the bart board is trying to decide whether to have late, late night services but that could come with a human cost the next day. abc7's nick smith joins us from oakland to explain a proposal. this could really hurt low-income people the most. >> reporter: absolutely. the bart board of directors are meeting right now to discuss the results of this survey and how best to address the needs of their passengers. >> the bart board of directors held a meeting to discuss a plan to add late-night service to trains on friday night. >> when the trains turn into a pumpkin, people would rather see trains running. >> not all passengers are crazy about the idea of late-night rail service. >> i don't think it's necessary. it screws up saturdays. people who work on saturdays have to wait another hour. that doesn't work right. >> this is because of a possible six-month pilot project to extend train service an hour. from midnight friday to 1:00 a.m. on sunday. begin train service an hour later 7:00 a.m. saturday instead of 6:00 a.m. bart administrators say later friday hours must be coupled with a later

the bart board is trying to decide whether to have late, late night services but that could come with human cost the next day. abc7's nick smith joins us from oakland to explain a proposal. this could really hurt low-income people the most. >> reporter: absolutely. the bart board of directors are meeting right now to discuss the results of this survey and how best to address the needs of their passengers. >> the bart board of directors held a meeting to discuss a plan to add late-night service to trains on friday night. >> when the trains turn into a pumpkin, people would rather see trains running. >> not all passengers are crazy about the idea of late-night rail service. >> i don't think it's necessary. it screws up saturdays. people who work on saturdays have to wait another hour. that doesn't work right. >> this is because of a possible six-month pilot project to extend train service an hour. from midnight friday to 1:00 a.m. on sunday. begin train service an hour later 7:00 a.m. saturday instead of 6:00 a.m. bart administrators say later friday hours must be coupled with a later s

bart board of directors are scheduled to hold a meeting at 9:00 a.m. to discuss a plan to add the later night service on the trains on friday night. bart has a six-month pilot project to extend train service an hour and begin train service an hour later on saturday. the bart administrators say later saturday hours must be coupled with a later start on friday evening so they have time to do maintenance on the trains that are not running. riders themselves are divided. >> maybe they should. >> give me your opinion. late-night hours? >> i don't usually take the train that late. sometimes. a little scary. >> i don't think it's necessary. it screws up saturday. if people go to work on saturdays, then they wait another hour. that doesn't work right. >> in a survey last month they found as a group there were a larger number of low-income minorities on saturday morning than on average. and the saturday riders surveyed said they had no other way than bart to get to work. the same survey also suggested that riders op friday night would enjoy a late night service.

bart board may expand by loving late late service on friday night.people can stay out past midnight and still use the train. but there is a catch here. of nick smith explains. >>reporter: bart board of director held a meeting to discuss a plan that would add late night service to the train on friday night. >> trains turn into a pumpkinbar see that the transare rung. not all passengers are crazy about the idea of late night real service. >> i don't think it's necessary. screws up saturday. if people go to work on saturday, then they have to wait another hour. the that doesn't work right. >>reporter: this is because of a possible 6 month pilot project to extend train service an hour from midnight friday to 1:00 a.m. on saturday. >> 7:00 a.m. saturday instead of 6:00 a.m. bart administrators say later friday hours must be couple with hater start the following morning. >> we have to have that our crew can get throughout and keep the tracks in operation. when the trains start running again so there aren't any problem. service is on time and it's safe. >>r

the bart board of directors are scheduled to meet this morning at 9:00 a.m. to discuss a plan to add late-night service on their trains on friday night. bart is proposing a pilot project to extend the train service an hour from midnight friday to 1:00 a.m. on saturday. and begin train service an hour later at 7:00 a.m. on saturday instead of 6:00 a.m. bart administrators say the later friday hours must be coupled with a later start the following morn something crews have enough time to do maintenance when the trains are not running. as you might expect, commuters themselves are divided. >> cow know on the weekends -- you know, on the weekends, it would be nice to stay out in the city and take bart home and don't worry about drinking and driving or anything like that. >> i don't think it's necessary. it screws up saturdays. and people that work on saturdays. they got to wait another hour. that doesn't work right. >> in a survey last month, bart found early saturday riders as group had larger percentage of low income minorities on saturday. they also said they h

