approached us this is 3 facilities as at a bart station. the one that is relocated is the one that was preapproved in 1997 it is unknown if the mraergs go choose to deny the facility parting broecapproached us and it was not reviewed by the city and in my manner they wanted an finest especially one that wouldn't travel to bart's haurlgdz in oakland for instance, bart plan to look at other is facilities >> commissioner sugaya. >> no, no i'm sorry i want to comment i want the conditional use to mean something if bart facility has at approval we should consider some other method of approving the project. >> we meet with the city attorney's office they've agreed with our assessment we have jurisdiction their exempt if local control if it meets their ore mission that will provide the service to the neighbors to the city attorney's office agreed that within our purview to approve the conditions. >> if i could add we've got bart stations and a similar recommendation their city will review this as well. >> commissioner antonini. >> move to approve.

two employees are talking about what they call an ugly problem at bart. >> bart says it's taking this incident seriously, investigating it as a hate crime. >> those employees claim their manager's response was just as offensive as the graffiti itself. vic? >> with three black bart workers say offensive acts are an ongoing pattern of racism. they say every time they work alone at night on the tracks, they have to look over their shoulders and wonder if they'll be targets again. >> i walked in. it was written on my locker. my name, and the "n" word, and i should die. >> someone scrawled offensive words on his locker. when johnson went to his supervisor he was told to go to another manager because he was too busy with other things. johnson says he's been a target before, first, two years ago. >> i was picked up and forced into a trash can, then placed on a table. >> johnson says bart forced him and two others to go back to work. joseph montgomery has been with bart 18 years. he says the pattern of racism continues unabaited. >> we've had a lot of racial discri discri discrimination again

management sweeps it the carpet. >> bart responded with a statement reading in bart release was reported within an hour and began an internal investigation that same night and allegations workers were orderered back to work is inaccurate. last december a group of bart workers sued bart saying they're being discriminated against in promotions the lawyer says this incident proves bart is dragging it's feet in investigating. >> bart has not done it's job in controlling the work environment and those who are rogue in it and racist feel like they can act with impunity. >> a horrific accident in downtown pal yes alto sent five people to the hospital. police say a man in his 90s was trying to park his they say the man's jumped a curb, plowing into people on the sidewalk area. five diners were hit. >> looked like everyone else on the ground, some were twitching. they're in way worse state than he was. >> there is a madness. just displaced. like the war zone. another man was next to him, bleeding. >> police say alcohol was not a factor. plea victims are set to be discharged tonight. two others be

firefighters were called around 2:00 to the upper lafayette bart parking lot.

. >>> topping our news bart says service is back to normal. ktvu tara moriarty is joining us live from the pleasant hill bart station to tell us what went wrong and how it's been fixed. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. within the past hour bart officials announced service is back to normal on the pittsburg bay point line. sometime shortly after 9:00. >> we had a train that somehow got out of service and caused some sort of damage to the trackway and third rail at an inner locking and at a place that was called a cross over that impacts both tracks. >> the wheel was removed. it took more than an hour for limited service to be restored in the commute direction heading east. some people were forced off the trains. bart did provide free buses but the parking lot was just jammed. luckily people will be running smoothly. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> this morning napa schools will be back in session for the first time since sunday's 6.0 earthquake. meantime the red cross remains busy helping the many people that lost their hom

bart says it's trying to clean things up. the situation apparently just has not gotten any better since two years ago. bart says that starting monday it is launching a three-person brightening crew. they will work on spiffing up the entrances and exits from downtown san francisco stations. commuters say it's about time. you may remember two years ago "the chronicle" did a story on how one of the escalators here was broken because it was clogged with human feces. >> at the bottom of the escalator there is a lot of build-up of refuse and worse, you know. it provides kind of an alcove for people to hang out, to congregate. i guess that leads to an accumulation. >> reporter: now, bart says the recent recession forced it to trim its cleaning staff. each downtown station only has one worker per shift to scrub and pick up trash. workers only clean during the hours when the station is open. in its defense, bart now says it has hired a second worker on overtime to help at the civic center station where we are. and it's also building a

