enough bart security so we compared bart staffing with other u.s.ransit systems. bart has 185 officers and it is looking to fire 40 more. among major public transportation networks, chicago's metro trail system and salt lake's uta system has fewer transit officer says. new york, new jersey, boston, baltimore and philadelphia have more. we asked experts whether law enforcement at public transportations across the country are under staffed. >> there's no one set model or number for how you police or secure a transit system so there are many variables on how you decide how to staff your system i think that's up to a bart community to have that conversation about the right number. >> bart police cover 47 train stations, 112 miles of track and 50,000 parking spaces. finding qualified applicants is an issue and must compete with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. >>> 736:36, the minneapolis police chief is -- 7:36, a minneapolis police chief has resigned after a 40-year-old woman was shot by an officer. one of the officers shot and killed

be everywhere. >> the more bart expands, further east with e bart and with more and more parts to --assengers, bart will need more officers. ktvu fox2 news . >>> a federal grand jury has indicted and oakland man for attempting to provide information to isis. a 22-year-old man tried to give isis information including opening social media accounts to promote isis. he has been charged with identity theft. the fbi arrested him in november after he tried to use a stolen credit card to make $5000 in online purchases. no word on when he will appear in court. >>> it's been more than one year since demonstrators clashed with anti-fascist protesters at the state capital. one of the four people identified and arrested for their part in the rally appeared in court in sacramento. mike will -- mike williams is facing assault with a deadly weapon. he had a brief agreement today and will be back in court on monday. supporters stood outside insisting he was defending himself during a counter protest at that violent rally in june of last year. >> he didn't stab anybody. where other people the stabbed

bart is giving the media a sneak peek into the new bart trains called the 'fleet of the future.'(steve) k-r-o-n-4 was at the south hayward bart station this morning going on a test ride on one of the new cars. bart officials say the new cars have undergone nearly 4- hundred tests over the past year. the new sophisticated trains will carry more riders... 2-hundred and 60 to be exact. ten train cars will be on the track starting in september... a total of 35 by the end of the year. (pam) a live look outside at s-f-o (steve)brittney has the forecast an area of low pressure off of the northern california coast will maintain seasonably cool temperatures with widespread night and morning low clouds through tuesday. warmer conditions return for the second half of the week as the upper level ridge builds back over california. above averages temperatures are forecast late in the week and will likely continue into the upcoming weekend. day one>mind ever, from any doubt in my "there was never

bart station... and this morning the mayor is criticizing bart for their handling of the investigation. mayor tom butt witnessed landon sims being attacked on thursday and called 9-1-1. he says bart has not been helping the richmond police department catch the people who are responsible. bart is not releasing video of the suspects to the public, and they have not handed it over to richmond police yet. mayor butt says the two jurisdictions need to work together to catch the attackers. ( mark ) bart says the attack didn't happen in their jurisdiction, and they have been in contact with the city of richmond. there are multiple cameras outside the station, but bart is still reviewing the video. they say the video should be ready to be released to the po

laura anthony live at the bart station with the story. >> reporter: the controversy about whether bart is being transparent enough came to the fore front when one man stood before bart safety committee. >> i'm here to encourage you to take safety on bart seriously. >> reporter: rusty stood before the bart board safety committee as one who has been there, the victim of a violent crime. they were beaten and robbed by a group of 30 to 40 young people on april 22 pd 2nd. it's a crime captured on video, images bart won't release. >> part is releasing videos of the incident that's been going on and multiple attacks since to better educate the public and to find ways to prevent these from occurring. >> we don't want to jeopardize the prosecution of an individual who did something horrible to a victim or one of our riders. it's a balance. we'll be discussing it further here at bart as an organization. >> reporter: bart has seen an increase in one violent crime, rape, for the first half of this year. that's seven so far compared with four all of last year. >> when all these cameras disappears i

new bart police chief carlos rojas is noticing an alarming trend.carlos rojas/bart police dept- "i'm seeing it throughout the state. crime, crime increasing and i don't see us any different." chief rojas says bart is budgeted for 224 sworn officers... but right now, has only about 184 on staff... leaving the department about 40 officers short.carlos rojas/bart police dept- "we're in the process of hiring now." bolstering the staff, he says, will allow him to focus resources on crime hot spots... carlos rojas/bart police dept- "we're looking at the robbery issues -- putting out a robbery suppression detail to try to prevent these crimes. ideally, we want to be on the side of prevention, because we can't arrest ourselves out of a problem." instead of emailing out police logs of crimes happening at bart stations... the chief says he recently decided to make that information available on the website crime-mapping- dot-com. freeing up the officer who would typically create the log, to perform other duties. as of this year, every station entrance and train car is outfitted with surveillanc

