we have people that commute up on caltrain and need to get to our office. during the wintertime, it's unsafe. it's not lit. it's not protect e eprotected. it's a dumping ground. it needs to be much better. that designation of a pedestrian area is amazingly well-designed and i urge you to move forward as fast as possible in all directions, please. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> jeremy frish, rick gurling, and jane natoli. >> i'm jeremy frish, folsom and 24th in the mission and i put my life at risk getting to work every day. i start my morning dodging vehicles, blocking bike lanes, between 24th and division. half the week i continue to downtown s.f. and i get to enjoy a six-block respite on a bike lane. the other half of the week, i'm forced to take townsend in order to get to the caltrain station. even on a day where i'm able to get down townsend without a car blocking the bike lane, which is rare. there wasn't even a bike lane between 6th and 7th due to construction. theres been 40 recorded bike collisions on townsend. per inters

i sit on the caltrain board. we encourage every other city to make safe walking and biking connections to our stations. we need to do the same in san francisco and make sure that our caltrain users and commuters can get through that stretch. director rubke? >> commissioner rubke: the timeline that you discussed, it it for 4th through 8th? >> yeah, so the immediate improvements are 4th to 7th. we're trying to address the most critical and difficult section first. >> commissioner borden: i'm heartened that the project is back on the schedule again. i apologize to the community that we in some ways failed you in not getting this done sooner. as you know, all transportation projects take a long time? it's frustrating for us up here, whether we're waiting for an sbrt, which i was on the committee in 2003, talking about it. everything takes longer than it needs to. i don't really know and maybe with the -- in the changes of looking forward, if there's a way it have things like this happen faster, we have to be more nim

caltrains revealed it's teaming up with non-profit groups to build temporary transitional housing under freeways. >> we're housing them anyway if you look at it. thousands of people in our right of ways. how do we partner with cities in the non-profits to make a difference. >> winter comes, people die in the streets and i see it and know too many people that died. they're god's children too. we have to do something. >> homeless advocates called on silicon valley tech companies to provide relief. >>> former president barack obama has endorsed gavin newsom in the november election. in the statement obama praised newsom for his work as mayor which included san francisco being the first city in the country to enact a universal health plan. obama also pointed to san francisco being the first to support same-sex marriage under newsom. the former president endorsed 81 democratic candidates in 13 states in the midterm elections. >>> the white house is back pedalling after president trump tweeted that attorney general jeff sessions should end the russia investigation, quote, right now. white hou

a caltrain commute from the city. >> i'm american, not you! >> reporter: interrupted by the screams of a rider on the edge. >> you barely speak english. how dare you! >> reporter: yesterday a caltrain rider recorded this man wearing a harley davidson jacket and a stanford baseball cap, unleashing his fury. the rider who captured the tirade does not want to be named. he says the man in question became angry when a caltrain conductor who appeared to be asian asked him for his ticket. that apparently set him off. >> there will be a day of reckoning when the white man comes with guns. >> reporter: racist rants have become all too common on social media. the timing does coincide to some degree with president trump taking office, says this professor. she believes he's merely tapping into seething anger that was already boiling before his election. >> it's just that it's more visible. we're much more handy with our social media. >> reporter: professor klay says the public is growing used to scenes like this. by the time police got to the station, the

and caltrain and he visits his friends in l.a. in the time it takes for me to visit my friend in san jose. some day that will happen. someday we will celebrate that. until that happens, we party on today here in california, here in san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> as i stated, it is one relay process after another for the resources that are needed to. san francisco has always been blessed in the halls of the legislature, even though we have very few members, so to speak, in terms of members. our members always seem to project themselves and present themselves and their colleagues embrace them and give them great assignments. the man that i am about to present to you is exactly in that category. you want to be nice to him because he is the budget chair. that means if and when there is a need for some immediate financing, he has the authority to leverage on behalf of san francisco in this region, on behalf of this project and we will hold him exactly to that. he did not have to leave the assessor's office and go to sacr