bart is expecting normal service today along the pittsburg-bay point line. you have more coming up. >> we do. >> yes. >>> as we said, elizabeth, bart does tell us that the pittsburg- bay point line should have normal service this morning after big troubles on the tracks. crews work overnight to make repairs. kpix 5's christian conservative reports the trains had major delays during the afternoon commute yesterday near the pleasant hill -- christin ayers reports the trains had major delays during the afternoon commute yesterday near the pleasant hill station. >> what now, bart? >> we were told to get off to shuttles, and they were sent away. >> reporter: some so frustrated they walked. >> it was a long walk. >> reporter: this man from lafayette to pleasant hill. >> you know, i think it was 12 minus. i'm sure i have knocked out at least eight of that. >> reporter: others left trapped on trains with hundreds of others. >> stuck, hot, hot. all because of this. >> reporter: a steel tire cover fell off the train. >> the tire itself did some damage when it came off

bart police say they routinely patrol them all. we saw three patrol cars in a span of a couple of hours. but thieves slip in. the crime can take less than a minute. at the lafayette station lot alone, bart police say so far this year, there have been 17 property crimes, or cars broken into and items taken. ten vehicles were stolen and now five catalytic converters gone. >> yeah. that's really surprising. >> reporter: commuters say it never occurred to them they were so vulnerable. >> there's not much else i can do. i have no other option other than to park here, take bart to go to work. >> reporter: surveillance cameras report 24/7 and undercover officers perform regular stings especially on bike thieves but all of that is little comfort for victims. >> i wouldn't park here at night. >> reporter: well, as disturbing as all these crime statistic are, bart says they are not the only one. every bart parking lot is vulnerable to thieves. the thieves of course just cycle around. reporting live in lafayette bart station, linda yee, kpix

you can see the bart tracks. bart is back to normal after yesterday's troubles near the pleasant hill station. all trains were running as normal. so they repaired the problem and we're having a pretty normal commute there. drive time from oakland to the san francisco side of the bridge 25-30 minutes. and with no problems on the actual span getting into the city i want to mention the east bay is very slow. 880 traffic slowing outs of hayward to fremont because of earlier problems and 580 is very slow. it gets better after airway boulevard heading over to the 680 interchange. here is steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. we do have some fog. but nothing compared to the next couple of days. temperatures will rebound. kentfield 81 to 83. concord 85-86. palo alto 80 up to 84. some fog there but most of it wants to be north of san francisco. it's very light, very thin. that will burn off pretty fast. the low which gave us the cool down on monday is already accelerating even out of nevada. the hurricane to the south, huck bre

bart is performing track maintenance between the concord and north concord martinez bart stations.y one track available for trains going in both directions. the work starts tomorrow morning. it will continue through tuesday afternoon but not during the weekday morning commute. bart will continue that work the following two weekends. >>> bart police have a new program aimed at catching thieves that are targeting parked cars. 2 invests takes a look at whether this program is working and which bart stations have the most break ins. there have been 547 break ins this year at the 33 bart stations that have parking. hayward had the most with 85. and the pittsburg station saw 44. >> i don't like feeling like i can't even leave the smallest thing in my car and i can't believe anything in my trunk. >> bart police say the new program is helping. police have budgeted about $50,000 for fingerprinting services. and so far this year police have lifted 12 readable fingerprints. while that is just a approximate of the hundreds of the break ins, they have identified five suspects linked to several

this will be bart's access through fremont. the valley transportation authority held a soft opening of one lane in each direction saturday night. for 14 months, drivers had to rely on mission boulevard to get between 680. the bart extension will connect south fremont to the stations. the closure has led to traffic gridlock which the mayor of fremont had to deal with himself. >> i ended up going probably about ten times further than i used to go around to get there. with warren there, you cut it off. >> reporter: and the city is paying for part of the project. that's supposed to enhance safety, helping not just drivers, but bicyclists and pedestrians who can avoid the trains when they are here. this is of course part of the silicon valley project set to build a 16 mile extension of bart down to santa clara. construction which includes widening mission boulevard to warm springs boulevard is set to finish next spring. and the warm springs is set to open by the end of next year. a lot of progress. in half an hour, we'll hear how mu

we are live at the pleasant hill bart station.een restored after a problem on the damage track that effected service during the evening commute. tara moriarty has been following the story since 4:30 this morning. she'll have more on the over night repairs and a look at the morning commute. good morning. it is wednesday, august 27th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, you're not in a fog over there. >> no, i'm not. 82 santa rosa. 84 kentfield. concord 85. 84 palo alto. san francisco starting off at a very warm 62. we will go 68 at noon. that is there three degrees above average for this time of year. there is some fog there but nothing compared to what we had 24-48 hours ago. for us fog will burn off sooner. lows 50s and 60s. a lot more 60s today than we had yesterday. that is for sure. some of that fog trying to make a push down the san mateo coast. near 90 well inland. upper 80s for some. mid 80s for others but a lot of 70s near the bay. >>> we are looking at commute where traffic is

