humorous, both union -- bohemian, 20 century radical, the equanimity exemplary in political and mystical moats. a great woman poet, the second half of the american century. she delivered a major body of verse, brilliant in its particular day. as a dyslexic, those words were more difficult than they may appear. particularity. i love that. it is an honor to formally announced we already informally announced, our fifth pole of laureate in our great city and county of san francisco, diane diprima. congratulations and welcome. [applause] >> wow, look at all of these folks. are any of you one of my five kids? [laughter] i just wanted to be very brief, because we're going to do a more formal inaugural thing, and inaugural event, so i'm not going to take a lot of time now. there is a lot of stuff going on at 11 in the morning in san francisco. people have to do this and that. so, ok. chris, i want to thank you very much. it is very wonderful to follow lauren, devora major, and jack hirschman. what a group. i really am awed. i cannot remember which marian was that gave the keys to the city to rob

both the teamsters union and the company say there is no record of any complaints from thornton. >> if you knew the hollanders, they would never tolerate that. >> reporter: among the victims, 50-year-old lewis felder jr. the father of three was a respe respected member of stamford, connecticut's orthodox jewish community. remembered today as this entire community mourns its devastating loss. peter alexander, nbc news, manchester, connecticut. >>> want to turn to the oil disaster. the coast guard said today that static kill operation to stop the oil flow is working and they do not expect any more oil to gush into the gulf of mexico. nbc's chief environmental correspondent anne thompson joins us tonight from venice, louisiana. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. bp says the static kill is working extremely well, but tonight there's a new controversy over just how much oil is left in the gulf. 107 days after the leak to poison the gulf began, president obama delivered some good news. >> a report out today by our scientists show that the vast majority of the spilled oil

if you are both representing unions, is there something you can do contractually with your agency to beef up security or make promises in that regard? >> i cannot say that we have any specific budget figures with one exception. we made a presentation to the agency several years ago where we were trying to get people to walk through magnetometers. at the time, we had about 130 home offices plus we also have permanent remote sites which is a different animal. at the time, we had gotten an estimate from one of the providers of the -- of these walk through magnetometers that it would cost about $3,000 for each individual magnetometer for our offices. i forget the exact map but it is simple to project that it would have been less than $500,000 for the agency to provide those walk through magnetometers for our offices. their problem was that they felt they provided them for us at the judicial level and they would have to provide them for the roughly 1300 field offices where most people go just to get a social security number or to file their original claim. that changed the figure from $50

as you know, both of our unions crew the ferry boats on the day, and we have the following steady process very closely because the design guidelines that are being provided certainly provide an opportunity. we will release some of these parcels, particularly 337, for future development that is needed. the replacement parking in the ferry building area which is needed to expand the ferry terminal, and we worked very hard to go and get that public funding for this project, so there is a lot at stake here. we complement the efforts of the planning department in this study in balancing the need for public spaces, recreational uses, the community benefits, and most importantly, the ports need to be profitable so that it can continue to subsidize maritime operations. like the ferry services, ferry terminals that it does subsidize along the waterfront, so we thank you for the opportunity to have been part of this process, and we think there is really no need for further studies or changes. i know marina labored very hard for this year's of the commission, that advisory board, and she feels very

the union wants the old contract until both sides come to a new agreement. the transit agency claims workers are staging sick-outs to get what they want. the union denies that, but one way or another riders are seeing a lot of delays and canceled service. that's why you probably need to check early. >>> the very things that we use every day to keep our houses clean and smelling fresh might be dangerous and often are deadly in the hands of young children. tracie potts live this morning in washington, d.c. some of the most common household cleaning products appear to be some of the worst offenders. >> reporter: they sure are. brent. this is a study coming out today in the journal "pediatrics." it shows a huge issue with these household cleaners that are in spray bottles. over the year we have done a good job of keeping children away from medicine chests and the cosmetics in our bedrooms, but the area that, according to this report that needs some light shed on it is what's under your kitchen sink. take a look at the numbers. nationwide well over 250,000 childre