on the same day bart finished installing cameras on all its trains -- a rider was attacked.but -- bart says... it will ánotá release the surveillance video to the public.. leaving some to wonder -- what's the point of cameras? tonight - kron4's hermela aregawi talked to a man who was the victim of crime on bart.. hermela -- surveillance video was never released of that crime either.. what does he think about all this? (hermela aregawi)he says he wants the video of the latest attack releasedso that police can get some help in catching the suspects.he added that he thinks bart isn't releasing the footage because it is more worried about bad publicity..than catching the bad guys.violence once again on bart.on wednesday four teens attacked and robbed a passenger on a train.bart says it's reviewing the surveillance footage but won't release itbecause the suspects are minors.something similar happened to rusty stapp.he was attacked by a mob on bart back in april.rusty stapp/bart attack victim: they've never released the video of the night of our attack and not releasing the video this week i

is it safe riding bart.. many passengers traveling to or from the coliseum station on thursday were well aware there had been another robbery and attack by a mob of teenssotsot bart says saturday evening about 630 a juvenile grabbed a woman's cell phone aboard a bart train and then ran off the train with a dozen others. the woman was not injured but when another passenger chased the suspect and demanded the phone back. he was beaten, but he did get the phone back. members of barts robbery suppression task force intercepted the group, detained and photographed them, but ultimately released them when the victims could not identify them. bart is now reviewing surveillance video from aboard the train and the station.sot paul justi/attorney representing bart victims 104-112i continue to be shocked at how this same style of crime continues to be occurring at the same location attorney paul justi represents 7 bart passengers who were victims of similar mob style attacks. while he applauds bart for deploying a specia

-- bart passenger asked that we not show him. the man was commuting home to dublin >> i did not expect anything to happen. i was fully alert and on my phone.>>> reporter: it happened as the train was pulling into the castro valley bart station at 730 p.m.. >> they waited until right before the door closed they snatched my phone and they ran down the stairs.>>> reporter: bart police arrested the juvenile they say took the phone. please returned it to the owner. >> they are out there looking for an opportunity. looking for people who are not paying attention. unfortunately, it will continue to occur do we educate the public. >>> reporter: bart is reminding passengers over the pa system about their electronics. bart police say theft of electronics has gone steadily down from 58 in march to 27 and june. statistics show overall crime reports are up 22 percent the first three months of this year over the same time last year. bart police say most of the crimes that occur on trains are crimes of opportunity. they say the system is just t

another violent attack on bart. and it happened on the same day the final cameras were installed on all bart trains. the incident happened on a dublin- bound train. kron4's hermela aregawi reports bart, so far is not releasing surveillance video of the incident. (hermela aregawi)violence once again on bart.on wednesday, four teens attacked and robbed a passenger on a train.bart says it's reviewing the surveillance footage but won't release itbecause the suspects are minors.something similar happened to rusty stapp.he was attacked by a mob on bart back in april. rusty stapp/bart attack victim: they've never released the video of the night of our attack and not releasing the video this week i think just proves they're more worried on what the public outcry would be on an incident like than actually catching the criminals. i don't think it's a deterent. people can still come and go as they please. there's nothing stopping them from entering the station and performing these crimes. the only thing you can hope is the cam

