caltrain now said they operate at or above 100% of capacity during peak commute. there are more people on the platforms and it takes longer to get on to the trains. when caltrain looked at the this they realized the old schedule do not reflect reality and are adjusting the scams. the fiscal year train leaving from wood has 6:30 departure time today. on mop it will be 6:33. another big change on monday has to do with bike cars transporting 7,000 picks and commuters often cannot find space for their bikes so an additional bicycle car is adding increasing capacity from 48-72. >> during the peak commute it is busy. adding the extra car is great. >> the additional cars were approved a year ago but it took until now to add the cars to the fleet. talking to bicycleers this morning, they are thrilled about the extra car come on monday. >> it sounds like they are needed. >> it is happening again five san francisco police officer are accused of exchanging racist text. the scandal surrenders around the officer on the scene after a series of text he exchanged while being char

as possible there are a number of stand alone projects we want to make sure we're cropping with caltrain and all the entities we want to try to better knit this process so our goals to understand holistically the projects that are in front of the us and shape the future of this city in the best way we can the study has 5 components the first to look at the actual extension of the downtown rail and was call it the d t x that connects from 16th street street and the second for potential for a leak moving from the terminal to the system and third the caltrain rail yard for conversion or configuration and reuse of that site and fourth to look at 20th century to see if it make sense to end up with a better transportation system in the end and the fifth to look at the broad range of affordable housing space or development to help to pay for the system as we did the transit center district and look at the land use implementations so the study area is below from market street to about 22 street this is the court of area we're looking at and all of the components in some form lie within this area

far the debate field segment not ios to deliver the statewide project we appreciate the support of caltrain and the sfmta hearing and looking forward to working with the partners to deliver the northern california operating segment in the coming years similarly ambitious projects, of course, the much needed second transbay too many reasons to plan for this important connection the need to rehabilitate the bart 2 the need to facet resentcy in a natural disaster thank you for tilly chang to thinking about how we should approach this gigantic problem o with four public agencies with the state transportation and bart and the city of oakland i want to stress the importance of having this second crossing for many reasons including a true regional rail we'll have the chance to continue this dialogue as municipal transportation agency we collaborative across the city and region for the local transportation in san francisco as well as barts plan regional bond and finally thank the region abag and planning department to give presentations and the rail generated alternative transportation and boulevar

. >> you've got those extra cars. >> things are improving on caltrain and the directors have a place (laughter) but to really bring value to caltrain we need to bring it into downtown san francisco i sits on the transbay joint powers authority and we do have a plan to get the trains from figuring out and king to the transbay center that is a decision that we'll on have an opportunity to get right once, once we build the tunnels we have those with us for one hundred years therefore we thought as a city valuable to look at alternatives to make sure we're choosing the best path this is what this study is about so again, very happy to have director rahaim and very glad heifers e he was able to enjoy an hour and a half of our meeting. >> this is a very short time. >> i think i'm used it this your meeting was only a 9 and a half hour. >> thank you director reiskin i'm joined by susan the project manager and mr. chair thank you for viewing having us and board members i'll go through this quickly as ed mentioned a study to look at it how to bring the best transportation into the corner of th

caltrain is increasing the number of cars from 2 to 3 on many of its trains. trains carry 7,000 bicycles each day, but it's not enough because trains are often full and people with bikes sometimes are not allowed to board. cycling advocates say they see multiple benefits. >> this is a win for everybody, not just bicyclists. it means that if folks can use the train with their bikes, they're not going to be on the roads clogging the streets. >> today caltrain officials and two bike coalitions celebrated at the caltrain depot in san francisco. in another upgrade caltrain plans to add an extra car for passengers on more trains as it refurbishes its aging fleet. >>> b.a.r.t. is still trying to fix an electrical problem between two east bay stations. there is no regular train service between pittsburgh bay point and north concord martinez, and passengers have to use shuttle buses. over the weekend b.a.r.t. ran trains to test that stretch of track. they still experienced problems. still not clear what's calling the spikes that can damage train cars. >>> today state l

reps for caltrain say they are adding a third bike car to their sets. the extra car will increase bike capacity from 48 to 72. caltrain hopes the extra room will make commuting more enjoyable for the 7,000 bike passengers who ride caltrain every day. >>> new at 5:00 a routine drug bust goes wrong. >> coming up, an officer shoots his own partner several times and it's all caught on camera. >> plus, they are sharp but are they clean? a new report finds lots of deli meat slicers aren't clean. >> no matter how you cut it a weekend we can all get behind before things begin to change big time by next wednesday. numbers approach 80 by then. a chilly friday night close to the bay. we'll have the complete forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> and what men should know before putting on any sunscreen. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, his detectives. the video captured an >>> some new video shows how a drug bust went wrong ending with a police lieutenant nearly killing one of his own detectives. video captured an undercover drug sting in albuquerque last year. after the signal t