. >> the bart board is reviewing a survey showing a switch to late night bart service friday will hurt minority and low income riders. bart is considering extending hours past midnight friday to accommodate late night riders in and out of san francisco. however, later friday hours must be coupled with a later start the following morning. >> you have to have a time crews can get out there to keep tracks and operation with the trains running again. >> so here is the rub. the survey shows 33% of the riders show bart is the only means of transportation to work. the same survey says 81% of the rivers favor an extension of service. the board is expected to make a decision next month. >> and options are running out across the country who feel victimized by a mortgage rescue scheme. >> we've been following this story. it's alan david teekle. the man on trial on a indictment for real estate fraud, mortgage security fraud and mil filing false documents. he appeared in a courtroom today and is what he did outside of the court that has many people talking. he is being held in jail on $780,000 bail

recently it's been going up. >> reporter: bart board president thank you so much. promotion today. people can actually win free tickets on bart if you do one or two things. one involves wearing a t-shirt like you saw him wearing. >>> back over to sal to check in on traffic this morning. sal, how does it look? >>> it looks okay. as a matter of fact traffic is moving along well on the east shore freeway if you are driving on 80 westbound it's moving along okay driving out toward the macarthur maze. also the morning commute is okay if you're driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. so far another big delay. yesterday we had a bad one. today we're hoping for better. northbound 280 traffic looks good up to highway 17. 5:39. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we have some fog on the santa cruz coastline and it's rather shallow. more so today than yesterday and more of a puff of a sea breeze. 48 to 58. who is 48? that would be just outside sonoma. 48 degrees little cool here. so the pattern's changing slightly fair. by fair i mean higher clouds coming in especially from t

this morning the bart board of directors is going to hear the results of a public survey about whetherervice by one hour on friday nights but that would also mean service would begin an hour later on saturday mornings. the public survey suggests the change in hours would have a negative impact on low income and minority riders. sore -- for this plan to move forward more work needs to be done to find transportational alternatives for those riders. >> a pilot whose nasty comments were overheard about colleagues. the pilot didn't realize his cockpit mock -- microphone was in the onposition and many words were believed occupy after it was made public. he was complaining about homosexuals and older flight attendants. >> an air traffic controller tried to warn him the comments were being broadcast but the houston-based pilot went on speaking for about two and-a-half more minutes. the southwest airlines vice president apologized for the incident. >> on behalf of the pilot i want to apologize to our employees. to our customers, and to fellow pilots in the industry. this is an isolated incident

the bart board searches for a new general manager.ders can go on line and take a survey, find a link at abc7news.com. click on see it on tv. take that survey and meteorologist has got it right. >> you like the heat? >> the heat too. you said it would be hot. >> i appreciate the compliment. 6:15 this morning and taking a look at really compressed marine later those clouds will be easy for the sun to get rid of. probable around 9:00 and see the warming. temperatures are pretty mild. enjoy the comfort of 50-degree weather until you get to antioch at 65. monterey bay and inland. low to mid-50s. that is good things about this mini heat wave. at night it will be clear and comfortable and you can open the windows and get some of the cooling in and trap it in before the heat of the day takes over. it's going to be sunny and warm. cooling trend hits thursday and temperatures will be steady from thursday all the way through the weekend. i don't see any wild temperature swings. today, how we compare to average average at redwood city, 80. napa,

offers will receive additional training time and they must report all uses of force this is the bart board president is playing >> it is not mandatory to carry a taser and every bart has their own that they have been retrained how to use said and done what circumstances do you said they want to be familiar with caring the terrorist is our it's not in your strong draw our draw hand but in your weaker hand. >> there will be more training for in the stations as well as all being on the trains. >> it right now in san jose it's 58 to great at new-line >> it right now in san jose it's 58 to great at new-line a 81 nice day of very hot [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. and in mexico wall fire is approaching a loss almost firefighters are bracing

