there are some scenes with fdr in warm springs around the pool where you can see has very atrophied legs. that is something he would never reveal in a setting where there might be press present. but he was so comfortable with the other polio survivors at warm springs, and when you have someone like missy lehand taking the footage, he knew that would never get in the hands of a newsreel company. some of the picnics you see, the behind-the-scenes things you see, are really insights into the life of the roosevelts. >> how we you say the collection adds to fdr's legacy? paul: one of the things that is very intriguing about the roosevelts is, even though they were extraordinarily public for decades, they had a very private life. particularly, if you think about his polio and the fact that he was completely paralyzed from the waist down, this was something that was kept secret from the american public for decades. people knew that he had polio, they knew that he was what they called crippled back then or he had a handicap or a funny walk, but very few people knew that he was paralyzed and so s

but he was so comfortable with the other polio survivors at warm springs, and when you have

if you're coming into warm springs or from warm springs from the richmond lined, the orange line, oryou can ride the train all the way to the end of the line. it used to be that people riding those lines had to transfer at different stops along the way. now this new direct service starting today is for trains running to and from warm springs . it applied to the warm springs schedule monday through saturdays. sunday service is unchanged. later we hope to talk to riders about the new convenience and check in with bart to find out how many passengers this could affect. for now we are live in fremont, allie rasmus, ktvu fox2 news. >>> in eastern europe look at this, a truck slammed into a motorcade caring the presence of mold over. it will -- it happened yesterday. the president was not seriously hurt. he only got scratches and bruises. he is an ally of russian president vladimir putin and has led the former so -- soviet republic for almost 2 years. >>> president trump says apple should shift its production to the u.s. and out of china to avoid tariffs. on saturday the president tweeted

warm springs service, direct service beginning to and from warm springs. that is for monday through saturday service. you no longer will have to transfer on the green and orange line. that should save you some time and make your commute a little bit easier. drive times coming up next >> alexis, thank you. former president obama lashes out at president trump as democrats step up their battle for congress. the white house is ready for them. >>> a spacex rocks et makes another spectacular nighttime launch. the cargo will help the way we communicate >> monday night football on abc 7. oakland raiders open their regular season tonight at the coliseum. abc 7 has your ticket. we're counting down to the we're counting down to the matchup between the silver and many people living with diabetes monitor their blood glucose every day. which means they have to stop. and stick their fingers. repeatedly. today, life-changing technology from abbott makes it possible to track glucose levels. without drawing a drop of blood, again and again. the most personal technology, is

sunday service will remain unchanged, with orange line service to warm springs.turn to a 5 a.m. start time... monday through friday. ( marty ) in the south bay... police in milpitas have arrested two people for attempted homicide... in connection to a stabbing that happened at a jack in the box. on august 30th.. officers responded to the jack in the box on south main street for a distrubance and vandalism inside the restaurant. officers found a 51-year-old man suffering from a stab wound to his stomach. he was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. 20-year-old jose ignacio.. on the left, was arrested at his home the day after the stabbing. 19-year-old osbaldo cobos was arrested last week. they are currently being held at the santa clara county jail. ( marty ) a california jury found an oil pipeline company guilty of nine charges in a massive oil spill. about 140-thousand gallons of oil flooded into the pacific ocean, near santa barbara when a pipeline owned by plains all american pipeline ruptured in 20-15. the jury held the company responsible for kn

live at the warm springs bart station in fremont, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. back to you. >> major setback nonetheless. thank you. >>> san francisco police have arrested a man accused of an early-morning attempted robbery and shooting. this happened just before 3:00 this morning near lombard and fillmore streets. police say a restaurant employee was taking out the trash when someone tried to rob him and then shot him. the suspect was arrested a short time later around the corner on greenwich street. police say the victim had injuries that are not considered life-threatening. >>> former president barack obama hit the campaign trail ahead of the upcoming midterms. message he is delivering to america. >> if you thought elections don't matter, i hope these last two years have corrected that impression! >> outside our doors this afternoon, plenty of sunshine and warmer temperatures at least for most. we'll check in on your current conditions and show you what you can expect for your bay area saturday coming up. welcome to the xfinity store. thanks, janet. it's my h