both facilities have hired replacement workers, people the union call scabs. one of the thing they are doing in addition to picketing, walking on the driveway, which we touched on before as a problem. police were out here a while ago. i asked her who called them. she said one of the neighbors. it was one of the neighbors who wanted to know what was going on out here because it was 5:00 a.m. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a judge could decide whether to issue an injunction in another labor dispute. this one involving ac transit drivers. you can bet passengers will be watching this next step very closely. ktvu's jade hernandez has been following the situation and joins us live from oakland. i imagine that riders just want to know what to expect when they are waiting for the buses. >> reporter: claudine, i can tell you they expect delays even today. a newly-appointed judge said a decision could come as early as today. we spoke to one bus driver this morning, and that driver told us they are just worried about their future under a newly- imposed contract made by a

both sides haggled over a new contra. the day before the contract officially ended, the union went to a judge requesting both sides enter arbitration. ac transit's new contract created a new bus driver schedule without input from drivers. a judge was expected to decide whether or not to grant an injunction to lift the imposed contract and allow drivers to go back to their schedule. ac transit said if drivers don't work under a contract and continue to drag this out, the agency will be forced to lay off workers and reduce weekend service. anywhere from 15% to 20% of the drivers have called in sick every day since the contract was imposed. drivers say this is just a -- say they have to work long hours without overtime pay and drive unfamiliar routes. >> i'm -- i've actually been upset, too. hopefully the judge will make a decision in our favor. we don't want to inconvenience the riders at all or have the buses stop ruling. >> reporter: we're still waiting forked the judge to make that de-- waiting for the judge to make that ruling. ac transit' spokesman said if a judge decides in favor of the union they will appeal. we're live at uni

a new contract was imposed but the union wants the old contract to stay until both sides can agree on a new one. the transit agency claims workers are staging a sick-out to get what they want but the union is denying that. >>> we learned tonight a uc berkeley tudent was one of the passengers killed when a pakistani airliner crashed wednesday. a sophomore and rising star on the women's soccer team, in fact on that flight to join her pakistani soccer club for that country's national women's championship. all 152 people on board the flight were killed. no official cause has been declared, there was fog and heavy rain at the time of the crash. >>> tomorrow is the first day of jury selection in the murder trial of the killing of los gatos businessman and his murder shocked the community and they have reason to believe it was murder for hire plot. here with the story. >> reporter: it's been almost 2 1/2 years since a popular bar and restaurant owner was shot seven times and killed in his driveway that march day. his friends are glad to see the trial begin. when we spoke to them at the time

in this case, the man with barotos as he tried to cross into mexico and a woman arrested in union city, both accessories. the two male suspects could be back in the bay area today. barinos is being held on attempted murder. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you. five red cross agencies accepting donations in officer young's name, including ones in pleasant hill, oakland, pleasanton, san jose and fremont. you'll find a list of blood centers and their addresses on our home page at abc7news.com. >> it's 5:03 now. san jose police are investigating the fatal shooting of analogy suicidal man by their own officers. police were called to a san jose apartment complex early sunday morning where a distraught man threatened to kill himself with a nail gun. after 45 minutes of trying to reach him, police forced their way into his apartment. officers say they had to shoot the man when he came at them with a 10 inch knife. a neighbor says he is stunned by the incident. >> the suspect inside the residence that has a self-inflicted wound was also armed with a 10-inch knife. he confronted the offic

in the decade little become up to the soviet union the peaceful result of both sides. on several occasions the world was on the edge of nuclear annihilation debate still right john whether nuclear parity was a deterrent that prevented an all out war between the united states under savita union or the nuclear weapons was something that consigned the two nations to more than four decades of mistrust and enmity either way during the cold war washington and moscow never came into direct conflict and at least in part this is down to nuclear parity hugo grodner. moscow. it's unlikely that nuclear weapons will ever be used these days despite fears in the west that countries like north korea could resort to a strike and that's the view of an expert on south asian affairs in moscow the full interview is coming up in around twenty minutes time and here's some of what he has to say. career's been threatening to spill shoes of blood and destroy imperialists and their marionettes for several decades i would not overestimate the actual threat if you look at it from a historical persp