barts board of directors unanimously approved a $300 million contract. the warm springs extension projects would probably create thousands of jobs. at least it's expected to. it will help ease the gridlock on interstate 680 and 880. >>> nascar will make a pit stop in the bay area this weekend with the annual toyota save mart 350. now about 100,000 people are expected to pack into the stands for the race which starts at noon on sunday. all those race fans could slow down traffic if you are not heading to the race course you should probably avoid highway 37 and 1 on 1 -- and 121. >> we are not discouraging you from visiting our friends in sonoma for a wine tasting. i would say just don't leave at 5:00. if you're going to get up there get up there early. but don't be on the road at 5:00 when the race gets out. unless you are fond of being stuck with 100,000 other people at that intersection. >>> let's take a look at 80 westbound. also the morning commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound. there are no major problems on the bridge right now.

barts board of directors unanimously approved a $300 million contract to build the warm springs extension. it's expected to create thousands of jobs. it will also ease grid look. well, the public is invite to come autoand find out how gas pipelines are tested. they are holding a symposium to explain what information is gained from those pipeline tests. what tools are used and how they work. now the event begins at 10:00 this morning in san francisco. state regulators decided to hold this seminar after they got dozens of questions about testing the pipelines. >>> the commute could be getting a little busier. let's check in with sal. >> it is a little bit. we haven't had the levels we have seen in the last few days. let's take a look at northbound 280. it looks very light. we are hoping for it to stay this way. even at the bay bridge which is still light. moving along and taking a look at the commute on 237 westbound. that traffic looks very good crossing 880 continuing out to 101. and speaking of 101 here in san francisco northbound 101 traffic looks good approaching the 80 split. at 6:09

bart board members just adopted a $619 million operating budget.oney will pay for improvements including elevators and new seats. crews will smooth out rough spots on the rails that cause trains to screech. so where's the money coming from? board members say that they are seeing more riders and an increase in sales tax collections. >>> well, today 24,000 e-mails from sarah palin will be released to the public. the republican had sent them out during her first term as the alaska governor. the e-mails were first requested during her run for the white house in 2008 with john mccain. however, several thousand e- mails will be withheld because of attorney/client or executive privilege. >>> our time now 6:40. oh, no, another politician caught in a racy scandal. >> say it ain't so! now the pressure is growing for a new york congressman to resign. phil matier and willie brown are going to talk about "weiner- gate" in a couple of minutes. >>> as the market just opened, oh, about 10 minutes ago, taking a quick check of the early numbers, after a strong finis

. >> hi bart board of directors has suspended talks on extending service on friday night. the plan would extend service on friday night by an hour but that would mean service on saturday mornings would begin an hour later. >> the most recent suspect arrested in connection of the police corruption case in contra costa county has entered a plea of not guilty. former officers lowest lombardi appeared in a walnut creek courtroom to enter the plea. lombardi all along with former commander of the county anti-drug task force and christopher butler and stephen tanabe are facing charges of illegal weapons, bribery and other charges. >> 853 and we're back with more of a couple of minutes. here is a live look at walnut creek. traffic of city is very light. the creek is full of sunshine. we will be right back. >> say goodbye to the current cast of mtv's jersey shore. mtv is planning on dreaminbringing n entirely new cast. the current house was making over one of thousand dollars an episode. lindsay lohan of boyds jail time once again. yesterday in court, a judge ruled not to count the

66 years, subject to bart's right to request an extension before the end of the 64th year of the term. supervisor avalos: thank you. we are joined by the legislative aide to board president david chiu. >> thank you. you have before you a cooperative agreement between the port of san francisco and the bay area rapid transit district, known as bart, of course. this is a cooperative agreement related to improving security barriers around a bart facility on port property. to go over any questions you have, we have a commercial manager from the port of san francisco, and she will go over it briefly. we also have bart staff here as well to answer any questions. >> good morning, supervisors. i am with the port of san francisco. you have before you a cooperative agreement between the port of san francisco and the san francisco bay area rapid transit district, known as part -- bart. bart currently maintains a facility known as the san francisco transit structure, located on and under the very platform east of the ferry building, on property owned by the port of san francisco. bart has existing barriers on the platform but now proposes to construct enhanced surface and m