the rider claims the caltrain h video for his ticket. when he didn't come up with one, the employee, who appears to be asian, asked him to step off at the next station. that's when anger boiled into rage. >> the train's in motion. there's nowhere for me to run to the this guy has a weapon. >> reporter: what do we make of these viral racist tirades? we posed that question to a sociology professor with san francisco state university. >> people who are racist have been emboldened in a way because of the president and the things that the president says. >> reporter: a new poll out says 55% of americans think race relations havese president trump. only 16% of americans believe race relations have improved. >> all the creepy people have now determined that tcome koouw it's acceptable to act like this. >> reporter: the man managed to leave the station before transit police were able to arrive. >>> two san francisco workers rush into action to save a man's life. the public works department posted this video on twitter. the images are a bit hard

not the entry next to the caltrain sound wall but what is proposed for the site. they want to erect one of 10 power pella -- paralleling station. a 60 foot high structure used to distribute power once the tracks are electrified. right now the proposal is energizing residents opposition. many of whom say they found out yesterday with a flyer on their door. >> families live here. these powers give off emf and it is hazardous to our health. it affects our quality of our health, life, and a safety. do you want to have an ugly electrified tower staring at your house? >> reporter: complaints from residents have not fallen on deaf ears. by midday caltrain officials announced they had come up with a workaround that should appease everyone. back there looking at another location. it is in the same general area, but on the other side of the tracks so it should be less of a problem for residents. >> reporter: the other side of the tracks is zoned commercial and contains warehouses and businesses businesses have questioned why that wasn't the original site. >> it is just comm

to thank, as mayor brown has, in advance, all of the many partners who will not only ensure the caltrain downtown extension but high-speed rail to ensure that san francisco and this terminal remains a major hub for the bay area and for the state of california. thank you very much to everyone involved. congratulations. thank you also to maria for shepherding this project. [applause] >> thank you very much supervisor jane kim garrick whenever such projects of this nature are envisioned, and in which it takes them to into account people from the entire region, joint powers authority was created for that express purpose. that joint powers authority has a responsibility to choose someone to guide them. that is before there is any dirt turned, that is before there's any selection of a person to design the project. that is before before there is any selection of persons to build the project. in each one of those steps, somebody has to do the guidance. that guidance starts, with the feds ones that individual has been selected and it goes to the state and then it goes regional and then it goes lo

(ken) caltrains needs to install whats called a power paralleing station as part of a massive effort to bring electric train service to the pennisulla.kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in san mateo county with details. charles well, caltrains is well on it's way to putting electric train serive along the pennisual and that comes with some growing pains. as part of it's almost two billion dollar plan to install electric train service along the pennissula, caltrains needs to build 10 power substations.. like this one. . . along the route. one of the power paralleling stations needs to be placed in burlingame near california drive, but neighbors in the area are not thrilled about having a 60 foot electrical tower near their homes.sotwell the place is close to a lot of residences. so yeah, it has the neighborhood stirred up. but caltrains may have already taken steps to address the problem. after hearing from neighbors and consulting with the city of burlingame, the transit agency has identified a new location for the tower. the new site would be across the tracks from the

it happened in a packed caltrain car during the evening commute.int, the angry rider yells "there will be a day of reckoning when the white man comes with guns." nbc bay area )s melissa colorado has more. a highly contagious virus has prompted an alert in contra costa county. health officials say someone tested positive for the measles -- and visited several public places before realizing they had contracted the virus. both john muir medical center in walnut creek, and "chow" restaurant in lafayette are known spots the patient visited. measles can be a very serious illness if you )re not vaccinated. fortunately most people are. so far, no other cases have been reported. a dispute between south bay school district leaders is getting so ugly, its spilling into court. a judge granted a temporary restraining order to "hilaria bauer." she )s the superintendent of the "alum rock school district" in san jose. bauer claims board trustee "khanh tran" verbally harassed and threatened her. "khanh" tells "metro newspaper" he learned about the restraining order

is about 5%, caltrain is about 2%, really what we're going to have to do is tackle cars and trucks. so in order to tackle the car part of cars and trucks, we need to get pea people out of their cars. and in fact, our department, the department of the environment works very hard on this issue. we are a small but mighty team in the commission on the environment. we support our agencies in another wonky term which is called transportation demand management, so transportation demand, we're managing the demand for transportation and hoping to do mode shift. so you're going to hear tonight about how we do mode shift, how we get people out of their cars. as we heard in one of the awards, one way you get people out of their car social security to make them feel safe. so we're lucky to have wonderful partners. the department of the environment, this is a very small program, though we are very proud of it, and this is a very large, complicated body of agency who deal with transportation. we have two of them here tonight, the san francisco municipal transportation agency or affectionately know

