. >>> one person killed by a caltrain in santa clara today. the person was trespassing on the tracks. it all happened at 12:45. none of the people on board the train were injured, the crash was the 13thth caltrain related death this year. >>> a fatal head on collision today, this one near martinez on highway 4. police say a driver had drifted onto a shoulder then overcorrected crossing into oncoming traffic. one person died in the accident and another was taken to the hospital. officers are trying to determine if alcohol was a factor. >>> a man accused of stabbing a woman in san francisco may be connected to a fatal stabbing that happened hours earlier. the woman was stabbed to death monday evening. early this morning police responded to another stabbing. the 46-year old woman was hospitalized with life- threatening injuries. michael jacobs was the team -- michael james was detained at the scene. police say the stabbings might be connected because they happen two blocks apart. >>> an officer involved shooting caught on camera. it happened in s

i'm a principle planner with caltrain. i just want to say that caltrain supports this action to approve the seis and seir for the downtown completion project, and so we urge the body to move it forward today. this is very integral to caltrain's future plans and increasing the capacity in our service. so we really see great value in the project. it will also help meet the regional and state goals to reduce traffic congestion, also greenhouse gas emaission, so caltrain looks forward to continuing or collaboration with tjpa, with all the other agencies in the city, high speed rail, m.t.c., and all the other agencies that are involved in this process. thank you very much. >> clerk: we'll have jim patrick, followed by roland lebrun, and then bob finebaum. >> i'm jim patrick, patrick and company in san francisco. we talk about mitigating factors. may i suggest a mitigating factor, ka-ching, ka-ching, ka ching, how are we going to pay for this. i see we developed the first phase one with the federal government making loans. we're

the vta, ac transit, caltrain, sam tran and muny will be free tonight. those free rides start at 8:00 p.m., lasts until 5:00 a.m. call train, free rides until 2:00 a.m. if you can't make to it a bus stop or train station, california's office often traffic safety is offering fran

a pedestrian died after being struck by a caltrain in redwood city.the accident happened just before four yesterday afternoon. the train was traveling south from san francisco to gilroy when it struck the pedestrian at the man street grade crossing. the agency said this is the 11th caltrain-related fatality this year. the victim's identity has not been released. ( james ) fremont police are on the hunt for the shooter in a deadly double shooting. we brought you this as breaking news yesterday morning. the shooting happened just after eleven tuesday night on torrington court. the victims were shot while they were driving... causing their car to crash into the side of a home. police pronounced the male passenger in the car dead at the scene. witnesses say they saw a man running away from the car... he was found nearby... also with gunshot wounds but they were not life-threatening. he was taken to the hosptial and treated for his injuries. ( james ) in the east bay... four police officers were injured after a struggle with a man who called the a man who

i'm a principle planner with caltrain. i just want to say that caltrain supports this action to approve the seis and seir for the downtown completion project, and so we urge the body to move it forward today. this is very integral to caltrain's future plans and increasing the capacity in our service. so we really see great value in the project. it will also help meet the regional and state goals to reduce traffic congestion, also greenhouse gas

. >>> in south san francisco, a person was hit and killed tonight by a northbound caltrain. it happened just before 8 pm between the south san francisco and bayshore had to stop all t in that area. this is the 12th fatality on the caltrain tracks a fire brok housing complex in san francisco today. investigators are trying to determine how it started. it happened around 5 pm at missouri and 22nd street. when crews arrived they found flames shooting out of the top floor. the fire was under control about an hour later. initial reports indicated people are passively trapped inside. during the search firefighters only found a dog which they rescued. one adult was treated for smoke inhalation. >>> video of a man stomping on the head of another man in san francisco is getting a lot of attention after the ceo of a startup used it to make a plea for more police. we are on market street in the city. the business owner is worried about his employees. >> reporter: the company moved from the financial district to midmarket about six months ago. they knew what they were getting into with

