bart ace and muni look good. remember kcbs 740 am.ere is tracy. >>> this monday morning, more cool weather expected, here is a look at san jose, yeah, morning haze down there, and we also have something else, delays on arrivals, sfo one hour. here is what you can expect out the door plenty of cloud, low drizzle along the coastline delays around the bay and a few breaks of sunshine inland for the morning. heading into the afternoon, plenty of sunshine inland mild temperatures, ranging from low 70s, low 80s. remaining cloudy along the coastline temperatures to lower 60s. let's take a look. upper 50s. daly city and pacifica. lower 70s. redwood city, palo alto. santa clara, milpitas, lower 70s. fremont and union city, san jose, 75 degrees. mid-60s oakland, 75 walnut creek, dublin, pleasonton, lower 80s pittsburgh, antioch also in brent wood. north bay locations, lower 70s. boy you are cool. 71 santa rosa, sonoma, napa. lower 70s san raphael as well as lower 60s sausalito and san francisco. chance of showers, thunderstorms, lake tahoe, owe

drivers say what ac transit is doing is chaotic and unsafe. >> the working conditions at ac are perfectlyhe union knows that. they're being dishonest when they say otherwise. the routes are the same, the service is the same, the drivers are participating in a rolling sick out and the only people it's hurting are the riders. >> reporter: meantime the passengers are getting impatient. >> we're trying not to strike, sir. >> reporter: later this week the union goes to court in the hopes of forcing ac transit to rescind the contract and the new schedules they impose after talks broke off. ac transit said if that happens weekend bus service will be eliminated and some drivers will be laid off. in berkeley, cbs 5. >>> making money on marijuana. the strategy that some say goes too far to fill a city's. [ indiscernible ] >>> and milestone reached today. >>> coming up in just a few minutes, it is the smartest show in the history of television. we got a yale guy, m.i.t. guy, harvard guy. jeremy coming to play in front of the hometown crowd. how do you feel? >> i'm excited. i'm definitely excited for

. >>> i'm jade hernandez, a judge's decision could affect ac transit riders. >>> the charges oakland police now plan to seek against a man who took over an emergency room. that's all ahead on ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >>> i'm heather holmes in this new time for tory campbell. we begin in the south bay where it's been very difficult day for for firefighters that are being laid off. >> reporter: one by one the first phase of firefighters being laid off showed up to turn in their gear. >> the reality set in about five minutes ago. >> reporter: 13 of the 49 firefighters are saying their final goodbyes. many staff members came in on their day off to pay their respects. today firefighters were greeted with hugs and given words of encouragement from firefighters. >> he wished us success. he said it was the first day we meet and hopefully not the last. >> reporter: the new chief which starts tomorrow was here to say goodbye. >> i'm amazed i only made it one year and i'm getting let go. >> reporter: the city is battling a budget shortfall. that's why the city asked the union for a 10%. >>

i cannot agree with ac transit numbers. those are those numbers i don't know if they're true or not. all i know is we are working. >> you're saying the majority are working that is about 15% out. you do want to call attention to the fact you are having a dispute do you not? >> yes. actually there is a labor dispute. the fact is this whole process is on there any legal. ac transit was ordered by the court to come back to the table and negotiate. today is a 30 that ac transit has not talked to the union. now, they are threatening if they do they will cut weekend service. if they win they will impose a contract on us. this is the executive vandalism and it's not fair. >> that's the latest thing they said they may have to eliminate we can service and you see that as a threat? >> now they're blackmailing the public and that's not fair. >> we have spoken with them many times they say if you guys that are affecting the rights and whether you won a call it a sickout or not on a normal day 40 routes would not be cancelled like or ye

bart, ace muni are running on time. that is your traffic for your forecast here is tracy. >>> kcbs radio our radio partners for the weather as well. daily planner, let's talk about our non-summer time forecast. doesn't feel like summer everyone has been talking about it. we have been stuck in that particular pattern all week long no major warm ups expected quite mild and below average. heading out the door, quite cloudy, loculateds, cloudy conditions on the coast even a little drizzle. essentially low to mid-50s. inland temperatures ranging from lower 70s to 80s. mix of sun and cloud, lower 70s. remains cloudy for the coastline temperatures remaining. we call it a fog product. essentially giving us an idea forecasting in time what we think would be happening with the fog and clouds as we move through the morning. plenty of clouds, eventually clearing for the east bay as well as south bay but take a look around the bay, no true clearing, we will still see the clouds, fanning out a bit but no clear delean caucasian as far