so caltrains identified a new location for the tower..from the original location near a city of burlingame facility. the final decision on the new tower location could happen later this month. ( darya ) happening today... santa rosa police will be holding active shooter training exercises at piner high school.. for the 3rd and final time. there is no threat to the community. the drill will be from 8 this morning until 5 tonight. a similar drill was held at the school last week and the week before. officials say there will be several police cars... ambulances... and fire engines at the high school...and you may hear loud sounds. again this is just a drill and there is no ( darya ) california's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the trump administation over it's plan to freeze fuel mileage standards for auto makers in 2020. the administration also wants to revoke california's right to set it's own tougher fuel mileage standards. the reasoning behind the rollback.... to make new... safer cars less expensive. the spokesperson for ba

so caltrains found a new location for the tower.. across the tracks from the original location.ation could happen later this month. ( james ) happening today... santa rosa police will be holding active shooter training exercises at piner high school.. for the 3rd and final time. there is no threat to the community. the drill will be from 8 this morning until 5 tonight. a similar drill was held at the school last week and the week before. officials say there will be several police cars... ambulances... and fire engines at the high school...and you may hear loud sounds. again this is just a drill and there is no threat. ( james ) police are asking for help identifying the man... spotted on camera stealing a car from a mountain view driveway. this is newly released surveilance video from the july 22nd crime. around 4:40 that morning... cameras at a home on san lucas avenue caught this man walking up to a parked honda c-r-v. police say the man unlocked the car... and drove off. mountain view police say if you have any information about this man... give them a call. ( darya ) happeni

, caltrain is electrifying their system as we speak and then high-speed rail eventually will come up>public park on the top deck will be open to everyone. until four. from noon this saturday block party park at a free glimpse of the you can a first glimpse of the park at a free block party this saturday from noon until four. ( james ) an appeals court has rejected a former stanford swimmer's bid for a new trial... and upheld his sexual assault conviction. the panel of judges ruled that brock turner received a fair trial. in 20-16.. a jury convicted turner of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside an on-campus party. judge aaron persky rejected a prosecutor's demand for a lengthy prison term... and instead sentenced him to six months in jail. turner appealed the conviction, arguing he didn't receive a fair trial. persky's sentence sparked nationwide outrage by those who felt it too lenient. ( james ) san francisco police are looking for a hit and run driver who left a pedestrian with life- threatening injuries. it happened around 1-30 saturday morning in the city's richmond d

san mateo is trying to establish quiet zones for caltrain. ther >>> fed up with train horns, san mateo is trying to establish quiet zones for caltrain. there are nine rail crossings that run through the city and train engineers are required to sound their horns. now the exception to that rule involves upgrading rail crossings with very specific safety features. the city is now studying the idea. >>> meanwhile the state senate approved a bill that would allow b.a.r.t. to fast track housing projects on its property. supporters say it would ease the bay area's severe housing crunch. opponents say it gives b.a.r.t. a blank check to design housing projects that don't fit with city building codes. the revised bill now goes back to the state assembly. >>> new at 6:00 the school district drawing heat for installing new solar panels on school campuses, kpix5's devin fehely explains why trying to help the environment has neighbors so upset. >> reporter: yeah. those solar panels are in the back of the school along the fence line they share with neighbor

we also had a multiagency caltrain drill in july at the bayshore caltrain station, and the scenario was that a train crashes into a vehicle, there's a fire, there's multiple people trapped, and so it's working with different agencies to make sure we're communicating, we're not duplicating efforts, and we're all working towards the same end. so it was with caltrain, san mateo county sheriff, north county fire, and ourselves, so that is a success. officer's academy is coming up for all lieutenants and captains who have yet to go through an officer's academy. i have the tentative schedule i just got today, and so we're looking good, and we're dialing in on that. it should start september 17, so that's super important training for our officers -- our new and used officers. e.m.s. academy and in-service -- e.m.s. in-service training, actually, they put 965 members through 3,628 hours, and including in that was the annual rescue captain training, which they integrated medical strike team leader training into that. you probably know last year in sa santa rosa, we sent up a strike team of ambul

