it also increases pay. >> the last time we got a raise was in 2007. >> reporter: the atu president sayse feels she did fight for better work wages. the vote will start at 4:00 a.m. go through 7:00 p.m. and they are telling me they hope to have the results before midnight. reporting live in san leandro, jana katsuyama. ktvu news. >>> it's going to cost more to ride b.a.r.t. in the new year and inflation based b.a.r.t. will increase fares on january 1st. it will go from $4.85 to $5.10. b.a.r.t. says it will use the money for new train carts and improvements. >>> a judge will hear arguments on monday on whether or not to keep city college opened. hundreds of teachers and students gathered as the judge began to hearing the school's accreditation. only one teacher's union says the accrediting commission is biased. >> the commission according to the state of california is that city college and all community colleges need to be open access to everybody. aep commission wants to see a narrow emission -- and commission wants to see a narrow emission. >>> if the judge grants that preliminary injun

it also increases pay. >> the last time we got a raise was in 2007. >> reporter: the atu president says she feels she did fight for better work wages. the vote will start at 4:00 a.m. go through 7:00 p.m. and they are telling me they hope to have the results before midnight. reporting live in san leandro, jana katsuyama. ktvu news. >>> it's going to cost more to ride b.a.r.t. in the new year and inflation based b.a.r.t. will increase fares on january 1st. it will go from $4.85 to $5.10. b.a.r.t. says it will use the money for new train carts and improvements. >>> a judge will hear arguments on monday on whether or not to keep city college opened. hundreds of teachers and students gathered as the judge began to hearing the school's accreditation. only one teacher's union says the accrediting commission is biased. >> the commission according to the state of california is that city college and all community colleges need to be open access to everybody. aep commission wants to see a narrow emission -- and commission wants to see a narrow emission. >>> if the judge grants that preliminary in

. >>> the atu local 192 represents about 1,600ac transit bus drivers and mechanics, clerical workers and other workers who keep this system running. under this new contract union members will receive a pay raise over the three year contract. that is re retro active to october. as you mentioned earlier this was really a hard fought contract with the union's rank in file rejects two tentative agreements. i'm hearing from sources that the margin was 100 votes between the yeses and the noes. the union says that the ac transit board will need to approve the deal as well. but they are not expecting any difficulties. i just got off the phone about five minutes ago with an ac transit representative and he tells me that the board is seven members. they are expected to meet on january 8. and at this point it's not clear whether they will take this up at that meeting or call for a special meeting to handle this contract. but again, the big news tonight ac transit's union, the atu local 192 has approved this third deal after rejecting two. so the buses will continue running and it appears that t

. >>> the atu local 192 represents about 1,600ac transit bus drivers and mechanics, clerical workers and other workers who keep this system running. under this new contract union members will receive a pay raise over the three year contract. that is re retro active to october. as you mentioned earlier this was really a hard fought contract with the union's rank in file rejects two tentative agreements. i'm hearing from sources that the margin was 100 votes between the yeses and the noes. the union says that the ac transit board will need to approve the deal as well. but they are not expecting any difficulties. i just got off the phone about five minutes ago with an ac transit representative and he tells me that the board is seven members. they are expected to meet on january 8. and at this point it's not clear whether they will take this up at that meeting or call for a special meeting to handle this contract. but again, the big news tonight ac transit's union, the atu local 192 has approved this third deal after rejecting two. so the buses will continue running and it appears that t

but the atu president say she is confident the new agreement will pass.oting will take place until 7:00 p.m.. its happening at several locations and they hope to have the results before midnight. reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> government watchdog groups call it a dirty little secret for local elected offices. taxpayer funded medical coverage for life. the bay area news group says local taxpayers spent $1.5 million on health benefits for former part time elected officials and in some cases their dependents. palo alto spent more than $115,000 last year. followed by san rafael and the west contraction that county unified school district. some people have not been in office for 30 years. but supporters say its a perk for part time elected officials. >>> if you have trouble signing up for health care. the state extended -- health officials are encouraging people to keep ever the deadline could be extended even further if it becomes clear people are having trouble. >>> a san francisco will wear more argument ons monday about whether o

the deal approved by atu local 192 now goes to at transit's board of directors. >>> new york's time square is preparing for time square. there's a crystal ball that will count down to 2014. the ball is 12 feet in diameter. you can view the county down on a mobile device by downloading a free app. >>> sled riders can sled from the top of the green monster. it is at boston's fenway park. it has a 75 foot run for sleds and tubes. each ends at the red sox's bull pen. it includes community ice skating plus several high school and college hockey games. >>> time to call it a morning for us. thank you for watching. i'm going to be back here with michelle tomorrow morning at 7:30. until then, enjoy your saturday and have a wonderful weekend. ,,,,,,,, announcer: when you see this symbol you know you're watching a show that's educational and informational. the cbs dream team& it's epic. narrator: today on lucky dog, brandon rescues daisy, a poodle terrier mix who's eager to spring into a new life. brandon: who, she is a jumper! narrator: waiting to adopt her is a loving family on the verge of their o