. >>> tomorrow bart will be extending rides to warm springs. they will offer rides friday and saturday to the warm springs station on the green lines. riders will no longer have to transfer. >>> the board of supervisor's health committee will meet tomorrow to talk about pop-up restaurants. the hearing comes on the heels of county health inspectors targeting numerous pop-ups and shutting them down. one of those pop-ups was shut down last month, called nokni. they lack proper permits. they hope to get some clarity about the health regulations of pop-ups. >>> the park theater closed in 2001 and is one of the last remaining single screen theetats in the state. a developer was planning to buy the theater but backed out last month. the city council will be talking about what to do at their next meeting tomorrow. it's at 7:00 p.m. members of the public are invited to come and weigh in. >>> they defended their final title at the oracle arena late this afternoon. abc 7 news were there yesterday as hundreds of gamers showed off their skills for the on-li

the stretch fremont to warm springs. that's not the case monday through saturday. good note for folks travel back home tonight. >>> coming up, nbc bay area responds. >> if last year's wildfires damaged or destroyed your home, your input is needed to perhaps help everyone in the state. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how, next. deadly. a first of its kind emergency alert system will be put to the test today in sonoma county. >>> 5:24, nearly a year after being ravaged by deadly fires an emergency alert system will be put to test in sonoma. people can expect a call to their land lines or cell phones if you're signed up for the so co alert system. on wednesday the county will activate its wireless emergency alert system. our investigative unit recently sat down with sonoma county emergency manager and you can see our report on nbcbayarea.com. just click on the "investigate" tab. >>> nbc bay area continues to respond to north bay fire victims and we've been helping people tackle insurance issues. chris

. >>> bart is expanding direct service to and from the warm springs station.rting today riders will have a direct service to and from the warm springs bart station six days a week except for sunday. that is when both the green and the orange lines. greenline also returned to 5 am start time on weekdays. >>> a muni driver been criticized on social media after he was seen using a rubber band to drive the train. a photo posted on reddit shows the muni operator with a rubber band in his hand using it to hold the throttle in place. if the throttle is taken out of place inactivates an emergency brake. the director of sf mta transit told us san francisco examiner that is a dangerous violation. >>> still ahead, banned by another silicon valley giant. coming up, the controversial act that is being banned by apple. -- app that is being banned by apple. >>> the national anthem may be a point of controversy in the nfl don't expect delete to do much about it yet. their current stance on adopting rules for players who plan to protest during the anthem. >>> good morning . th

sky seven flew above as the train arrived at warm springs earlier today. bar b.a.r.t's green and orange lines terminate at warm springs monday and saturday. before now, some green only went as far as fremont and commuters had to transfer. >> tonight is the last night of rosh hashana. it marks the beginning of the high holy days leading up to yom kippur. people at five east bay synagogues may be on high alert after anti-semitic fliers were found. they found the flier outside of the synagogue last week. in a statement they said they won't be cowed by attempts to intimidate. the san leandro police department said they will increase patrols and do so every year around the high holidays. >>> stay with us. the carolina coastline in the bulls eye of where hurricane florence is headed. >> what is being done to protect people before the category four monstrous storm makes landfall. >> a major network is going through a big shakeup. what is next for cbs without chairman les moonves. >>> the oakland raiders season opener tonight on abc 7. our pregame coverage of the

. >>> bart is expanding direct service to and from the warm springs bart station. beginning today riders will have direct service to and from the warm springs station six days a week with the exception of sunday. that's about the green and orange lives. bart is also returning the greenline service to a 5 am start time on weekdays. >>> today the state is expected to announce street gang arrest. police chiefs from walnut creek and vacaville will be part of today's news conference. the state has increased efforts in me -- in recent months to crackdown on organized crime and gang violence. today's announcement is expected at 10:00 this morning. >>> governor brown is also set to make an announcement today in sacramento. there are not a lot of details surrounding the governor's news conference. over the weekend governor brown signed a bill designed to block drilling off the shore of california. this morning's announcement is at 10:00. >>> the governor's environmental efforts will be on display later this week. he will be hosting the global climate action summit wednesday

mass transit, good news to pass along here for warm springs.irect service to and from warm springs beginning to for monday through saturday service. you no longer have to transfer on the green and orange lines. so that should make the commute faster. back to you guys. >>> alexis, thank you. sonoma county is set to test its alert and warning systems following widespread criticism over the negotiate bay wildfires. 6:00 tonight, sonoma county residents who subscribed will get a phone call. weapons, the county will send amber alert style tphoenotifica so roseland, glen ellen, penngrove. >>> training time on the agency's fleet of newighteen cu hours to 50 hours. and the president of the transit workers union tells the examinr that he is concerned with that practice. he said operators need the additional time to familiarize themselves with. new fleet. muni has been dealing with a chronic shortage of operators. >>> say spacex rocket makes another spectacular launch. the cargo will help improve the way we communicate >> former president barack obama in

