allie rasmus will be live from the crash scene in the next half hour. the two deaths were the 7th 7th and 8th deaths of workers killed on the job. those deaths have shaken union employees currently on strike. members called it a "terrible human tragedy" they said since the last death five years ago they've been trying to improve visibility and lighting on b.a.r.t. tracks and tunnels. one union negotiator told us track side trees and shrubs providing sound buffers are often overgrown which affects visibility. >> these people i think that were there were not trained like our workers. >> in a last work-related death, cal osha fined b.a.r.t. for poor communication and overgrown shrubbery which the investigators said created unsafe conditions. here's a list of some of the deadly accidents, transit worker jim strickland was struck and in 2001 b.a.r.t. electrician robert rose was killed by a train in san fransisco. in 1974 a worker died when a train hit a maintenance vehicle and in '73 a b.a.r.t. worker was killed on a track near hayward. the b.a.r.t. union's

allie rasmus is live for us at the coliseum where crews have been working. >> you can see behind us some of the raider faithful are up tailgating this morning. this group of people have been here since last night. for the people who work inside the oakland coliseum it has been a nonstop haul since the a's game ended last night. the lights are on at the stadium right now. crews have been working around the clock to convert the coliseum from a baseball to a football stadium. the this conversion is usually an 18 to 20 hour process. because the a's are in the play playoffs the footballs and baseball seasons overlap. tonight's raiders game against the san diego chargers starts at 8:35 our time. one of the groundskeepers talked about the work that needs to be done in less than 24 hours. >> we had to take the mounds out, bullpens out. so they could come through and drop the seats in. we have to dig holes in the ground. certain things that have to have for it to move along. >> reporter: that work cost the stadium $250,000. this raiders game was initially supposed to be scheduled at 4:00 this aft

ktvu's allie rasmus is here with what we will face tomorrow. >> reporter: if bart workers go on strike all day carpool hours will be in effect 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. caltrans switched out the signs to reflect that change. chp says if more people carpool there will be fewer cars on the road and less congestion. >> reporter: commuters haven't forgotten the grid lock the last time bart workers went on strike in july. >> read it the 24. it is a big hassle. >> reporter: with the threat of another strike it feels like deja vu. >> i feel like we have been down this road, feels like it happened 2, 3 times already. i am ready for resolution. >> reporter: during the strike on july 1 the average drive time from the tunnel across the bay bridge was 38 minutes. 17 minutes longer than average. >> [ inaudible question ] >> 45 minutes. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> 2 hours. >> reporter: if bart is on strike tomorrow and you are driving solo the carpool lanes will be off limits. if a strike happens chp will be enforcing the carpool hours like they did during the last bart strike. in july they

ktvu's allie rasmus is live in oakland where some area businesses are already feeling the impact. >> reporter: usually there are about 3,000 people who work here at the dellums federal building in downtown oakland but when many of them stay home from work the shops and businesses in this neighborhood notice the difference. >> somebody to come in or not. >> reporter: bill basum had one way to describe his workday. >> it's kind of, slow. >> reporter: watching the clock doing what he could to pass the time when only 20 customers had shown up before noon. >> $1.65 please. >> reporter: his convenience store is across the street from the dellums store. today hundreds of employee that is work here were furloughed. >> i hope it doesn't last long. >> in it's 10 days, that's really going to be hurtful. >> reporter: amante was not afraid to express her opinion on the shutdown outside of her shop. >> this is how i feel. i can't respect neither one of them. they're not working as team. >> reporter: the dellums building was not completely empty. but for civilian employees who were furloughed, the

allie rasmus. >>> a funeral is being held for andy lopez at this hour. friends wearing white t-shirts carried in the boy's casket just about a half hour ago. lopez was shot and killed a week ago today. the sonoma county sheriff department says he was carrying a very realistic air soft toy gun but it didn't have the usual orange barrel on the tip or the orange tip on the barrel rather that designated it as a replica or a pellet gun. lopez was told to drop the gun twice but he turned toward the deputy with the barrel of the gunpointing toward the deputy. >>> the case of a patient found dead in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital is taking another bizarre turn. 57-year-old lin spalding was found dead in a stairwell. now they can't find the man who discovered her body. the man believed to be a hospital employee informed a supervisor who then contacted the sheriff's department. but it took more than four days for spalding's body to be discovered. the suspect is an asian man about 5'8", he was wearing a blue dress shirt, hospital identification and p

