and learn more at gawontwait.com talk to your eye doctor about ga our investigative unit has been looking into bart's of its persistent problems. a glitch with its braking system has led to chronic delays throughout this past rainy season. investigative reporter jaxon van derbeken tells us that same glitch could return with a vengeance after a major quake. jaxon van derbeken: over the wet winter, bart experience day after day of system meltdown traced to a built-in braking problem with its new fleet of the future trains. when sensors detect a wheel slipping on wet rails, the emergency brakes kick in to slow the train down and prevent accidents. but the new fleet's emergency brakes also grind spots on the wheels unevenly causing what are called wheel flats, putting the entire train out of service. male: the delays are just par for the course at this point. and so i plan around it. jaxon: well, bart says its wet-weather nightmare is largely over at least until next winter. its braking problems aren't over with because the emergency braking system will be called on to stop trains quickly to protect pass

. >>> safety on bart has been a major concern for people all over the bay area. today bart announced a new push forward for their program called not one more girl. a look at what's changing, anne? >> reporter: and starting on september 11, bart will run shorter trains to increase service on nights and weekends. spending less time on waiting on platforms. the initiative, not one more girl is meant to address sexual harassment and genter based violence on bart. it's now expanding with new strategies in collaboration with several bay area non-profits. bart has been gathering data on assaults, creating reporting tools for riders. they're also dulling out advice like ride in the first car of a train, where the operator is. they've been talking to people at local high schools and colleges about their concerns, riding bart. >> and when they're on the train sitting down next to them and other open seats, they freeze in fear. when they're waiting on the platform at night for 30 minutes, they're worried about their safety. so we took this feedback, and we're making changes.

like bart, like muni, that that built their business model on carrying a lot of people to and from downtown san francisco are not carrying the passenger loads that they were before the pandemic that has created a what some of the agencies refer to as a fiscal cliff because as bart and caltrain in particular, slosser had among the highest farebox recovery rates of any transit agencies in the country back in 2019. now the world has changed a lot since 2019 and it has created an enormous fiscal problems for a lot of our transit agencies. bart and caltrain both among them. >> right. i understand that they're both still at less than 50% of pre-pandemic ridership levels. so talk about how you think some of these changes may be a better adaptation for this post-pandemic world in terms of how people work and play. they well, sure. >> you know, think that the modifications that bart has made to its schedule very much reflect the changing nature of bay area travel. now we at mtc in conjunction with several of our partners this fall, will be looking to go a little deeper on that there's going to be a real big survey, um, so look for it, you know, end of the month into october here in your mailb

bart has paused the removal by a week. the agency says it's looking at different options for how to proceed and whether some of the trees can be saved. what happens to them is an open question. a lot of people including one bart director are hoping that something can be saved at least enough to help these amazing birds remain a fixture in this corner of fremont. >>> a live look outside at san francisco. gorgeous day right now. it's a foggy start to the day. first alert meteorologist jessica burch has a look at the afternoon forecast. >> we are kicking off nice and mild. a hair below average today. low pressure is parked offshore, not impacting us too much. the marine layer is stubborn on the coastline. we will continue to see the trend into the evening hours tonight. a break but then just like clockwork around dinnertime, it will wrap the peninsula, cloudy skies near san francisco and that will make its way over to the bay bridge, too. we are dealing with daytime highs about five below average. where does that put us? let'

>> bart has already delayed the tree removal by a week.y says it's looking at whether some of the trees can be preserved. >>> huge crowds showed up to the sunset tonight for an experiment of sorts that involved food, music, and dancing. all of that banded the neighborhood together against a threat everyone hopes will disappear. our betty yu was there tonight. >> reporter: the first ever sunset night market here on irving street attracted crowds of people, and that's exactly what small business owners and community and city leads want to see on this friday night. for the first time in years, brian cheung says he's seeing lines outside his visit for the night market. >> it's great! haven't seen this in a long time. it's more people than what i actually expect. >> reporter: he said business was actually better during the pandemic, and he's seen a drop off this summer. >> during the summer, i think people like more to go out and traveling, so they're leaving town. also a lot of people doesn't want to come to san francisco. >> reporter: that's

and i certainly hope effects every vote that i take majority leader set or bart has surface recognize as positive anti boycott bill because, you know, i think it's just the right thing to do. jewish people are gods chosen people and i, i feel like an obligation to do anything within my control or power to support them or protect the members of that'll says what this does. this is an act driven public and these from contracting with and investing in companies to boycott israel. it's good pro israel bill by a sen, hester. appreciate again. the the state is not protected from the church, but the church is protected from the state. i would say if there's 35 members of the arkansas center, i would say 35 members would say that they are believers and followers of jesus christ pressing for the house. this passage of senate bill 513 repair of the machine. mister clark would say probably have would identifies evangelicals. they understand how important it is to support israel. $69.00 yeas 3 days is 0 present. the bill is past the the . 6 the so this is where a lot of the tomatoes are coming fr