sundays will remain unchanged for now with orange line service to warm springs. time now is 5:09. frances dinglasan has been tracking the accuweather forecast this week end. a little cooler this weekend. >> we're starting to ease into the inland areas and mid-90s are gone and we'll still hit the low 90s inland at the coast and mild in the 60s ask i'll have your complete forecast and an each bigger cooldown coming up. summer isn't over yet. frances, thanks. >>> an emotional night for stun students at marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida. >>> blood, trash and used needles. it was all found inside a san francisco air bnb. ...and get the brands youshion want.... check this out. ...at "oh, yeah" prices. from the latest trends to your favorite brands, it feels even better when you find them for less. at the ross fall fashion event. yes for less. no matter how much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that's because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher. febreze finds odors trapped

presidential vulnerability and empathy, something you write about regarding a place we both been, warm springsgeorgia, and fdr. >> and there's no question that the path to the leadership that fdr exhibited in the presidency was through warm springs. he's gotten polio, obviously. he finds out there's this place where if you can swim in the warm waters, you can exercise. he creates an institution for other polio patients. while he's there, he calls himself doc roosevelt. he teaches them, it's not just exercising, you have to get joy in life again. you have to have fun. you have to feel like i do. you can see my legs, you can see what they look like. and they played games in the pool, they have dances in their wheelchairs at night. and they learn to love life again. and then when you think about it, he becomes president when the country is paralyzed by an economic depression and that confidence, that optimism and the empathy. he learned to feel a connection to people to whom fate had alsos dealt an unkind hand. he was wealthy, handsome, cocky sometimes, and suddenly, the vulnerability allowed him

as you make your way out the door the warm springs bart station in freemont, it is cool n the mid 50s. all clear skies and then we are looking at sunshine and a nice morning as our temperatures start to feel more comfortable. eventually we are heading up into the mid 90s in the trivalley and the delta. san jose today reaching 88 degrees. we will talk about the rest of the forecast. mike you are checking in on a crash in san jose? >> yeah but it is not the one that popped up in the last report. that was on 101 near the airport. but that cleared before i could get deal. maybe they were mistaken. this is northbound 85 at blossom hill road. there as crash there which may be blocking the fast lane. sounds like a car hit the center divide. we are not hearing of any injuries but i will track that. near the split. 101 into the south county. 280 and 101, 101 southbound around 380 before you get the exit and the transition, a crash over on the shoulder. no slowing there or past sfo. getting in through the area of the maze and in and out of contra costa county, a smooth easy arrive. a few cash p

small computer components have been installed in a 10 mile stretch of construction south of the warm springse electronic cost of $1.2 million were part of the communications equipment that control lighting, intercom and fire alarms inside the various stations. they discovered a subcontractor installed used parts instead of new ones.>> is not that there could be problems, it's just the parts were not per specificatio discover the problem until june after the oversight board had gone on summer break. the subcontractor is now replacing all of the used components with new ones.>> we are taking measures to take that equipment out and replace it and then we will retest.>> reporter: the mayor stated our top priority is ensuring that we have a safe and secure system which is why we are working to replace the equipment as soon as possible. some passengers agree safety should be the top consideration.>> passengers can take a bit of convenience.>> reporter: it will cost a three- month delay pushing completion back until the fall 2019 at the earliest. they also say they have complete confidence to take

>> summer is really hanging on and that's the reason why we were showing that warm springs b.a.r.t. station. you should be heading to a transit station this morning. it's a spare the air alert day. edrpool or catch the bus or a hazy and the worst air quality will be in the inland east bay and santa clara valley. as we look at our forecast for the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station we'll be at 52 degrees as you head out the too. jacket weather to start and a lot more comfortable as we go through the day. 1:00 we're at 71 degrees in oakland as we head over t and now we have bay fare that's okay as well. there was some police activity and we're checking on that again. what we can report from that, it wasn't a big deal t may have been a little scuffle over there, but we're looking at recovery and at most a couple trains, maybe up to 20-minute delay but the rest of the system okay and they cleared it quickly enough that it should be all right for the morning commute. we'll track that, because the morning commute is kicking in. over here that's the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights turn

coming up we will tell you the changes being made to the warm springs bart station. >>> amazon expanding its take on convenience stores. where its new cashier free brooke -- free brooke -- brick and mortar store is expected to open. >>> getting a little heavier out there on westbound 24 heading to the tunnel. >>> our pattern is about to change. we're going into a cooler one. i will show you how much cooler coming up. olay regenerist wipes out the competition; hydrating better than $100, $200 even $400 creams. with our b3 complex, >>> welcome back. did you see this? in eastern europe a truck slammed into a motorcade caring the president of mulled over. it was caught on camera. it happened yesterday during rainy weather . the president was not seriously hurt. he did have some scratches and bruises. vladimir putin and has led the former soviet republic for almost 2 years. >>> president trump says apple should shift its production to the u.s. and out of china to avoid tariffs. on saturday the president tweeted, apple prices may increase because of the massive tariffs we may be imposing on ch