two, if you ride caltrain you will notice changes.ycle car to make more room for bikes and passengers. departure times will accommodate more riders. >> bay bridge backup, traffic is stacked for 30 minutes from golden gate field to san francisco and further east an ago westbound 80 blocking the slow lane. cool in not by but a merchandise of the warm up today with upper 70s inland and breezy winds at the coast and only 60 and our big warm-up is tomorrow and last through thursday. a group of bb gun bandits have been shooting out car windows are becoming more dangerous and are targeting people. the surveillance video shows investigators want you to watch out for a get away vehicle with a black gas cover which is unusual. acalifornia will be highest statewide minimum wage in the united states. governor brown will sign the landmark bill today and raising it to $15 an hour by 202. >> bill season is officially here, the giants play the season opener on the road in milwaukee starting at 11:00 our time the a's hot the white sox tonight. >> by o

if you ride caltrain this is why. this is good.ers know longer trains caltrain will offer more cars to accommodate bicycles. ridership has grown to an average of more than 60,000 riders each weekday. >>> take a look at the scene on the bay bridge as chp officers tried to catch a ferocious dog on the loose. take a look at this little guy. he stopped westbound traffic, if you can believe a chihuahua did this. about is before 7:00 in the morni morning. he wasn't ready to give up easily. took 30 minutes to catch the little dog. here is a picture of the officers who caught the pup. he had a collar but njmy identifying tag. animal control workers are looking to see if the dog is microchipped. they want to know if anyone with information about the dog and how it ended up on ó the bridge. if you know him, call san francisco animal control. if nobody claims the dog, it will go up for adoption. he or she. >> she's athletic. >> in good sha >>> next at 5:a monterey county uñ"t$ow and where the missing h of the historic statue turned up. >>>

this is a long awaited change for caltrain riders something they have been wenting and needing. ridership is at 60,000 and it is increasing. departure times have changed because trains are operating at or above 100% capacity at peak commute and iting what for everyone to board. it is taking off later. departure time is adjust by a few minutes with the update schedule reflecting that. heads up if you take bart, service was supposed to be back to normal but plans have changed bart will continue to operate the shuttle between pittsburg/bay point and north concord spending the weekend testing regular trains and they still are experiencing problems. bart has a new team engineers focused on tin cars as a source of the electrical issue that is damaging their trainings the shuttle trains operate every ten minutes. hunter pence is asking for the return of his scatter that he signed and donated to the make-a-wish foundation worth $40,000. two men broke into the office on saturday and you can see the surveillance with the two men carrying the scooter down the stairs and they made off with

caltrain operates at or above 100% of capacity during peak times.ing longer to take off. starting today you will see updated schedule and departure times reflect the new reality. it will be taking off a few minutes later than before. that is per train. >> heads up if you take bart in the east bay. service was supposed to be back to normal. plans have changed. this morning, bart will continue to operate the shuttle trains between pittsburg/bay point and north concord. they tested the regular trains and they still experiencing problems. bart has a new team of engineers focused on the train

caltrain is saying that with many of the trains, operating at or beyond 100% capacity, spending more time stopping at the stations to pick up the riders which is causing delays. these train schedules will switch by several minutes to better reflect that, and they hope that the passenger confidence will increase and arriving when the timetable says that they are supposed to. this has been particularly difficult for the cyclist who get bumped off of the trains because of lack of space for the bicycles. they are adding a bicycle car which will increase from 40 bikes to 72 bikes. caltrain's says it knows it needs to add more cars to the trains, and they plan to do that after rehabbing the aging fleet. >>> your time now is 5:03 am. >>> bad news for some of the east bay bike riders, you will have to use the -- east bay bart riders, and you will have to use the trains stumbles again today. -- train shuttle buses again today. two shuttle trains will run between north concord and the pittsburg/bay point. >>> giants player hunter pence asking for the return of the autographed scooter he donate

caltrain relies the old schedule did not reflect the new reality so starting monday the type tables are adjust add few minute as train to represent the actual departure times. for instance, the first northbound train looking from redwood city is scheduled for 5:0 9 am but monday the schedule changes to 5:10. later, trains will be adjusted by up to three minutes. another big change has to do with commuter whose bring their bicycles on the train. sometimes it is crowded and there is no space. starting monday a third bicycle train car will be added to the trains to increase bicycle capacity from 48 up to 72. from train changes coming for caltrain riders starting on monday. >>> 130,000 pre-orders and no one knew what it looked like until this big reveal last night. tesla unveiled the all new and more affordable model three electric car. people it hours in line in the bay area and across the world to get their order in for a car that they cannot town for many months. here is the tesla apple like moment. [ applause ] >> a very big reveal. tesla's long awaited model 3 is here. an electric vehi