meant bart has taken a financial hit and it is working to restore its funding. representative say retiring the old legacy trains will save the agency about $12 million since they will no longer have to maintain the old trains. all of these changes will go into effect starting tomorrow. bart says its last ride with the legacy train will be tonight around 730. that'll be on the red line, leaving millbrae headed to richmond. we're live this morning from pleasant hill. i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news. thank you, james. third annual kits cube stem fair distributing hundreds of science kits to oakland students kicked off the fair was at oakland tech high school, the alma mater of kits cube founder and stanford university student ahmed muhammad. kits cube is a local nonprofit focused on making science exciting and more fun for the next generation. there were over 3000 registered sessions for today's event, and i think this turnout is showing every body, showing the world really that oakland and the east bay want science, education and that our kids want to be scien

he hit bart, has an india 1st policy. you can see all sorts of indian sponsor projects going on all across the islands. but his, his opponent, dr. noise of his policy was in power before. very much thank by china and the evidence of the connections up all over the island as well. i think the question for a lot of voters here though, is whether the most of these are getting get traps between these 2 to enormous regional super fast. it goes huge debts to both and some of those that are coming to in the next couple of years. sort of sad time. now in 5 weeks, chinese coast guard ships have come close to colliding with philippine vessels in the south trying to see how they were coming supplies from military forces stationed on a disputed island. how correspondent barnaby lo. so what happened on the mission once again, weeks after the chinese coast guard used water cannon against these 2 wooden boats, their back with supplies for philippine the troops. same towards the 2nd tomba show in the south trying to see alger 0 was one o

bart has been seeing good numbers this week, and a lot of it is probably for folks come into the cityr the dreamforce activity. the traffic builds out of antioch on that antioch line, and we are hearing about an equipment line on the tracks as well. we are looking at a minor delay so far, and keep that in mind as we look ahead. we have the re-imagined bart schedule. and muni is talking about closing the tunnel at 9:00. >>> on hold with no end in sight. still ahead here on "today in the bay," the hollywood stand still continues and the delays deepen. a new fall impact to the schedule, and there are signs the downturn could linger long into next year. into next year. >>> and then mitt romney j.p. morgan wealth management knows it's easy to get lost in investment research. get help with j.p morgan personal advisors. hey, david! ready to get started? work with advisors who create a plan with you, and help you find the right investments. so great getting to know you, let's take a look at your new investment plan. ok, great! this should have you moving in the right direction. thanks jen. ge

bart has already paused removal by a week and the agency says it is looking at different options for to proceed and whether some of the trees can be saved. so what happens is still an open question but a lot of people including at least one bart director are hoping something can be saved at least enough to help these amazing birds remain a fixture in this corner of fremon >> that was wilson walker reporting. last winter pge faced push back over plans to remove pine tree in potter valley in ino it said posefire risk. there was a bald eagle's nest in the branches. ilitdecided not to cut the and focus on burying a power line in the area instead. the bald eagle has been on california's list of endangered species since 1971. >>> we are in the midst of the weekend that is the last weekend of summertime. it feels more like october almost. we are going to see below average temperatures continuing through the weekend and early next week. hazy sunshine inland but clouds will be really tough to shake along the coast. early next week, it's going to be mild with temperatures below average probabl

bart has paused removal by a week an the agency says it is looking at different options how to proceednd whether some of the trees can be saved. what happens is still an open question but a lot of people including at least one bart director are hoping something can be saved at least enough to help these amazing birds remain a fixture in this corner of fremont. >>> we are in the midst of the weekend that is the last weekend of summertime. it feels more like october almost. we are going to see below average temperatures continuing through the weekend and early next week. hazy sunshine inland but the clouds will be tough to shake along the coast. next week it's going to be mild with temperatures below average probably through about wednesday. even as we warm up thursday and friday, friday is autumnal equinox, we will only warm to close to average. we can handle this kind of trend. ten day outlook, temperatures below normal through wednesday and closer to average thursday and exactly normal friday for the first day of fall and then retreating to slightly below average temperatures. the bri

even though the stabbing appeared to be unprovoked, he also says bart has made a big effort to improve passenger safety. you know, bart overall is safe and clean. we're going to have incidents that's inevitable in a big city. but the key is if our police can get there and respond more quickly and our response time is down to four minutes, officials say the victim was transported to the hospital. his injury is non-life threatening. while the national stage, president biden taking new action today to fight gun violence. fox's madeline rivera reports from washington on the new office at the white house says will focus solely on that issue. it's a grim number so far , there have been at least 506 mass shootings in the united states every single day. over 100 people are shot and killed in the united states. gun violence has knows no boundaries . in response, president biden is establishing the first ever white house office of gun violence prevention, an action many gun reform activists have long been pushing for after every mass shooting, we hear a simple message the same message all over t