police say, he got into an argument with a man on a warm -springs bound train.. and stabbed him in the thumb. nobody else was hurt in the incident. <:05 nats of incident>( marty ) a violent struggle on a muni train in san francisco... after a young man is accused of playing loud music. you can see he is nearly thrown off that train after getting into a fight with two other passengers. it happened around 8-45 thursday night on the n-judah line in the sunset neighborhood. kron four's philippe djegal talked with investigators who say everyone involved declined to press charges. (philippe)nats- why an argument over loud music turned into this violent tumble isn't clea..no name/passenger- "uh, it's pretty bad." but the person who posted it online says the incident started with the passenger in the blue short-sleeved shirt tackling the young man in dark clothing being pushed out of the second car of a two car muni train.whitney taylor/rider- "i think the level of aggression that they showed against that person was, is excessive." the older passenger i

services to the warm springs station in fremont on both the orange and green lines. passengers will no longer need to transfer lines at the fremont station. b.a.r.t.'s added service will operate monday through saturday. not on sunday. >>> well, if you plan to use the bay bridge tomorrow, you may face delays when caltrans stops traffic to demolish the last part of the old eastern span. crews will use explosives like they've done in the past. a blast like that one will destroy two support piers. abc 7 news was on the eastern span today when crews finished preparations for tomorrow's bic r big implosion. you can expect traffic to be stopped sometime between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 in the afternoon. >>> a lot more to come here. an air bnb nightmare in san francisco. you've got to see this. why cleanup crews had to wear protective suits when they entered. >>> a wild chase that went on for hours. see how this one came to a very unusual end. >>> and they raced into a burning home in the east bay to save a family. how these teenagers will be honored on a national stage. >>> item

matt keller live in fremont at the warm springs station. matt? >> reporter: yes, reggie. bart says this was an accident. that license plate reader system was on and taking pictures of tens of thousands of license plates at the mcarthur bart stphaeu station in oakland. the information from the surveillance cameras was being sent to the northern california regional intelligence center into a database i.c.e. can access. a parking lot is spokesman said the bart board told the police department in april 2016 not to turn them on. but at some point they got activated. east bay times reports bart sent pictures of 57,632 license plates to the database from at least january through august of last year. in november, the police department figured out they were recording and had the license plate readers powered off and completely uninstalled. bart says it has asked to have o all the information deleted. a bart board meeting is being held this morning at 9:00. live in fremont, matt keller, abc 7 news >>> thank you, matt. also on the agenda for bart, they will consider a policy to ban

it affects phase one of the silicon valley extension that will connect warm springs, milpitas and berryessa. devin fehely reports. >> it cannot be made acceptable and that it must be removed and replaced. >> reporter: the valley transportation authority says more than 1,000 pieces of equipment, switchers and routers, have formed the digital background of the new bart system will have to be replaced. adding more than a million dollars in countless hours to the already delayed project. >> we discovered a subcontractor that was using used parts where they should have been using new parts. we know our taxpayers and our riders deserve new parts and so we're telling them to go back and do it right. >> we're private contractors who make plenty of money on big projects like this. >> reporter: vta board members grilled staff members in charge trying to figure out why the faulty parts were installed in the first place an undetected for so long. >> it's being investigated. we are working with the contractor to ensure and vta is involved in the procurement of the new parts. >> reporter: the discovery o

on climate change begins wednesday in san francisco. ( darya ) you can now get to and from the warm springsl need to transfer at the fremont station. bart plans on expanding direct service to the station monday through saturday. the service begins this week. sunday service will remain unchanged. ááexplosionsáá( darya ) ( darya ) the final pier of the old eastern span of the bay bridge has been demoloished. the implosion took place on saturday. it was the last step before crews repurpose four marine foundations along yerba buena island... that will eventually be converted to an observation platform and a 140-foot long boardwalk. a 600-foot boardwalk is also planned for the shoreline. those boardwalks are expected to be open to are expected to be open to the public within a year. ( james ) a 2000- foot long ocean cleanup system anchored in the bay... has now been launched. the clean-up system will stop for testing about 300- miles offshore ... and then will be towed to the great pacific garbage patch. that patch of garbage is located midway between california and hawaii ... and is believed to

in warm springs that perhaps would help him with his legs. and so he tried that treatment. and for a number of years he used to go regularly to warm springs, would spend quite a bit of time there. and he always hoped that that would perhaps eventually help him. but he was never able to walk again after the polio. however, he was always trying to find a cure for polio and it was f.d.r.'s -- f.d.r. as president of the united states at the time when the march of dimes started where money was raised to try to get research going for polio and that is actually why today you have the f.d.r.'s face on the dime because that was the way they were trying to raise funds to try to find the cure to end this horrible illness. down the hallway, leading into the north wing of the house, just off that hallway, is the study that f.d.r. used in this house. and this is a really interesting room. there's a lot of history here because this is where f.d.r. would meet with heads of state that came to visit here. and it's really, i would say the most historic room in