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ac transit says it has to close a projected $56 million budget deficit over two years. and that it had to impose a contract for a quick $16 million savings. >> ac transit bus drivers and mechanics have been working under an imposed contract since july 18th. today, lawyers for their union were in an alameda county courtroom asking a judge to lift that contract and put things back as they were before the 18th. lawyers for ac transit were there, too, arguing their side the judge said she'll decide monday at the earliest. in the meantime, drivers say they'll continue to work. >> we said we're going to work. we're working. we're working. my members are we working? yes. >> and a key legal question is whether either side broke rules of an agreement made with another judge when the contract expired with no deal, both sides agreed to go to finding arbitration. this is with certain rules in the meantime. >> the rules... are that we don't strike. and that the district don't impose. we have not striked. and we have not -- we're not on a sickout. we're working. but the district is i

today riders on ac transit experience delays. yesterday riders experienced the very same delays when 20% of ac drivers called in sick. >> it usually come around five minutes to and it came almost an hour later. >> reporter: they claim union members have haggled over a contract since november. now ac transit faces a $50 million deficit. >> union members may not realize that if their leadership is successful, they are gonna lose their jobs in this court hearing today. >> reporter: claudia hudson has been a bus operator for three decades and is the lead union negotiator. >> this is the deal -- operators get to choose for themselves whether or not they can operate a bus on the road safely. this is a case where ac transit refuses to train. >> reporter: hudson says they face quick turnaround times to and from work and operating buses on unfamiliar routes. ac union says if they get the -- >> the bus drivers should be showing up for work. 20% of them not showing up are doing a disservice for the riders. they need to come to work. there a

yes a nearly one in five of them called an sec, ac transit officials said there was an unusually high number of sick calls forcing the agency to balder's to writers. on sundays he chanted imposed a new contract on the workers the contract the workers simply do not like. the union claims of the workers were not engaged in a sick out. fremont, which ran, kron4 news. >> if you typically ride ac transit and your experience delays today let us know about you can reach us at one of two ways you can send as a tweet or you think of your facebook account. george. >> thank you one of the big game plans likely possible this morning is the bay bridge toll plaza, a lot of murders reside rather than risk delays with the ac transit a lot of folks taking a see transit across the bay. that could account for a bigger back up said the bay bridge toll plaza, so far no indication of that, we're not getting any word of any serious problems yet. other than the delays then maybe experience today on the part of commuters. looking here at the bay bridge is you can see traffic is for this move, no problems yet

. >> 706 more delays for ac transit expected. no changes in the contract negotiations between the bus system and the union. as a result another sickout is expected causing delays and cancellations for riders. it is about contract negotiations that are at an impasse. both sides have to go to arbitration in the meantime ac transit can impose its contract. the drivers union will be fighting it this way ac transit board of ed directors may appeal the order for binding arbitration. >> a change in leadership may be in store at 4 bp. reports in the states and overseas say bp see all tony award is on his way out. bp says no final decision has been made about a possible management change the board meets today the day before the company announces results for the second quarter. one of the possible replacements is the lob dudley heer is dealing with the day-to-day events of the oil spill. he would be the first american to head the oil giant. back on track after tropical storm bonnie they will reconnect a drill rig to the relief tunnel that

some injury rider's i talked to here say the delays continue with bill give up on ac transit.n francisco kron 4 news. >> san jose fire station 33 will close on monday due to budget cuts in this part of town will hold a fire in response times will grow longer appeared far official said the next closest asian is a nine and drive away. that would be the response time for seven firefighters right here in the middle of the area. things are uncertain near downtown densely packed area that relies on station 30 soon to be downgraded. will not take up to 8 minutes more to respond compared having mentioned in the middle the neighborhood. in san jose kron 4 news. >> instead of his go muni is doing away with its monthly paper passes and replacing them with the clipper card a hard plastic card which will be refillable and used over and over each month it will be good not only for muni but for many of the other public transportation agencies in the bay area. all muni will repasses will be replaced with the clipper card by april 1st. reporting in san francisco kron 4 news. in a >> san jose d