european union has failed in both economy and democracy that's the view of drug battened one of the founders of the u.k. independence party he's also our european parliament member and spoke to our teens more emmet about the dangers the e.u. holds. we have absolutely no doubt one hundred percent membership of the european union is bad for britain so we're not skeptical about that and no disbelief in the fact that the european union actually exists or we believe it exists i was skeptical about lot of that but as far as the european union existed it's bad and there is no doubt in any members mind that that's the case it's an economic and democratic disaster first of all there is no reason for the european union i mean the white soul was sold to people forty years ago and has been ever since is that we must have it to try jobs we don't need it for jobs even the even the european union backed down from that argument we don't need to be members of this vox bureaucratic organization in order to achieve that the other thing is the loss of democracy which although membership the costs billions of po

jay brewer says there may not be a conflict between the police department's numbers and the union's claim. >> both could be true and we have to look at those numbers very carefully. >> reporter: and council member brewer says she will meet with police chief anthony bat this week. they will do their own analysis in the last month to see if it has gone up. reporting live, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> california insurance regulators today gave the go ahead for stiff hikes in health insurance rates for some anthem blue cross and blue shield policy holders. anthem blue cross says about 800,000 individual california policy holders can expect an increase in october of between 14 and 20 percent. blue she would says about 250,000 of its individual policy holders will see their rates go up an average of 19% with a high of 29%. >> i just think the way the economy is going right now, to try to increase anything, especially like healthcare coverage for people in san jose, santa clara county is just kind of crazy. >> regulators say both blue she would and anthem blue cross satisfied the state law requiring 70% of

other people arrested in this case, the man with barotos, also an alleged accomplice, a woman in union city, bothfor being accomplices. no bail. he does face several charges including attempted murder and he could be back here in oakland as early as today. terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. >> final monday morning check on weather and traffic. >> thanks to that mainly clear sky, off to a cool start in some areas. 49 along with los gatos, novato at 48, napa and santa rosa 46 and 45. the rest of us in the 50s. a lot of sunshine this afternoon. mid-70s in the south bay and north bay valleys. low to mid-80s in the east bay valleys. clouds gather along the coast keeping you in the low 60s. mid-60s san francisco, richmond and san mateo about 69. a look at your accu-weather seven-day forecast. temperatures make a slow climb through thursday away from the coast and then we will start to drop back to below average temperatures a lot like today by sunday. >> at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on and we've got a backup to the west grand overcrossing. a 15 minute wait time making

jay brewer says there may not be a conflict between the police department's numbers and the union's claim. >> both could be true and we have to look at those numbers very carefully. >> reporter: and council member brewer says she will meet with police chief anthony bat this week. they will do their own analysis in the last month to see if it has gone up. reporting live, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> california insurance regulators today gave the go ahead for stiff hikes in health insurance rates for some anthem blue cross and blue shield policy holders. anthem blue cross says about 800,000 individual california policy holders can expect an increase in october of between 14 and 20 percent. blue she would says about 250,000 of its individual policy holders will see their rates go up an average of 19% with a high of 29%. >> i just think the way the economy is going right now, to try to increase anything, especially like healthcare coverage for people in san jose, santa clara county is just kind of crazy. >> regulators say both blue she would and anthem blue cross satisfied the state law requiring 70% of

a new contract was imposed but the union wants the old contract to stay until both sides can agree on a new one. the transit agency claims workers are staging a sick-out to get what they want but the union is denying that. >>> time is 4:38. that's the latest on ac transit but also keep tabs on your way home this evening. >> we always warn folks, we could see delays regardless of the reason there have been a number of buses effected. transbay service overnight, a number of stops at least stopped overnight. they have been canceling certain stops over the past weekend. that pattern looks like it will continue. 508 at airway boulevard, earlier construction, i saw slowdowns, but that just cleared from the roadway. an accident due to a car tire in the lanes is reported, that got stuck under a car on the right hand shoulder. back to you. >>> what about the weekend forecast? not too bad. >> it was nice. >> little cooler this week, rob? >> if you thought the weekend was cool, wait until you see the seven-day forecast. this morning, low clouds out there. san jose right now, 56. kind of patches