the atu 192 president said she hopes the members approve the deal. >> there's always going to be some who, you know, are not happy for one reason or another and, you know, with respect to them, we still think this is a good agreement. >> reporter: it was almost a strike in october but the governor stepped in and ordered a cooling-off period. ac transit has 180,000 daily riders, most in the east bay. many, like kim thomas, don't have another way to get around. >> and if they strike, you know, what am i going to do? i can't walk to work. >> reporter: what level would you say, hey, that's enough? [ pause ] >> reporter: you haven't got there yet. >> no. this time, no. >> reporter: the voting ends tonight at 6:00. we should have ruts before midnight. live in oakland, ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> another local transit agency will start charging people more when the new year arrives next week. bart passengers will have to pay 5% extra, an average fare increase of 19 cents. the extra revenue has been earmark for new railcars, a new train control system, and improvements to a maintenance yard in hay

sei and atu say this only prolongs labor negotiations. plus management and unions already agreed to the deal. >> we took it as a complete package. they voted it as a complete package. they approved it as a complete package. bart board of directors should have done the same. we filed the lawsuit to have the court tell them, you must take the complete package. >> reporter: here's bart's response, this additional six weeks of paid leave comes on top of the three to six weeks of vacation, 13 paid holidays and 12 sick days that employees already receive annually. it goes on district negotiators would never have knowingly agreed to such a financially back-breaking proposal. michelle? >> well, mark, the big question for riders, of course, is will there be another strike? >> reporter: that was the big question we were all waiting to hear. the unions would not commit to anything. they did say at this point, they don't have any strike scheduled or planned. but they are keeping the option open. >> we'll just have to see what happens. mark kelly live

we have video of antionette bryant, who is the head of atu, local 1555 which traenz special agents and operators. she says that the issue is no mistake or clerical error. bart says it is. the board of directors approved a contract without a paid family medical leave provision for six weeks per year. bart said it would cost millions of dollars, and they just couldn't do it. a lawsuit was filed by the union. the union ratified the contract, november 1st. riders have already -- >> bring it to the table today. you guys clearly are aware of what our position is. we took a complete contract to our members. our members ratified that complete contract. the board of directors, we feel, were irresponseible in piece mealing, it and so we don't know what the position is of the district at this point. >> now, we asked her about, you know, what riders should know about all this going on. there's a scramble during two previous strikes. she said at this point that's not being considered right now. they said they're going to be meeting all day today and tomorrow and they just want to reach a resolution

if a statement, the president of atu local 1555 says, quote, we expect the bart board will do what it should have done all along, accept this contract. >> agreement will be presented to the union members for a final vote. in walnut creek, kron 4 news. >>> hundreds of children got a chance to enjoy the holiday center at yerba buena center. it allows these families to ice skate. >> these are what families again have an opportunity to belong, have an opportunity to be together. >> the event was free for families and several bay area companies made donations to make it possible. >> thousands of children are celebrating through the generosity of their neighbors and the hard work of the san mateo fire, police and sheriff's department. they gathered over 12,000 toys. kron 4's alicia reed shows us how strangers are making this holiday special for kid who is might not otherwise have a gift under the tree. authorities were called to certain houses this holiday. wait, is that santa? why, yes, it is. >> merry christmas, everybody. santa knows who was naughty or nice. thousands of children made th

but atu said they will wait for the board to approve the deal. >> the travel rush has started.st travel day for the season. 132,000 people passing through the airport. there were some days from some cities t did not dampen the spirits of the travelers. >> we celebrate christmas with more and more food. >> many said travel was smooth it is a great idea to call your airline before you make plans to make sure the flight is on time and no cancellations. >>> the new baby gorilla. and the name means little lady. the zoo put three names up for vote. she was born in july. her grandmother is the caretaker of the baby. >>> san francisco animal care and control is asking the public for help in finding a kitten that was stolen from their care on wednesday. the did has been adopted and was waiting to be mixed. the footage was taken of two women who were there at the time it was abducted. it has a siamese coat and dark knows and blue eyes. >>> coming up weekend. we'll look at the controversy involving a car of duck dynasty. we'll take a look outside at the bay bridge from san francisco. >>>