you will get none, ac transit. >> in spite of that, regular riders said ac transsit not on strike. the union denies what's been going on this sweek a sick-out protest. they say drivers are calling in sick because they've been asked to drive a route they're not trained for or because of changes in their work schedule that are less convenient leaving some workers in a lurch for childcare. that new contract imposed on them changed work rules and increased their health care costs. a judge has ordered the union and ac transit to settle this ongoing contract with an arbitrator. the union has asked a judge to stop the imposition of this contract. the judge isn't expected to rule on that until next friday, a week from tomorrow. reporting live here in oakland, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, gob. the bay area has a new park to enjoy. a kickoff celebration for the dublin hills park just orth north 580. it's a 520-re park. it gives hikers a gorgeous view of san francisco, mt.52 tam and just about everything in between. rails are openeto hikers, bikers and equestrians. more than 100,

more than 230 ac transit workers on monday, then tuesday and now today have called in sick, most are bus drivers. some transit riders have noticed a change. >> the bus driver that was driving was new. he did not know the route, wasn't nobody on the bus to show him which way to go. he passed up all of his turns. >> reporter: today, 230 out of 1200 ac transit workers called in sick. in, in the midst of a labor dispute, but the union says it's not a deliberate act. >> this is not a sick-out. ac transit has created a chaos in the way that transit is provided on the street. >> reporter: union president claudia hudson says ac transit imposed a contract on the union and made drastic changes to routes. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: for safety reasons. >> the bus driver has diabetes who can't see at night. he's now forced to work nights. >> reporter: but ac transit spokesman says the union is being disingenuous at best. >> different people are phoning in sick at different days yet the number remains around 200 or above. they are not being honest with the public. >> reporter: singer denies allega

. >> reporter: and the feud between ac transit and its drivers continues today. we'll have the latest claims from the union. that story and more. the noon news is moments away. >>> good afternoon. we begin this noontime with a tragic story out of concord. a 2-year-old boy was mauled to death this morning by his family's pit bulls. the attack happened at the family's home on the 1700 block of trail creek court around 8:45 this morning. contra costa county animal services say the boy had walked into gravel where the -- garage where the three pit bulls were kept. you can see the yellow tape there. police still on the scene. the 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the hospital. two adult relatives and a younger child were inside the house when the boy was attacked. the pit bulls have been taken by animal control officers. >>> a horrible greyhound bus accident that killed six people in central california. it happened just before 2:00 a.m. on northbound highway 99 just outside of downtown fresno. the bus was headed from los angeles to sacramento with at least 47 pass

on different days but that about 2 >> it is unclear how long this dispute will go one and they want acransit to roll back the changes and return to the bargaining table and the issue will go before a judge at the end of the mind. in oakland, ken pritchett. it paid to. >>> an extension to the south they may be one step closer to the reality. the house to present its appropriations committee has approved a bill that will provide $2 million to the valley transit authority. bart is asking for $900 million in federal grant money to pay for that extension of. >>> santa clara base supply materials will cut as many as 500 jobs in a move to restructure its solar panel business. they say the cuts are part of a $425 million restructuring plan to make its environmental division profitable by next year could a spokesman said the cuts would apply from the global work force by november. it is not immediately clear how many workers in the bay area will lose their jobs. >>> housing figures released today indicate mortgage default notices are at their lowest levels in three years. the research firm said

director ford: is there any staff from any of the member agencies, such as ac transit, the mta? i think all of us should probably have some folks there to help supplement this and just make sure it is as smooth a transition as possible. that is something agency-wide we're looking at in the mta to make sure. you are planning to do that, too? there may be some coordination needed of all of these volunteers or employees that are going to be at the temporary terminals. >> we are in close coordination with meany -- with muni and with ac transit who will be working with the program. we're working closely with our staff on what dates they can help supplement our efforts. we will have a terminal right inside the entrance, and then they will be there as well and walking through the site. also, i know that ac transit plans on having a table during the move once we are over at the temporary terminals for that week. at different times. an mta will have different staff available walking around. we have also created ambassador program shirts, so everyone will be easily identified. each transi