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bart's facing a brain drain. half of its engineers, the folks who keep the trains rolling are close to retiring. jodi hernandez is live with new details on a new program aimed at filling this void. >> reporter: we've all heard of bart's fleet of the future. it seems that the more than 50% of bart's key engineers, the folks who keep the trains on the tracks have hit retirement age, but bart has a plan to pass on their critical knowledge. >> we're given this opportunity to get, get the knowledge, get experience. >> reporter: 25-year-old deborah, learning the ropes of being a bart train control engineer, thanks to bart's new junior engineer program. she will be one of the first women in bart's history to wear that hat >> opening the doors to becoming a professional. it's training you to be an engineer, but also training you to grow as an engineer. >> reporter: and bart desperately needs fresh new talent. more than half of their crucial fleet of engineers, the folks who regularly keep the trains running, are at retir

. >> the mother of oscar grant shot by a bart police officer in 2009 spoke to the crowd saying ferguson has left her shattered. >> with ferguson, my heart sank again. another senseless killing and another cover up scheme again demonize the young man. >> he was on the move through the streets. police controlling traffic to keep the group safe. no one was hurt. >> a return to city hall vowing more protests in the future. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> tensions are still running high in ferguson, missouri where police shot and killed the unarmed teen inning aer on august 9th. hundreds of protestors and police are still out on the streets, but they have not seen the level of clashing we have seen the past several nights. toman bradley is in ferguson with a look at the latest effort to ease the tension. >> behind closed doors they will represent the fate of darrin wilson who shot and killed the unarmed teen. >> we will have absolutely everything there is. every piece of paper and every photograph and every bit of physical evidence. >> the prosecuting attorney does not expect a de

. >> the mother of oscar grant shot by a bart police officer in 2009 spoke to the crowd saying ferguson has left her shattered. >> with ferguson, my heart sank again. another senseless killing and another cover up scheme again trying to demonize the young man. >> he was on the move through the streets. police controlling traffic to keep the group safe. no one was hurt. >> a return to city hall vowing more protests in the future. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> tensions are still running high in ferguson, missouri where police shot and killed the unarmed teen inning aer on august 9th. hundreds of protestors and police are still out on the streets, but they have not seen the level of clashing we have seen the past several nights. toman bradley is in ferguson with a look at the latest effort to ease the tension. >> behind closed doors they will represent the fate of darrin wilson who shot and killed the unarmed teen. >> we will have absolutely everything there is. every piece of paper and every photograph and every bit of physical evidence. >> the prosecuting attorney does not e

this project is important because warren now goes under bart tracks and train tracks, giving bart access safe access through freemont. the opening is welcome news for drivers and business owners. brake lights are part of the landscape near warren avenue in fremont. >> the traffic has been unreal. i mean, mission boulevard here is like a parking lot with a go slow sign. >> reporter: warren avenue has been closed for more than a year while crews build the bart extension. it's a closure that creates traffic and confusion, even for fremont's mayor. >> so i ended up going probably about ten times farther than i needed to go around to get there. with warren there you cut it off. >> reporter: some relief arrives monday. warren avenue will be reopened. drivers who used to sit and wait for trains to pass will cruise right under train and bart tracks. >> i'm not singing zip-a-dee-doo-dah yet, but it's getting close. >> don isn't the only one ready for a spin on the road. the owner says opening warren will help put him back on the map. since the closure, the lunch crowd has gone from about 200 to 2

bart is about 400,000 riders. bart of the challenge when you have so many operators, is a little bit difficult to vigate. we want to move forward in a direction where someone can more seamlessly go between the different operato within the region and look and feel like one region, not 27 different operators. >> so we need to coordinate that? >> we are doing a better job. we have clipper, it's not on every system. we nd to push it a lot further. t just imagine someone coming on. they might learn the bart map. we have different maps where you go under the train. we ne a common map. >> i have just a few seconds. transit village are they worth investing in? >> a old idea that we had. neighborhoods like rock dge. simply the notion we want to put a lot of people's jobs and activities around them. they are doing a good job. all right. we are out of time. my thanks to all of our wonderful guests today. for more information, just go to our website. we're on facebookt abc 7 community affairs and follow me on twitter. thanks