he will be a liaison between bart and the citizens' review board.e is tired and new police chief officers will now have to go with 40 hours of extra training instead of 25 hours of extra training every two years officers must report all uses of force here's a new board president glazing the procedure >> now it's mandatory to carry a taser every bart police officer will have one and they will be trained how to use said so they're much more familiar with a taser than a handgun it is required that you use the tater with the we cannot the strong hand. this is an increas this is in response said shooting hoops of oscar grant. >> also argive that we shot yesterday by undercover police officer he has been identified investigators have been searching for him it was wanted on a $75,000 warrant for resting up rest he is interested five time and he was placed on on and on revolt all parole they took an assault rifle and handgun from him. the officers were not injured. >> they have conducted served as the director of cal fire to look in the details to look into

a hawaii man completed the 300-crossing from the big island to kauai aboard a stand-up crossing board. bart spent five days and nights on 14-foot paddleboard. it required 250,000 paddle strokes. the 41-year-old says it was something he was inspired to do. a lot of standing. >> a lot of standing. a lot of rowing. >> yeah. >> oh, my. >> congratulations. great view all the way, though. >>> 5:25 now. next at 5:30 -- update on the condition of a bay area teenager whose adventure in the stand was nearly fatal. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in the newsroom. after the posturing and the lack of persuading, california appears to be on the verge of a budget agreement with lots of new cuts and farewell to old taxes. the story on the way. . next at 5:30 in the east bay -- walnut creek arrested two people for multiple stabbing outside a car wash. >> a look at high temperatures across the country. 114 in phoenix sticks out. as does 101 in dallas. minneapolis is 77. low to mid-80s around boston and new york. 69 in seattle. 73 in portland. no flight arrival delays in philadelphia. otherwise, all the airports

completed the first ever 300 mile crossing from the big island to kauai aboard stand up paddle board. if bartcrossing last night. spent 5 day and fight on a 14 foot paddle boar board. trip required more than 215,000 paddle stroke if you can imagine. 41-year-old says it was just something that he was inspired to do. he got it done. boy that's an athlete. >> i tell you. shark bait to me. if takeoff upset at wimbledon on super mon. we serve them up. warriors introduce the 3 draft choices today in oakland. happy to be here and share that with us next in  our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, every day. you deserve our best. that's why there's so many flight options. [ webber ] southwest airlines has seven daily nonstop flights from the bay area to chicago midway to fit your schedule. ♪ hey, we're on your schedule, not ours. there will be another one back here in a second, just watch. what did i tell you -- there's another one. [ ding ] you. >> coming up tonight 7 news at 11:00. what republicans are saying

. >> reporter: bart as a police auditor that takes plaint against officers and works as a liaison. the board will make recommendations and monitor police practices and investigate citizen allegations of on-duty police misconduct and make recommendations for discipline. bart hired new police chief to implement the changes as well as improve community relations with the public. bart also increased the number of officers on trains and stations and officers must report all uses of force. they also have to undergo 40 hours of extra training every year, instead of 25 hours every two years. on wednesday bart began the process of reissuing tasers to the police officers after they were taken away last year for additional training on how to use them. the bart president explains the new policy. >> before the police officered with share tasers. there were 60 tasers for 200 officers. now it's a mandatory ability to carry a taser and every police officer has their own and they have been retrained how to use it and under what circumstances to use it. it is not your strong draw hand like a gun. >> reporter:

lastly, the 24 mission board project, overall, the leveraging is matching bart funds and regional transportation standards for livable communities. in addition to recommending the funds shown, we are recommending a commitment to allocate next fiscal year funds for bicycle safety glasses and bike to work day. that is simply because in the five-year partition process, they want to shift to three contracts a year because of efficiency reasons. commissioner campos: thank you. commissioner wiener? >> when this came up before -- commissioner wiener: when this came up before, i requested a breakdown by supervisors will dictate -- supervisor district. it looked like there was nothing related to district 8. i have asked for further information on that. i have not received it. it is really hard to tell from this, what kind of equity there is, in terms of different parts of the city. as i understand it, right now, my district, supervisor campos' district received fewer curb ramps and other districts. i cannot tell from this were they will go, where the bicycle parking will go. where the sidewalk repair wil