allie rasmus is live with us. al lee? >> reporter: -- allie? >> reporter: to be back here. the sign out front said bart talks. day 153. today is actually day 154. many commuters are hoping this is the last day the contract negotiations will go on and end with a positive resolution. they have said if there is no agreement by midnight tonight. they will go on strike tomorrow morning. that will leave commuters struggling to get to work. >> another agreement between bart and management wrapped up last night. some of the sticking points remain. they include worker pay and how much workers should contribute to their healthcare and pension costs. >> they definitely have the resources available. they seem to be fixed on certain points. it is more political than economic or financial. >> from our stand point, we are more than halfway there. >> we have been more than halfway there for several months. >> reporter: now, both sides have hinted towards some progress. bart's general manager was there for some of the negotiations yesterday. we don't know if she will be back there again tod

. >> allie rasmus is live with the investigation underway. allie? >> reporter: behind us is the care home. they have sheriff's crime scene tape blocking off the entrance. they were out here yesterday evening, the owners could face abuse or neglect charges. the state shut down this business on sunday is. all but three employees left leaving 14 patients to fend for themselves for the next two days. >> sheriff's investigators came yesterday when someone called 911. they were also taking a missing persons report. after one person left the facility and didn't come back. they knew something was wrong. >>> during the time that staff realized something was amiss. they started he is he he is he he go question asen found everyone left on thursday. >>> they were evacuated from the facility yesterday. some of the family members came to gather up their belongings and move. >> they did get a letter from the care home saying that it would shut down. it took a couple of days to find a couple of days for the loved ones to stay. >> the conditions in the home were not

ktvu's allie rasmus talked to witnesses who appeared to be a simple case being in the wrong place atrong time. >> reporter: witnesses say the gunman appeared to give no warning before opening fire on the crowd at 1:30 this morning. >> all i heard were the shots, pop, pop, pop, and everybody started running. >> are the gunfire struck two women and one man, one of the women died from her injuries and the other two victims are in stable condition at hospital. >> all of these innocent people just sitting around and getting hit. >> reporter: you don't think that the people getting hit were the intended targets? >> i don't think so. i think they may have been just in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: this witness who didn't want to give his name works the overnightshift at a bliss on broadway and says after the block party ended a crowd of about 30 people gathered at intersection. >> i work down here. first friday draws the biggest crowd here, period. >> reporter: there were reports of an argument before the shooting bus he says he saw no signs of trouble. >> i didn't hear an

ktvu's allie rasmus was at the press conference and spoke to the unions about their safety concerns. >> reporter: the ntsb investigator did confirm the train operator was going through a training exercise when the accident happened. one of the things the ntsb will focus on is whether everyone working that day had experience to do the jobs they were doing. >> b.a.r.t. emergency. b.a.r.t. emergency. b.a.r.t. emergency. >> we just struck some individuals on the c1 tracks. >> the contra costa county coroner office identified the victims as chris shepherd and lawrence daniels. lawrence daniels was working for b.a.r.t. as contractor. he lived in oakland but had a business in sacramento. chris shepherd worked as a track engineer for two and a half years. both men were inspecting the tracks when they were struck. >> we will look at training procedures. 72 hour history of everybody involved. >> reporter: chris shepherd was a member of the -- employees. the union represents 200 train controllers. >> they are controlling the speeds. they are making sure the trains aren't close to each other. th

ktvu's allie rasmus is here with the millions of dollars at stake. >> reporter: the state gives schoolsney for every students so when they miss class they lose money. they are dealing with this problem in different ways. >> reporter: in the heart of richmond. last year 50% of the students were defined as truant. >> there are all kinds of issues that would cause a family to keep a child home. the reasons vary. some students are dealing with homelessness, others don't have access to healthcare. that led to measures to get kids back in the classroom. the school reopened a dental clinic on site and now they bring in social service workers and a food bank. >> it helps keep our students in school because it is a service that is on campus. >> the truancy rate improved more than 10% compared to last year. the problem is so bad in california schools across the state lost $1 billion in funding. >> we can't educate and we don't get paid to educate. >> reporter: the livermore school district was increasing daily attendance. it translates into $300,000 for the district. >> another $300,000 for books