lawyer says this latest incident proves bart is drag its feet in investigating racist acts. >> bart has not done its job in control the work environment. and those who are rogue in it and are racist in it feel like they can act with impunity. >>reporter: vic lee, 7 news. >> suspended state senator yee pleaded not guilty in federal court today to long list of charges. prosecutors up seal expanded grand jury indictment that include as new racketeering charge which accuses yee of soliciting bribe and campaign contribution in exchange for political favors and being part of china town crime gang. today indictment supersedes the original charges filed against yee back in april. yee now charged with 11 felony including 10 counts of corruption and bribery. he's free on 500,000 dollar bond. >> a's fan react to big news traiingd away one of the best and most popular players. a's trading him to the red sox and they get lester and gomes. here's nick smith. >> not going to be the same. >>reporter: news that the a's traded star outfielder to the boston red sox for john lester and former a's outfielde

. >> the mother of oscar grant shot by a bart police officer in 2009 spoke to the crowd saying fergusonhas left her shattered. >> with ferguson, my heart sank again. another senseless killing and another cover up scheme again trying to demonize the young man. >> he was on the move through the streets. police controlling traffic to keep the group safe. no one was hurt. >> a return to city hall vowing more protests in the future. in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> tensions are still running high in ferguson, missouri where police shot and killed the unarmed teen inning aer on august 9th. hundreds of protestors and police are still out on the streets, but they have not seen the level of clashing we have seen the past several nights. toman bradley is in ferguson with a look at the latest effort to ease the tension. >> behind closed doors they will represent the fate of darrin wilson who shot and killed the unarmed teen. >> we will have absolutely everything there is. every piece of paper and every photograph and every bit of physical evidence. >> the prosecuting attorney does not ex

it looks minor, but a bart maintenance technician told us a steel tire cover came off the train. it did enough damage to the track and the third rail to shut down service right smack in the middle of the commute. >> it was all very frustrating. >> reporter: and crews are waiting until bart stops running around midnight to get closer look at the wheel. they are looking at trains on a single track. reporting live in pleasant hill, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> and we are just getting this video of downtown oakland. a semi hit a car. the person in the car was killed and traffic is backed up on the bay bridge. >>> crushed by a chimney in the earthquake. >> if i hadn't moved, i'm telling you, i shouldn't be here right now. >> tonight, a 13-year-old boy is talking about the scary moment of impact. and andria borba says he is out to prove his doctors wrong. >> reporter: yeah, he says he wants to get back on the playing field as soon as possible, but first, he has to let the plates and screws in his pelvis heal before he does any of that. trapped under this collapsed fireplace to recovering

as bart trains are stopped and writers are forced off creek bart is running limited service on the pittsburgh they point line. westbound trains are now running between pleasant hill and walnut creek. good evening, em pam moore. kron4 a lease deal reid is live at the walnut creek bart station to explain what is going on. alicea? >> reporter: there are seven buses that are going back and forth. bart is assessing what is to leave. the damaged track. we are told the will may have separated and amish the track. they're still no word on when it will be repaired and traffic is still a nightmare out here creek it is still a nightmare it had wrought by 30 p.m.. there are police are directing traffic is just a nightmare. but you can't avoid the area. colosio reid walnut creek. >> pam: three people have been killed in a crash on an off ramp near interstate 680 creek and venetia. the crash happened about 340 this afternoon on the late herman off ramp of northbound 680. authorities say three people and a key a hit another car and went into the canal. all three were killed. >> pam: the c h p says the late

within the hour, obviously a bad time for a bart stoppage. no trains are going in and out, at least no trains with passengers. that means bart service between concord and walnut creek has been stopped. now buses are arriving on scene to transfer the hundreds of strapped bart riders to and from walnut creek and concord. those stations, now, no word now on when the stoppage will end. >>> our other breaking new, solano county, a crash has slowed traffic down dramatically. chp tells us three older people were killed when a car missed the offramp and landed in a ditch. the lake herman off ramp will be closed for at least three more hours. the back up is in red on our traffic cam. this is going to be a very congested area, so an area you're going to want to avoid. we're going to continue to follow this breaking story for you throughout our newscast and bring you