members of the eight atu and the seiu have filed a lawsuit against the transit agency.im that the board of directors broke the state law when they approved a contract without a key provision. that provision gave union workers six weeks of paid families. bart says it should have never been in the contract in the first place. meantime, the unions have once again talk about the possibility of another strike. >> the board took up was a negotiating team that would help them. a mistake was clearly made an issue never been a part of the agreement. >> a lawyer for bart workers say that no strike is planned at the moment so far now, the lawsuit will not affect the train service. >> the time is 6:35 a.m. perry eresidents on treasure isd are not happy this morning after receiving a notice to vacate operate because of toxic cleanups. last night several residents asked about when they would have to leave their homes. the navy wants to start removing the toxic waste next year. all ultimately, all the homes in the treasure island and the yerba buena islands a development plan will be

drivers and dispatchers have taken in the past few months the previous two were rejected by members of atu local 192. terms have not been released but earlier contracts included pay increases and workers paying more for health care and pensions. voting ends this evening, ballots will be counteded later on, tonight. >> still ahead at 4:00 astronauts taking a third walk in space in a week. what they're trying to accomplish this time at the international space station. >> plus, big change coming to more than 1 million unemployed americans >> a plane crash at sfo, mother nature's fury and inspirations across the nation. we're going to take a look back at the big events from the year. >> this is a look at traffic on the bay bridge. you can see that the fast track lanes are moving along. it's avo: thesales event "sis back. drive which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's

atu members narrowly approved the deem.hey get a 9% raise over three years and will contribute to their health care coverage. >>> muir beach opened to the public for the first time since undergoing a six-monrestoration project. the $4 million makeover envelopeds a new parking lot, new restrooms and extended bridge overlooking restored we hadlands. restoration of the marin county beach was largely funded by settlement money from the oil spill of cosco bussan. >>> the rainfall has caused folsom lake to drop to levels and now parts of a mining town are starting to reappear. >> it's terrain that is usually submerged under folsom lake. they heard about the reemerging of the town and they went for a short hike. >> i always love stuff like this. it's history. >> we just came out here for a family thing and it's pretty cool how a lot of it is still here and there is still a lot of it around. >> reporter: along the retreating watered front are stone foundations believed to once support a winery and dairy and even an old well capped

. >> atu. a mid-air collision involving skydivers and chuck bell will be back >> overnight, police spoke to people who saw two skydivers collide mid-air and both were killed. the skydivers had open parachutes and collided about 200 to 300 feet off the ground. this happened at one of the most popular sites in the country. others there say they know they risk their lives every time they jump. >> it's just one of the things we have to mace with the sport that the chance of injury is always there. >> third person is hurt. they don't think it was related to the mid-air collision. we are following several developing stories. police and firefighters are trying to fix a gas leak. this is at the intersection. we are hearing the leak at a nearby construction site. both malls are open right now,b closed because of the leak. d.c.'s fire support has been at center stage. they are reviewing an audit of the vehicle thief. they found that fire trucks and other vehicles are generally in poor condition. the repo

. >> reporter: ktvu spoke with several members of the union about how they felt the atu president says she is confident it will pass. buses are continue top roll on 180,000 daily passengers. again we don't know what will happen. its possible a strike will occur. reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. it will cost you more to ride bart in the new year. starting on january 1st fairs will go up 5 .2%. that is an average increase of 19 cents for a one-way trip. they will use the extra money for improvements and a new train control system. >>> claudine wong is at children's hospital where the plan to move the girl to a long- term care facility is making new tensions. >> reporter: that is right. she remains on life support and the court says she will stay on life support until monday at 5:00. now her family wants her moved to a care facility and the fight to make that happen continues. >> sir, do you have children? do you have children? >> he's not going to answer you. >> i think you do have children. >> reporter: that was an interaction last night between j hi's

bart board of directors will have a meeting regarding contracts with the unions, seiu local 1021 and atu local 1555 agreed to remove a family medical leave provision. the board says it was mistakenly left in the contract that was signed off back in november. it could have cost the district tens of millions of dollars potentially over the life of the contract. the board is set to vote on the new agreement on january 2nd. >>> with christmas just a couple days away, holiday travel is in full swing at bay area airports. they are expecting big holiday crowds this week. 130,000 air travelers are expected to go in and out of san francisco international just today alone. oakland international and san jose international say things are running smoothly. they expect the peak holiday travel to spread out over several days before and after christmas. >>> and during this holiday travel rush, gas prices are unchanged across the country. aaa's fuel gauge report says the nationwide average is $3.25 day, up from a week ago, and the same as a year ago. in the bay area, gas is $3.66 and prices in san jose a