(steve) making bart safer. next we'll explain what bart officials are doing to recruit more officers. (grant) plus bart crime victims sounding the alarm. what they say officials need to do following a series of robberies. (steve) plus a dog is dead after being snatched by a coyote in san francisco. the warning that pet owner has for others. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. bart is saying tonight it will explore all avenues to begin recruiting more police officers. kron 4's dan kerman reports... this comes after word the transit agency has the money to hire dozens of new officers. with traffic congestion getting worse and worse everyday few would argue major improvements ar

if you write bart, you could get a glimpse -- bart will test its shiny new cars. the train cars will be used during business hours with bart employees onboard. bart's in the process of replacing almost 700 of its cars in its aging fleet. >>> it is 4:09. and a young man is hospitalized with a dangerous virus. coming up, the reason his father says his job with the california state park is to blame. >>> a last ditch effort to repeal obamacare in the senate, but this effort may be doomed. i'm doug lazader in washington. we'll more on that ahead. ♪ i love you, basement guest bathroom. your privacy makes you my number 1 place... ...to go number 2. i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze air effects with odorclear technology cleans... ...away odors like never before. because the things you love the most can stink. and try febreze small spaces to clean away odors for up... ...to 30 days. breathe happy with new febreze. >>> with, back to mornings on 2. our time is 4:12. president trump says let obamacn s are bracing for what could be a final vote to repeal "the

bart board of directors. he wanted to know why the bart police department isn't doing more to crack down on crime. ktvu's tom vacar joins us now with more on what happened today. tom. >> reporter: frank, you know, traditionally a bart stations and bart trains have been some of the safest places that people can go to. but the recent state that we've had of robberies and mass robberies has upset that calm. compared to the first five months of last year, crimes on bart this year for the same period are up. assaults, robberies, and rapes up 41%. auto thefts, petty thefts, burglaries and arson up 14%. most notably there have been two recent mass gang robberies of patrons at the coliseum station. bart has high-quality surveillance video of the crimes but will not release it to the public for fear of tainting any prosecutions. randy and his family were victims of one of those robberies involving 47 robbers. he says the video should be released. >> i think it is one of many steps bart needs to take to start protectin

so i had to do it all over again with bart. >> reporter: but bart says the assault was a case for the richmond police because it happened off bart property. its proximity to the station, though, giving the mayor concerns about bart security. he says no station agent was in the booth and he snapped this photo of bart employees sitting in a work truck nearby whom he said appeared uninterested. >> i would not want to be put in a, you know, a serious security situation in that station because there's nobody there. nobody is going to help you. >> reporter: a bart spokesman said this morning, he didn't have any information about what individual employees were doing at the time. but mayor butt says he agoing to follow up with bart and the richmond pd, no arrests. anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> a major shake-up on the white house team. sean spicer resigned from his post as communications director and press secretary. weijia jang reports. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: sean spicer has resigned his position as white house press secretary. president trump has had issues with spicer's press briefings

bart police say most of the crimes that occur on trains are crimes of opportunity. they say the system is just too big to have officers on all of the trains. >> i am like any other person. who has their phone out.>>> reporter: he says experience has him driving to work for the time being when he does get back on bart -- bart, he will be more careful about taking out his iphone rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> san francisco police are investigating an assault that happened on a muni bus. police say a woman was writing the bay shore line near market street yesterday afternoon. when four women 18 to 21 years old surrounded her and began to harass her. the 30-year-old victim tried to call police and investigators say the suspect began hitting her. one of them snatched her phone and they all ran off at the next stop.>>> even one dollar bail is too much. mark our words, we will get max harris out before trial. >> a change in bail for one of the men jailed in connection with the ghost ship warehouse fire.>>> police in palo alto searching for a man caught on surveillance vide

i'm live at the walnut bart station with more on what bart is doing to ensure rider safety. ♪ strummedar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ strummed guitar travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. (darya)(mark) welcome back to the kron four morning news... lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... (anny hong): weather conditions more typical of mid july are likely through midweek as onshore flow and the marine layer influences the region. a gradual warming trend is then likely late in the week and into the upcoming weekend as high pressure builds back toward the west coast. thus, inland temperatures will again warm into the 90s to around 100 degrees during the afternoon hours this weekend. conditions then look to cool back to near seasonal averages early next week. no major hot spots.san mateo bridge

bart hired a police chief. he told the board that his department has deployed a robbery enforcement team focusing on certain hot spots around the system. he laid out a plan to fast track the hiring of 40 new officers to create a more visible police presence at stations and on board trains. >> i think we can make improvements in terms of crime. i do believe that crime overall in bart is relatively low when you consider we cover four counties, soon to be five. if we were compared to a city in america with the number of riders that ride bart every single day we would probably be one of the safest cities in america. >> reporter: also today the chief facing some tough questions about new crime data that's come out showing a spike in violent sexual crime on bart property. during the first half of this year there have been seven rapes reported on bart property. that's the same number reported for all of 2015 and 2016 combined. there have been 28 sexual assaults reported on the bart system so far this year. that's the