bart police helping in the investigation as well. the alameda county fire department confirms they responded to a possible gunshot victim but that victim had been taken to a local er. it's leindicated at east 14th street. we will bring you more details as soon as they come in. >>> the city of oakland is getting a new infusion of cash to reduce crime. as kpix 5 reporter mark kelly tells us it's designed to help people before they fall back into trouble. >> reporter: in the eyes of oakland mayorquan, the city's crime rate is turning a corn are and it's time to throw more money at successful programs. >> it allows us to double down on some strategies that are clearly beginning to work. >> reporter: the grant invests money in programs like drug treatment, mental health, and job placement. helping prisoners get on their feet again and into society instead of back behind bars. this $2 million grant comes from the state. >> the grant is designed, as i mentioned, to assist positive momentum in oakland, which oakland has achieved in reducing

. >> concerns over parking at bart.p next two investigates the parking lots where your car is most likely to get broken into. >>> bart says expect delays up to 15 minutes on the pittsburgh bay point line for several days. track maintenance work will be done toward the concord, north concord bart station. only one track will be available for trains in both directions. the work starts tomorrow morning, it continues through tuesday but not during the weekday morning commute. bart will continue that work the following two weekends. >>> bart police have a new program to catch thieves who target parked cars. 2 invests takes a look at whether the program is working and which bart stations has the most break ins. this year bart police say there have been 147 break ins at the 33 bart stations that offer parking pittsburg saw 44. >> i don't feel like feeling i can't even leave the smallest thing in my car and anything in my trunk. >> bart police says a new program is helping. they have bucket the $50,000 for fingerprinting servic

there were problems on bart on the bay point bridge and people are driving to work. things should be okay. >> a tragic story from arizona after a nine-year-old girl accidentally shoots and killed an instructor at a gun range. it was caught on camera. we will not show you the whole video but investigators say it happened while the instructor was showing the girl how to shoot the uzi and it fired a bullet into the instructor move head. employees say the girl was visiting from new york-new jersey and her parents were at the range when the shooting happened. >> group that killed james foley is holding an american woman hostage, the 26-year-old was doing humanitarian work in syria and was abducted. he is not identified because of fears of safety. an american man has been killed while fighting extremists in syria and identified as douglas mcarthur mc >> burger kin has a were woulder of a deal but customers are not having it their way. >>> good morning, topping america's money, calls for a burger king boycott. they have upset customs with a merger moving headquarters to can

valley project set to construct a 16 pliel extension from bart down to santa clara. the warm springs bart station is slated to open at the end of next year in north san jose station set for the end of 2017. a lot of progress going along for this progress. welcomed sight here with warren back open this morning. live in south fremont, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >>> up next on "today in the bay," vigil for an unarmed teenager shot and killed by police takes a violent turn as those showing their support lash out. the overnight developments, next. >>> plus caught in a hurricane. the rescue efforts under way right now to leech a sailboat stranded hundreds of miles off the coast of hawaii. >>> you're watching "today in the bay." >>> welcome back everyone, very good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside, nice clear shots overlooking san jose. rob's in for christina this morning as a look at the forecast. 4:44, riots erupted in the streets of st. louis overnight following an officer-involved shooting that left an unarmed teenager dead. >>>

. >>> bart police are launching a new design. joining us from the concord bart station and she has more on how the app works. good morning. >>> this is called bart watch and here is how it works if you see a crime in progress and you can report an incident and you can take a photo discreetly and send it to police. you can up load pictures and create your own comments in the text boxes. it is gps created and it can be pinpointed fire department -- pinpointed if necessary. riders have been asking for a safe and silent way to community with them when they are on a train or station. they will also offer chinese and spanish for the app. they can make a comment at the end of each train car. they will be unveiling the app and we will talk to some bart riders and see what they think about the app. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a second vandalism issue is again raising concerns about the security of the power grid. pg&e said somebody used wire cutters at the substation at metcalf road and it is the same substation where s