bart has plummeted the past few years. so officials say the goal behind these changes is to better match the post-pandemic patterns they're seeing from riders. >> the biggest promise from bar is that riders will never way more than 20 minutes for a scheduled train no matter what the hour of the day or day of the week. so those 30 minute wait times that some riders experience on nights. well, those will be gone. bart is also promising a 50% increase in evening service. 7 days a week. they say most commuters will weigh less time for their trains in general, for example, service on bart's busiest weekday line. the yellow line will increase from the train every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes from pittsburg. bay point. the agency is also promising more trips to sfo and oakland airport, but perhaps the most visible change only the newest part trains will be running. the agency is retiring its old legacy trains. and these new trains will only run 6 cars at a time. bart spokesperson jim allison spoke with us about this. >> couple

bart has warned it is facing economic chaos if it doesn't get a bailout from the state. but no deal so far. >>> salesforces dream force conference is back in san francisco this week. the annual event brings in nearly 35,000 attendees each year. the event goes from tuesday through ursday at the center. if you are driving around, expect to see lot of traffic. howard street between third and fourth street is closed through september 17. heavy pestrian traffic is also expected. anyone traveling to the area is encouraged to take public transit or use alternate routes. >>> we have an update tonight on a story we first brought you last week. san francisco's cafe international shut down for a week after back-to-back burglaries. >> the owner needed some time to decide on the future of our business. we were there when she reopened last saturday. good thing she did because a couple that met at the cafe five years ago got married there this morning. >> and the business owner presided over the ceremony. one of the guests, apparently was da lin. ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: a love story

bart has also extended its reserved parking purchases to its website for those who prefer not to use the app. daily parking is still purchase through the app or inside stations. turning now to some national news and there were nothing but cheers this morning in virginia for 5 americans who were freed by iran, they returned to the u.s. this morning as family members greeted them to give them huge hugs at that military base. the americans were released yesterday after spending more than 5 years wrongly imprisoned in iran. the exchange was part of a deal that saw nearly 6 billion dollars in iranian assets. unfrozen and 5 iranian nationals held in u.s. custody will also be released as part of the steel. coming up here at 3, we will be joined live by san francisco mayor london breed to discuss all things that are happening in the city right now. >> plus, a tiktok teen is educating his followers on hispanic heritage. how he's in lightning. thousands of people around the world. but first from the international space station here to the bay, how the city of petaluma is honoring commander of

the driver of the shell, a fighter with the call sign barts, has been serving in the svo zone for 6 monthseed of movement and mobility of the complex depends on it. excellent fighting spirit and sends huge greetings to my family and friends. from the lugansk people's republic of kamchatka territory, the city of petropavlovsk-kamchatsky, the sky under the reliable protection of its soldiers has no doubt that the task will be completed, despite the difficulties the task was different, daytime and night time constantly. as they say, we have the keys to the sky, we have the s1 pantsir sam yuzhny group of troops , 30-mm machine guns, medium- range missiles and two powerful locators. capable of engaging multiple targets at once , the pantsir s1 air defense system is part of the air defense system that the russian army is building to protect the sky above the donbass, and from attacks by nato weapons. reviving the region and improving the standard of living of people is a priority task that, already as governor of the kherson region, will be it is up to vladimir to decide that the heads of the re

we know bart ridership has not been the same since the pandemic. the numbers are still lower than what they were back in 2020. bart says this new schedule is designed to appeal to those new style of train riders in this new post-pandemic era, hoping that it will also entice more people to return to bart by having more trains running more frequently throughout the day. we're live in walnut creek. ryan curry, abc7 news. thank you, ryan. >> a woman accused of illegally smuggling tropical fruit from vietnam into santa clara county is due in court today. 36 year old thanh yuan and another woman are charged with conspiracy to import and sell fruit in violation of federal and state agriculture laws. some of the fruit was infected with fruit flies. officials say this happened last year. that shipment was allegedly mislabeled as dried fish, coffee and tea. to avoid inspection, the district attorney's office says the woman sold the fruit on facebook marketplace psychedelics like magic mushrooms, are one signature away from decriminalization in california yest

bart. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has her story and explains what the bart police chief says. the transit agency has been doing to improve security since that attack happened in may of this year. >> bart i have never felt safe. >> karen p who asked that we not use her last name, says she got an eerie feeling while riding bart from walnut creek to san francisco on may 12th, just after 2 p.m. so much so, she says she texted a friend. bart is ridicule ously scary when she sat down that day, she says another passenger got close to her, then followed her from car to car as she moved to avoid him before eventually yelling at her. >> i'm going to expletive kill your husband. >> she decided to get off the train. >> and as i was getting off, he grabbed my purse and it made me flip around on my back. he just decided to run out of the car with me, still holding on to my purse. and at that point, my head was just banging into things until it banged into the bart car. >> bystanders came to her aid and bart says a call was made to them by a station cleaner. they say police arrived nine minut