it doesn't look good for bart. and so they are continuing to face questions about how they handle crime on trains. as they face a shortage of officers. with the new expansion, to san jose, bart should have about 224 cops, to serve the 109 miles of line but today they only have 178 officers. >> our numbers relatively remain the same. our staffing amount, and our ridership has doubled and that is an ongoing issue now, that we are dealing with that. >> reporter: the lack of officers was one reason given for why bart started pairing back information given to the media about crimes being committed on the system. and another reason. in a memo, bart officials said that press releases on crime could unfairly affect and characterize riders of color. while bart has gotten a little bit better about reporting crimes. in fact they reported a crime that happened just last night. 10:30, a robbery, at the bay fair station, a man was injured. he will be all right. three to four suspects still on the loose. in sacramento, anne makov

and why bart did not >>> bart is downplaying the latest incident where a passenger was targeted by a group of teens. kpix 5's da lin on the attempted robbery and why bart did not put out a rider alert. da. >> reporter: well, that's because they don't think there's a public threat. the robbery happened here at the oakland coliseum bart station. aside from the smaller robbery cases, this is the second time in three months a large group of kids robbed and attacked bart passengers. it happened friday evening at the coliseum bart station. authorities say a teen robbed a woman of her iphone 7. they say as the kid and his friends, about 13 of them, walked out of the train, this good samaritan demanded the kids return the phone. they jumped him, but somehow the off-duty security guard fought the kids off and got the phone back for the woman. >> it's crazy to think this is a really common thing to be happening at this station. >> reporter: charles ennis was not involved in friday' robbery, but he tackled another robber on june 18 at the same bart station. he says a 16-year-old teen snatched a

is now under investigation by richmond police instead of the bart police only.(pam) today we learned.. bart has turned over surveillance video of the suspects ... to richmond officers. but it is not yet being released to the public. richmond mayor tom butt -- who witnessed the attack and called 9-1-1 -- has been highly critical of bart's initial response. we talked to him today -- after he viewed the surveillance video. lt. felix tan/richmond police spokesperson: "we haven't really discussed that among the two departments regarding that safety concern but because of this incident rest assured we are going to look at it again along with bart">(pam) for their part, richmond police say, they are willing to look at ways to improve public safety at the transit center (steve) a fourth person has been arres

nobody's going to help you. >> bart is safe? >> reporter: the bart police chief said the agent was on duty, somewhere in the station at the time of the attack. and he says transit officers are responsible for two to three stations and often go from one call to the next. >> there's no way we can guarantee every passenger will see a police officer. >> reporter: as for the bart workers in the truck? >> the employees were maintenance workers so they have no law enforcement training. what we would ask them to do is being a good witness. >> reporter: many people set -- bart needs to be more proactive. >> they need to retrain the bart attendants, to call, when to call and how to call. >> this is where i'm from, i do feel safe, but if there were employees close by. >> reporter: the mayor wants to have a chat with richmond and bart police, and boost patrols in and around the station. >>> fremont police say crews are working to remove a big rig that got stuck on a narrow one lane county road. skyfox flu over the scene -- flew over the sce

bart police are investigating several car break ins at bart stations.ked at three bart stations were broken into. police say two cars were hit at the rockridge station. a laptop was stolen from one of those cars. police also say that tools and a car stereo were taken from a car at the fruitvale station. and at the west oakland station, a backpack was taken out of a car. ( mark ) police are looking for a man who attacked and tried to rob a man at people's park in berkeley. it happened yesterday morning when the victim was approached by the attacker who tried to take the man's cell phone. the attacker then pulled out a knife and tried to stab the victim. the thief then punched the victim in the face twice and took off. the crook was never caught. the victim suffered deep cuts to his face. (mark) police are searching for the gunmen who fired several gun shots into two homes in berkeley. the shooting happened monday afternoon near san pablo park but we are just learning about it this morning. a large group of teens shot into two homes from their car while d