. >> the delay affects phase one of the south bay extension that will connect three stations, warm springs >> kpix5's devin fehely with late information he's just learned from the mayor. >> reporter: yeah. for people watching this project, the headline was eye catching and disturbing, yet another substantial delay to the beleaguered b.a.r.t. to san jose extension project, but even more disturbing was the revelation the brand-new rail system was apparently being built with used parts. kpix5 news has learned the long awaited south bay b.a.r.t. extension is facing yet another delay that could add months, if not more than a year, to construction and testing pushing the project deep into 2019 and possibly beyond. >> working with one of our contractors, they included equipment that was not compliant. we have to return that equipment. we have to get compliant equipment and then we have to test it. >> reporter: vta board member cindy chavez was waiting to hear details about what went wrong at the agency's meeting this evening. it's a dramatic reversal of fortunes for a project that was initially o

. >>> bart is expanding direct service to and from the warm springs station.longer need to transfer to travel to and from warm springs on the lines. the change will be in effect monday through saturday. bart also says service on the green line will return to a 5:00 a.m. start time on weekdays which was the start time before the warm springs station had opened up. >>> hurricane oliva has weakened to a category one as it continues to move towards hawaii, and a search rescue team is on stand by ready to help. the 36 members of the california task force are preparing to be sent to hawaii if they are needed. oliva is expected to weaken the a tropical storm when it reaches hawaii early next week. the members of the team just returned home on august 31st from their week-long response to hurricane lane. >>> time now is 8:56. the family of stephon clark announced they are planning to sue the city of sacramento for $50 million. that wrongful death claim stems from the controversial shooting that gained national attention in march of this year. the officers suspect that

this land is owned by the native american warm springs tribe.s edwin greely. in this reimagined concert hall, noah hopes to remove the normal barriers to classical music. there are free tickets, casual clothes, and the opposite of formal seating, like perching on a rock overlooking the stage. a third of his audience has never attended a classical music concert. but even those who have likely haven't done it like this, wearing wireless headphones to encourage wandering. >> with the music in your headphones, the music becomes a sound track to your experience in the landscape. >> reporter: noah is winning over the classical skeptics. >> i said to my friend if he had invited me to a classical music concert, i would have said, nah. but this is tremendous. >> reporter: and the outdoor averse. >> well, she was a little bit hesitant at first, but she likes classical music so i am speechless, very speechless. it was nothing artificial here. it was all natural, natural surroundings. yes, indeed. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it's a new community noak hopes to create e

warm springs, milpitas and berryessa. and now we are learning hardly anything has been done to fix this. kpix 5 devin fehely has more on this. >> reporter: in the three weeks since the authority announced significant delays in the part extension, it will likely push the extension to the end of 2019. not one piece of the used equipment is at the root of the equipment, and it hasn't been removed. >> we don't want to move anything until we check with the manufacturer. and we want to make sure that each part is exactly what we ordered. >> reporter: that extraordinary level of oversight came after the contractor and subcontractors installed more than 1100 pieces of used equipment, routers and switches linking the brand-new lines communications and security systems. a spokesperson for the transit agency says there is a practical reason, to leave the used equipment in place for now. >> the equipment that was installed is being left where it is in place right now because we ken still conduct testing. so by leaving it there we are

but arson is ánot suspected. ( darya ) you can now get to and from the warm springs bart station in oneill need to transfer at the fremont station. bart plans on expanding direct service to the station monday through saturday. the service begins this week. sunday service will remain unchanged. ááexplosionsáá( darya ) the final pier of the old eastern span of the bay bridge has been demoloished. the implosion took place on saturday. it was the last step before crews repurpose four marine foundations along yerba buena island... that will eventually be converted to an observation platform and a 140-foot long boardwalk. a 600-foot boardwalk is also planned for the oakland shoreline. those boardwalks are expected to be open to the public within a year. ( darya ) for your for your money this morning... microwaveable meals are seeing the best sales in a decade. and apple's biggest hardware event of the year is only a few days away. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. ( jane ) good morning frozen dinners are making a comeback.sales of frozen entrees rose 5.7% over the y