bart has also extended its reservation parking purchases to their website. if you don't prefer to use the app daily parking is still purchase through the app or inside the station walk. sf is set to speak at the sfmta board meeting today asking the city to fix some intersections that they consider very dangerous and have been deadly walk sf is asking residents to join them and talking to city leaders about this at the meeting which starts at 1 o'clock at city hall, 3 pedestrians have been struck and killed at intersections near freeways or off-ramps just in the past month. one includes a 40 year-old child that happened on 4th and king. another meeting is set for next tuesday. we'll keep you posted on today's all right. well, we're taking a look at what's going on in terms of the weather. you got out yesterday for nice little hike wondering can and are maybe do some similar today. yeah, everyone should get outside for a little something today. hopefully enjoy a few minutes out there in the sunshine. >> and the really comfortable weather that we've definitely

and coming up in the next hour of the kron, 4 morning news, bart has new schedules.orning so far with will tran seeing about how that's working out for people and how they like it. and representative barbara lee is responding to the governor's comments about what she will do with senator dianne feinstein's seat. as far as her term goes, she's not very her term goes, she's not very happy with his answ you know i got two home runs. you got two, jack. and then my grand slam. i signed a ball for you. okay. and it says "papa i love you". why did you do that? because you've taught me everything about baseball. oh hunny bunny, that's so sweet. ( ♪♪ ) ( ♪♪ ) >> right now on the kron 4 morning news, bart trains are now running on the new schedule that should get to wear. you're going a little bit faster. congresswoman barbara lee is upset with governor gavin newsom over recent comments he made about replacing senator dianne feinstein will tell you why. and a boat owner is racing against time to get his beached sailboat back in the water before marin county officials take it a

we know bart ridership has not been the same since the pandemic. the numbers are still lower. moments ago, we did speak with a bart spokesperson about these changes . >> is the schedule that begins on monday is more consistent throughout the seven days. it's easier to follow. it's simpler. we're going to have shorter trains, but the wait for 30 minutes is over. no more 30 minute waits. you'll never have to wait more than 20 minutes no matter what day it is. >> bart says the new schedule should also appeal to those post-pandemic style of riders and maybe get more people riding bart. also, the goal is to save money with this. end denver by running these new trains. they say they're more energy efficient and also by running them at this new style. they estimate they're going to be saving about 12 million a year with this new schedule change. we're live in walnut creek. ryan curry, abc seven news. thank you, ryan. >> a woman accused of illegally smuggling a tropical fruit from vietnam into santa clara county is due to be in court today. 36 year old tan juan and another woman are ch

bart has also extended the reservation parking purchases to their website because some people for for the website versus the app. daily parking still purchase through the app or inside the station. walk. sf is set to speak at the sfmta board meeting today asking the city to fix some dangerous intersections walk. sf is asking residents to join them in calling for action at the meeting which starts at 1 o'clock today at city hall, 3 pedestrians have been struck and killed at intersections near freeways are off-ramps just within the past month. one included a 4 year-old child who was killed at 4th and king streets. time now 7, 18 and in national news, 5 americans are returning to the u.s. after they were imprisoned in iran. and the release is part of a prisoner exchange. we have washington correspondent alexandra limon with the details. and in exchange for those americans, the u.s. released iranian prisoners as well as nearly 6 billion dollars in frozen iranian assets. >> it's a day that i'm grateful for. >> after years spent imprisoned in iran, 5 americans walked free. i have no higher

and a teenager who was last seen days ago at a san francisco bart station has now been found. he is expected to be reunited with his mother in san leandro. now, you can find these stories and much, much more all on ktvu .com. the mom in the south bay has her limbs amputated due to a bacterial infection where she got that infection. coming up tomorrow on mornings on two the wage gap reportedly cost women more than $1.5 trillion per year. we'll talk with an expert about how women can strategize at the bargaining table and how to use a downturn as an opportunity to grow and start something new. plus, steve paulson has your full forecast all morning long. and i'll be tracking your morning commute. it's all coming up tomorrow although mother became severely ill and doctors eventually had to have all of her limbs amputated. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters talked with a bay area doctor who explains the dangers of this bacterial infection. family friend anna messina created this gofundme page late last week detailing what happened to 40 year old laura barajas. the post says ba