caltrain free rides, they last until 2:00 a.m. if you can't make to it a bus stop or train station, the office of traffic safety is offing a $10 lyft credit for customers in san francisco, sacramento, los angeles and san diego, details and restrictions are outlined in the lyft app. if you need to have your car on new years eve, there is always aaa's tipsy toe services free for 10 miles whether or not you are a member, available from 6:00 p.m. tonight until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. >>> police in new york city have ramped up security ahead of the new years eve ball drop. officers will be flying drones over the celebration and monitoring feeds from over 1000 security cameras watching for any signs of potential danger. up to 2 million people are expected to crowd in time sqn new yo city to watch e ball drop they of 2018. with 1.2 billion people watching from around the world, as they usher in 2019. the annual new york celebration will feature performances by bass teal, chris tia agularra and snoop dogg to name a few. the honoree will be th

. >>> one person was killed by a caltrain this afternoon. the agency says the person was trespassing on the tracks. none of the 35 people who were on the train were injured. the crash was the 13thth caltrain related death this year. >>> a driver was killed on cummings skyway this morning. police say two vehicles hit each other head on. police say one driver may have drifted onto the shoulder and overcorrected. one person was killed, another was taken to the hospital. officers are trying to determine if alcohol were a factor. >>> new details on the fatal officer involved shooting caught on camera in san jose. officers fired of two suspects in their vehicle after the driver rammed a patrol car. the encounter came after a car chase through the city streets. one suspect was killed in a shooting another was injured. >>> tonight pg&e investing in cameras to spot fires early. emily turner has the details from marin county. >> reporter: this is the urban interface where there are homes right there in the wild land, while they are beautiful there is

including muni and caltrain.t will have additional trains and also running late through the early morning hours for all those new year's eve festivities. it's 7:48. rosemary is here to tell us people watching the fireworks in san francisco getting a nice view. >> clear skies in place, wind in place as well so it's going to be brisk. in fact, a wind advisory for the bay side communities starting at 9:00 and expire at 9:00 tonight. giving you a live look there at the golden gate bridge, isn't that a beautiful view. you can see the camera moving around a bit. the winds are picking up in many spots. for our hills the advisory lasts until tomorrow morning. high pressure parked over the pacific, a system moving through the pacific northwest and dropping on the back side of california is bringing the pressure gradient creating the wind so it's with us throughout tonight into our bay side communities and hills going until tuesday morning. north bay and east bay, wind gusts could reach to 60 miles per hour. around the bay

let's discuss the caltrain downtown extension. >> r.h. just to recap the history, october 23rd, the board voted to suspend funding for the tjpa 30% design part one effort until two things occurred. they conducted an evaluation of the tjpa management and delivery of the t.t.c. itself, as well as us, the transportation authority staff for the management and delivery of the caltrain extension into the train box. we are in the process of assembling a team of experts right now. we are reaching out to the consultant community and anticipate making decisions in terms of forming an expert team by the end of the year. we will evaluate the best practices, and in particular, focusing on not only alternative oversights that taking a look at funding strategy is to move the project forward to. we will open the book in terms of looking at international megaprojects. there is a lot to learn from that and their experience here. it will be through established interviews and workshops, including the key stakeholders. over the past months, we've had conversa

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caltrain officials say the person was trespassing on the tracks. the identity of the person killed hasn't been released. this is caltrain's 13th fatality of the year. >>> an investigation is ongoing this evening in san jose where overnight officers opened fire on two people killing one, a second person was injured. it happened at the intersection of lee and fruitdale avenue just before 2:30 this morning. ktvu's brooks jarosz has more from the scene. >> reporter: for hours, scene of this officer-involved shooting that left suspect dead and another the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. they are reconstructing this scene right now, where there are several cruisers that ended up with another white car next to it that was smashed into a fence by a nearby neighboring elementary school and park. now, we don't have details as to what led up to this shooting. but we do know there are several shell casings on the ground and the homicide detectives are trying to put this all back together to understand what happened. no officers were hurt. this occ