. >>> caltrain will be making longer stops. more than 16,000 people take caltrain on a daily basis. more people take more time to load and unload the trains. it is causing delays. the agency is shifting the schedule to accurately reflect the times the trains do arrive and depart. they are also adding a third car tomake more room for by silicates. -- bicyclists. >> a lot of people went to ride their bikes in the city. you often do not get a chance to load the train. >> we have a full schedule of changes for you listed right there on ktvu.com. >>> bad news for some writers. they will have to once again use shuttle trains between pittsburgh bay point and north concorde. there was hope that service will be going again today. the system has been plagued by voltage spikes. it is not yet ready for regular weekday service. shuttle trains will run after more engineers are brought in to figure out what is causing problems. >>> the giants are underway right now on the road in milwaukee. we have our east bay native on the field. >> reporter: i have attended one or two a's games in my life. ther

the state level the high speed rail authority w in the area and received a hearing with mta and caltrain to have the corridors up and down the peninsula and hearing from the colleagues if abag we're working in concert with the regional effort in many of our projects are performing well as suspected but we need to insure the policies and funding will be there to carry forward the projects picture the state active transportation program this is the a t p for bikes and vehicle this is the third cycle of 200 plus million dollars across the state and looking forward to help to refine their applications to get the community members across the city for more information contact our agency and also mta and public works that are will be sponsoring those projects a little bit more on the grim side of the state level the 2016 our state transportation improvement program is facing a fiscal year cliff funding and one of the projects on the list is lombard street on the 2016 list because of the inability to close $750 million gap statewide we're not able to - we'll have to move forward with local money

. >> caltrain riders will notice changes starting on monday. they said that it operates at or above 100% of capacity during peak commute times. trains have to wait longer while everyone boards. caltrain is adjusting departure times by a too minutes a train. on monday, an additional bicycle car is added to the trains increasing capacity from 48 bicycles to 72 motorcycle -- bicycles. >> i have been burned so adding the extra car is great. >> they were approves years ago but it has taken now to add the cars. we have the full list of schedule changes at abc7news.com >> sell bay area cities have different sales taxes rate starting today. the city at half moon bay will see sales tax drop from 9.5 to 9 in south fraction sales tax go up half a percent as a result of voter approved initiative. governor brown is promising to sign legislation that will give california the highest minimum wage. state lawmakers areserved the bill yesterday raiding it the minimum wage to $10.50, and goes up a dollar a year until it reaps $15 an hour in 2022. >> tesla c.e.o.

. >>> caltrain is no longer making stops at some of its busiest stations. >> more than 60,000 people take caltrain on a daily basis, the increase in ridership me that takes people longer to get on and off the trains and that can cause delays. caltrain is shifting of schedule by several minutes to accurately reflect the actual time the trains arrive and depart. caltrain is also adding a third by car to some trains to make more room for bicyclist. >> i should correct saying they are making longer stops >>> shuttle trades are back for bart writers who use the pittsburgh waypoint line. there was hope that service would return to normal today between the north concord and pittsburg waypoint stations. but over the weekend test on the tracks shows the system continues to be but plagued by those voltage spikes which are damage trains. 2 shuttle trades will run between concord and pittsburg bay points. more engineer seven brought in to figure out what is causing these problems >>> federal investigators, pennsylvania, say the data recorder has been found in the wreckage of a deadly amtrak acci

more than 60,000 people take caltrain on a daily basis. with more commuters it takes more time to load and unload those trains and that's causing delays. they are shifting the schedule by several minutes to accurately reflect the times the trains actually do arrive and depart. caltrain is also adding a third bike car to the bombardier trains to make more room for bicyclists. that is exciting for a man who stopped taking his bike on caltrain. >> closer to 8 a.m., a lot of people want to ride the bikes to the city. and if you are not like the first person in the cue, like maybe four or five people, you often don't get a chance to board the train, particularly mountain view. >> now, we have full schedule changes listed for you on ktvu.com. just click on web links. >> in santa clara garbage truck driver crashed into a power pole about 6:00 trapping him inside. and fire officials were concerned that the power lines might come down on drivers, so police shut down lafayette road. most of the area is back open this morning. however, one northbound

