and then caltrain let people drink in the train. and then i saw everybody drinking beer, vodka, alcohol. so i -- yesterday, i really had a hard time. >> jim, what do you think about what they just said? >> well i am very pleased that people like the service. and that it meets their needs. >> not what it comes to wi-fi and too much drinking after the giants games. >> sure. but during commute time we are standing room only so we must be doing something right. on the wi-fi, it's been looked at in the past, and we're going to look at it again. on the special event days the giants games that's when there are complaints about drinking. and we have been talking about that, how to better police it. >> how will you better police it? >> well, our transit police screen people coming back from the giants games in particular. they have become very adept at identifying those people that perhaps should not be back on the train. and they found overall that the primary complaints often are language that isn't appropriate for families. that's the big

caltrain is paying $15 million to buy and refurbish the metrolink cars. new cars would cost much more and take years of environmental reviews and public hearings. besides caltrain plans to make its system electric by 2020, so it only needs a temporary solution to crowded railcars. some commuters can't wait. >> if they're adding more, i'd love to see that. >>> definitely a soldout crowd for the giants open opener today. madison baumgartner carried out the pennant on horseback. he wanted to get the horse up to a gallop but figured the groundskeepers wouldn't like that. the park was packed with fans today, perhaps no one more excited than betty sincely who has gone to opening day over half a century. today was her 52nd home open -- opener in a row. also the three championship trophies were shown off in the last five years, the triplets as they call them now. buster is carrying one trophy in backward, even set it down on the podium backward. dennis o'donnell will have the highlights coming up in sports. >>> tonight marco rubio says he's in and hillary clinton

caltrain is now looking at ways to make their tracks safer. cristina rendon tells us about some of the improvement that is have already been made and some that are now in the works. >> reporter: when working on or around a train, safety comes first. caltrain officials are troubled that 10 people have died on their tracks since the start of 2015. >> one life lost is too many but certainly to have lost 10 in the first quarter of the year, it's concerning to all of us. >> reporter: a meeting addressed those concerns. >> this is not just a caltrain problem it's a community problem. >> reporter: along with raising awareness to safety. sometimes fencing and signs are not enough. >> do this type of thing. >> reporter: jim kaufman trains workers, training them to look out for people around the tracks that look sad or anxious. >> with some gentle coaxing and a direct question, do you feel like hurting yourself today. the deputy can make an intervention that could save a life. >> reporter: last year transit police kept 40 people from taking their lives

but palo alto and caltrain are looking to do more. the city has worked closely with the school district to put an end to what the district calls a public health crisis as 40 students at palo alto high school and gunn high school have been hospitalized for suicidal thoughts in just past year and a half. just this week, the school board voted to hire two full time mental health therapists right away. >> that's scary because you would think that a kids that's 15, 16, 17, still has his whole life ahead of him. >> reporter: some students we spoke with today say security cameras are a good idea but there's more to do. >> change the mindset. change the atmosphere at school i think. that's the best way. >> reporter: the city of palo alto will meet with caltrain and the developer of these security cameras next week. if all goes well, a test program at the meadow crossing could be up and running in a matter of months. live in palo alto, christian hartnett, kpix 5. >>> a fundraiser in honor of officer michael johnson has already raised $25,000 f

. >>> the board yearoverseeing caltrains, so far this year there have been ten people killed on caltrainstracks. only 10 last year, more than half of those were suicides. caltrains has installed 18 miles of new fencing and elevated crossings. the board looked at media coverage of caltrains suicide saying it may spur copycat deaths. >> we cannot ignore the fact that there have been two ways of losses in palo alto in particular. it becomes suggestive. >> in response caltrans has installed suicide hotlines signs along their tracks. they prevented 40 people from taking their lives on the tracks. >>> jeb push is wrapping up two days of fund-raising here in the bay area. the former florida governor is raising money for his right to ride super pack. he spoke at a private luncheon in san francisco. he staged a similar event yesterday on the peninsula. federal rules allow him to raise far more money on his super pac committee. >>> many nutritionists drink hot water with lemon every morning. jane king has those stories and more on today's wellness report. >> moms today are working later into their