a woman was walking in the area of willow and aster avenues just south of the lawrence caltrain station's when police say a man approached her from behind and began groping her. a person walking by stopped the assualt and the attacker ran off. the person police are looking for - is described as 5-feet-7 inches tall with a medium build and was wearing a maroon jacket. ( darya ) on the peninsula... san francisco and rewood city police hosted gun buy back events over the weekend. the departments say the events are important so they can get dangerous guns off the street. san francisco police partnered with a non-profit organization to host the buy back event. in the first hour alone they collected over a hundred firearms. the departments were offering 1-hundred dollars cash for handguns and 2-hundred for assault weapons. ( darya ) in the east bay ... dozens of young girls got a first hand look at what it's like to work in the tech industry. it was part of the oakland non profit 'black girls code' end of the year workshop. girls from ages 6 to 17 years old participated in the event at st mar

a woman was walking in the area of willow and aster avenues just south of the lawrence caltrain station. that's when police say a man approached her from behind and began groping her. a person walking by stopped the assualt and the attacker ran off. the person police are looking for - is described as 5-feet-7 inches tall with a medium build and was wearing a maroon jacket. ( darya ) on the peninsula... san francisco and rewood city police hosted gun buy back events over the weekend. the departments say the events are important so they can get dangerous guns off the street. san francisco police partnered with the non-profit organization "united playaz" to host the buy back event. in the first hour alone they collected over a hundred firearms. <"we're not here asking no questions, we're not here against the second amendment, but we are here to end senseless gun violence.">( darya ) the departments were offering 1-hundred dollars cash for handguns and 2-hundred for assault weapons. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... the resource a father is making available to other men fo

a woman was walking in the area of willow and aster avenues just south of the lawrence caltrain station. that's when police say a man approached her from behind and began groping her. a person walking by stopped the assualt and the attacker ran off. the person police are looking for - is described as 5-feet-7 inches tall with a medium build and was wearing a maroon jacket. ( darya ) a big story this morning... regulators are now saying that p-g-and-e falsified safety documents in the wake of the 2010 san bruno pipeline explosion. the california public utlities commission'sinvestigation found p-g-and-e lacked sufficient staffing to fulfill all requests to find and mark natural gas pipelines between 2012 and 2017. regulators say because of the staffing shortage supervisors and locators at p-g-and-e were pressured to complete the work... leading them to falsfy data over a five-year period. a judge fined the utility 3- million dollars after it was convicted of six felony charges... for failing to properly maintain the pipeline that san bruno in ( james ) on the peninsula... san francisco an

a woman was walking in the area of willow and aster avenues just south of the lawrence caltrain station. that's when police say a man approached her from behind and began groping her. a person walking by stopped the assualt and the attacker ran off. the person police are looking for - is described as 5-feet-7 inches tall with a medium build and was wearing a maroon jacket. ( james ) on the peninsula... san francisco and rewood city police hosted gun buy back events over the weekend. the departments say the events are important so they can get dangerous guns off the street. san francisco police partnered with the non-profit organization "united playaz" to host the buy back event. in the first hour alone they collected over a hundred firearms. the departments were offering 1-hundred dollars cash for handguns and 2-hundred for assault weapons. ( darya )(ááá2 shotááá) in national headlines ... a bill is working its way through congress ... for an alert to help find missing adults.( james ) our washington d.c. correspondent brie jackson has more on the proposed "ashanti alert act". the abduc

a woman was walking in the area of willow and aster avenues just south of the lawrence caltrain station. that's when police say a man approached her from behind and began groping her. a person walking by stopped the assualt and the attacker ran off. the person police are looking for - is described as 5-feet-7 inches tall with a medium build and was wearing a maroon jacket. ( james ) for your money this morning... p- g-&e wants to raise rates. the utility company claims the hike is not related to the handful of lawsuits the company is facing because of the northern california wildfires that turned deadly last year and this year if approved, the average customer will see an additional 10 dollars and 50 cents a month on gas and electric beginning in 20-20. officials say that increase would net an additional 1-point-1 billion dollars --- more than half of which would fund wildfire safety projects. that includes increasing the effort to keep vegetation away from powerlines... installing 600 cameras along with stronger poles and powerlines, and expanding weather-monitoring stations in high-ri