. >>> if you ride ac transit, bring your patience today. the bus system and the drivers still do not have a deal and that could mean more delays on routes throughout the city. christie smith is live at oakland and she has a look at where that dispute stands today. christie? >> reporter: i can tell you there is a contract-related court date coming up this friday. also this week ac transit's board of directors may decide to take action here. until then, it looks like there may be more service zbrupdisrup happening this week. according to ac transit, between 180 and 230 bus drivers called in six each day last week, which they say is more than twice the average. for riders caught in the middle, it amounts to canceled runs and delays. the unions, they blame management here saying they waited until june 30th to walk away from the bargaining table and that's when ac transit's board imposed a contract. the agency is dealing with a $56 million budget deficit and management wants in part $15 million in concessions from the union workers. a judge step

let me know if ac transit -- twitter. let me know if ac transit is down. we want to know about it. >>> let's go to mark. >> we're looking at quite a bit of overcast behind me, the berkeley area, in fact. pretty much the same story across the bay area. partly sunny skies out towards fairfield, concord, livermore. we're talking about a cooling trend. it looks like we're right on track. areas of fog, in fact, you can see the forecast model at 7:00 this morning. did a nice job with the overcast. then into the afternoon hours, pulling it out, where we could still have leftover patches of fog. we'll go partly sunny, still some coastal fog and temperatures ranging from the upper 50s to the shoreline. warmest locations inland. no more 90s. hottest locations in the 80s, around 83 to 86 degrees. temperatures today, a little bit cooler than yesterday. here we go with the numbers. currently, santa rosa, 52. san francisco, 53. livermore, 56. concord currently right around 56 degrees as well. high pressure beginning to weaken. as a result we're shaving off a few degrees

ac transit called it a sickout. the union is not just yet, but what did happen is quite a few drivers, enough to effect service, called in sick a day after a newly imposed contract became effective. so much so the service across the dumbarton bridge was down 50%. yesterday they had 8 buses. the union is expected today to head to court to get an injunction which lifts the current schedule. it instituted new rules in several areas. ac transit, on the other hand, says if the union has their way they can expect additional layoffs and service cuts. the new contract, ac transit says, helps cut the district's cost by more than $15 million and without a contract the district bleeds $300,000 per week and puts them in jeopardy of becoming bankrupt. more on this throughout the morning, live from oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> it now appears a cell phone may have played a roll in the tragic death of a boy vacationing. he fell from the top of an ocean bluff south of the beach. it happened yesterday afternoon wh

we are expecting to get an update from ac transit any minute now. we will bring that to you as soon as we get it in. >>> there are more overnight fires to tell you about. this time in richmond. two vehicles went up in flames. police are telling us they consider these fires suspicious. ktvu's kraig debro is at the of the fires with the details. >> reporter: this is giant road or giant highway -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: -- light out. of course, the fire crews worked relatively quickly and -- [ inaudible ] >> reporter: -- would not be much but certainly raised the possibility that an arsonist or arsonists may have returned to contra costa county to resume a very expensive crime. investigators say there were two suspicious vehicle fires overnight in richmond. the giant highway and richmond parkway near the park jester neighborhood is the scene of the second of two locations. fire crews responded to reports an suv was on fire at this location. the fire was out quickly and no reports of injuries. investigators did not discuss with us why they think the

the proposed budget would help ac transit from closing a gap. and for those looking to ride ac transit tomorrow, sick outs are still expected tomorrow. >>> congress could pass the $34 million extension by tomorrow. helping americans and californias who's benefits have run out. >> we'll be able to go back and automatically file the extension for them. checks as early as next week for some people and following thereafter for others. >> reporter: unemploys californians will still have to fill out claim forms for the time their claims had lapsed. >>> and revenue up 78% for the most recent quarter, apple has said reknew was up 78% for the most recent quarter. the earnings were spurred by sales of apple's new i pad and iphone 4 despite recent complaints of antenna problems from that new phone. maureen naylor has more of what that means for officers. >>> what's been dubbed antenna gate has not appeared to affect sales of the iphone four. >> reporter: at the same time apple was announcing the quarters earnings, brophy was going into this apple store to

ac transit says to continue route we are only allowed to work 10 hours. >> ac transit is posting that from the online you can find out about those by going to our web site. >> carpoolers the one page across the golden gate bridge car pools across the bridge down 60% since the toll went into effect carpoolers are down significantly traffic as all its remaining steady. most of those carpoolers are opting to drive themselves by themselves. the big board dipping down and up. right now -16 points the other industries mixed we are keeping an eye on that there has been mixed news and traders are reacting to that this morning. >> and natural gas explosion destroying this two-story building housing a welding operation. it blew up a 615 this morning blew up with such force it to cost victims and to the street somewhere and under occurs when firefighters got on scene. three people which under carson had to be rescued the army of fire fighters that showed up there to dig through the debris victims are in hospital we don't know their condition right now there were a will to but the fire route in 2