. >>> plus, caltrain is beefing up its fleet.ere the new cars came from. >>> and it's pretty blustery and now we have backups as well at the bay bridge toll plaza. how it's affecting your morning drive coming up. >>> from the kpix weather center, i have a forecast that is going to blow you away. we'll have those details. >>> and good morning everyone, tuesday, april 14th. good to have you on board, i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. happening today, east bay mud is cracking down on water wasters. kpix 5 reporter ryan takeo is live in alameda with the fines customers could soon face. ryan? >> reporter: michelle, we could be talking $100 a month. that could be the fine. we're here in alameda and there are still some green lawns all over this neighborhood. that's probably going to change soon because if east bay mud board approves mandatory restrictions today, well, then the rules take effect today. those rules include only being allowed the water outside -- to water outside two times a week and then starting in the su

so mass transit might be your best bet. , the caltrain station diridon station there's also vta, caltrain. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> we are going to have live coverage of the funeral procession and the services starting at 10 a.m. if you are away from your tv watch online at cbssf.com. >>> breaking news an earthquake jolted parts of the east bay this morning. it struck shortly after midnight and had a magnitude of 3.6 about a mile northwest of san ra mole. it woke up people. no injuries or damages. andrew bogut took to twitter and said earthquake! and then, with as much trouble as this newly built house i'm in, i'm just happy it's still standing. he added hopefully the next earthquake takes out the oak tree in my backyard that the city won't let me touch. there you go, andrew the earthquake specialist. >> i woke up. things were rattling in the house. i said what's that? someone's in the house? earthquake. >> then back to sleep. >> your proximity to san ramon roughly how many miles? >> i'm in martinez so not too far away. >> i'm roughly about 11 miles away in pleasanton but i'm o

2050 it is all going to be ohio fuel sepz sells for electric vehicles those are the projections of caltrain and they're not saying people will stop driving this is the map of what their showing and the projections right now the blue is the internal come bus that is everybody that drives but look at what is the no combustion vehicles like bio vehicles and hygiene vehicles this is the future when you look at past performance in fossil fuel remember where we're going they don't have a future we should get out it it as fast as we can (clapping) (calling names.) good afternoon bret. >> good afternoon good to see everybody in the background section of the agenda item in the social investment it states it the board can consider the programs that benefit the participants or participate in the equities provided the respect returns meets equal alternatives for the standard to which you should extend this based on similarity with that said this report can have out-performed one and 3 and 5 year period awhile remaining with the sequesterer metrics those have been circulated as presented to this board i

projects that's the first 24 projects on track and have a management level with the public works and caltrain quarterly we meet with to get we're actually are we following a critical path. >> in terms of who is actually physically delivering the projects i know for a long time it was pretty common for mta to do the design and approval and handicap it off to dph to deliver i know for example work and diamond mta decided to deliver that and not involve mta at all and the agency relented and allowed them to help to deliver part of the projects you you know and i'll as i've mentioned to you the castro street project is dramatically bigger and complicated and more difficult project was delivered more quickly than the diamond project just curious what the agency intentions are in terms of 6 who is physically going to be delivering the projects. >> our intention we'll deliver the vision zero projects through a mixed of public works when you think about vision zero and muni moving forward with the plan our on street capital program is growing it is much bigger than a couple of years ago we want to de

coordinate better with us it's a great tool among other things the agencies that is great to engage caltrain we meet quarterly to make sure that the design and construction permits are important in the city so we're moving as quickly as possible so i think the i guess what i sort of want to leave with you on the product deliver this is a work in progress not preventing we have this down pat but there were problems in the past and we are struggling with some issues but the way to tangling tackle this get better processes in place and staff up by hiring staff who can be accountable but really understand the role of the project. >> i have a question about soft costs is that something that the agency tracks in terms of the portions of the project in terms of soft costs. >> soft costs what do you mean. >> the costs that are to the physical costs implementing the projects i know we've heard about some of the projects some of the soft costs are as much as a third of the project budget you know there is some soft costs we can't build a project without the planning and preparation but mean we have le

. >>> caltrain is redoubling its efforts to reduce the recent rise of deaths along its tracks.have been killed this year. by comparison there were only 10 deaths on the tracks in all of last year. the majority of them suicides. additional fencing and elevated crossings. they also have officers patrolling the tracks. >> we have crisis intervention trained transit police officers. in 2014 alone they stopped 40 individuals from taking their lives on the tracks. >> caltrain has also installed signs with a suicide hotline number along the tracks and begun working with local mental health organizations on ways to reduce suicides. >>> a survival story tonight from the east bay. take a look at this house in north oakland that collapsed this morning with a man inside. the home was under construction. and the man it collapsed around was a guest of sorts. allen long was live at the scene to explain how this happened and how that man made it out alive. this is a house that was under construction and was razed to create a second story around 11:00 this morning it all came crashing down, and