delays from bay fair to dublin - warm spring - richmond -and daly city. up to 20 minutes due to earlier police action. dublin - spring - richmond -and daly city. plam aheadbart delays up to 20 minutes due to earlier police action. delays from bay fair to dublin - warm spring - richmond -and daly city. plam ahead ( darya ) breaking news... crews are cleaning up a fuel leak from a plane at the san francisco airport. ( james ) kron 4's will tran joins us live now from sfo with the latest. will? a volaris flight scheduled to depart from san francisco international airport to mexico city early this morning was delayed after the aircraft leaked fuel, according to sfo officials. the flight was takeoff at 12:45 a.m. today, duty manager russ mackey said. the fuel spill from the plane - an airbus a320 according to information from flightaware.com - amounted to less than 10 gallons, the fligh scheduled to takeoff at 4:30 a.m. today, he said. mackey said the spill didn't affect any storm drains and volaris mechanics inspected the aircraft. the number of passengers on

they say, he got into an argument with a man on a warm -springs bound train.. stabbed him in the thumb. nobody else was hurt in the incident. (ken)tonight: san francisco police announced they have arrested the teen accused of firing a gun in a high school classroom.the student was booked into the juvenile justice center on several felony charges including suspicion of assault with a firearm, and possession of ammunition on school grounds. after the gun went off, the high school immediately went on lockdown, and all students were kept in classrooms behind locked doors.earlier today: the school district said they will be providing extra counseling to support students. lawrence karnow: high pressure began to build back into the bay area today and helped warm the temperatures. skies cleared out earlier too with highs in the mid 80s inland and 70s around the bay and 60s at coast. it will be a mostly clear this evening before patchy fog returns to the bay. on the satellite you can see the ridge of high pressure building overhead. we will likely see more of a northerl

as you make your way out the door to the freemont warm springs bart station it will be a cool start with mid 50s and heading into the low 80s there. we will talk about all of our micro climates and the cooler air for the weekend coming up. mike now you are tracking two traffic alerts. >> two traffic hen advisories. out to san jose. and the trivalley. we will start with 680 s -- 680 northbound, the two middle lanes are blocked by a crash there. and chp cannot move one of the vehicles involved in the crash. they have to wait for a flat bad tow. we are following the build. this is unexpected for folks from freemont heading into the dublin interchange to san ramon. southbound is affected by all the lotus. the south valley, jammed up north of the 101 split. brakes all the way up, crawling towards blossom hill road. this crash still blocks two lanes. two lapse are cleared of vehicles. there are thou injuries. that's the better news. a of the south bay moves smoothly. watch out for emergency vehicles approaching any scene. more of a concern is the surface street traffic over there in tr center.

abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at the warm springs station. matt? >> reporter: yes.s was an accident, jessica. the license plate reader system was on and took pictures of tens of thousands of cars at the macarthur bart station. the information was being sent to the northern california regional intelligence center into a database i.c.e. can access. the board said not to turn them on. at some point they got activated. the east bay times said bart sent peubgtsz of 57,632 license plates to the database from january through august of last year. in november, the police department figured on out they were recording and had the license plate readers powered off and completely uninstalled. bart asked to have all the collected info deleted. the cameras will remain in stora storage. a hearing will be held candidate at 9:00 a.m. >>> bart will be considering a policy that would ban travel for staff to nine states. they have laws that some say discriminate against the lgbt community. alabama, kansas, kentucky, mississippi. there would be exceptions, for example, if bart needs to m

it affects phase one of the silicon valley extension that will connect three stations, warm springs,tas and berryessa. the valley transportation authority says more than 1,000 pieces of equipment, switchers and routers that form the digital backbone of the new bart system will have to be replaced. vta board members grilled staff members in charge of the south bay bart extension. they are trying to figure out why the faulty equipment was installed and how it went undetected for so long. >> it's under investigation right now. so we're working with the contractor to ensure and vta is involved in the procurement of the new parts. >> vta says the additional repairs mean the project will drag on until the end of next year. >>> in san jose, city crews began lowering parking meters that were placed too tall for shorter drivers to use properly. this happened after a kpix 5 report. len ramirez reports on the city's rape tallest street parking meters around the civic center and then cut them down to size. two meters on san pedro street lost about 6 inches of pole height each part of a prelimina