beginning today, caltrain is adding a third bike car to the bombardier trains. this will help greatly, 72 bytes can fit instead of 48, and this has been particularly difficult for the cyclist because ridership has increased, not leaving room for the bikes. and many of these trains operate at or over 1% of capacity, which is causing delays. -- at or over 100% of capacity, which is causing delays. the commute is just beginning to pick up, and we will check in with passengers to see if the new bike car will make a difference. we will have to wait and see. so far, at this hour, not very many riders.>> thank you for keeping track of that for us. >>> 6:03 am is the time. >>> some of the east bay bart riders having to use the shuttle trains between the pittsburg/bay point and north concord. there was hope that the normal bart service would be back today, but the test showed that the system is not ready for the regular weekday service. two shuttle trains will run between north concord in the pittsburg/bay point. >>> developing story in the east bay, pg&e says that more

more than 60,000 people ride caltrain every day. take more time to load and unload the trains, and that's causing delays. now, caltrain is changing its schedule by several minutes. they want to accurately reflect the times the trains actually do arrive and depart. caltrain is also adding a third bike car to its bottom ba deer trains to make more rooms for bicycles, which is exciting for one man who stopped taking his bike on caltrain. >> closer to 8 a.m. a lot of people want to ride the bikes to the city. if you are not like the first person in the queue, like four or five people, you often don't get a chance to board the train, particularly the mountain view. >> if you need it, we have the full schedule changes listed for you at ktvu.com. just click on the web links. >>> east bay bart riders are having to board shuttle trains this morning to get between the pittsburg bay point and north concord stations. there was hope normal service would be back today, but over the weekend tests on the tracks showed that the system which has been

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. >> did he see a delight caltrain in. >> yeah, there is a caltrain that has broken down in san carlosat train. if you take caltrain or know someone who does, it's going to be late this morning because of that. although the trains are running. there was no crash we know of according to caltrain. let's take a look at the commute here. the traffic is going to be busy still on the san mateo bridge getting off to the high-rise. not a good commute. certainly nothing light just yet. and we are looking at the bay bridge still backed up for a 15 to-20--minute delay. northbound 301 slows because of an earlier accident that was in the lanes. it's on the shoulder of 280 northbound maybe are a better bet. 101 through san mateo is a little bit slow as you drive through. >>> 8:31. back to the desk. >> now the search for a missing man from stockton has led authorities here to the bay area. a silver alert for 68-year-old tommy lee carpenter was issued yesterday. there are advisories posted on bay area freeway signs. yesterday mr. carpenter drove from his home in a red nissan versa to find a dentist. h

. >>> a pedestrian was killed by a caltrain last night near center street just before 10:00. about 350 passengers were aboard at the time but none of them was hurt. there were no details released on the person who was hit by the train. this is the third caltrain death this year. >>> marin county sheriff's department has started a new program to try to nab speeding bicyclists. deputies are now using radar to check the speed of cyclists in the counties open space district lands. this comes after complats about cyclist speed from hikers and people on horseback. bicycles have a 15 mile an hour speed limit on unpaved roads and trails and a 5 mile an hour limit when passing and going around blind corners. officials say a similar limit on the trail between mill valley and sausalito has dropped the number of complaints and incidents involving speeding bikes. >>> it wasn't the kind of public -- chase you would expect to see. chp officers were in hot pursuit of a little black chihuahua this morning. the four-legged fugitive was running westbound towards san francisco. chp tweeted this

ace, caltrain, muni, ferries all on time this morning.01 at poplar an accident on the shoulder. no delays on 101 northbound, 19 minutes as you go from 92 to the 80 split. taking a look at traffic south of there, north one one out of san jose, so far it is "friday light." an easy ride out of morgan hill north into san jose. clear along the peninsula. 280 and guadalupe parkway showing some nice drive times right now. 11 minutes, 101/680. construction on 880 northbound. it's located between altamont parkway and stevenson boulevard. one lane open until 5 a.m. about 10 extra minutes. northbound 880 looks good near the coliseum. 238 to the maze that will take you about six minutes this morning. also wrapping up roadwork along 680 both directions between stone valley road and alcosta boulevard will be there for another few minutes. back to you. >>> in florida, a tiny gray kitten shows incredible resilience soon after being born. the palm sized kitty wandered in a pipe and didn't know how to get out. too young to see, hope was saved by her very o