they both got their estates into the union.f ted had been japanese, they would have been brothers. war heroes, incredible similarities. incredible similarities. ladies and gentlemen, in the summer of 1899, edward henry harriman assembled a crew of 125 high-profile writers, artists, and scientist aboard a ship. their mission was to survey the alaskan coast. one of the men on board that ship was probably the second most important person in alaska history. he was one of the first to put the majesty of alaska into words and to place it in america's consciousness. i would like to share something that he wrote to and that i find especially fitting today. "a fewinutes ago, every tree was excited, about an to the roaring storm, tossing the branches and glorious enthusiasm like worship. the to the outer ear, that these trees are now silent, their songs will neverease. the glorious enthusiasm of ted stevens may have gone silent to our adherent -- our culture year, but for all of us, especially with this crowd of a beautiful state, his so

have been from the beginning both economically inefficient, politically repressive, and culturally sterile. we can't deny that. there's no point in pretending otherwise. the union of soviet socialists republics was, after all, by its own account socialist. both communist states describe themselves in various ways for various purposes, constitutionally and so on as socialist. i don't think there's much point defending the word. what we have to do is rather different. that is shift the conversations from abstractions to substance. i'm not interested even if i were to live another 20 years in trying to promote some abstraction called socialism. if i'm going to promote abstractions, i'd rather promote justice or fairness. (applause) i'd rather promote equality. >> rose: i would think that the hardest thing of facing what you face is knowing... is the pain of not being able to lead them. >> rose: exactly. it makes you understand why family is such a... >> absolutely. >> rose: you have never feared to wade into controversy. do you wish you had done more of that or less of it? >> rose: there is the question of what you have said about your relationship with judaism. y

spanish striker however did decide to stay for at least one more season and the union has been strongly linked with both chelsea and manchester city which has now gone public saying he's committed to the eighteen time english champions hodgson who succeeded rafael benitez in july flew to spain for talks with the player last week but they will fully immersed in first with. the wheels a little plane to. to transfer news now and by minute maid fail to an attorney to michelle might soon be on his way back to the russian premier league the form as an escape but hasn't been getting much playing time from louis van hall the boss professed compassionate smart from bomoh in the defensive midfield role to the moscow appear to be the front runner in the race to land the ukraine midfielder. now the men's basketball world championships gets underway at the end of the month in turkey and russia's coach david platt as unveiled his preliminary squad for the event although he still looking for frontman but he missed the fact reports. at down fast on red square the mood in russia's camp is one of excitement as least youn

. >> reporter: it has been a busy week both in the field and at the negotiates table. friday the union voted down a plan. after crunching the numbers the union claims it was more like a 14% pay cut. >> i say we are going to continue to get them back. i also say look for an employer that would appreciate them. clearly the city doesn't. >> reporter: historic -- that includes engine 30. thursday morning 3 fires broke out in the same area in 2 1/2 hours fueling the debate over increased response time. this burned for 10 minutes before fire trucks arrived. >> i have no doubt our fire union will. >> reporter: friday afternoon yet another fire popped up in the same area as the day before. the response time for this fire was 7 minutes. and remember engine 30, well, this would have been their call. so the big question is would engine 30 have gotten here in less time? it could have been faster if engine 30 was in quarters and all others. for business owner david graham, this was his second blaze in as many days. >> does it make you nervous knowing that there are less firefighters out there. >> m

arbitrators in negotiations with police and fire unions and pension reform, which would allow the city council to lower retirement benefits for new city workers. bothose measures are like will be to be opposed by unions here in san jose. that's the latest. i'm matt bigler live in san jose for cbs 5. >> thank you, matt. >>> 6:38. investigators in san jose are now trying to track down some animal killers. the decapitated goats were found sunday outside the entrance to alum rock park. their bodies have been stuffed into boxes and their severed heads were near. animal control is trying to determine a motive. >> we are trying to figure out if it was a ritual or someone just really wanted to do harm towards an animal. >> right now investigators are hoping that someone driving or jogging around alum rock might have seen something unusual going on. >>> the san jose police bomb squad finished searching an apartment in the blossom valley area. apartments were evacuated after a man called police to say his roommate had an explosive device. police have questioned the college roommate but so far there are not saying what if anything was found in that apartment.