components such as these that have been installed in a ten-mile stretch of construction south of the warm springsectronics cost $1.2 million a part of the communications equipment that controls lighting, public intercom system and fire alarms in some stations. the subcontractor installed used instead of new parts. >> it's not that there could be problems. it's just the parts were not per specification. >> reporter: she says officials didn't discover the problem until june, after the oversight board had gone on summer break. the subcontractor is now replacing all of the used components with new ones. >> we are taking measures to take that equipment out, those parts, and replace it and then we'll retest. >> reporter: in an email statement, san jose mayor sam liccardo, who chairs vta's board which is overseeing the phase of construction says: struction says: some passengers agree, safety should be the top consideration. >> i think passengers can take a bit of of inconvenience. >> reporter: the completion will now be pushed back to the fall of 2019 at the earliest. they still have confidence in the m

police say he got into an argument with a man on a warm-springs bound train.. and stabbed him in the thumb. nobody else was hurt in the incident. (pam) a spike in crime in the south bay, especially burglaries, has residents sounding the alarm in san jose. (ken) as kron 4's rob fladeboe reports... one neighborhood in particular has been targeted in recent weeks . matt meduri/burglary victim "...my wife heard someone pounding on the door..."the day before yesterday, at 7:30 in the morning, whle both he and his wife were home, somebody kicked in the front door of matt meduri's home here on carmel drive in willow glen. hearing voices, they ran off.matt meduri/willow glen resident "...i called the polcie and three of them came out right away i was really surprised...."on thursday, three masked men tried to rob another home before an alarm chased them off. eddie garcia/san jose police chief ".....we have seen a spike in crime in that area....san jose police chief eddie garcia says a task force has been set up to address the problemeddie garcia "...we have a team that

matt keller is live in fremont at the warm springs station. matt?reporter: good morning, jessica. bart says they didn't realize that this license plate reader system was accidentally activated at that macarthur bart station in oakland. but they said once they realized it was on, they turned them off and took them down. it is where this info went that really has people upset. it ended up at the northern california regional intelligence center into a database i.c.e. can access. the bart board told the police department in april 2016 not to turn them on. but at some point they got activated. media partner, east bay times, reports bart sent peubgtsz oficf pictures of 57,632 license plates to the database from at least january through august of last year. in november, the police department figured out they were recording and had the license plate readers powered off and completely uninstalled. bart says it has asked to have all the information deleted. a bart board meeting is being held this morning at 9:00. live in fremont, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>>

. >>> meanwhile, the delay affects that will connect the three stations warm springs, milpitas and various. we will have that for you coming up.>>> new housing data shows just how tough the bay area market has become. according to the real estate website, the low, average homeowners in the san jose metro area spend 54% of their income on mortgages. san francisco metro is close behind at 45%, san jose metro which covers all of santa clara county is the least affordable housing market in the country. the study as san jose -- has san jose buyers at the bottom of the letter, 80% of their salaries. >> apparently the bay area is becoming too expensive even for a fortune 500 company. >>> san francisco based company, core mark announced plans to reno definitely cut -- relocate headquarters to dallas, texas next year. the ceo cited high operating costs in san francisco. >>> he stomps on the roof, kicks out the window and then jumping jacks, a wild arrest in the central valley. >> at the end of an era in berkeley. >>> we speak to people who have put decades of work into pacific steel casting. >>> a

the first phase of the san jose extension will go from fremont's warm springs station to berryessa.ows us transportation leaders are trying to figure out how this happened. >> it cannot be made acceptable and that it must be removed and replaced. >> reporter: the valley transportation authority says more than 1,000 pieces of equipment, switchers and routers, have formed the digital background of the new bart system will have to be replaced. adding more than a million dollars in countless hours to the already delayed project. >> we discovered a subcontractor that was using used parts where they should have been using new parts. we know our taxpayers and our riders deserve new parts and so we're telling them to go back and do it right. >> we're private contractors -- they were private contractors to make plenty of money on big projects like this. >> reporter: vta board members grilled staff members in charge trying to figure out why the faulty parts were installed in the first place an undetected for so long. >> it's being investigated. we are working with the contractor to ensure and

if you are headed to the warm springs bart station in fremont we have temperatures in the low 50s. at 61 and sunshine. 1:00, we are at 71 degrees. a look at the week's forecast that's about to heat up coming up in a few minutes. may have changes at the bay bridge. >> good changes. looking behind me folks will say, oh, a backup at the bay bridge. what's the big deal? it lightened up in the last ten minutes. we were looking at a smooth flow of traffic. by the way, that was not an impression of any particular person. that was mine if i was not impressed. a rake reported in