in sunnyvale, police are looking for the person who sexually assaulted a woman near a caltrain stationit happened around six thursday morning... a woman was walking in the area of willow and aster avenues just south of the lawrence caltrain station. that is when police tell us, a man approached her from behind and began groping her. a person walking by stopped the assualt and the suspect ran off. the person police are looking for - is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall with a medium build and was wearing a maroon jacket. (justine) the santa clara county medical examiner's office is working to identify a man who was found dead in his car in mountain view. the man was found at 9:30 this morning... in the mcdonald's parking lot located on el monte avenue near el camino real... police tell us, an investigation is underway and there no threat to the public. (justine) two shootings in the last 24 hours in san jose... do not appear to be connected. that is according to san jose police. the first shooting was friday night at about 10. officers responded to the area of almaden expressway and sha

the agency said this is the 11th caltrain-related fatality this year. the victim's identity has not been released. ( darya ) new this morning... santa rosa polcie have arrested a serial robber connected to multiple bank robberies across the north bay. 37-year-old travis strickland was arrested following a traffic stop by police in santa rosa. during the traffic stop clothing was found that police say connects strickland to the robberies. the traffic stop was after the suspect held up the exchange bank on south cloverdale boulevard. santa rosa police are working with departments in ukiah.. cloverdale and healdsberg to connect evidence to bank robberies. ( darya ) also new this morning... san jose police have arrested four men connected to a two-year long investigation that including manufactoring and transporting drugs. from left to right anthony le.. barry phan... jose garcia and alejandro garcia were arrested. police located over 8-hundred pounds of pot.. a large amount of illegal steroids... along with various other drugs during the raids in sunnyvale

to 3:00 a.m., also caltrain will be running special services and it will be free from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., that last train will be leaving at 2:00 a.m. as for muni, they'll be running complementary service from 8:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. on new year's eve. h train will not have service on new year's eve, nor new year's day. also keep in mind b.a.r.t., caltrain and muni will be running on a holiday schedule for new year's day. if you plan on partying in the san mateo county area, sound transit will run from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. in the southbay vta has got you covered running free service from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., and a.c. transit will be on a sunday schedule for new year's day, sf bay ferry will not be running any service. make sure you check the schedules before you head out the door and of course have a happy and safe new year. >> if you can't make it to public transit on new year's eve, california's office of traffic safety is offering a $10 lift credit for customers in san francisco. money comes from a special grant to curb drunk driving. >>> while you're out enjoying

in sunnyvale, police are looking for the person who sexually assaulted a woman near a caltrain station. it happened around six thursday morning... a woman was walking in the area of willow and aster avenues just south of the lawrence caltrain station. that is when police tell us, a man approached her from behind and began groping her. a person walking by stopped the assualt and the suspect ran off. the person police are looking for - is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall with a medium build and was wearing a maroon jacket. (justine) the santa clara county medical examiner's office is working to identify a man who was found dead in his car in mountain view. the man was found at 9:30 this morning... in the mcdonald's parking lot located on el monte avenue near el camino real... police tell us, an investigation is underway and there no threat to the public. (justine) two shootings in the last 24 hours in san jose... do not appear to be connected. that is according to san jose police. the first shooting was friday night at about 10. officers responded to the area of almaden expressway and s

on the changes to the train throat design as well as the specific mitigation measures regarding caltrain's use of the term backtrack crossing at 16th street. we also heard during public comment comments from a small business owner who was very pleased with the communications and appropriate accommodations made by the tjpa project team to minimize impacts on their business during phase one construction. i am pleased to report that the c.a.c. fully supports today's item number 10 approving the resolution to certify the final seis-eir, for refinements to the downtown extension redevelopment project, the transbay program. and last on our agenda was an item including a high-level update on the status of the transit center which will be covered later on today's agenda. it's our understanding additional information was being assembled at the time of our c.a.c. meeting and will be presented in the item today. with that, the c.a.c. looks forward to hearing more on the latest update, next steps, and timelines. thank you for the opportunity to provide this update and happy to answer any questions. >>