the atu 192 president said she hopes the members approve this deal. >> there's always going to be some who, you know, are not happy for one reason or another. and, you know, with spent to them, we still think -- with respect to them, we still think this is a good agreement. >> reporter: ac transit has 180,000 daily riders in the east bay mainly. this would really put them in a bind because many of those riders do not have alternates to get around. the vote started at 4 a.m. it continues until 7:00. and we expect to have some returns tonight. mark? >> so ryan, we have been following these negotiations for months. how is this deal different than the ones previously rejected? >> reporter: well, the pay raise is 9.5%, the same. the healthcare costs went from $280 a month to $120 a month so that's the real difference. members don't like it but it will be phased in over the next couple of years. >> thank you, ryan. >>> another local transit agency will start charging people more when the new year arrives next week. bart passengers will have to start paying about 5% extra. an average fare inc

tomorrow both sides plan to sit down with a federal mediator to try and end the dispute with seiu and atu which includes station agents and train operators. b.a.r.t.'s union leaders haven't talked about the dreaded s word, strike, but riders are watching. this has shut down trains leaving thousands tranlded looking for other ways to get to work. because of the strikes. this mediator has had success before, it's the same person who reached a tentative agreement in october and that's the latest from here. live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> on capitol hill the round-the-clock session continues and the democrats and republicans are fighting over president obama's nominees. republicans are refusing to give up debate time over the 11 nominations, so majority leader harry reid decided to keep the session going through saturday or until the republicans relent. >> it's 5:48. investigators say they need more time to figure out what started a fire at a phone company in concord. fire burned for hours yet, continued to smolder even after crews put it touxt warehouse is owned

the atu 192 president says she hopes the members approve the deal. >> there's always going to be some who you know, are not happy for one reason or another and, you know, with respect to them, we still think this is a good agreement. >> reporter: there was almost a strike in october before the governor stepped in and ordered a cooling-off period. ac transit has 180,000 daily riders mainly in the east bay. this would really put them in a bind. many don't have another way to get around. >> i depend on the bus to get here early enough. >> reporter: ac transit riders who depend on the service so much are worried. >> it would be better if they, you know, were just, you know, thinking of other people as well because a lot of people catch the bus. >> reporter: this probably won't settle their worries. at what level would you say, hey, that's enough? >> haven't got there yet. >> reporter: that vote started earlier this morning. it continues until 7 p.m. michelle, we should have the results by midnight. live in berkeley, ryan takeo, kpix 5. >>> firefighters rescued an injured worker from his g

seiu and atu. to meet and discuss the proposed family leave provision in the labor contract. kron 4 has also learned. >> pam: federal mediator greg lim meetings set for this thursday and friday. >> pam: at issue is a family leave provision that the unions bart district approve the provision. >> pam: preliminary numbers are in america's cup sailing races. >> pam: they are less than area council economic generated at least 364- for the san francisco bay area. >> pam: generate. >> pam: the san francisco chronicle dollars. an airport security screener this cowboy sock monkey too real. >> pam: k-i-n-g t-v reports a t-s-a carry-on bag of sewing police. >> pam: in the end, may says no one was called and she got her sewing supplies back, minus the toy gun. he transportation security back, minus the toy gun. hi love watching tvecurity outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no,

. >> reporter: the atu president says she is confident that the new agreement will pass. buses are continuing to roll for ac transits 180,000 passengers daily. voling will take place until 7:00 p.m. hoping to have results by midnight. reporting live from oakland, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it will cost you more to ride b.a.r.t. in the new year. starting january 1st, fares will go up 5.2%. that's an average increase of 19-cents for a one way trip. b.a.r.t. says it will use the extra money for new train cars, improvements at its hayward maintenance yard and a new train control system. >>> new this morning, a snowboarder with ties to the bay area has died in one of the first deadly avalanches of the season. 29-year-old michael l kazange was at the jackson hole mountain resort with five others when he set off an avalanche yesterday. his friend who was a doctor tried to save his life. michael l split time living in the bay area and jackson wyoming. and has friends and family in the area as well. in the meantime, michael's brother released a statement overnight

be under atus will threat.xample of a bigger how russia is always being portrayed as being backward. putin is a much played the part. thatat the riot issues they have dealt with here in the media. they were exalted as superstars. the greatest people in the world. if they had done the same thing in the united states, going into a cathedral and tearing it up or going into the subway and doing provocative things like kissing the police, there would have been arrested here and put in prison for five or 10 years. effortee it as another of the western media and western politicians to try to chip away and humiliate vladimir putin. i think he is actually doing some good things in russia. host: thank you for the call. valerie is joining us from jasper, indiana. good morning. billie jeaon't think rking should be representing coulter. -- our country. there are too many issues. people are not all for her. --hink that somebody there are too many things that she stands for the people do not believe in. host: ok. thank you fo