. >> and our team coverage continues with ktvu's allie rasmus. she joins us live from san francisco where lynne spaulding had deep roots. >> lynne spaulding was a regular customer here in san francisco. this is where she met one of her friends 20 years ago. the woman who helped organize the search to find her. [ inaudible ] >> feisty. >> how she describes her long time friend, lynne spaulding. she created the find lynne spaulding facebook page after she was reported missing from san francisco general hospital september 21. the only explanation she could think of is that she was tired of being in a hospital bed and tried to escape. on tuesday authorities found lynne spaulding's bondy in a unused staircase two weeks after she disappeared. >> absolutely unbelievable this happened. of course they need to do a thorough search if someone goes missing. the policies have to be changed. >> they met here 20 years ago after they immigrated to the u.s. >> this is her seat, right there. >> reporter: she was a regular. he would see her 3 or 4 time as week, mee

ktvu's allie rasmus is live with more on the impact this is having on federal workers and businesses they support. >> reporter: a week after the government shut down began we checked in on the people who rely lie on the -- rely on the federal employees to keep their businesses going. >> reporter: this convenience store. >> lunchtime usualty is packed. -- usually it is packed. >> reporter: normally there are 3,000 people working every day. he is missing money of his regular customers. >> each day gets slower. >> reporter: at the flower shop sales wilted this week. down 20% since the government shut down began. >> a lot of the people, the regular people that come in to buy flowers. >> feels lonely. [ laughter ] >> feels lonely. feels hurtful. >> reporter: she feels bad for her customers on furlough. >> i feel like a bartender. i wish i could offer them a drink, something. [ laughter ] >> when they come in annoyed and frustrated. >> reporter: he is one of those federal workers. she air traffic controller. -- he is a air traffic controllers. he and other are considered essential federal

allie rasmus is here and tell us that it's not just hard for them. >> reporter: when many of them don't come to work it means they're not spending money here at the cafes, restaurants and shops in this neighborhood. >> the lovely arrangement we were going to deliver today. and now we're not. >> reporter: a delivery amanda amante had to put on hold. >> how much did you want to spend. >> reporter: because the woman that was supposed to receive it was a furloughed worker who did not show up today. >> just the whole idea demoralizing that's what it is. >> reporter: she is was so frustrated she put this sign outside her shop. >> this is the way i feel. we're not you know i can't respect either one of them. they're not working as a team. >> reporter: the shops and cafes at the oakland city center cater to the thousands of federal workers that work across the street. >> $1.65 please. lunchtime it gets busy. >> reporter: but not today says the manager of this store. by noon only 20 customers had come in. normally half the number that usually show up. >> i hope it doesn't last long really. for e

. >> allie rasmus live in concord and says that the chief says there's a good reason for that alert.>> reporter: the event was a big success and they ended up raising thousands of dollars for a local charity. carol rogers sent us one of the 27,000 alerts that went out to palo alto residents. >> i opened it expecting it to be some sort of emergency and i just read about the pancake breakfast and i just laughed. >> reporter: other people got this version of the text. the first line says palo alto firefighters will be holding a pancake breakfast. the event will include a helicopter landing. >> historically when we've gone that before we get lots of 911 phone calls. >> reporter: the event was made to inform not publicize the fundraiser. >> if i were to do this again i would put the helicopter in the first line. >> it didn't say anything about helicopter on the text i received it just said pancake breakfast. >> reporter: chief nicoles says the department message did fall on the county guidelines. >> it says on the web page, you're signing up to be notified of local events or regional emer

. >> and maybe around allie rasmus will low wean. >> they are bummed out about that. >> until then.and warm. >> thanks, steve. >>> santa claire rah's sheriff's office is asking for help. >> they said this man went for his walk in the area of the lawrence expressway and never returned. s he is 70 years old. vietnamese. and 125 pounds. he was last seen carrying a walking stick. >> a list of the highest paid women is out. top three are here in the bay area. who they are and how much they are making. >> why barry zito took out a full page ad in a local paper. . >>> take a live look at the board. it is in positive territory for being down after concern about the delay in the debt ceiling talks. president obama is scheduled to meet with congressional leaders and raise the u.s. debt ceiling. taking a live look. the dow is up 53. nasdaq is up 20. s & p is up five. >> the top three, highest paid women in the world are from right here in fort tube magazine's top lift. 43 million is safra cox. >> melissa meyer at 36 million. and facebook coo sharon sand berg is third on the list with 26 millio