. >> an oakland, whenever there were something big about the bart shooting trial businesses would usually boarde not done so, yet. since former bart officer, johannes meserle is scheduled to be released on monday. businesses that they have insurance and that it will cost a lot of money. they are not expecting a lot of trouble. they say you just never know what is going to happen and they're going to rely on the police department to take control of any situation of breaks out. in open, reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >> still ahead, what is happening in japan three months after the devastating earthquake/tsunami. >> join us for kron 4 news this weekend. >> coming up on bay area bargains, yes, ladies and gentleman. the airport home appliance warehouse sales get this! this is brand new, this front load $799 imagine they also have a washer, $299, dishwasher, $199 in the war to clearance seller and northern california, that and they have a barges clearance center left the largest clearance center in northern california outfit ds of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points

. >>> barts plan to expand late night weekend service is on hold. the board was considering running trains later on friday night into the early morning hours on saturday. then the start of regular saturday service would be delayed until 7:00 a.m. to allow time for maintenance. but a required civil rights study found that that would cause problems for minority and low income passengers imparticular who often depend on bart to get to work on saturday morning. they will take another look at the plan next month. >>> the federal government is promising $a 16 million grant for a high speed rail program. it will help design a new crash avoided system. it will slow down trains to prevent accidents like one in southern california three years ago. all rail systems will be required to have the system by 2012. cal train is getting federal money because the states high- speed rail project is on track. >> if we don't have high-speed rail planned for this corridor we would have to find other funding sources to make this project happen. we haven't identified any that have th

board says that it continues to make improvements to its police department. bart improvements. when oscar grant was killed on jan 2009 reggie has more on the new training. >>reporter: bart police are getting into the tasers back. they had to turn them and in april. after requiring more training. let us take a look get this video. they have an independent police auditor. they take complaints and acting as the liaison between the review board. activity. monitoring police activity and the for this grant case there would only get 25 hours of training now, 40 hours of training every year required. this this is what bart police president said. >> this was a voluntary ability to carry a taser now it is mandatory and every bart police officer has their own. they will each be trained on how to use it now, the a much more familiar where it is, how to carry it. and it is not your strong, strong and like a gun. >>reporter: bart hopes to of this entire police force carrying this by july 11th. >>reporter: a shoot out just blocks from city hall. hundreds of student of rye for summer school. >

boards and the response they are getting. >> reporter: across the street from the bart station, the title reads black and beautiful. >> it disturbing me, but i didn't know why. >> the website makes you realize what it's trying to say. >> reporter: william is behind issues for life foundation, the group held a press conference this morning to talk about the 60 bill boards like this one going up across oakland. >> i'm looking to raise awareness and create an environment for dialogue. >> reporter: they are in barbara lee's district, and she is not happy about them. >> they stigmatize african american women. all women should have a right to make their own decisions without anyone interfering with the personal decisions. >> reporter: bill board supporters fired back. >> what about saying our children are black and beautiful is an attack on black women? >> reporter: they said it's directed to black women on purpose because they have higher abortion rates than women of other races. >> we should be able to look at this issue without getting caught up in the rhetoric of pro-choice and all the other nonsense. something is wrong, and we are s

. >>> meantime bart director put off a decision on late night service. the boardwas scheduled to vote on a six month test of running trains an hour later on friday nights and delay the start of regular service on saturdays to 7:00 a.m. the discussion was postponed until july 14th to give staffers more time to figure out how to implement late night service without causing [ beep ] [ male announcer ] new toothbrush, for that killer smile: $4. ♪ home cooked meal: $28. [ beep ] ♪ first date finest: $33. [ beep ] ♪ having time on your side: priceless. mastercard pay pass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, a show of support for a san jose state fraternity. a fire at their house earlier this week destroyed many of their possessions. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta joins us live now from san jose with how the community is coming together to get them back some of the basics. >> reporter: for men like us, it's hardly easy to fill a shopping bag. but for the students, -- >> reporter: the five alarm fire early