stretch of construction south of the warm springs station. the components cost about $1.2 million and are part of the communications equipment that controls lighting, public intercom and fire alarms. the spokeswoman said they discovered a subcontractor installed used instead of new parts. >> it's not in a there could be problems. it's just the parts were not per specifications. >> reporter: she says officials didn't discover the problem until june, after the oversight board had gone on summer break. the subcontractor it replacing the used parts with new parts. >> then we retest. >> reporter: in an email statement, san jose mayor sam liccardo, who chairs vta's board which is overseeing this phase of construction says in part: our top priority is ensuring that we have a safe and secure system which is why we're working to replace the improper equipment as soon as possible. some passengers agree. safety should be the top consideration. >> i think passengers can take a bit of inconvenience rather than end up outside the tracks with the carriages

if you are headed to the warm springs bart station in fremont we have temperatures in the low 50s. at 10:00 we are at 61 and sunshine. 1:00, we are at 71 degrees. a look at the week's forecast that's about to heat up coming up in a few minutes. may have changes at the bay bridge. >> good changes. looking behind me folks will say, oh, a backup at the bay bridge. what's the big deal? it lightened up in the last ten minutes. we were looking at a smooth flow of traffic. by the way, that was not an impression of any particular person. that was mine if i was not impressed. a rake reported in a roy arouad. keep that in mind. south bay looking good. no major problems on the roads. smooth drive to caster valley. one issue is single tracks reaching old ironsides toward sunnyvale there is an issue with the overhead power lines. they are keeping trains on one track. >> new this morning a new response from the bay area woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. >> now she's telling the world her name. chris sanchez is following the story for us. >> reporter: we trie

and as we head out the door for work this morning, heading to the warm springs b.a.r.t. station in fremont, it will be a chilly one to start with, some low 50s and warming up into the mid-70s. it will be a hotter day with some of the inland valleys back in the low 90s and it will get hotter as the week goes along. i'll talk more about that coming up and vianey has been tracking major issues on 880. >> they continue, but at least the rest of the bay area seems to be moving along okay. now look at the south bay, we've got nice green roads, along the peninsula as well. meanwhile in hayward, chp the latest update tow trucks were on the way. our desk is actively making calls to see how that's doing but southbound 880 at wynton avenue a multivehicle crash all lanes remain blocked. i'll seen some reports on twitter the semi that was involved in the crash may be getting moved off to the side. that backup is all the way through the 238 interchange and i'm also seeing reports of slowing along mission so this may be your time to head out the door take surface streets or get caught u

if you're on your way to the warm springs b.a.r.t. station, it will be 55 degrees at 7:00. d we go from the mid-50s to all that sunshine, warming those temperatures up. at noon we're at 79 degrees. we continue to go up from there, 83. if you plan to go hiking in areas where we have a high fire danger, check the trail status before you go. some trails may be closed. we'll have updates on that and the red flag warning in effect. if your trail is open, it's going to be warming up fast. it's best to get o there early. by 10:00 our temperatures are in the low 70s. heading up to 95 in antioch. livermore reaching 94 degrees. it will be a day to have air conditioning blasting in concord with high of 96. san jose reaching 88 degrees. if you can, make it a beach day. it will be nicer in santa cruz with our highs this afternoon reaching into the mid-70s. let me know what you have going on. i'm @karihallweather on facebook and instagram. as we look at these numbers from the low 90s heading into the weekend to some 60s and low 70s for the coasts in san francisco. we'll cool it off by a f

if you're on your way out to the warm springs station, it's going to be mostly in the mid-50s through 7:00. we go from the mid-50s to the upper 60s by early afternoon, and then as you make your way out for school this morning, we are going to see san jose temperatures going from 55 and partly cloudy to sunny and 67 by the time that last school bell rings. we'll talk more about the forecast coming up and mike, taking us back to the crash in fremont. >> we have the update, chp arrived and sure enough people get confused on their commute, an overall

if you're on your way out to the warm springs station, it's going to be mostly in the mid-50s through about 7:00. we go from the mid-50s to the upper 60s by early afternoon, and then as you make your way out for school this morning, we are going to see san jose temperatures going from 55 and partly cloudy to sunny and 67 by the time that last school bell rings. we'll talk more about the forecast coming up and mike, taking us back to the crash in fremont. >> we have the update, chp arrived and sure enough people get confused on their commute, an overall nonconfusing pattern though. the confusion issohbound 680, t direction for the crash and that is your commute direction and we see slowing south out of sunol and toward mission north that's where the crash is, if the commute direction on the shoulder a little distraction. more slowing as folks build up headed toward mission south, that's the connector toward 880 what we call the fremont funnel. folks funnel down into the south bay. also getting down southbound 880 toward tennison and right behind the shield and off the shoulder, now a c