. >> if you are one of the hundreds of people who take ac transit on the weekend you may just need to find another ride. details in this story are straight ahead. >> one day after police killed a pregnant cow at the state fair there is a new incident to tell you about involving five calves. >>> and i will be back here in about five minutes with tomorrow's forecast. it does include some warming as we head towards the weekend. . >> it's been debated for decades but today the metropolitan transportation commission gave the okay to spend $5 million to design a suicide barrier for the golden gate bridge. the barrier would be a steel net suspended below the net to camp jumpers. the $5 million in design money is coming from the federal government. golden gate bridge directors are going to september meeting at therapy meeting on august 18th. >>> the angry dispute between ac transit and the drivers may end all weekend service if they don't come to a decision soon. mike mibach with the report. >> reporter: frank, ac transit says they need to cut $15 million so if it can't take it out of the poc

the ac transit labor dispute heads to court today. a judge may decide whether or not to overturn a contract that was imposed on ac transit workers. the contract changed work rules and shifted hours. angering bus drivers, who -- [ inaudible ] >> -- budget deficit. ac transit says if the judge reinstates the old contract all weekend transit service could be eliminated. >> 5:05 on this friday morning. it is early but never too early to go to sal and see how the commute is, sal. >> dave and claudine it is early but traffic is doing pretty well around the bay area right now. let's move along and you can see that it is a nice drive on 80 westbound as you drive from richmond to berkeley and ultimately to oakland to the bay bridge toll plaza. and at the toll plaza the traffic is light. no problems on the upper deck of the bay bridge. they have picked up road work there overnight on the span. we have a nice look at 280 that moves nicely up to highway 17 and northbound 17 also wide open coming down to the bottom of the hill. at 5:06 here is ste

. >> if you are one of the hundreds of people who take ac transit on the weekend you may just need to find another ride. details in this story are straight ahead. >> one day after police killed a pregnant cow at the state fair there is a new incident to tell you about involving five calves. >>> and i will be [ female announcer get extra savings at the jcpenney appreciation sale. save an extra 15% on all regular, sale, and clearance items. everything, no exclusions! save on everything for her, for him, for kids, all jewelry, and home. go to jcp.com to see everything on sale! jcpenney. . >> it's been debated for decades but today the metropolitan transportation commission gave the okay to spend $5 million to design a suicide barrier for the golden gate bridge. the barrier would be a steel net suspended below the net to camp jumpers. the $5 million in design money is coming from the federal government. golden gate bridge directors are going to september meeting at therapy meeting on august 18th. >>> the angry dispute between ac transit and the drivers may end all weekend service if they

ac transit said the alternative is layoffs. >> if the contract is overturned ac transit bus drivers willayoffs as well as cutbacks in service because the district can afford the contract that the unions are demanding. the union doesn't like the contract was imposed because of us them to contribute to the health care payments and increases their salaries. we don't think that's a bad deal given these bad economic times. ç million dollar deficits in the new contract will see the district about $15 million and layoffs. >> ac transit said the stickout is held by writers for the systems of people spoke to did notice a delay and serviceable if you said the impact was worse yesterday. >> really upset me and pride myself unable to get to work on time. >> effects as on those like me who rely and public transportation to get to work every day. >> the need to work a deal u#>9%:j%(lç fair to commuters that are trying to get to work and to try to bust a can do it. >> if it was busy i would in an hour for the boss said it was really bad in both ways up and back everybody was frustrated it was really ba

it may be next year before a wave of stick out continues for ac transit riders are feeling the pain. thursday 190 drivers called in six pushing the numbers past 800 for the week. it has led to finger-pointing by both sides. minute they accuse management trying to accuse us strike. the new contract allows them to choose whatever route they want the union leadership says it will model that. a two year-old boy dead this morning after he was attacked and killed by three of his family's five peoples. dan kron has more. >> the to year-old boy was inside his home along with his grandmother and uncle and brother. 845 he entered the grosz which proved to be a deadly decision. >> there were family pet balls and inside the garage they attacked him and severely injured the boy. he was pronounced deceased at the hospital. >> the pit bulls involved were three of 05 the family owned. two other were in the yard. news and news of the death and the fact the family has so many couples came as a surprise. >> i'm surprised because my son gray son comes in place you can see the chalk marks on the sidewalk