live in walnut kriek, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the strike is over but service is not yet fully restored. the system has a dozen fewer extra trains running tonight than they would have in a normal rush hour. ktvu john joins us live from san francisco and reports that after this second strike, the dollar signs are adding up for everyone affected. john. >> ken, this is one place where the bart strike is still afktsing drivers. all the added traffic today is slowing down the evening commute here at first and harrison, but transit agencies also lost money. >> san francisco's muni pickup much of the slack in this year's bart strikes. >> if there was never another bart strike, i'd be a happy guy. >> inside muni headquarters, the city's director of transportation said even though the bart strieks caused ridership to strike, they cost the city nearly a million dollars. >> this did not generate money for our agency. this was a big financial hit for us. we don't benefit. frankly, we're not doing much parking enforcement. we're not doing fair enforcement because we have all hands on

that's where allie rasmus is live for us this morning with more on where talks stand as the countdowne next 30 minutes, we should see union leaders and bart management heading into the cal trans headquarters here in downtown oakland. 9:30 is when both sides are scheduled to be back at the bargaining table this morning. we've been told bart is prepared to present a new offer to the union this morning. if no agreement is reached by sunday night, bart's union says their workers will go on strike come monday. bart general manager attended yesterday's negotiations and union leaders say they were very encouraged by that. both sides have hinted at progress in the negotiations so far. >> i think the next day or so's going to really tell. the good news is that there's serious discussion and there's real bargaining going on. >> reporter: in the meantime, bart passengers are thinking about making alternate plans to get to work on monday, in case there is a strike. some passengers this morning told us how a bart strike would impact them. >> i just won't go to work. i won't be able to get to work.

allie rasmus joins us now with an interview from another witness to the shooting. allie?s he happened to be in the area of 14th and broadway at 1:30 this morning, where the shooting happened, right in front of the chase bank on broadway and near the 12th street bart station entrance. the man says there was a group of 30 to 40 people who had gathered at the intersection several hours after the city's first friday block party had ended. the witness we interviewed said all of a sudden pretty much without warning, someone opened fire into that large crowd. the gunfire struck three people, one man and two women, and one of the women died from her injuries. >> had my back turned. i was right there on the corner of chase and all i heard was the shots, pow, pow, pow, pow. everybody started running. didn't see no fight or nothing. just heard shots. >> you don't think the people hit were intended targets? >> i don't think so. i think they may have been just wrong place, wrong time. >> reporter: now, that was another witness we spoke to this morning. he said he was working the overn

allie rasmus, ktvu news. >>> new at 10:00, oakland's search for a permanent police chief. however only a handful of people gathered for the meeting at castlemont high school. they want police to focus on homicide hoes but also other crimes like home invasions and robberies. one person says it's a given that oakland needs more officers but it questions how officers are allocated. >> there's a lot of police officers that show up and stand around. this is standing around and doing nothing. >> reporter: jordan steps down in may of this year. tonight's community meeting is the first of three who are scheduled together input from the community. >>> ktvu news has learned new details about yesterday's officer involved shooting in san francisco's marina district. sources tell us the man who officers shot is navarrez jr. a man with that name is in critical condition at the hospital. he will be formally charged tomorrow. this incident started yesterday afternoon with a report of a man pistol whipping another man on pierce and then firing several shots. police were called. they say th

allie rasmus, ktvu news. >>> new at 10:00, oakland's search for a permanent police chief. however only a handful of people gathered for the meeting at castlemont high school. they want police to focus on homicide hoes but also other crimes like home invasions and robberies. one person says it's a given that oakland needs more officers but it questions how officers are allocated. >> there's a lot of police officers that show up and stand around. this is standing around and doing nothing. >> reporter: jordan steps down in may of this year. tonight's community meeting is the first of three who are scheduled together input from the community. >>> ktvu news has learned new details about yesterday's officer involved shooting in san francisco's marina district. sources tell us the man who officers shot is navarrez jr. a man with that name is in critical condition at the hospital. he will be formally charged tomorrow. this incident started yesterday afternoon with a report of a man pistol whipping another man on pierce and then firing several shots. police were called. they say th