. >>> meantime bart director put off a decision on late night service. the boardheduled to vote on a six month test of running trains an hour later on friday nights and delay the start of regular service on saturdays to 7:00 a.m. the discussion was postponed until july 14th to give staffers more time to figure out how to implement late night service without causing problems for saturday commuters. >>> and the online bohemith now >>> and the online bohemith now the target i know you're worried about making your savings last and having enough income when you retire. that's why i'm here -- to help come up with a plan and get you on the right path. i have more than a thousand fidelity experts working with me so that i can work one-on-one with you. it's your green line. but i'll be there every step of the way. call or come in and talk with us today. >>> new at 10:00 tonight, a show of support for a san jose state fraternity. a fire at their house earlier this week destroyed many of their possessions. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta joins us live now from san jose with how the co

bart spent five days and night on the 14-foot paddle board. it requires more than 215,000 paddle strokes. the 41-year-old says it was just something he was inspired to do. like some of rus inspired to watch football from our couches on sunday. >> yeah. sitting down. >> comfortably. >> who would want to do that? staying indoors today watching tv may not be bad to do to get out of the rain. mike? >> anything to stay dry, might as well. not used to it in june. we're rolling through the north bay, trying to push ever so slowly to marin county. because storms are moving southwest to northeast, the batch of clouds are moving north west to southeast. the low is accelerating overnight. stopping here and then it will pick up more speed to push showers all the way through our neighborhood during the mid-morning to mid-afternoon hours. a lot of drizzle out there to con tepid with. along the -- contend with. along the coast like east bay hills. organized wet weather through the north bay. 50s to 60s in mountain view and antioch. the last area to receive t

. >> a former bart employee he will likely be released from prison after a shooting death of a boardnger. he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to jail. he should be released sometime in june. community activists are no happier now than they were when the verdict came out. they plan to take to the streets when messily is released. >> we are going to yell very loudly about police violence in the streets. >> on our facebook fan page we asked what people thought about you hantaviruses messily being released and has he paid his debt to society and should he be left alone. unanimously viewers are no. one >> your said, he literally got away with murder, if it were you and i. we would not see the outside world another day in our lives. another viewer said, not at all. when you tell someone and it is not self-defense, there is not a long enough sentence, there is no justice. if you would like to take part in our online conversations, as a comment on sweater or light as on facebook. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news after this right. [ male announcer ]

board of supervisors. they recommended that they recommence negotiations to establish reimbursement rate that are tied to inflation rather than bart fair increases. so what you approved was in your agreement was a -- not to ex-er seed an amount that are tied to the rate of inflation and ridership increases that do not exceed 5% annually or a mutually agreed upon amount. so you did have a cap, however the budget analysts feels there's more work that can be done in terms of negotiations. on may 5th, they tabled that item and asked that m.t.a. staff meet back with the bart staff to try and renegotiate the agreement. given that dre direction we have had talks with the bart staff and we will bring to you any adjustments that may be made to that agreement. we will be working with bart to try and resolve this issue. mr. chairman, that concludes my executive director's report. >> ok. >> oh, excuse me. i'm sorry. we took some things out of order here. so my report is not concluded. we do have a presentation from mr. hailey regarding the twin peaks tunnel operation speed. john? >> thank you. good afternoon, again. twin peaks tunnel. the que

oakland were boarded up this morning after preparing for a possible unrest in last night's protest march. the rally was passionate but never got out of control. demtraitors walked from the bart station to city hall. mehserle supporters say he served the same amount of time that anyone else convicted of the same crime would have and pointed out he will be on parole . demonstrators filed a lawsuit against oakland and alameda county claiming their rightts were violated as they participated in protest against the mehserle verdict last november. they represented 150 protestors who claimed that police wrongfully arrest detained them without probable cause violating the crowd management policy. the city is asking for compensation. the staff need to review the lawsuit before they comment. >>> and police officers in san jose have a big decision to sleep on tonight. they must decide whether to accept a 10 percent pay cut and 100 lay offs . it has residents worried. no winners in the new budget. there will be hundred fewer cops on the street. the city is forced to cut more than 250 police officer's jobs. >> san jose police officers say so far there are 26 homicides in the city and six