ac transit has disrupted the lives of many operators along with the riding public. been writing as has been a life for years with three days' notice they now require one operator to shot to work at 630 in the morning getting off at 730 in the evening they have her husband coming to work at 1230 and rows and getting off at 1230 in the morning midnight. so now they are forced with three days' notice to find a another car because they cannot ride to work together. we have another member that is actually packed his bag left his family and moved in with his parents here in oakland so that with three notice ac transit has disrupted the lives of its workers. >> we don't have ac transit officials here to provide their side so i will say what they have said. then you can address. they look at the numbers 200 are so drivers calling in sick each day monday and tuesday and then wednesday and they say it is a sickout. and you are disrupting service what you say to their church that. >> this is not a sickout we are calling a pushover my members are at work. >> what's the next up

ace train cal train had rough times yesterday but a good start today. let's take a look at the bay bridge your ride west bound to the bay bridge which looks good as you can see no problems just as we did see a big second wave at 10:00 that accounted for some delays for cash customers. san mateo bridge conditions good no problems heading car crosses and you can see a fair amount of traffic in both directions already little heavy in this half hour. the golden gate bridge and easy ride from errant throw problems between novato and the golden gate bridge. you'll have an easy trip but their progress and no problems or delays. taking a live look to san francisco for look at the kenyan uncrossed down freeways inbound central problem the biggest problem he may have to use when shall wipers you can see drizzled there with the low fog. any to drive the heading to sl. we think there is delays for inbound flights there been no delays to the drive to the airport. >> starting with developing story which is unfolding in oakland a man storms in the hospital hot and hol

the beginning of next week >> still no resolution to the ec transit contract dispute attorneys for ac transit workers asked the judge to block the new contract that was unilaterally imposed by ac transit sing a judge has ruled would be up to an arbitrator to decide what the new contract would look like. they should go back to the old contract in the meantime carried >> what did judge compelled us to go arbitration the rules are that we don't strike, and the district don't impose. we have not strike, we are not on a sickout we are working but the district has imposed. it looks like it's kind of one-sided. >> teacher is argue there's no problem putting a new contract at least until the arbitrator makes the new decision because the old contract had expired. >> sea trenches spokesperson said of the judge rules against them it will leave the district in the financial disaster. >> the district would lose all $60 million in savings that would lead to layoffs, union drivers as wallace: possibly the loss of weekend ac transit service for all over riders. >> the authority is expected to issue h

. >>> and ac transit travelers can experience another frustrating day. we have had details, up next. >>> good morning to you, welcome to the middle of the week. you made it. wednesday, july 21. i am dave clark. >> good morning. and i am pam cook. let's start with the weather. mark is in for steve. what is weather like? >> good morning to you. the weather has not changed too much. fog and drizzle this morning, temperatures head into the 50s. skies partly sunny, more sunshine inland and fog around the beaches. afternoon seabreezes kick in, 15 to 25 miles per hour. more in the forecast in a few minutes. sal now has an update on traffic. good morning, sal. >>> good morning. looking at traffic on interstate 880. moving along pretty well. we will be following that as we monitor traffic in the area. if you look at the bay bridge, small delay in the cash lanes, but really nothing major heading into san francisco. back to dave and pam. >>> late last night the oakland city council approved an ordinance that would make the city the first in the country to license m

. >>> ac transit and union leaderare trading accusations over an alleged sickoff.c transit said 250 drivers called in sick today. that's the same number as yesterday and monday. but the union denies there is a sickout and says the contract proposed poses safety records. we'll have more on this at 6:00. >>> the house appropriations committee just approved a spending bill that would provide $2 million in funding for the b.a.r.t. expansion. milpitas, santa clara and san jose. the project is expected to create almost 10,000 jobs. $350,000 from the spending bill is also earmarked to improve a domestic violence program in the silicon valley. >>> a new study indicates california schools are not being run efficiently. the study shows as more money is being funneled, the majority of the money is going to administrators and to overhead costs. a smaller share of dollars is going to students, teachers and materials. california already spends a majority of its tax revenue on education. >> it's the wrong time to see classroom expenditures going down. >> researchers want the gove

