health care. >> and the ceo said quote we at bevmo considered our employees first, we're disappointed the union has chosen to mislead our employ gleez this way. bevmo says they cut hours to weather the economic storm and the 163 former full-time employees will not lose their health courage nnt nl early 2011. >> bevmo has chosen to padding profits to cut worker pay and benefits. so they're cutting they're making cuts they're actually building more stores and hiring more people. question is, are they going to be part time jobs or full time jobs? >> and the workers union is collecting signatures to pressure into reconsidering. >> and a controversial dna testing program at uc berkeley will be modified after state health offi

jack london square even in the mid-90s and no relief even near the bay.and the high temperatures are expected. today is the hottest day of the next seven. may be the hottest day of the year. 71 in oakland, 70 in san as a 72 and antioch. a lot of these is mid high temperatures and these are the 830 reading's three now. still 60 showing up for sandra's over to napa. look to noon, already in the '90s from concord to livermore. happen the interior valleys with '70s to your 80s. look to the purple, 100 degree readings livermore, creeping up of the santa clara and san north bay. nine days to near 100 and ran even the beaches are in the 80 degree readings. later this afternoon as the cool down happens with the fog rushing and amateur seabury's even at 7 this evening we're still going to be in the '90s inland. were one out to napa, one of six in fairfield. meetings for ocean beach. 79 half moon bay. 100 and red red city. 96 now the meeting. these a record high obviously. 90 ever castro valley, one of five walnut creek. one of three martinez. one out to record hig

this is an early breeze coming in to jack london square. we're going to start off very, very warm.ready 70 degrees in downtown oakland. where is 245 fog, steve? you can't see it -- but a little right near -- right there. it's only a matter of time. the coast -- here sums the sea breeze. the big fog bank will be in tomorrow. for firefighters i just checked it's 88. temperatures are warming up near bay lock. it is a bill wit out of the northeast, humidity is around 26%, 27%. it was much lower than that yesterday. temperatures are gonna be cooking. it will be a hot one inland. heat advisory until 8:00. that does not include the coast or the city. san francisco is 98 degrees -- 98 degreesed yesterday. >>> there is a system right there. this is a big system. there will be two pieces coming in. the first part starts tomorrow and the stronger section will dig over the bay area as we head towards sunday. by sunday. cooler coast, warm to hot inland with one 0 one -- 101 to 107 today. by the coast, 70s and 80s. >>> even the squirrels are having a hard time staying school. some viewers sent u

broadway shuttle operates weekdays between jack london square and grant avenue between 7:00 in the moving-- until 7:00:00 p.m. this is paid for by clean air grants, and various downton apartment owners. ac is operating it. this is brand-new. they hope it will bring more people into oakland. >>> let's head straight out to sal castanedo, who is trying to deliver us friday light traffic today. hi, sal. >> hel le there. i just got a bunch of tweets from people who ride caltrain. you can always tweet me. one individual heard an announcement of running ten minutes behind. a bunch of trains are at least ten minutes behind in the northbound way of cal train. the bridges, right now, the traffic is good on the bridges. i want to bring steve in here. steve, i can't even see the richmond bridge on the cameras. it's too foggy. >> we're getting some -- foggy, supercold. that's the kind of information we're looking for. there is just a huge fog bank out there. i'm sure there's some locations well away from the coast that have a little bit of sun. the overnight lows have been very cool. there's not much

eat real festival taking place in jack london square this week, along with other street festivals inland. we'll look for temperatures there in the upper 60s today, maybe the low 70s if it warms up enough. but generally cool today. coolest day of the week. we'll start to warm again into midweek of next week, not as hot as we did last week. we're not looking for any triple digits or 100-degree temperature readings here. but we will be warming back to near normal. weather disturbance mixing things up here today. as you can see, most of the moisture showing up across the oregon border, into the foothills of the sierra. a glancing blow for the bay area. it has cleared skies out across the region. that's a good thing. plenty of blue sky out there, but cool temperatures will prevail today, with that slight chance of showers still in the mix, but more notable will be the coolness and the breezy conditions in and around the bay today. i don't think the showers are going to amount to much. more hype than wet, as we will see most of that shower activity up near the oregon border and into the fo