the board will have to give final approval on the budget by the end of july and can also propose changes to its. >>> several groups are passing out leaflets on bart's tonight to give word tonight on the day johannes mehserle will be released from prison. mehserle was convicted of second-degree murder last july and received a two-year sentence but he could go free this month with credit for time served. >>> police are calling him the bluetooth bandit and he recently targeted a ktvu personality. >> it is a 747 with a giant hole containing a telescope. >> it is june 1st and it feels like a winter like weather pattern. i will highlight the shower chances for tomorrow and when heavy rain could return to the bay area forecast. >> and actors -- an accident on 880 snarled traffic this afternoon just before 11:00 a.m. one northbound and two southbound lanes were closed for more than three hours. the big rig driver suffered minor injuries. >>> now to petaluma where police say they are dealing with a big spike in burglaries there. on one night alone, 13 businesses were hit. police told us that they think some of these crimes are linked. >>> a string of robber

bart station. it happened right there as you leave the property, right under the overpass. the board believes never even investigated this. here is video of the shooting. it happened at 11:15 p.m. when a man and woman got off of a bart train from san francisco heading to a home in hayward of of tennis and when two suspects came up to them on foot and demanded their purses and wallets. they did not resist, they handed over their belongings, everything they were supposed to do, but instead, for whatever reason, the suspects decided to shoot the man. he was hit twice, once in the arm and once in the chest. he was rushed to the hospital good news is, he is in stable condition. his wife is a very ravels. when that give our police department is still trying to get more information from the victims. we do not know if they are from hayward or if it were followed off of the train. we have no arrest so far simply because of the descriptions are so generic. two men in their early 20s wearing jeans and a white t-shirt. >> midnight tonight is the deadline for california lawmakers to come up with

bart trains running until the early morning hours on saturday has hit a snag. a new impact study says the proposal would disproportionately affect low- income and minority writers. despite that, the board president says he is still committed to making the late- night service on fridays and reality. >>> residents in one east bay neighborhood are really be eight pats call from nearby homes were poisoned and neighbors say they know who did it. >>> a look at major labeling changes of cigarettes and when we will start seeing it. >>> definitely a hot day today. the fog is returning to the coast. there it is now. i will let you know what that means for your city. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that

boarding up this time all around as well. >> when ever something big was about to happen in the bart shooting trout, businesses would abort up but as you can see right now, none of them have done it and it may not do it this time around. many remember this scene at footlocker in july 2010, people looting the shoe store after johannes michelle le was found guilty. i spoke with the manager and she would not go on camera, but they say they're worried the same thing could happen again. they said this time they may board up the outside the store but it is not known when, or if that will happen. a modest the owner of the twilight zone store that is located one block away from footlocker. he says that he plans on staying open when mr. lee is released from prison. but dave has no reason because he says his business was not destroyed in previous rights. >> because i do not have in that stretch because i have insurance, but the reason is the money. >> so you plan on staying open, but if things get rough? >> i will close the doors. >> city bloom store owner amanda says that people cannot live in fear. she says that she is now boarding

>>reporter: board buy-out is significantly lower than the nearly 1 million dollar severance package bartformer director dorothy doug received. state senator lee running for mayor collected more than 1200 signatures from city resident who feel ford package goes too far. >> reality is that muni has a deficit. city has a deficit. we can't get buses to run on time. there's just so many challenges writ now that for muni to basically waste nearly 400,000 dollars is just something that is unconscionable. >>reporter: yee had hoped the board would reconsider the buy-out. that didn't happen. ford got his seevrns and now the search is on for new executive director. in san francisco, at city hall, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>> l another note on this. ford second in command at muni has resigned as well. carter row hand deputy executive director of the municipal transportation agency came to san francisco along with ford in 2006. he has no other job lined up from what we understand and does not get a severance package. >> getting a cab in san francisco was pretty tough task this afternoon. that's beca