caltrain has extra schedules there is also free service. there are lot of options to get around. >>> let's go back to that desk. firefighters are investigating the hobay. a fire broke out before 3:30 this morning in a garage. fire fighters have that fire out less than an hour. the garage was full. investigators are working to determine what may have caused that buyer. >>> day 10 of the partial government shutdown, the $5 billion president trump wants is a huge dublin blot. >> what donald trump and the republicans want to do is to waste $5 million of taxpayer money on a medieval border wall that is a fifth century solution to a 21st century problem. >> lindsey graham met with the president at the white house yesterday. she seemed optimistic about potential my saying a deal could be made to help daca recipients. >> the appropriation would go a long way to secure the border. it is not just about physical barriers but other things >> if we could find a way to make sure that daca recipients have a work permit to make their lives better -- >> the

caltrain offering free rides after >>> you can't use the bathroom or even sit down or drink alcohol. if for some reason you want to celebrate the new year. that is the word from nypd. >> they are going to look for threats from the top of tall buildings. >> when it comes to the safety and protection they provide there will be much the public will see and much the public won't see. people will be safe and they shee seew year. >> as you can see, some people were practicing with confetti to make sure it was going to work above time square. you can watch the ball drop right here. dick clark's rocking eve starts at 8:00 tonight. >>> security officials say there is no evidence of planned attacks against high profile new year's events. they are voicing growing concern about terrorists looking to drone tech knowlednology as a m possible future you may have seen sky 7 was overhead from the rv. it happened in san jose on north 21st street. the rv parked next to the roosevelt center. firefighters had the blaze under control within half an hour. the rv was gutted the cause is under investigation.

all caltrain service through redwood city is now stopped. we are told a person trespassing on the tracks on the main street crossing was hit and killed this afternoon. right now the southbound train is stopped with 450 people on it. they are single trafficking the system. we will keep you updated. >>> a man dead after a shootout with police. emily turner is live at the scene on adelaide drive. emily? >> reporter: most of this area has been shot down by police for the better part of the day. it just opened as a begin in investigation into what happened. >> after that i heard a lady screaming. >> reporter: it happened this morning in a usually quiet neighborhood. a deputy saw a man he knew was wanted on an arrest warrant and tried to taken into custody. instead it turned into a physical struggle. >> the deputy told him to take his hands out of his pockets. the struggle continued with the suspect pulling out a fire arm from his waistband. the suspect fired one shot towards the deputy's head. >> reporter: that is when the officer shot and killed

caltrain updating us. service halted over the weekend. they said all the tunnel work should be completely 3:00 a.m. and normal weekday service should resume for today' commute. everything looking good so far this morning. the central valley coming up next. >> thanks, alexis. a major earthquake left cracked homes, buildings and buckled roads. but alaska is bouncing back with incredible speed stpwhra. >>> styrofoam may be babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait. >>> if you're heading through the san joaquin valley, dense fog. visibility less than a quarter mile. it will start lifting and just become hazy sunshine and high clouds that will take over all of our neighborhoods outside. mid to upper 60s with sunshine in the south. 60, monterey. 45, yosemite. 35, tahoe. here's a look at my seven-day forecast i put together for you. just snow showers. light accumulations tuesday and wednesday. that'sed onlyn n n n n n n game in town this week. >>> repairing damage in alaska even after the aftershocks

no delays and service restored for caltrain after the weekend work. >> thanks so much, mike. >>> making fun of someone's tragedy cost three construction workers their job. they were hired to clear the wreckage of the camp fire in paradise, but they posted insensitive pictures of homes destroyed and they were fired. one photo showed the man sitting on a burned out rv pretending to drive, another featured a plan playing on a burned fire truck toy. one picture was too offensive to show on television. the construction company the men worked for, big crane and rigging, called its incident an abhorrent event. the destruction of the camp fire didn't just displace tens of thousands of people but many pets as well. >> we report on how the animals are being helped. >> reporter: the flames from california's deadliest and most destructive wildfire killed 86 people and destroyed more than 14,000 homes. and inheir best be. >> reporter: lonnie walker is in a desperate search for his golden/lab mix and maybe a way to ease some of the grief. >> i lost the most important thing in my life, and that's my w