now afterwards, especially on weekends and regular riders noticed what bart officials say has been a 42% drop in ridership from pre-pandemic levels. many say safety is their top request for bart leaders. more police, more, more security for the passengers. yeah, you know, i know someone that unfortunately was attacked on the train and there was no police there to just to help her out. bart leaders say they are listening. and so on friday, for the first time, the board president climbed on board a train along with bart's general manager. police chief and a group of riders. it's exciting, you know, it's something new. the conversation was led by local businessman manny yaku. still, dozens of people signed up asking questions and learning about bart's changes. we're about to launch a new service schedule on monday. it means that you have to wait less for trains, especially on weekends and weeknights, bart says the new schedule change means shorter trains service to sfo also will be increased with nine trains an hour instead of eight, and late night service will run three trains an hour i

the bart board has approved a proposal to end the ban on bikes, on escalators. bart director rebecca saltzman says her policy changes will also clean up some other bike rules, including allowing bikes on all trains. with the exception of that first car or crowded cars and allowing riders to secure their bikes rather than having to physically hold on to them. the rules take effect on january 1st. still to come tonight, a mother lost her husband and daughter in a drunk driving crash. now she is teaching others and advocating for safer driving. also ahead, a truck smashes right into a south bay bakery in the middle of the night. but the thieves were after more than just the dough. plus tough economic times for two longtime restaurants in fisherman's wharf and the restaurants could soon face eviction you ever try cashbacking? it's earning 3% at drugstores with chase freedom unlimited. so i can save on something special for a first date? wait! that's all for a first date? whoa. alright, c'mon. earn big with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. how do you cashba

attorney hand-picked by attorney general bart has, for four years investigated together with a dozen agents and at least four prosecutors from his office and the tax division of the department of justice the son of president biden. hunter biden has been charged with a felony and misdemeanor is, to misdemeanors and he is pleading guilty to several climes and submitting to sentencing by an appointed judge, a trumpet appointed judge. however, we are also seeing today an effort to find some issue with this prosecution, the existing prosecution. this is a person who has attempted to crimes. and, finding evidence of political interference, a very serious charge. so, much of what we saw today honed in on a conversation, the testimony honed in on a conversation that one of today's witnesses was involved in in which mr. shapley heard mr. weiss to say he was denied special counsel status. that account has been contradicted by the u.s. attorney david weiss, who has reiterated several times that he has full authority to bring any charges in any district and has received assurances from the depart

bart riders are hearing about it this morning. one headed to san francisco says he has noticed bart's efforts to improve safety. i mean, it's definitely had its struggles and pandemic has been hard, but i yeah, i see the crisis intervention specialists is definitely trying their best crisis intervention specialists are one of many tools. the transit agency is using to keep you feeling safe. it also has a network of 4000 cameras and its police force has dropped its vacancy rate to 13. most recently, bart changed its trains to run with fewer cars. now that we have shorter trains that were running instead of all ten car trains were running eight and six car trains, those officers can get through those trains more quickly. it's more efficient. edwards is now behind bars at the alameda county jail . the video from the citizen app shows first responders loading the victim into an ambulance along broadway. police say the victim is expected to be okay. reporting in oakland, i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news. united auto workers will soon be walking off the job at more auto pl

now, afterwards, especially on weekends and regular riders noticed what bart officials say has been arop in ridership from pre-pandemic levels. many say safety is their top request for bart leaders. usually kind of like a lack of security or police and stuff like that. you know, sometimes it does feel unsafe and i do see a lot of people sometimes getting harassed. bart leaders say they are listening. and so on friday, for the first time, the board president climbed on board a train along with bart's general manager. police chief and a group of riders. it was a rolling meeting from the 16th street station round trip to sfo and back. it's exciting, you know, it's something new, you know, to be in the bart system on the train, riding with our riders and kind of a qa session on the conversation was led by local businessman manny yekutiel . dozens of people signed up asking questions and learning about bart's changes. we're about to launch a new service schedule on monday. it means that you have to wait less for trains, especially on weekends and weeknights, bart says the new schedule chan

today bart riders noticed trains arriving more frequently. here's how the schedule has shifted for bart. a yellow line trains run every ten minutes. now, instead of 15 red and orange line trains run every ten minutes as well. blue line trains run every 20 minutes. and previously they ran every 15 minutes. so this is a slightly longer wait time for those riders. and if you take bart from sfo, there should be a new train leaving the airport now every 20 minutes as opposed to every 30 minutes. now, bart riders today certainly noticed the difference. i knew i missed my train and i figured i might have to wait another like 15 minutes. but i got off the platform and it's already there. it's pretty good, you know, a little less rushing in the morning. in addition to those scheduled changes that we just told you about, bart is also using its newer trains officially retiring. the legacy trains, which have been running for more than 50 years. but there is a bit of a tradeoff here. this new fleet includes shorter trains with fewer cars per ride. i think it's going to take some tim