bart is on track so all eyes are on bart early this morning.iting to see what would happen with the pittsburg- bay point line. everything is on time. there were delays in the pittsburg-bay point line a problem with the tracks near pleasant hill. it was cleared overnight and everything is fine this morning. on the roads, things will be crowded on westbound 580 between the altamont pass and livermore. sluggish from 205 to isabel and then things clear out a bit in the westbound lanes. gorgeous sunrise this morning. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic not so nice. it is stacked up through the maze. the approaches are beginning to slow, as well. richmond into berkeley, westbound 580 now back up to 24. if you are traveling southbound 880 in hayward, this is our hot spot. look at that. the backups now extend beyond highway 92. it's all because of an earlier crash at decoto and fremont. all lanes open for a while but expect traffic jams if your commute takes you there. that's your latest "kcbs" drive to work. lawrence, have you see

bart on time.ried about delays on the pittsburg- baypoint line, everything is running like clockwork so far this morning and so is ace train number one. that's your latest "kcbs" drive to work. your latest forecast now, looks like we are having a heat wave, here's lawrence. >> in some of the valleys you will see the heat the next couple of days as high pressure builds overhead but enough of a sea breeze bringing fog at the coastline line so big temperature difference there. patchy fog at the coastline and patchy fog inside the bay. most of the interior valleys staying clear now. looks like as we head toward the afternoon, though, it is going to get hot inland. some of those temperatures soaring into the mid-90s in the warmest spots while 60s toward the coastline. then slightly cooler toward the weekend. and a few subtropical moisture clouds coming in our direction. that low continues to creep further east. high pressure slides overhead so temperatures away from the coastline going to get hot. in th

meteorologist >> reporter: 0 bart trains are going to san francisco. no b.p. a on the pre opening. >> pam: that's it for the kron 4 news at 8. stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4.com or download one of our mobile apps. >> pam: at 11 o'clock. see you then.goodnight. nds] the wait is over for even faster internet. xfinity is now doubling the internet speed... ...on two of our most popular plans. xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet...period. xfinity internet from comcast, now double the speed. as far back as 1938, the director of the fbi, j. edgar hoover, wrote to the then-curator of the jeffersonian institution, professor daniel payne, to aid in the evaluation of specimens hoover thought to be irrefutably human. this was the result. ( laughter ) despite this early disagreement, the fbi and the jeffersonian have forged a mutually beneficial, if somewhat tense relationship, which survives to this day. thank you. ( applause ) thank you, dr. brennan. are there any questions? yes? how much m

bart received a ten- second warning. before the rumbling reached any bart train tracks. bart trains were not running at the time of night they received the alert. but if they had been runnning. the system would have automatically stopped or slowed down any trains. which were in danger of possible derailment. and train operators would have been notified. go rep this is up close and personal kind of like a bird hovering ec an enormous chunk of the building is gone like a construction site another similar situation is here there's a car in the parking lot that really took a beating million dollars in emergency here to carports that are crushed dozens of cars under their conformance animal shelter. most of the aftershocks have been lower than 3.0 magnitude. the probability of a strong aftershock is down to 22%. temperatures were in the '70s today. in napa it was 82 temperature is are mainly in the '60s with the cloud coverage will be overturned by 8:00 we're starting to see some clearing down to the south bay. and then the fog moves back to the coast where it will stay throu

or call bart police. you can actually take a photo discreetly and you type in what the problem is, upload location information, drop down menus or write your own comments. it is also gps enabled so officers can pinpoint where you are. as of today they have been looking for a safe way to see something suspicious. >>> strangers are getting into it and it is a little dangerous for people getting into the station. that would increase response. >> you may recall when a naked acrobat began accosting people at a san francisco bart station. passengers can still call bart directly or train operator using the intercom at the end of each train area. bart will be unveiling this app and coming up find out what other cities have for technical . >>> there are still more than 08 broken water lines and there are at least 500 customers without running water. they can restore water to everyone by late tomorrow. they also say all gas is restored. and the cost tied to the earthquake continues to rise. the city leaders say 300

it damaged several fires at the bart station. it caught fire and those flames spread to four other cars. is the took 20 minutes for firefighters to put out the flames. nobody was hurt and it does not appear to be suspicious. >>> one of them seen on video restraining a suspect, this video was posted over the weekend and reportedly those two making a video and one deputy appears to punch the man more than once. the press democrat says the man was drunk and agitated and the bystander who videotaped the incident around the man 0 who did this on the side of a freeway could face charges. he repeatedly punched a 50-year- old woman and it sparked anger and family members say she is mentally ill. the officer confronted her and they have stripped him of his duties and they are considering whether to file charges. >>> they are looking into the response of the be heading of james foley. u.s. launched a new air attack against the militant attack and they said they killed foley because of the u.s. air strikes. plane increasingly targeted in co