. >> reporter: it has been a busy week both on the field and the negotiating table. friday, the union turned down the government's offer. >> i say that we are going to continue to get them back. i also say look for an employer that appreciates them, clearly the city doesn't. >> reporter: that includes engine 30 in downtown san jose. thursday morning three fires broke out in the same area in 2- /1 hour hours. this blaze the third one burned for 10 minutes before firefighters arrived. mayor reed say the lay offs didn't change anything. >> i have no doubt that our firedownon will do anything they can to make the political argument about the need for bigger raises. >> reporter: another fire popped up in the same area as the day before. the response time for this fire was seven minutes. remember engine 30, this would have been their call. so the big question is, would engine 30 have gotten here in less time? >> it could have been faster if engine 30 were in quarters and all other engines were in quarters at their stations, engine 30 would have been here first. >> reporter: this was his sec

that's if the city and the firefighters union get back to the bargaining table tomorrow. both side also get together at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow to look at union's latest proposal. they say the city has not rejected that offer, but has not accepted it either. a union spokesman calls it a step in the right direction. >>> a 12-year-old is in trouble accused of stealing a car and leading deputies on a chase. deputies found the boy blocking a driveway with the car in san leandro about 8:30 friday morning. deputies were surprised to find the boy was 12 because he is 5'7" and 200 pounds. new this morning, nbc bay area news just confirmed that hit-and-run suspect cainan schierhotlz has been moved to a jail in richmond. he had been in the martinez jail since sunday. police say the 23-year-old was driving drunk and hit a bicyclist, a pedestrian two vehicles and a pole in danville. >>> we are on top of developing news this morning. a workplace shooting on the east coast. >> scott mcgrew is putting together the latest information and some new video. >> we have some live pictures, this coming o

the union, though is crying foul saying the old contract must remain in place until both sides agree on a new one. the transit agency claims workers are staging a sick-out to get what they want. the union denies that. if the imposed contract is lifted, the agency says weekend service could be canceled as a result. stay tuned to this one. >>> it's nearing the end of the line for san francisco's transbay terminal. but today, we got a glimpse of the new temporary digs. the old terminal will close next saturday to make way for a $4 billion sleek new terminal. the original terminal opened in 1939. it was intended to connect the city with railways across the state, but that never actually happened. since then it has fallen into disrepair. the temporary center is set to stay open until 2017. >>> defending the cleanup. next at 6:00 -- the coast guard on the defensive about the methods they are using as they say they're just days away from permanently sealing that well. >>> and ready for liftoff. the rocket ship on a 14-month mission to bring goths art to the bay area. >>> and a musical tribut

now, on friday, an alameda county superior court judge listened to arguments on both sides of the issues. the unionking for an injunction asking ac transit not to impose the contract. negotiations were stalled last month and arbitration is expected to start august 20th. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thanks for the update there. >> people that take ac transit want to know how it will effect them going to work. >> you count on it being. there. >> most cases you can count on it being there and on time. we have seen delays, specifically the transbay service. leaving the transbay terminal out of san francisco. friday, a list was released by ac transit n most cases one or two departures were canceled. in some cases a half dozen have been canceled. check actransbay.org before you leave. b.a.r.t. is a good option as well. all trains reporting on time as well. san mateo bridge, that's moving smoothly. i have not heard about the dumbarton express having an effect on ac transit. back to you. >>> still cool and maybe a little fog heading out today. >> seeing that around the g