i'm a member of ace. >> my name is grace martinez and i'm an organizer with ace. >> we wanted to takehis opportunity to thank you for moving the e.i.r. forward. we ask you to continue to support the project in the bay view. we will pledge that ace will continue to work to make sure that the residents of bay view take advantage of the many benefits that are attached to this project and again, we just wanted to thank you today. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. peter warfield, library users association. i would like to think supervisor ross mirkarimi for what he did for libraries last month. at the june 16 budget and finance committee meeting, supervisor ross mirkarimi did a good thing for libraries and users of libraries when he expressed interest in the improvement of interim library service while branches are closed for renovation. your budget analyst had said the library should take a $400,000 cut. the city librarian agreed to do without that money. s*fr ross mirkarimi said his office had received many calls and letters expressing

across the bay ac transit could be tripped stranded if a contract for worker is put into place. what happens today a judge will decide at 9:00 a.m. if a new contract will go into effect. that contract was approved by ac transit officials and is being forced upon the drivers to cure it the union says they don't like the contract did not like the cuts they want to resume negotiations ac transit is asking them to stay on the job if they don't we could see 230,000 riders left without a way to get around these bay. 1750 people work for the agency last time they saw us right was 97 1/7. developing story we are few hours away from the press conference that could take another bite out of apple's reputation as apple under fire over its antenna problems they have been under pressure to take action the company may do that today the conference set for 10:00 this morning at cupertino headquarters jonathan blum as a closer look. >> after weeks of criticism apple holding a conference they could announce a recall but analysts say a recall would cost $1.5 billion so recall is not likely. if they

ac unit is facing a $56 million deficit over the next two years. the agency imposed controversial new work rules last month after bitter contract negotiations broke off with the amalgamated transit union. ac transit claims 150 drivers have been calling in sick every day for the past week because of the labor dispute and that's led to delays and cancellations on a number of bus routes. >> ultimately weekend service ending could be a result of the union's efforts to overturn the -- >> black bill. they are blackmailing the public to get the public on their side. >> ac transit says if it does decide to eliminate service on the weekends it will give the public six weeks' notice. >> people think coming out for special elections would be a good way to do a baseball law. those special elections cost a lot of money. >> what's oakland doing to stop the as from leaving? the current mayor is trying to keep the team but ultimately the fight may fall to the next mayor. today, political editor randy shandobil talked with the candidates. >> an irony impossible to

this is not the first time that ac transit has fell on hard times. would not only impose a hardship on the public, it would impose a hardship on my members. you know, were not different and said apart we are the community. we live next door to the people we carry. so no, strike is not to, it's not, it's not it. negotiating is it. >> this far as the district's new contract to they will go back to court next week to have that put on hold while the negotiations get under way. ac transit spokesperson tells kron 4 that they're urging the drivers to stay on the job for the public's best interest and they're reviewing the judge ordered to figure out the next at. the bart police oversight bill signed into law yesterday takes effect january 1, 2011. exactly two years after bart police officer shot and killed a non armed passenger on a fruit fill station platform in oakland. former bart police officer johannes mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for shooting and killing oscar grant. the new law enables the board to establish to the bart police o

ac transit's labor dispute continues as well. and it could affect your commute.e'll have a live report coming up next. >>> paying more for police protection. oakland city leaders grapple with ideas to get more officers on the street, but it could mean more money out of your pocket. >> and a live look at the long-term lot of one of the bay area's busiest airports this morning. we'll attempt to get it for you. police are trying to figure out how a fire that burned several cars got started. >>> in the meantime, we want to check in with mike inouye this morning. we've been talking about that -- it's a tragic bus crash in the central valley, fresno area. highway 99. we're not sure if there could be any bay area connection. definitely a big situation going . >> the bus was traveling the rthbound direction on 99 coming through theity of fresno right aund mckinley avenue. the rd i have is that bus wthas bound for sacramento. but ionw't kno whether or not that was going to continue into the bay area. k we'll keep following that. this is a story that affects many of us. we

. -- that acorn or ace continues to organize. i just wanted to ask you to respond to the criticism. >> at the beginning of this process, we reached out to over 100 organizations in bbq hunter's point. many of whom signed on note -- in the bayview hunters point. many of whom signed on. they also supported supervisor daly's measure that would have brought in 50% rentals into the bay viewb -- ayview. i am trying to find the right words here. the idea is that what we proposed was not only -- our goal as an organization is to empower people to move forward. we do not want them to stand still. we want them to have the ability to move forward economically, socially it, in every way possible. we want them to continue to move forward korean -- socially, in every way possible. we want them to continue to move forward. the units in alice griffith were fixed. there were horrible conditions. we fought for that. we went to the residents there, and we talked to them over and over again, "what is it you want to see come out of this project ," an