boarded up along with a few other businesses. the protest was calm. there were no reports of any broken windows. the rally started at the fruitvale bart station yesterday afternoon. that is johannes mehserle shot and killed oscar grant. protestors marched to city hall and had only one disrugs when two men were disrupted. mehserle was released from jail just after midnight today. he served one year. he was sentenced to two. it was one of the harshest sentences for an officer-involved shooting here in california but grant's supporters feel like mehserle got off easy. >> a crime was committed but it wasn't paid for. this needs to stop and the only way it going to stop is if we all stand together. >> mehserle's attorney will not say what mehserle's plans are now or where he will live. details of his parole has not been released. he still faces a federal civil suit that has been filed by granted's family. protestors say this will not be the end of their demonstration. the oscar grant coalition has a meeting scheduled for later this month where it will plan future activities. amy hollyfield "abc 7 news." >>> more details on that. it took ne

bart that helped disperse the crime. so calm at this pizza restaurant here on broadway which had planned to close early and board up is open as usual. there has been only one arrest all night. that's vandalism during the march someone tagged a building. but tonight's rally just didn't have the heat of the past. hundreds of people poured on to broadway spreading a banner reading "justice denied." the police escorts stood by. officers made no move to clear the intersection. and the opd perimeter stayed far away, out of sight. >> we are all oscar grants. >> reporter: for two hours an open mike opportunity for everyone to vent. >> it is really like a punch in the gut that this man is getting out tomorrow. >> reporter: organizers wonder what will happen when people actually see mehserle free. >> it won't surprise me if folks took to the streets tomorrow. >> reporter: the earliest demonstration came without planning spontaneously after the killing. later protests also evolved into street violence and vandalism. the shoe store looted so badly last summer it is boarded up tonight along with several other businesses. but monitors w

the board of trustees will officially vote next month on the school's closure. >>> overnight gunfire near an east bay bart station, what police say happened moments before the shooting. >> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in san jose where police have arrested a middle schoolteacher on suspicion of child molestation. we just got off the phone with them. we'll tell you what they had to say next. >>> we go live to the opening bell next to hear what's effecting stocks. there's local bay area company there. membership rewards points from american express. they're a social currency. with endless possibilities. >>> welcome back to the morning news. oakland's pandora getting ready to ring the opening bell in new york this morning. there it is. and they are all smiling because their company going public today. so those folks probably making some money today. as a matter of fact the pandora stock priced at $16 a share. should start trading shortly. i saw one analyst with a price target of $83 a share. it is considered the next hot stock after linked in another bay area company went public. we'll keep watching that

bart -- part of that. you had touched on public employee union. could you talk about how you brought the unions on board and if you were unable to do so, how you dealt with that. especially right now when so many elected officials are facing that. >> well, you know, for the most part, the -- in our case, we had five union bargaining groups and three -- we had six bargaining groups and four unions in the city. we were dealing with that a lot, police fire and the blue and white color unions that you are working with. you know, i'm not going to say that's an easy process to go through. it's difficult process to go through. the motivations and i'm not -- this is not a criticism. their objective is to improve the benefits of the folks they represent. and while you certainly care about the employees of the city, i care deeply. i love it. i have many friends that are boys of the city and throughout the city. every level throughout the government. but that is not always -- that's not the objective of the city. the objective of the city is to improve the quality of the life of the people that live in the city. t

boards to protect its windows. a few other businesses did the same. protest was calm. there were no reports of broken windows. rally started at the fruitvale bartre mehserle shot and killed oscar grant. protestors marched to city hall and only had one disruption when two men were arrested, one suspected of spray painting graffiti the mehserle was released from jail just after midnight today. he served one year nor the shooting of oscar grant. it was one of harshest sentences for an officer involved in the shooting in california. the grant supporters feel like mehserle got off easy. >> a crime was committed but it wasn't paid for. this needs to stop and only way it's going to stop is if we all stand together. >> reporter: mehserle's attorney will not say what mehserle's plans are or where he'll be living and details of his parole has not been released. he still faces a civil suit filed by grant's fame. grant's uncle went to l.a. to be there for the release. he was upset, all he got was a recording that the prisoner had been released. he is upset he is missed it. there is protest scheduled in l.a. at 8:00 this morning. >> it took nearly two years