, caltrain is electrifying their system as we speak and then high-speed rail eventually will come upenter is primarily for commuters..... the public park on the top deck is open to everyone. made up of 6000 plants and 600 trees there is a playground and plenty of places for people to sit and eat lunch...or take in the bus foundation....another art installation in which jets of water are sent shooting up, triggered by sensors as buses downstairs drive thru. surrounded by skyscrapers ....it's meant to be an urban oasis.when you go 70 feet above street level and you find a 5 1/2 acre public park your perceptions change it's really gonna change peoples understandings of where they live the public will be able to get there first glimpse of this park at a free block party that's this saturday from noon until four the first buses start running on sunday maureen kelly kron4 news (lydia)in national news... new york city is cracking down on the number of rideshare drivers in the city. their city council voted to freeze new licenses for uber, lyft and other ride-sharing vehicles. officials say

our face two operators who will be here by the time your son is 16, before, caltrain and high-speed rail, our contractors and designers, adams and associates architects, pwt landscape architecture, w. s. p. era, this is a funny language we speak. these days. turner, joint venture mcdonald, and gelati construction. give it up for some of our partners here player . [♪] >> again, thank you and congratulations to everyone that is part of the transbay salesforce center family. let's bring on the trains. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> ed ruskin mentioned a number of organizations on the transportation front -- from the transportation world that will find this center there home. as of sunday, two and a half blocks up the new road, there will be the opening for the real anchor tenant coming from across the bridge. [laughter] >> that is a point of reference. [laughter] >> it is not just me. come across the willie brown bridge, will be something that says, a.c. transit. when i walked in here, i was accosted and stopped by a lot of bus drivers and some other people. all a.c. transit. this butto

caltrain responded to the concerns, proposing another location for the tower in the same general area, but on the other side of the tracks in the commercial area that contains warehouses and other businesses . the neighbors say they would be fine with that. >>>ssing iowa student who has connections to here in the bay area. >> we know ay from where molly tibbetts disappeared. >>> it is hard. it is an emotional day. we are doing okay. >> not knowing if their home survived the wildfires or not. we will have a very emotional moments for you when evacuees go back to their neighborhoods. >>> we are getting some slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. we also have a couple of accidents now that are tying up lanes. we will let you know more about that as well. >>> it has been a slow process, but it looks like some inland areas are coming down a little bit on the high temperatures. more in the 90s. still plenty of fog and higher clouds paying i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plan

caltrains revealed it's teaming up with non-profit groups to build temporary transitional housing underre housing them anyway if you look at it. thousands of people in our right of ways. how do we partner with cities in the non-profits to make a difference. >> winter comes, people die in the streets and i see it and know too many people that died. they're god's children too. we have to do something. >> homeless advocates called on silicon valley tech companies to provide relief. >>> this mork the white house is back pedalling after president trump's tweet on the russia investigation. he tweeted attorney general jeff sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. sources tell abc news this tweet was blasted out after president trump learned about robert mueller wanting to question him regarding obstruction of justice in writing and in person. abc news chief dan abrams talked to george on "gma" about what this means. >> there's no question this is an effort to undermine, undercut, impair, maybe hinder, the investigation. does th

and i think we're going to see that 8%, which is generally from caltrain, b.a.r.t., and ferries, shrink even more. ferries are moving toward renewable diesel, and our trains are going to electrify. as director raphael mentioned, some of our biggest challenges come from the private sector, and this is cars and trucks moving through san francisco every day. there's really a couple of pathways we need to pursue. i think we need to pursue some bold and innovative actions if we're going to realize the trajectory and realize some of these midcentury climate goals. so this has also been alluded to. this is sort of our city's climate framework or climate brand. it comes from the department of environment. i think it's very effective for us, when we go out and communicate with stakeholders and the public. what i'm primarily talking about is our mode share goal. this is the 80. this is really a reflection of the city's transit first policy and how that gives us guidance on how we organize the public right-of-way to achieve a number of transportation, safety, economic, public, health, and climate