bart has no significant delays right now in and out of san francisco. 601 let's go back to the desk.foo fighters finished up the dreamforce concert in san francisco's biggest salesforce conference. it brings tens of thousands of people to the city. a lot of money. there have been talks about possibly moving the conference because of the city's growing problems with homelessness and open air drug use. the concert raises a lot of money for the hospital there in the city as well. amanda quintana joins us now with how the conference is wrapping up and what the city is doing to try to keep it there. yeah, well, there are some pretty fun events to wrap it all up, including the foo fighters that you just saw today. they have some conversations about i some pretty interesting conversations because they're focusing on ai in movies. so viola davis and spike lee, they're actually going to be leading that conversation here today. there's also another performance today. maggie rogers, as you know, the foo fighters, that was last night. and then i also just heard about a special performance that w

bart hopes the changes will increase ridership, which has not fully rebounded since the pandemic. >> not even close. it's only 40% of pre-pandemic levels. >> the caltrain board of directors has decided to delay a fare increase plan. fares are now expected to increase by $0.25, starting july 1st of 2025. caltrain officials say they want to give more time to allow their ridership to grow. caltrans weekday ridership has increased 21% from this time last year, but still, ridership is only about 40% of what it was pre-pandemic. pretty much the same thing with bart there. yeah >> all right. how do our weather numbers look, though? >> yeah, hopefully we have some good forecasts in store for the folks showing up for dreamforce. we check in now with abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. hey, sandhya. >> hi there. yeah. and julian and kristen. they'll be greeted by some beautiful weather for any anybody who's attending that event. let's take a look at a live picture. here's an indication of what they can expect. we have a little bit of fog as we look towards the golden gate bridge, but plenty

they say they certainly are noticing that safety and security has been a bit of a priority for bart. have trains with a network of more than 4000 cameras on board. the agency has hired more police officers. they say they only have about a 13% vacancy rate at this moment. and they are trying to make use of its crisis intervention specialist team. recently, bart also reduced the number of cars on trains. they used to have the ten car trains. now it's only 6 to 8 car trains and that allows police officers to patrol them more frequently. now the trains are running as normal this morning. the scene here has been cleared for several hours now. but bart police tell us that edwards, the suspect in this case this morning, is now sitting behind bars at the alameda county jail. we're live this morning in oakland. i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news. james thank you. the bay area air quality management district has extended the spare of the air alert until at least the end of today. the agency says wildfire smoke from northern california and southern oregon continues to drift south over many par

from bart awesome, it says the military has been tightening its grip on civilians in a bit to flush out a troops lot item was the one with the trust of them but it really. com. i mean, uh, i know you only really have the videos shots towards the end of 2020 to confirm this a miller tree road block in the middle of the day. it's to row hang travelers. happy in order to stop at all. no, no, no, no, no, no. the soldier appears to be on the accounts for residents from a particular village. and then i, you want my, you know, he has a message for them. know who, who is the one i'm yeah, i think the other tactics effect more than just one village near a bridge, police kind of group of or hang amends. they cannot pass unless they offload all the food they are carrying some a fight as happy as lying on civilians for supplies. and with the mice at all, this action will not only affect the rebels. it also means that some ro, hangup people will go hungry. guy, the nitty everything the mental transporting has to be left behind. but in the end, please do make one concession a lot. oh, oh. well, what

bart and having somebody who i felt was a predator. i didn't really know what he was going to do to me. >> the attacker has not been found. woman says she will not take bart again. bart's police chief says the transit agency has been making security improvements ever since this happened. that includes running shorter train cars so they don't feel as empty. still ahead, a bill calling for a constitutional convention cleared its first hurdle here in california for the issue. governor newsom wants a new 28th amendment to address. >> and new music from nsync. yes, that's it. that's the tease. and here's drew. >> we better get that five seconds. that's all i'm saying. i want to hear that song outside this morning. we have good air quality, a deep marine layer, green dots across the board showing you we have good aqi to begin your friday. dense fog along the coast right now, one and a half miles at half moon bay. and we also have some coastal drizzle there as well. we do have overcast skies across the entire region, but away from the coast, visibility is not an issue. you're doing just fine out there. here's live. doppler seven