. >> reporter: it has been a busy week both in the field and at the negotiating table. friday, the union voted down the offer that would have cut pay 9%. after crunching numbers, the union claims it was more like 14% of a pay cut. if the union accepted the deal, firefighters laid off a month ago would have been rehired. >> i say to them we will continue to get them back. >> reporter: historically budget deficits led to the first layoffs. that includes engine 30 in downtown san jose. thursday morning, three fires broke out in the same area in two and a half hours, fueling the debate over increased response time. this blaze, the third one, burned for ten minutes before firefighters arrived. mayor chuck reed say the layoffs did not change anything. >> i have no doubt our fire union will use whatever they can to make their political arguments about the need for bigger raises. >> reporter: friday afternoon, yet another fire popped up in the same area as the day before. the response time for this fire was seven minutes and remember engine 30, the firefighters would got laid off a couple of wee

the union's contract expired june 30th and after three months of negotiating the union went to a judge, looking to force both sides into arbitration. ac transit decided to impose a contract, which took effect july 18th. now that brings us to today, august 2nd. for several weeks as the union waits for a judge to decide whether or not to lift the newly imposed contract some bus drivers have called in sick. up to 20% each day since the new contract has been put into place. we spoke to a bus operator this morning. here is what she had to say about this. >>> now we do understand as i mentioned we spoke to a bus driver and we don't have -- actually i have been told that we can listen to that bus driver right now. let's listen to what she has to say about this dispute. >> i am actually -- [ inaudible ] >> -- but i am actually you know come to work every day and -- and just you know adapt to what we have been given and hopefully the judge will make a decision in our favor, ruling in our favor, because we don't want the buses to stop rolling. we don't want to in convenience the passengers at all. >> reporter: we are

unions. >>> voters in for states head to the polls today. in colorado, both senate seats are up for grabs. both races still too close to call. >>> and on the democratic side president obama and former president clinton are at odds backing different candidates. >>> former vice president george w. bush returns to haiti. he is checking on relief work in the earthquake-shattered country. >>> the search for two dangerous fugitives is now centered near glacier national park in montana. police say prison escapee john mccluskey and his cousin/fiancee casslyn welch consider themselves a modern day bonnie and clyde. >>> kellogg is opening a store dedicated to pop tarts. it offered 30 new pop tart treats and the first time kellogg's has focused a store on one product and have special chefs creating these new creations. one is a pop tart sushi. they roll it it in a fruit rollup. >> that is much more appetizen that i thought it would be. oh, man. >>> well, for some of you local news is coming up. >> for everyone else "america this morning" continues after this. without th

since the dissolution the breakup of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred one the american government both the democrats and the republicans didn't really matter who was in charge saw south and central asia and and especially the former soviet republics in that region as a new piece of real estate a possibility for an expansion of american of an american empire of an american sphere of influence of course the resources natural gas and oil which are rich in that region are a vital interest for american corporations and the u.s. government and the pentagon see these areas as an effort a place to stage new u.s. military installations u.s. military bases so we saw the meeting today and in the recent days with russia and tajikistan and pakistan and afghanistan as an attempt by these countries to reassert their sovereignty their control their independence from the american military occupation in afghanistan but an interest by the united states to dominate the region which predates the afghanistan war the us nato military presence in afghanistan is not really a diminishing so called terrorism or

coming up we'll hear from ac transit and the union and hear what's next for both sides. reporting live in oakland this morning, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:36. in san francisco muni drivers are almost to get a 6% pay raise. scheduled to review the increase later today. but since the wages of muni operators are written into the city charter approval is almost certain. average pay would go from almost $28 an hour to $29.52. this comes as other workers are taking pay cuts. >>> let's check traffic now in the east bay. >> right now in the east bay it's getting more crowded along interstate 80 westbound as you head out to the mcarthur maze. no major problems. by the way we're trying to find out if you have any major delays on ac transit this morning. there are numerous ways you can communicate with me. the best way to go to ktvu.com and drop me an e-mail, but you can also find me on facebook and on twitter. let's move along and take a look. again, we're looking for anyone who is delayed on ac transit. we'll pass that information along to jade. and we'll