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bart has trains running on time.here was damage done to the third rail on the pittsburg line with 19 trains running perfectly. the golden gate bridge is moving fine. the car in the middle has construction and possibly a stalled vehicle for the right-hand side. we waking up to an accident through pleasant hill to walnut creek you will find northbound 680 at main is clearing a car hit a couple of barrels. meteorologist mike nicco? >>> good morning, everyone. good news if you do not like cloud cover. we don't have much. just a little along the coast. visibility is unlimited. the clouds are barely making it over san francisco. hot inland at 84 to 94 the coast toast to san francisco is 64 to 72. around the pay up to 84. >>> bart riders are looking for a smooth commute after crews worked all might to fix track damage at pleasant hill that caused problems last night during the commute. matt? >>> >> bart believe they did enough repairs overnight the trains will run this morning. sky 7 was over the seen as all service between

at a time when many police departments are stretched then and lacking resources bart is putting money towards special training to teach officers and staff about how to dust for fingerprints. bart says the initiative helped them connect a suspect to a string of break-ins after he was arrested by police. >> we were looking at and investigating. once they got him in custody they contacted one of my detectives on the case and we were able to link up the two cases. >> 2 investigates maps out the break-ins reported since the beginning of the year and reveals where your car is most likely to become a target. >>> bart plans to launch a new effort to clean up the filth in down town san francisco. a three person crew will focus on removing garbage and human waste. the brightening crew will work from 8:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon. bart says cut backs during the recession forced it to trim cleaning crews. >>> more than 30 people are homeless this afternoon following a massive fire in oakland that burned through two neighbors apartment buildings late last night. we have more on t

cars targeted in bart garages.ahead thousands of commuters park there every day but how safe is it? >> reporter: here's a clue for you this morning. i'm about ready to blend a very special concoction. "where's roberta?" as the news continues on kpix 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ithe part of us that a littwants to play,on. wants to be mischievous, wants to run free, all you have to do is let it out. find your inner minion only at the despicable me minion mayhem ride at universal studios hollywood. >>> gorgeous view from the pollen count sutro cam. the fog sneaking in over san francisco, couple of high clouds up above. we'll have the full weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> what a mess on 580. a traffic alert still in place. chp's making progress. they have opened some of the traffic west 580 at vasco. that's where this big rig overturned. still some lanes shut down in the eastbound direction with very long backups for west 580 leaving the altamont pass. details on this and more "kcbs traffic" still ahead. >>>

it happened as bart passengers were trying get home from work. others were trying to get to the jay-z-beyonce concert in san francisco. cheryl hurd is live at the west oakland bart station. the all clear has been given? >> reporter: it has. and as you can see, the bart trains are rolling pretty much back on schedule. but earlier tonight, it was a ghost town here after police say a bomb threat was called in. >> the california highway patrol received a call regarding a possible bomb on an transit bus. >> reporter: once the call came, in it didn't take police long to stop and evacuate this transit bus parked underneath the tracks at the bart station that point no trains were allowed in or out of the transbay tube. dozens of bart riders were on the platform when that call came in. >> they didn't say nothing to us. they were like everybody go downstairs. and we all went downstairs. now everybody out. >> reporter: that evacuation spread to homes and businesses nearby. the alameda county bomb squad was called. in one of its dogs indicated there may have