. >> will thank you 10. 0, 3, bart, by the way, has canceled this weekend's planned track shut downs between the union city and fremont stations. officials say the next scheduled shutdown has been moved to september 23rd and 24th. the planned track work involves removing hazardous trees ahead is that this year's winter storms? happening today? south san francisco will be hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony for the launch of a new free shuttle route. it's going to be at the west borough park parking lot at 11, 30 this morning. the new route will also start on monday. the orange route, as is what we call does go included, stops in various neighborhoods throughout winston manner. sierra highlands for sarah hyland's bribery at the lawn and westborough. in the south bay, santa clara transit officials have approved a proposal to build more housing. they voted 10 to one on a plan to put up a new interim committee housing community at the vta maintenance yard anchor road in north san jose. the site will provide 200 emergency temporary housing units that would keep unsheltered people off the st

bart. >> abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has her story. changing when it comes to security on bart? bart i have never felt safe. >> karen p who asked that we not use her last name, says she got an eerie feeling while riding bart from walnut creek to san francisco on may 12th, just after 2 p.m. so much so. she says she texted a friend. bart is ridiculed. really scary when she sat down that day, she says another passenger got close to her, then followed her from car to car as she moved to avoid him before eventually yelling at her. i'm going to expletive kill your husband. she decided to get off the train. >> and as i was getting off, he grabbed my purse and it made me flip around on my back. he just decided to run out of the car with me, still holding on to my purse. and at that point, my head was just banging into things until it banged into the bart car. >> bystanders came to her aid and bart says a call was made to them by a station cleaner. they say police arrived nine minutes after that call. it was such a scary situation, being stuck

bart and having somebody who i felt was a predator. i didn't really know what he was going to do to me. >> the attacker has not been found. that woman says she will never take bart again. bart's police chief says the transit agency has been making security improvements since it happened and that includes running shorter trains. so they don't feel as empty. >> abc news has learned new details on the hackers who breached several prominent hotels in the las vegas strip. the group reportedly compromised hotel computer systems casino machines and guest personal data. in one case, it only took ten minutes. jobina is tracking all of that from the live desk. thank you, reggie. >> so you win in vegas and you get an iou. yeah some people are not having that, but that's what reportedly happened here. abc news has learned a russian hacking network as reggie mentioned, provided that ransomware used to a group known as scattered spider, reportedly based in the us and europe mgm property computers, including at the bellagio and mgm grand, went down on tuesday, resulting in days of long check in lines and casino machines offline, with rep

kron 4 has reached out to bart police this morning to learn more about this. will bring that to you. once we get more information reporting live in the newsroom justice. back to you. >> all right, turning now to a big story that we're following this morning. alameda county sheriff's office confirming one of those deadly shootings at the toyota service center and al verney was an act of domestic a female employee was shot and killed in the gunman was shot and killed. kron four's. sarah stinson has the latest. >> the scene remained active all day and all night here with several agencies going in and out of the toyota service center on shore highway. and they're still trying to figure out what led up to an employee being killed here. >> possible active shooter. it's going to be in albany, a terrifying situation at the berkeley toyota service center albany when a man walked in with a gun thursday morning around 11, 15 killing a woman who works there. this happening in front of employees and customers maker a basically a gun once and then i heard footsteps like thi

the good news for bart riders this weekend bar has canceled this weekend's planned track closures betweenity and fremont stations. officials say the next schedule shutdown has been moved to september 23rd and 24th. the planned track work involves removing hazardous trees ahead of this year's winter storms. and heads up now, if you're planning to drive to the south bay this weekend, southbound 101, will be closed saturday night into sunday morning for a stretch of highway running through mountain view. the closure starts at 09:00pm at the moffitt boulevard. overcrossing lanes are expected to be back open by 9 tomorrow morning. and another major story we're following. california attorney general rob bonta has announced a 49 million dollar settlement with kaiser for unlawfully disposing hazardous waste, medical waste and protected patient information at its facilities. according to the ag under cover and that inspections from 16 different dumpsters at kaiser facilities found electronic waste, syringes, medical supplies with body fluids and records of over 7,000 patients. all these items were

bart service. the transit agency has promised that nobody will wait more than 20 minutes for a scheduled train no matterific emphasis on increasing service on the yellow line which is the busiest weekday line. bart says ridership is growing, but it's not quite back to where it was pre-pandemic and they're hoping the changes will give them a boost. >> right now the service is every 30 minutes and that will change to be every 20 minutes so there will be no more 30-minute waits on bart any time of day, any day of the week. >> in addition, last night was the final run for bart's legacy train. starting today its fleet of the future trains only. the legacy trains may be seen on special events. >>> coming up, a warm weekend. we will see temperatures cooling down just a bit. here's forecaster cinthia pimentel with the seven-day forecast. >> i'm cinthia pimentel and let's get you the forecast over the next couple of days in the city and for the start of the workweek and then we will watch for more wind that will come later tonight helping to cool things down for our forecast on tuesday, but it will be brief as w