as ktvu's allie rasmus tells us, we've now learned police are shifting resources away from at least one> i don't carry a wallet. i don't carry anything on me. >> reporter: even in the middle of the afternoon, it's her new strategy to avoid becoming a crime victim. armed robberies, and police area too are up 34% from a year ago. >> they tried to burglarize my home, which is close by here. >> reporter: residents in north oakland thought they were going to get a team of six new police officers and a sergeant to deal with crime specifically in their area. >> originally the plan was to have them there full time. >> quite simply, it was the level of gun violence in east oakland. the murders and the shootings. >> that's what's happened every time they have said they're giving us police protection. >> reporter: the business owner says she feels let down by the shift in police resources. she says she understands the crime in east oakland is more violent than other parts of the city, but says her neighborhood deserves protection too. >> what we want is faster reaction to things that are important

ktvu channel 2 reporter allie rasmus with more. >> reporter: one of the training exercises happeningg at an elementary school. that training drill is happening about two miles from where we are. i'll show you some of the video from this morning. about 35 different law enforcement agencies are going to participate in this simulation over the next two days. when we were at the site about an hour ago, uc berkeley police were going through the drill. most of the teams are from the bay area. but this year there's also a team of police from brazil taking part in all of the drills from the urban shield program. urban shield is organized and hosted by the alameda county sheriff's did the. agency representatives say the goal is to help emergency responders train for real world scenarios like this school shooting. >> it's going to be an active shooter. the tactical teams are going to have to sort out amongst yelling kids and screaming adults and shots being fired and they're going to have to go through that scenario and make the right decisions to help neutralize the situation. >>> now urban s

as allie rasmus reports when they stay home, businesses suffer. >> this is a lovely arrangement thatto deliver today. >> reporter: because the person that was supposed to receive it is a furloughed worker. >> demoralizing that's what it is. >> reporter: she was so upset she put this sign up outside of her shop. >> this is the way i feel. i can't respect either one of them.they're not working as a team. >> reporter: the shops and cafe cater to the thousands of federal employees that usually work across the street. >> $1.59 please. it gets busy. >> reporter: not today say it is owner of this store. by noon only 20 customers had come in. less than half the number that usually shows up. >> i hope it doesn't last long, really. for everybody's sake. >> reporter: the dellums building wasn't completely empty. military personnel and other essential service personnel were asked to return to work. for the security guards and custodians it was business as usual. but the barristas noticed a change. >> nobody got sent home early. but i think by the middle of the week we're going to have to cut bac

in walnut creek, allie rasmus, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> at 10:30 tonight, taggers hit b.a.r.t. stations that were closed. while b.a.r.t. says cleaning up this graffiti is going to be a real challenge. >>> today, an alameda county judge ordered a 60 day cooling off period, in a dispute. the order came during a brief hearing in superior court. governor brown had requested the cooling off period. the cooling off period lasts until december 22. >>> well, the fog continues to top the bay area weather headlines. latest right now on the satellite, lots of overcast hugging a portion of the shore line. oakland, and hayward, reporting mostly cloudy skies. once again, day 2 of a dense fog advisory, this up for the north bay, and for the san francisco bay shore line until 11:00 thursday morning. visibility could be dropping down to less than 1/4 of a mile. still dense fog showing up. lower 40s for santa rosa. san francisco, 49. livermore, 46. antioch at 48 degrees. i am tracking a weather system offshore, coming up in about 25 minutes. i'll let you know if we can expect any raindrops. your

in walnut creek, allie rasmus, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> at 10:30 tonight, taggers hit b.a.r.t. stations that were closed. while b.a.r.t. says cleaning up this graffiti is going to be a real challenge. >>> today, an alameda county judge ordered a 60 day cooling off period, in a dispute. the order came during a brief hearing in superior court. governor brown had requested the cooling off period. the cooling off period lasts until december 22. >>> well, the fog continues to top the bay area weather headlines. latest right now on the satellite, lots of overcast hugging a portion of the shore line. oakland, and hayward, reporting mostly cloudy skies. once again, day 2 of a dense fog advisory, this up for the north bay, and for the san francisco bay shore line until 11:00 thursday morning. visibility could be dropping down to less than 1/4 of a mile. still dense fog showing up. lower 40s for santa rosa. san francisco, 49. livermore, 46. antioch at 48 degrees. i am tracking a weather system offshore, coming up in about 25 minutes. i'll let you know if we can expect any raindrops. your