caltrain is announcing it's more than 100% of capacity during peak commute times. with that said, schedules are changing. trains are as well. you'll notice longer trains as well as cars that accommodate bicycles and schedules are being adjusted to give people more time to get on and off the trains. most the major changes begin next monday. >>> this really happened. some panic-filled moments as a whale watching ship runs right into the dock. this happened yesterday in san diego. witnesses say that horn sounding frantically, the ship didn't slow down. people on the pier running for cover an elderly woman just made it to safety. the ship slammed into that railing and into the dock's wood planking. >> it just came in fast. she kind of skirted the side and hit the side, and she yelled something. i heard something. and then we just were coming in fast and hard. >> passengers say crew members were yelling, "brace yourselves" right before the crash. more than 100 people were on board, 7 hurt, thankfully no serious injuries. it's believed the ship's throttle was stuck in th

ace train, caltrain, muni are on time.th 17 at bear creek lane, an accident there in the commute direction. south bay, northbound 101 out of san jose, 56 miles per hour in some spots with your drive time looking good, as well. a closer look at the bay bridge in just a few minutes. metering lights are on. over to michelle. >>> there is one big hole in the middle of a san francisco street. this is on sacramento street where a small sinkhole grew into a 17-foot chasm. the ground gave way at 5 p.m. yesterday on this stretch of sacramento between lion and baker and it seems that a sewer line break caused the trouble. >> the sinkhole is localized to the middle of the street. the homes are not affected. crews will be here tonight assisting anyone that wants to come in and out of these homes with their cars on their driveways and crews will be here to assist them. >> officials predict it will take two or three days to fix. no muni lines were affected. >>> many uber drivers want to be deemed employees. but the ridesharing company i

is part of solution i know the planning process is working but or even about the caltrain incline ene is a rapid transit you can think about the investment in the 22 streets station it is time to move it before double down that t on that focus on mission bay there's been focus to should the freeway be removed it should i think thinking about that line strategical what you need to do in the transportation system if you look at the transportation it is later than the eastern shore caltrain it the natural recreation and parks department you need to make that and it will take money and resources it is a huge strategic opportunity you need to think about parking a lot of the - within the c-3 we'll generate more automobile. >> thank you, sir, your time is up. >> thank you. is there any additional public comment in any order first director rahaim for taking the three-legged stool seriously and to recap that you know it was my suggestion that as an illustration if one of the legs becomes inbalanced shortening of the level of the top part of stool is to the level it is uncomfort i appreciate

more bay area news: caltrain service returning to normal this morning.rain. it happened near center street in milbrae at about 10:00 last night. all southbound trains were stopped for the investigation. this is the third time this year someone has been hit and killed on caltrain tracks. in southern california. a woman is dead after this small plane crashed into the car she was in on a freeway. the pilot and his passenger, along with four people inside the car were injured during the emergency landing. it happened yesterday on a stretch of interstate-15 near san diego. the plane was once owned by former san francisco giants player matt nokes who says he had to land the plane on that same freeway 16 years ago. there's no official word yet on why the plane attempted to land on the highway this time. the n-t-s-b is investigating. kaepernick trade tz-topvo coming up. from leading the niners to the super bowl, to riding the bench. where colin kaepernick is expected to suit up next season. live look outside. richmond bridge for the weekned. it's the macy's flow

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. >>> starting today some changes regarding caltrain. schedules are being modified slightly in order to give folks more time to get on and off the trains. riders will also notice longer trains as caltrain offers more cars to accommodate bicycles. there are more than 60,000 riders each weekday. that's 2,000 more per day than just last year. >>> investigators want to know why a piece of construction equipment was resting on train tracks near philadelphia right in the path of an amtrak train. >> well, that train plowed into a backhoe killing two amtrak crew members and injuring nearly three dozen passengers. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: overnight, the wreckage cleared after yet another tragedy on the tracks. >> we now have our second doa located at the impact site of the backhoe. >> reporter: two amtrak construction workers dead after a southbound amtrak passenger train slammed into their backhoe sitting on the tracks of the of the 330 passengers and crew members on the train, 30 were taken to area hospitals, none of the injuries

caltrain is close to at&t spark. on the bay bridge west of treasure island and i am seeing the traffic slowing. but it is still moving nicely on the incline until they get that out of there you see the delays and golden gate field to the city it is 20-minute drive and in marin county, in the east bay, we have debris in the lanes and this is eastbound 80 coming skyway and cars are slowing and stopping to move the debris. very dangerous situation. heads up, there is something orange in the lanes. maybe from a giants' fan? >> did i drop my t-shirt. >> bart's suite of the future is here and you will get this sound. the horn from the new train car is the first to be delivered, 775 are on order to replace the oldest fleet of rail vehicles in the country being built to upstate america and being delivered across the country at a rate of 16 a month. there will be six months of testing before they start to roll them out. that is not your daddy's train. it is the future. we are six doors rather than four doors. it allows for ea