. >> bart launched its new schedule today with new trains. the agency has been trying to keep pace is more people return to the office. >> now is in financial crisis. you know, ridership has not recovered as quickly as we would have hoped because of the switch to remote work. and so we're creating a new financial model so we don't run out of funds. and so we needed to figure out a way to increase optic service without spending more money in. amazingly, bart staff have done that. >> so here's what you need to know. the yellow line, which is the busiest will have new trains coming every 10 minutes. the red line will also at least every 10 minutes, if not less, people won't have to wait longer than 20 minutes on the blue line. and the agency says evening service will now be 50% faster than it used to be. and fares will not be changing. starting next year. there will be a new payment option for bart riders. 22 bay area transit agencies including bart and unity and others will be accepting contactless credit card payments that clipper terminals. it's part of an

bart schedule. saturday and sunday service is now 20 minutes on all five lines until 9 p.m. after that, it will be 20 minute service on three lines. this new service has day ridership since the start of the pandemic . back to weather now. lisa is tracking slightly cooler temperatures this saturday. >> yeah, that's right. in fact, no extremes really expected throughout the week. ahead, here's a look at emeryville where you can see it kind of looks black and white out there, right? 61 downtown, 63 in oakland, as well as palo alto with mid 60s in the clouds from the peninsula to the east bay on top of mt. tam. here you can see the sunlight above the marine layer 57, santa rosa, 61 in napa with low 60s in our inland valleys. so the winds have been breezy through the delta. they'll pick up throughout the afternoon. the fog will erode and we'll be left with partly cloudy skies in the city. 67 here, clouds along the coast. and our warm and warmest inland valleys. a lot like yesterday, touching in the 80s late in the day, by about 4:00, just 70 in oakland. so a little shy of average. and we'll be talking about temperatures coming down a few more degrees for t

now, also with these changes, bart will run shorter trains, six and eight cars instead of ten. that switch has already gone into effect in some space and some spots in the past week or so. and some riders have noticed and complained about the trains being a little more crowded. but bart points out that there are some benefits to those shorter trains. the agency says it is easy to keep those trains clean and easier for police to patrol those shorter train cars and respond more quickly to any problems on board. live in walnut creek, ali rasmus, ktvu fox two news. thank you, ali. to the south bay now is the santa clara valley transportation authority has voted to move forward with a major housing development in san jose. last night, the agency's board of directors approved a plan to put up temporary housing for people who are homeless at the vta yard near zanker road. san jose mayor matt mehan said it's the perfect location for 200 emergency interim housing units. we have surveyed over 100 sites and this is the best one we've found. we have already built six of these communities. they're incredib

this new service has been in place since monday, helping bart reach the highest single day ridership since the start of the pandemic . you can also expect late night service from levi's stadium if you're attending the ed sheeran concert tonight. speaking of santa clara, boy is turning into the concert mecca of the bay area. ed sheeran plays levi's stadium tonight and if the show sells out, it means roughly 70,000 people will be in attendance. now, that's more than taylor swift and beyonce. abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has a look at what might be one of the biggest concerts yet. you know, we be. >> the sounds of summer in santa clara have featured great music, top artists and plenty of screaming fans. take me out and take me home. this year, levi's stadium has hosted two of the highest grossing tours of all time with taylor swift and beyonce. but this weekend's ed sheeran mathematics tour may be the biggest one yet. >> you've got something that is going to draw an even bigger crowd than those other ones, right? we're talking about massively more people heading for santa

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we have yet to hear back as of this broadcast bart launched its new schedule today with new traits. the agency has been trying to keep pace is more. people are returning to the office. >> bar right now is in financial crisis. you know, ridership has not recovered as quickly as we would have hoped because of the switch to remote work. and so we're creating a new financial model so we don't run out of funds. and so we needed to figure out a way to increase optic service without spending more money in. amazingly, bart staff have done that. >> so here's the new schedule. the busiest line. the yellow line is running every 10 minutes or so as red line is doing the same people should not have to wait longer than 20 minutes for a train on the blue line and the agency says that evening service will now be 50% faster. fares will stay the same. coming on land. man's final attempt take out his vote from stinson beach before park officials demolished. plus a man's adventure into cave turns into a nightmare. >> what it took to get him out of the cave after he fell ill 3,000 feet underground. and trouble in sin

what is >> kaiser workers say the patients are not getting proper care and has gone on long before the pandemic started. bart will be ending all 30 minute frequencies on nights and weekends starting next monday. bart plans to increase daily service on the yellow line running from antioch to san francisco with trains arriving about every 10 minutes before 09:00pm on weekdays, they say the blue line to and from dublin will arrive every 20 minutes at all hours. trains coming from the richmond and north san jose direction will also run on a 10 minute schedule and bart plans to increase options for transfers to take the orange line running between richmond and berryessa if needed. sfo will also see up to 9 trains per hour on nights and weekends as well. and all red line trains will now stop at sfo before heading to millbrae. fall is just around the corner. but pumpkin patch season already in full swing in half moon bay. we most farm has already opened their pumpkin patch and it will stick around through november. families can take in the autumn vibes with pony rides, pumpkin bread and some spooky decor. >> lee, m