allie rasmus was live at the funeral. >> reporter: the parking lot here at the sonoma sheriff's office was packed with close to 1,000 people. there were no arrests or any problems, this was a peaceful event today. but as a precaution, all nonofficial workers were let home early. the sheriff's office closed at noon today. >> reporter: on the roof and in front of the building, deputies guarded the entrance to the sonoma county sheriff's office. in front, protesters made their message clear. the shooting death of andy lopez by sheriff deputies outraged the community. >> it could have been my child. it could have been my kid. >> i come as a father. my heart is broken for that family. and it could have been my kid. >> reporter: the day began with a noon rally. then the crowd marched to sonoma college. many of protesters were students who parents signed permission slips so they could attend. >> my parents thought i could attend because they don't think it was right the way he died. >> there's anger and there's frustration. >> there's a riff between the community and police, and we need to co

. >>> as allie rasmus reports, police are plan to reenact the incident as part of the investigation. >> reporter: the ntsb says they'll do a reenactment tomorrow. one thing they will look at is how two men were unable to escape the upcoming train. everything was working properly, they've also completed interviews with the two trainees and supervisors at the time of the deadly accident. the train operator did honk his horn and the two men working on the track had received verbal approval from b.a.r.t. dispatch to do their work. >> to allow them to go on or near the live track. the responsibility of their safety is on themselves. >> reporter: the average speed for a b.a.r.t. train on this section of track is about 70 miles per hour. according to b.a.r.t., it takes a train going that speed about five second to travel .1 of a mile and if you stand right next to the tracks you only hear the train about three seconds before it zips by. the b.a.r.t. tracks where the accident happen run parallel to 680. and the noise from freeway traffic is constant in the background making it even more diff

as ktvu's allie rasmus tells us, we've now learned police are shifting resources away from at least one of them. >> i don't carry a wallet. i don't carry anything on me. >> reporter: even in the middle of the afternoon, it's her new strategy to avoid becoming a crime victim. armed robberies, and police area too are up 34% from a year ago. >> they tried to burglarize my home, which is close by here. >> reporter: residents in north oakland thought they were going to get a team of six new police officers and a sergeant to deal with crime specifically in their area. >> originally the plan was to have them there full time. >> quite simply, it was the level of gun violence in east oakland. the murders and the shootings. >> that's what's happened every time they have said they're giving us police protection. >> reporter: the business owner says she feels let down by the shift in police resources. she says she understands the crime in east oakland is more violent than other parts of the city, but says her neighborhood deserves protection too. >> what we want is faster reaction to things that ar

. >>> as allie rasmus reports, police are plan to reenact the incident as part of the investigation. >> reporter: the ntsb says they'll do a reenactment tomorrow. one thing they will look at is how two men were unable to escape the upcoming train. everything was working properly, they've also completed interviews with the two trainees and supervisors at the time of the deadly accident. the train operator did honk his horn and the two men working on the track had received verbal approval from b.a.r.t. dispatch to do their work. >> to allow them to go on or near the live track. the responsibility of their safety is on themselves. >> reporter: the average speed for a b.a.r.t. train on this section of track is about 70 miles per hour. according to b.a.r.t., it takes a train going that speed about five second to travel .1 of a mile and if you stand right next to the tracks you only hear the train about three seconds before it zips by. the b.a.r.t. tracks where the accident happen run parallel to 680. and the noise from freeway traffic is constant in the background making it even more diff

ktvu's ally rasmus is live in walnut creek. here's the ntsb briefing underway. >> i also have with me again on this team. mr. hickston works from indiana, and gorgetta gregory is our division choef out of washington, as well. this is my third and will be my last press briefing while on scene. once again, on behalf of the ntsb as an agency and myself and my team, we express our sincere condolences to the families, coworkers and friends of the deceased in this accident. last evening, ntsb investigators held another progress meeting to report and discuss their progress, findings of the activities, and as i said yesterday, this on-team phase is just a fact-gathering phase, and we continue to benefit from the parties cooperating and assisting us in this investigation. those parties being the state of california, public utilities commission, bay area rapid transit district, federal transit administration, and the state of california department of industrial relations division of occupational safety and health. now, an update to inclu