they are bringing in two more engineers to to towing -- to determine the cause of the problems, and caltrain will begin making longer stops, and more than 60,000 people take the train on the daily cases, forcing them to operate above the capacity. and they are helping the bart riders on the crowded trains because there's not enough space for them. to go and learn more about the shuttle services, you can go to ktvu.com >>> 4:02 am. >>> and giants player a pins is asking for the return of the scooter that he autographed and donated to the make-a-wish foundation. to thieves caught on video stealing the scooter on saturday, and you can see one man carrying the scooter down the stairs in the second man carrying two pieces of luggage that were also donated, and they also stole ipads and other items. >> that scooter was an incredible donation, and we were able to raise $40,000 by offering it at a live auction, and that is devastating. >> this is the second time that the scooter has been stolen, and he has tweeted, a hunter pence, it's all over again. >>> last friday a man was shot in the arm after

station one important thing a half-mile away the others on 1010 sort of walking distance to caltraintations and opening and closing windows a wonderful thing as is the daycare and the retails rears which hopefully be a market are neighborhood serving so for mission bay so and the allotment of over $2 million towards this fits well, i'll move to approve. >> second. >> i don't want to belabor i like the design it raises the bar into the neighborhood. >> thank you. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further, we'll move on to to approve with conditions. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner vice president richards so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 4 to zero. >> commissioners that places us on item 11 excuse me. >> item 13 and item 13 for case castro street a conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, commissioners verna planning department staff in a nut shell is a request for a conditional use authorization to allow a change of use to a formula retail personal service establishment on 410 castro street this is near

trains will run along most of caltrain's route. however, passengers at the three stations in san francisco will have to use a shuttle bus service. normal service is expected to resume on sunday. >>> a bay area tech ceo is getting called out for saying things about street vendors on facebook. mark woodward responded to a post about some vendors operating near a home in willow glen. woodward wrote, if that was my house, i would go out there and make their lives miserable. i would do whatever it took to make them leave. and if thatment destroying some of their producer or standing out there with signs to chase everyone away or just make them very uncomfortable. woodward has since deleted the post. >>> once upon a time most of us were lucky to get a paycheck for a summer internship but in sillicon valley, interns make more than $80,000 a year. at least that's what they make if they are an engineering- focused intern. a soon-to-be intern from uc- berkeley surveyed 500 fellow students about their pay in tech. the average salary almost $7

. >>> if you commute on caltrain you may notice a change this morning. >>> good morning, and welcome back on this monday, april 4, and i am pam cook. >> i am dave clark. >>> and we are looking at some roller coaster temperatures. >> yes, but not today. we have patchy fog and it is easy, and it is tuesday and wednesday that will be the key days. but the today's a's hope opener -- home opener looking clear. bring a jacket. it will get warmer on tuesday and wednesday, and wednesday will be the warmest day of the week. 80s and even on the coast, so get ready. we will find to this tomorrow, but -- fine

no toking on caltrain or at stations. please sell bra medicaid in a responsible location. >>> the inspiration behind the gathering comes from marin county. a group of san rafael high school students call them the waldos in the early '70s because they would hang out against the wall. this is 1971 after school. they would speak about finding this cannabis pot they had heard about and wanted to search for. they would meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. and they coined the term 420. they would talk about it amongst the parents and nobody knew what 420 was. but they all knew because they were in the group. the students by the way never found the crop. >>> it is a bhueautiful day, bu changes are on the way. >> spencer christian is now here with the accuweather update. >> it is a lovely weather all across the bay area, mainly sunny skies at the moment. may not last very lofrn. here is live doppler 7 hd. 24-hour temperature change is significant. notice most locations anywhere from one degree cooler than at this hour yesterd

. >>> ridership is up on caltrain. starting tomorrow, commuters will notice some big changes. the schedules are changing to give people more time to get on and off the trains. riders will also notice longer trains as caltrain will offer more cars that accommodate bicycles. ridership has grown to an average of more than 60,000 riders each weekday. that's 2,000 more per day than just last year. >>> man is dead tonight after a shooting in oakland this afternoon. police responded to the shooting just before 2:00 this afternoon on idaho street. this is in north oakland, not too far from san pablo avenue. they found the victim suffering from several gunshot wounds. he was later pronounced dead at the scene. investigators continue to piece together details returned onning the shourrounding the shooting. >>> a mystery after a discovery on the beach. a girl walking on the beach in monterey yesterday found the head of a junipero serra statue. you'll remember the statue was vandalized this past october. that desecration followed the canonization of serra, the catholic priest who founded