obstruction on the track and causing 10 to 15 minute delays throughout the south hayward or union city stations right now in bothichmond and fremont direction. other transit systems so far look good. also a structure in mill valley. chp providing traffic control edgewood avenue. look for that 101, traffic flowing well. outside you'll find a pretty good ride across the golden gate bridge with low clouds and fog in the distance. bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on but there are no delays. you always find the latest at abc7news.com. eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you. >> recapping top stories. a federal judge will issue his ruling on the constitutionality on proposition 8. the ban of aim sex marriage. >> terry mcsweeney with the latest. >> the question is can california define marriage as between one man and one woman. today we get federal judge vaughan walker's take on that. he's posting tis decision online sometime between 1:00 and 3:00 this afternoon. the trial took place back in january. closing arguments took place in june. today we get the decision. the federal trial has two same sex couples, one from

menwhile negotiations appear to be at an impasse even though both sides insist they are ready to talk. >> as a union we have a right to negotiate wages, working hours, and benefits for our members. >> management says the ruling has been unable to make concessions, copayments on their health insurance or make tributes to their premiums. officials say the situation will only get worse. >> by the time we resolve how we're going to be able to address this, we are in a further deficit than we're facing currently. the board will have to decide what kind of cuts they'll make. >> caught in the middle are the passengers, like this blind couple that rely on the bus services. >> it's difficult for anyone, but definitely being blind and having to navigate areas you are not familiar with to get somewhere is harder. >> my whole overall time traveling took 3 hours and 0 minutes by the time i made all my connections. >> what would it normally take? >> less than an hour. >> ac transit has until august 10 to carry out the judges order. in the meantime, no gorks are scheduled. live in oakland, "ktvu channel 2 news." >

menwhile negotiations appear to be at an impasse even though both sides insist they are ready to talk. >> as a union we have a right to negotiate wages, working hours, and benefits for our members. >> management says the ruling has been unable to make concessions, copayments on their health insurance or make tributes to their premiums. officials say the situation will only get worse. >> by the time we resolve how we're going to be able to address this, we are in a further deficit than we're facing currently. the board will have to decide what kind of cuts they'll make. >> caught in the middle are the passengers, like this blind couple that rely on the bus services. >> it's difficult for anyone, but definitely being blind and having to navigate areas you are not familiar with to get somewhere is harder. >> my whole overall time traveling took 3 hours and 0 minutes by the time i made all my connections. >> what would it normally take? >> less than an hour. >> ac transit has until august 10 to carry out the judges order. in the meantime, no gorks are scheduled. live in oakland, "ktvu channel 2 news." >

the union, however is crying foul saying the old contract must remain in place until both sides agree on a new one. if the imposed contract is lifted, the agency says weekend service could be canceled. stay tuned for that one. >>> jury selection begins tomorrow in the trial of three men accused of killing a los gatos businessman in a murder for hire flot. he was shot and killed in front of his kondo in march 2008. 28-year-old par garcia will be tried alongside the two men he allegedly paid to shoot the man. he paid them $9,500. they also say the plot was spurred by a love triangle and that garcia wanted achille out of the way. the three suspects face a max num sentence of life without parole. >>> san francisco inmate population is dropping. the chronicle says it's down 21% since march when the police department's crime lab scandal broke. that led to the dismissal of hundreds of pending drug cases. authorities also say a dip in crime is another reason for the decline. >>> speaker of the house nancy pelosi says she's not nervous at all about the possibility democrats could lose their ho

. >> reporter: both the company and thornton's union representative adamantly deny charges of racial harassment. >> i think this tragic incident was an individual that had his issue and just went off. >> reporter: before the shots started thornton calmly watched taped evidence of himself stealing beer. he was offered the option of resigning or being fired. he signed a letter of resignation. >> he was calm. there were no signs of anger or threats of violence. >> reporter: as he was let out of the building, he opened fire. a source tells cbs news that just before 7:30 thornton had a handgun and shot the men who fired him. thornton ran along the loading platform, selectively shooting, killing some and sparing others. three of his victims were 52-year-old brian sorigliano and james and peppin, peppin was calling out to warn his coworkers. even thornton's own girlfriend can't explain the horror of what he did. i don't know what happeneden side of him. something snapped inside his head. >> reporter: to give you a sense of the loss, the mother of one victim said when she kissed her son that