>>reporter: bart said it's investigating and release add statement today reading bart police was notified within an hour of the time the incident was reported and began an internal investigation that same night. alleges that the workers were ordered to return to work is completely inaccurate. >>> the man accused of injuring 5 people with stolen van in san francisco is charged with 10 felony charges today 6 for hit-and-run. 25-year-old anthony wise interarrested monday night. police tried to pull over the van but he took off. he went just few block before crashing at jones and post. the van struck a taxi both vehicle careen on to the sidewalk and into a pedestrians and bicyclist. woman injured inside the stolen van is helping with the investigation an not charged. >> startling move by the a's trade dead line trading cespedes trading for lester and gomes. he's the most exciting players a's had in years. he's thrilling to watch. under contract for only 1 more year after this. so he was going to get traded at some point. bean decided the time was now. he has a chance to stack the play off rot

bart system is one of a kind requires skills not taught in colleges.ecruiting and training new engineers. among the trainees a 25-year-old who recently graduated from uc berkeley. >> bart will be willing to take anybody who themselves. >> at this time bart has 14 junior engineers. bart says it has to fill 6 0 positions to keep those trains running. >>> criminal targeted at the bay area park. >> it is a place of prayer. >> the vicious cycle and why it is so difficult to stop the vandal. >>> i am forecasting a good amount of sunshine. >>> after the break, the suspect has the community on high alerts. the series of crimes they are wanted for. >>> a funeral was held today for a young dirt track racer who was killed last week in an accident involving nascar champ tony stewart. friends and family gathered in booneville new york to pay their respects. many were wearing orange and black which were his racing colors. the 20-year-old died when tony stewart cut him off and he spun into a wall. this is video from moments before tony stewart's car struck ward's car

the new airport connecter operating between the airport and the coliseum bart station. the connecter expected to be ready before thanksgiving. bother says it's about eight minutes faster than the current bus ride. it'll also cost twice as much. $6 compared to the current three. >>> 4:38, 49ers will hit the field at lee have i stadium today -- levi stadium today. they are allowing up to 10,000 fans to come in and watch. bad news for those hoping to attend, the free tickets were already raffled off. there will be two more open practices at the stadium however before the season starts. >>> 4:39, the government gets closer to deciding if people can use cell phones to talk mid-flight. we're talking which way regulators are leaning. >>> new developments in southern california. almost a week later, a broken pipe is finally fixed. we'll have details, next. >>> toxins in the tap. hundreds of thousands of people being told not to drink the tap water in morning in a major u.s. city. >>> northbound bay area wants to help local nonprofits build stronger communities. that's why we're

>> bomb threat stopped bart traips from going through the transbay tube causing maiming delays. you can see an empty bart car train and hundreds of riders stuck waiting at san francisco embarcadero station this evening. call came in at 7:30. report of possible bomb on ac transit bus right under the tracks near the west oakland bart station. right now investigators are checking out the bus with the help of canine units. the dogs. ac transit buses are on the way to help get people between san francisco and oakland. stay with us. 7 news will update breaking news development on this story. we have full report here at 11:00 o'clock over on abc 7 and during this hour and follow us on our twitter feed at abc 7 news bay area. we stay on top of that. very closely. good evening i'm dan ashley now to the woman known for trying to sneak on to flights. tonight marilyn hartman in us difficult now in los angeles after she finally got past security and made it on to a south west flight from san jose to lax without a boar boarding pass. congressman told us that she sneaked around tsa agent who w

two employees are talking about what they call an ugly problem at bart. >> bart says it's taking thistigating it as a hate crime. >> those employees claim their manager's response was just as offensive as the graffiti itself. vic? >> with three black bart workers say offensive acts are an ongoing pattern of racism. they say every time they work alone at night on the tracks, they have to look over their shoulders and wonder if they'll be targets again. >> i walked in. it was written on my locker. my name, and the "n" word, and i should die. >> someone scrawled offensive words on his locker. when johnson went to his supervisor he was told to go to another manager because he was too busy with other things. johnson says he's been a target before, first, two years ago. >> i was picked up and

crews have been building the bart exthaengs will connect south fremont to santa clara. the closure led to traffic nightmare which the may i don't ever fremont has had to deal with himself. >> i go about ten times further than i used to. warren cuts it off. >> the traffic has been unreal. i mean mission boulevard here is like a parking lot with a go slow sign. >> reporter: so great news for drivers. now for everyone wanting to hop on to a fremont to south bay train. progress means instead of 2018 the extension set opening by late 2017 is still on track. the city of fremont subpoena paying for part of the project. that's supposed to enhance safety, not just drivers, but bicyclists and pedestrians who can avoid the train. construction which includes white and mission bld is set to finish next spring, and speaking of that construction, back here live, you can see there are some crews out and about here another warren and catto the work not done here. the warm springs bart station is set to open at the end of next year. again very good progress. now coming up in about 45 min