of users on this corridor, whether they're pedestrians, cyclists, those that are getting off of caltrain and on and also the sheer number of ride-share vehicles, which has gone up significantly since 2013 when we first started talking about this project. also, with the construction on central subway, for those of you that spend time on townsend and 4th, it's a sheer -- it's a complete mess. and director rubke, who lives close to this intersection, knows how difficult it is for pedestrians and cyclists to maneuver around the 30, the 45, who have been rerouted, along with the ride-share vehicles and our cyclists and pedestrians, who use this intersection very well. i understand that it is a costly project. the changes could cost up to $6 million and there are concerns about how long the improvements will be in place given that we are also planning for the downtown extension of caltrain. however, i will say this. we know regardless of our hopes and our faith, that delays are inevitable. but even if our best assumptions move forward and d.t.f. comes to the ground in the next five years, we s

not the dead tree next to the caltrain sound wall but instead what's proposed for this site. agency wants to erect one of 10 power parallelling stations. the ps3 is a 60-foot high structure used to distribute power once the tracts are electrified. right now the proposal is energizing the proposition. >> families live here. these powers give off ems. it's hazardous to our health. it affects the quality of our health, life and safety. >> do you want to have an ugly electrified tower staring at your house? >> reporter: complaints from residents have not fallen on deaf ears, by midday caltrain officials announced they had come up with a work around that should appease everyone. >> we're looking at another location that's in north caroline. >> so it may go up all together. >> it's on the other side of the track so it should be a less problem for the residents. >> reporter: the other side of the tracks is zoned industrial. >> it's not so much a nimble thing as it is common sense. >>> a 14-year-old san ramone home who abruptly left a friend's house remains missing tonight. they say

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. >>> caltrain is discussing the modernization program which will replace diesel trains with electric ones. new trains dpexpected to be up d running by 2022. tonight's meeting near the king street station. >>> coming up here on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. >> when you buy a car you expect the key fobs to work. what happens when they don't? nbc bay area responds next. >>> at 4:53, happening now a developing story, taiwan breaking off ties with el salvador. the break in ties means taiwan >> familying separated during the korean war. dozens crossed a heavily fortified border to meetmporily relatives. this week long event is the first of its kind in three years. more news right after this break. nbc bay area responds to a san jose woman who was locked in a dispute over a car key. >>> bawelcome back everyone. a woman locked in a dispute over parking. >> good morning. elana castro drove to buy a car. it came with one key to be. the dealer sent a t second one by mail but that row mote didn't work. she paid to reprogram the key. she asked them to reimburse her and they said they wo

the next phase, bringing caltrain and high-speed rail to the salesforce center is critical to the region. today as we take time to celebrate, explore the transit centre, is a celebration time. but as we know on monday, we have to roll up our sleeves and get hard to work and bring the train to the train box two stories below us. my role today is to acknowledge, not only the thousand men and women that worked there, by the many partners that have been part of this vision and this dream. i will read a whole bunch of names, and at the very end we will give them a round of applause. our face two operators who will be here by the time your son is 16, before, caltrain and high-speed rail, our contractors and designers, adams and associates architects, pwt landscape architecture, w. s. p. era, this is a funny language we speak. these days. turner, joint venture mcdonald, and gelati construction. give it up for some of our partners here player . [♪] >> again, thank you and congratulations to everyone that is part of the transbay salesforce center family. let's bring on the trains. thank you, ever

caltrain delays up to 20 min due to a medical emergency in south san franciscosouth san emergency infriday morning armchair quarterbackin g: what were the browns thinking??? they almost lost two quarterbacks in a game that doesn't even matter.. they beat the defending superbowl defendinsuperbowl champion eagles in a game that featured nick fowles floundering.. and browns qb tyrod taylor falling.. taylor has to roll out of the pocket to avoid pressure.. he throws the ball and when he falls: his left wrist bend backward... he ran back to the lockeroom and the browns unleashed their tiger: back up: baker mayfield... we already got to see his abs in his underwear ad.. and we got to see his powerful arm last night.. but not for long: because he collided with a teammate and had to be checked for a concussion. then taylor went back in and played some more with that bad wrist. good thing the xrays were negative.. cuz i get that he's a tough guy and wanted to go in, but why risk it on a game that doesn't count. rams running back tod gurley is the opposite.. he says he's "happy!" not to play i