. >> today marks the third day of cut ac transit delays. the drivers 1 and the contract so the transit agency says they're calling in sick to protest. on monday 209 drivers call the sick, tuesday 230 drivers, wednesday the student 30's. >> this is an singer the spokesperson for ac transit he said the union is staging a sickout. the union leader claude hudson we see here says that's not true there's no sickout. take a listen to both sides. >> this is of a cystic out there not the same people 20 percent of the workforce is the missing three days a row now. it's a slap in the face to riders. >> this is not an instance where the and told its members to go sick not come to work. the members who can come to work, are at work. >> unions said on sunday when the new contract was oppose work schedules and routes for change was no kind of adjustment. >> they of rearrange everyone's lives within the one with one week's notice. some of our members are called in sick off because have one member that has diabetes who can't drive at night because he can't

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the top stories ac transit is warning passengers be prepared for delays after more than 200 drivers called in sick yesterday appeared due to labor dispute. senate democrats clear a hurdle in their bid to pass an extension of jobless stocks continued to drive this morning taking a look at the numbers down 170 now. >> following the weather to the clouds also low just like wall street. if the flood pushing closer to shore. so far so good with traffic let's get the list of forecast. >> will see fog it for the next couple of hours and we but we will see that subside in a couple of hours. let's go will now. >> we're waiting to see ac transit riders could see delays today saw to wonder drivers not show up for work of will tran has been live with details and basically comes down to a labor dispute the drivers have a contract not the one they wanted. well with the latest. >> it's not the one they want so that is why according to a.c. officials they staged a sickout yesterday i can tell you it does not look good this morning as well you can see this is one of three bus yards in alameda county you ca

ac transit said they make sense delays because the contract appeared about 230 drivers call the sick today over the past three days hundreds of drivers have not showed up for work. kron 4 spoke to both sides about what's going on and how long this sickout could last. >> this is the spokesperson for ac transit he said the unit is staging a sickout the union leader who you see here said that's not true if there's no sickout. take a look sent to both sides. >> 20% of the work force two days and wrote it's a slap in the face to riders. >> this is an instance where the union has told its members to call sicking could not work. the members who can work are at work. >> you said on sunday when the new contract was imposed work schedules were changed without note time for adjustments. >> rearranged within it everyone supplies within a one week notice. that's where members are calling in sick. i've learned never was diabetes who can't drive at night to because he can't see. ac transit has put him on a night to run. >> the drivers alisha said all the routes including the allegations who riders

. >>> today marked the third day of ac transit delays due to a labor dispute.n mane 209 drivers called in 6. yesterday and today, 230 workers called in 6. kron 4's crity spoke to both sides. >> reporter: this is sam, the spokesperson for the transit. the union is staging a sick out and she says that's not true. >> this is a sick out because they are not the same people. 20% of the work force has been missing. >> this is not where the union told its members to go sick and not go to work. >> reporter: the union says on sunday when the new contract was imposed schedules were changed. >> they have rearranged everyone's lives. >> some of my members are calling in sick. because i have one member that has diabetes who can't drive at night. because he can't see. ac transit put him on a night run. >> all the drivers know all the shifts and the routes. everything said by the union today are false and propaganda. >> reporter: ac transit said the union is hurting riders. the union says it's the transit's fault. neither side would say how long it with -- how long it might g

. -- los directivos de "ac transit" criticaron el ausentismo de sus empleados en medio de la disputal 20 por ciento de los trabajadores de ese sistema de transporte se ha repotado enfermo desde que la administracÓn impuso un nuevo contrato laboral, el mismo que fue rechazado previamente por los miembros del sindicato.-- entre tanto, hoy el gremio de choferes y meÁnicos de "ac transit", recibio un reves de un juez que se nego a revocar la imposicÓn del polemico contrato.-- para los pasajeros, la disputa laboral ha resultado en demoras en el servicio. "me dejó aquí plantada. estamos esperando que se vaya pero ahora está fuera de servicio. ahora esperaremos hasta el que viene." -- el sistema "ac transit" enfrenta un Éficit presupuestario de 56 millones de dolares.--el contrato en disputa congela los salarios de los trabajadores y los obliga a pagar parte del costo de su seguro Édico. ---la empresa que opera las tiendas "sears" y "k-mart" tendÁ que pagar ms de un milÓn de dlares por, supuestamente, cobrarle a sus clientes más del precio anunciado.---los fiscales de los condados de marin,