from the downtown caltrains station and arrives at the santa monica pier about 6.5 hours later. >>> hey, the time is 4:51, and beyonce ruled social media with the release of her visual album "lemonade." and she is turning her attention to water right now. we'll be right back. ,,,, >>> good monday morning, and the sometime 4:54. with the sunshine, it will be breezy and temperatures in the 60s at the beaches and approaching 70 in campbell, and low 70s in los gatos. good morning, danville at 68 degrees, low 70s in antioch, tracy, brentwood, discovery bay. it will be 70 in windsor. >>> and here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. and if you notice on the left center of your screen, you can see the zipper truck working across the span as they configure the bridge with four lanes available in the southbound direction and a number of advisories for the bay area bridges but the golden gate bridge isn't one of them. >> george, thank you. >>> some of prince's most beloved family, friends, and musicians celebrated his life on saturday after his remains were cremated and his music rang out fro

station one important thing a half-mile away the others on 1010 sort of walking distance to caltraintations and opening and closing windows a wonderful thing as is the daycare and the retails rears which hopefully be a market are neighborhood serving so for mission bay so and the allotment of over $2 million towards this fits well, i'll move to approve. >> second. >> i don't want to belabor i like the design it raises the bar into the neighborhood. >> thank you. >> commissioners, if there's nothing further, we'll move on to to approve with conditions. >> commissioner antonini commissioner hillis commissioner johnson commissioner vice president richards so moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 4 to zero. >> commissioners that places us on item 11 excuse me. >> item 13 and item 13 for case castro street a conditional use authorization. >> good afternoon, commissioners verna planning department staff in a nut shell is a request for a conditional use authorization to allow a change of use to a formula retail personal service establishment on 410 castro street this is near

. >>> a northbound caltrain has hit a person in palo alto. this is also breaking right now. this just happened right after 3:00 near alma avenue and el camino know royale. 155 is stopped often the tracks nearby. the victim has been taken to the hospital. the condition not known. caltrain says passengers can expect delays during the afternoon commute. >>> good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. >> let's get to the weather. a rainy morning and the windshield wipers working hard in the north bay. this is lucas valley road in san rafael earlier today. >> in berkeley it was a similar scene, rain pelted the intersection of bancroft way and telegraph avenue to the far from cal's campus. >> slick roads along eastbound interstate 80 caused a car to spin out of control and overturn near magazine street. the driver was take ton the hospital with only minor injuries. >>> taking a live look outside right now from our mt. tam camera. this is how it looks, not too bad. you can see some clearing there. spencer christian is here with our first look at our accuweather forecast. >>

. >>> a big day on caltrain for bike riders. caltrain added a third bicycle to each train. this means they accommodate 72 bikes instead of 48. trains have been making longer stops at stations because of the rising number of people riding bicycles and if the trains are full bicyclists are often kept from boarding a car. that third car should make things a lot easier for them. we'll see how that works. >>> all right. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, it is official, california will soon have one of the highest minimum wages in the nation. >>> and a big dale for burlingame-based virgin airlines, who is teaming up with the company now? >>> and at 4:10, let's take a live look at our traffic outside. this is the golden gate bridge. it's moving in both directions. your right hand side traffic, that's heading northbound. stay with us. we're back after a q ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> all right. breaking news in the east bay. sky. hd over san leandro. police found a pickup truck that went into san leandro creek. these arepictures. the truck was on fire. the fire is out now. the truck is pretty

. >>> coming up next, the big change for caltrain riders starting tomorrow. why their commute could be slowing down a little. >> green energy that may not be so green after all. a revelation about hundreds of millions of dollars. a ctveral eenechlogth's reivehua >>> an end to big benefits. controversial grown technology with hundreds of millions of dollars recommended for cutback. >> becky nguyen has been reporting now on this issue for the last year and a half. >> reporter: we're talking about electric fuel cells like big batteries that produce power as part of an incentive program to make california greener and more reliable. state collects money from pg&e bill to fund new technology. no company benefited more than sunnyvale blue energy, but that cash pipeline could be drying up. fuel cells like these made by bloom technology typically run on natural gas to produce energy. touted as cleaner alternative to traditional power grid, green technology benefited. in a report from the california utilities commission found electric fuel cells that run on natural gas