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sex crimes on the bart system. we will tell you more about the troubling numbers and how the police chief is planning to respond. mornings on 2 continues. expect this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> it is definitely a little bit cool outside him is tuesday morning. it is july 18. >> it is very noticeable. i am dave clark. let's talk about your weather. steve colson is in his office. >> it is cooler. you are right. no doubt about it. i think that the temperatures almost everywhere drop today and even well inland, some will take a dip as there is a strong onshore breeze. for some of you, you are multitasking and you are listening but not watching. you can look out over the estuary. there are breaks in the clouds. the fog bank is large and in charge. it was nonexistent yesterday. 64 in the city, 52, cold, and the average is 66 and 54 -- the record highs not that warm. 84 was a wily go back in 1916. the reason is looking at the buoy temperature, san francisco, 53, so that makes a big difference. bodega bay, 51 and i saw the

cesar ---debe la agencia "bart" publicar videos de actividad criminal en sus trenes?... esa es la polemica que estan enfrentando directivos... lorena --- incluido el nuevo jefe de la policia de ese organismo... take 2boxes ---pilar nino desde san francisco nos explica lo que esta pasando take pilar lot ;01 ;09 :29 :54 01:16 01:33 quick 02;01 lot 13:08 gracias pues para mejorar la seguridad se instalaron nuevas camaras en los trenes, pero ha surgido la controversia sobre que videos publicar 13:16 un grupo de decenas de jovenes abord un tren del bart el pasado mes de abril robando a varios pasajeros y lastimando a algunos... en junio otro grupo de 4 hizo lo mismo... y aunque con las nuevas camaras en los trenes, habria video de esto, la agencia se ha negado a darlos a conocer al publico... algunos pasajeros quisieran verlos norma geronimo/usuaria del bart 12:27 en cualquier momento se pueden volver a meter en el bart y a robar otra vez, asi esta uno un poco mas prevenido de reconocer a la gente 12:34 pero un correo interno de la agencia diria que publicarlos podria traer a

bart system. we will tell you about the numbers and how bart's police chief is responding. mornings on 2 continues. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. it's tuesday, july 18. i'm pam cook. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your tuesday weather . steve paulson knows everything. >> i don't know about that, but i hope so. still have some upper 90s and if you 100 yesterday all the many at the coast and bay started that temperature drop. today, even those well inland will city -- will see a big drop. 48 in napa. a nice break from the heat! i would agree with that. there is another observation, 52. i see 48 in calistoga and glen allen. bodega bay, 47. it is cold and foggy there. 48 in hillsburg. kelseyville is sleeping and. that's okay. low clouds are making a charge and went. there is a strong onshore wind and it looks like it's beginning to fill in toward santa cruz. 50s or 60s for the temperatures. low 50s in woodside and pacifica. hillsborough, 52. 52, atherton. wind at 26 with gusts 230. the table is set for cooler and the sacramento valley as this sy

a mob attack on bart.. again.s >> are expected to announce the reward on monday, a mob attack on bart, again. this time a passenger was attacked by a group of teens, who tried to take off with the stolen iphone. it's not the first time something like this has happened. so, why is bart down playing it? that's what kpix5 kpix5 asked. >> reporter: it happened friday at the coliseum bart station. authorities say a teen robbed a woman of her iphone 7. they say as the kid and his friends, about 13 of them, walked out of the train, this good samaritan demanded the kids return the phone. they jumped him, but somehow, the off duty security guard fought the kids off, and got the phone back for the woman. >> it's crazy to think this is a common thing to be happening. >> reporter: charles was not involved in the robbery, but tackled another robbery on june 18 at the same bart station. he said a teen about 16 years old snatched a woman's smartphone on the platform. he confronted the kid, and got a cut to his forehead. >> i jus

another attack on a bart train.e it happened and what police are saying about the attackers. and.. a wildfire burning in the south bay. the progress firefighters made overnight trying to get that fire control. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(mark) and i'm mark danon. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... (james)it's a mild tuesday morning with relatively clear skies and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. it's cooler than it was yesterday morning with fog at the coast. later today, we should see sunny skies for all communities away from the coast and temperatures that are considerably cooler -- especially for the inland valleys. in fact, some communities will see a 10 degree drop in temperatures compared to yesterday. inland highs will only reach the mid 80s, bay shoreline communities will be in the upper 70s, while coastal locations will max out in the mid 60s. slight warming is expected for rest of the week, but otherwise not much change is expected. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 8