. >> if you ride caltrain check the schedule tomorrow. a number of trains will have major or minor changes in departure time. adjustments are being made because of a jump in the number of hours. many of the trains will make longer stops and an additional car is being added to the train. we have a full list of schedule changes for you at abc7news.com. >>> former president bill clinton and daughter chelsea took part in a day of community service in oakland today. we were at the havens lookwood camp pause when the clintons joined the students to spruce up the school. they planted trees and painted mural. the event was hosted by the clinton global academy and oakland public education fund. >>> a runaway chihuahua shut down the bay bridge this morning. chp officers recorded video showing them in a very slow pursuit. leslie brinkley is live with more about the chihuahua chase. >> reporter: in a way those officers were saying it felled more like ahigh-speed puppy pursuit on the bay bridge. had a somewhat happy ending, started at 7:00 in an upram

of the rail they have a worldwide manufacture of vehicles those contracts will be coming to the caltrain board in july and locally to provide for the updates to the memorandum of understanding among the partners to make sure we have the strong oversight as well as funding candidates to support the funding increased number funding for electrification on the local side we will have again, a presentation later today on the rail yard study i'll note on march 30th the planning department held a planning meeting we'll hear in the planning department on that and on vision zero we want to commend thank the vision zero committee for meeting on matrix 31st and sfmta that presented the draft list of next high propriety vision zero project so my understanding this is a mix of capital and enforcement and education projects but on the anti speeding a new campaign was shared the implementation of a safe drive for city staff and, of course, mta continued to work on the speed enforcement bill sometime in the next session and finally your sfmta and transportation authority attend a summit by caltrain in e

if you ride caltrain to work, you'll need to check the schedule before heading out the door tomorrow. the number of trains have major or minor departure times. the adjustments are made because of the jump in the number of riders during peak hours. many of the trains will make longer stops at each station. an additional bike car is being added to the train. we have a full list of the schedule changes for you at abc7news.com. >>> former president bill clinton and daughter chelsea took part in a day of community service in oakland today. abc news was at the havens court lockwood campuses as the counties joined students in sprucing up the campus that is home to five schools. volunteers planted trees and painted murals outside. today's event was hosted by the clinton global academy, oakland unified school district and oakland public education fund. >>> the road to the white house winds through wisconsin this week. poll shows a very tight race on the democratic side. for donald trump, primary comes after a week of missteps and misstatements. abc news reporter kendis gibson has more. >> i'll

if your ride looks more like this, heads up, caltrain is changing their weekday schedule. starting monday trains are on a different timetable, saying so many people are riding right now it is slowing down the service. the new weekend day is adjusted by several minutes a train to better reflect reality. the departure times, as well, with exact times at abc7news.com >> this morning, a san francisco police department is facing a wide being scandal over racist and homophobic text messages with five officers involved. afternoon were here is how the cases could be threatened. >> this latest text after a series of text were exchanged with three other officers while being investigated for sexual assault he was charged the last weekend with illegally using police computers to look up confidential records. >> this is very, very derogatory. >> text messages of racist nature. >> the public defender said the office will review all cases concluded to the implicated officers for bias. >> this are festering views in the san francisco police department which, unfortunately, are now coming

. >> bicyclists who use caltrain have good news, they added a third bicycle car to each of the trains so now they have accommodate 72 bicycles rather than 48. trains have been stopping longer because of the rising number of riders and now the bicyclists are kept from boarding a car, and the third car should make it a lot easier. >> it is transportation you can rely on the i would have brought my bicycle on today but there was limitations so i did not. worst have made my commute easier. there is a schedule change. they updated departure times by a few minutes to reflect longer borders times with a complete list on abc7 news abc7news.com. >> bart elevate shuttle trains between pittsburg/bay point and north concord after testing regular trains between the station and still experience problems. bart has a new team of engineers focused on the train cars themselves as a possible source of electrical issue that is damaging the trains. the shuttle trains operate every ten minutes >> the san mateo city council is considering emergency action on rising republicans. according to the "daily journ

caltrain operates at or above 100% of capacity during peak times. trains have been waiting longer to take off. starting today you will see updated schedule and departure times reflect the new reality. it will be taking off a few minutes later than before. that is per train. >> heads up if you take bart in the east bay. service was supposed to be back to normal. plans have changed. this morning, bart will continue to operate the shuttle trains between pittsburg/bay point and north concord. they tested the regular trains and they still experiencing problems. bart has a new team of engineers focused on the train cars as the possible source of the electrical issue damaging so many of the trains. that shuttle train will operate every ten minutes. >> from new jersey, look at airport officials trying to determine what sparked two fires inside the international terminal at newark airport. the photos show a fire broke out in the boiler room. hundreds of passengers were evacuated. a second fire broke out after they were allowed back in. it forced another evac