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caltrain and vta around the south bay are on time. "kcbs traffic" is coming up. >>> at least four workers are dead and two others have life- threatening injuries after an explosion and fire on an oil platform in the gulf of mexico. 300 other workers managed to evacuate yesterday. the cause is under investigation. but the pmex oil company says it's related to a mechanical problem. the company said it managed to avert any significant oil spill. >>> billboards on freeways mark the 100th anniversary. armenian genocide -- of the armenian genocide. it's one of a dozen. the ottoman turks slaughtered or starved more than a million armenians. armenian genocide centennial funded the billboards which also promoted the genocide monument being unveiled at fresno state later this month. >>> drugs and crime could put a stop to parking in one san francisco neighborhood. residents say a stretch of eddy street in the tenderloin is a hotbed for drug dealing. there is a petition aiming to eliminate all parking between taylor and mason streets. the city r

by the way, a little trivia youtube is the exact same color red as caltrain. did you know that? yes, it was on purpose. yes, no it really was. chad hurley picked it because he liked the caltrain logo. >> it depends on the associations you want. for example, black is the highest correlation at least in u.s. culture with luxury. while orange and yellow are highly correlated with excitement. but low correlation with competence. it's about which color choice makes sense. more importantly is the associations we have long term with a logo. in fact, there was a study that found that if you put the disney logo and ibm logo in front of somebody, people will be more creative when they're exposed to just the disney logo for a fraction of a second. >> wow. you learned some of this at mashable, too. j.p. was with fortune, has a fine new job at mashable. you were co-editor at mashable until you went on to write books and also become a venture capitalist as well. mashable is excellent. at grabbing attention. you know and as are several others buzzfeed et cetera. you know the one thing doctors

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. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ we >>> breaking news sky 7 hd live over the breaking news, a caltrain has pedestrians on the tracks. the person is alive and has been taken to the hospital, this is a northbound train by the santa clara station no word yet on why that person may have been on the tracks. there are 68 passengers on board, nobody on board is hurt caltrains says the next train will pick up those passengers. there are two tracks. service is delayed about half an hour. >>> at least one family has to find a new home after a brushfire ripped through their neighborhood. the fire is about 50% contained. one person is being treated for minor injuries. red flag warnings across most of southern california are expected to end within the next few hours. turning to our forecast now, spencer christian with an accuweather update. temps in the 80s, which was your decade of dominance? >> i doubt any more than the 80s, 50s, 60s. let's take a look at what's happening right now. we have blue skies and sunny skies all across the bay area right now. warm conditions almost summer like a lovely day.

. >> we have 57 bart trains running on time and caltrain has if delays and use caltrain for the bay bridgese is right near nimitz and traffic is free flowing along 880 and you can see the nimitz freeway not seeing any slow downs. we had an early action at -- early accident still expensing slows at 25 miles per hour approaching it. when you get beyond the nimitz you are free flowing up to the mineta san jose international airport and 280 interest spots slowing approaching highway 17 and 85 is looking busy as you make the drive away from 101 but it clears up into cupertino. >> thank you. >> we back with seven things to know before you go. >> first looking at the bay bridge toll plaza as the sun is ready to rice with a you've been part of the family for as long as i can remember. and you just mean so much to all of us. the holidays wouldn't be the same without your crescent rolls. we got you a little something. we got you jeans. it's about time. pipin' hot pillsbury crescent rolls. make easter pop! well, i drove grandpa to speed dating this week, so i should probably get the last roll. dad, b

history and speed and mechanic studies they've increasing been used in the public sector for example caltrain and city of language and sacramento and here in the sfifblgs some use the vehicle telling masks it does more than location tracking it does have independence day which sends the information to the vehicle but collects value information from the vehicles computer itself this is used data and survivalist data and digging not that i know of data that is triumphed to the fleet managers the standard update time is every two minutes but in cases of emergency vehicles and public safety vehicles it can be as price as thirty minutes it spreads across the cost saves and emergency management but they tend to over lap for example, over the past 5 years the city paid a total of $76 million in litigations relate to this but at the same time this system collects information on fast acceleration and hard braking i know creates inefficiencies and fuel inefficiencies at the same time this impacts safety so being able to collect that information and curve it saves time and money and also insures safety

station diridon station there's also vta, caltrain. passes every passing through three cities, los gatos, campbell and san jose before finally all wrapping up at oak hill cemetery around 1:00 this afternoon. frank and michelle, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> we are going to have live coverage of the funeral procession and the services starting at 10 a.m. if you are away from your tv watch online at cbssf.com. >>> for the first time in california history, the governor orders mandatory watered reductions statewide. that's because most of the state is in extreme or exceptional drought situations. governor brown announcing it yesterday at echo summit where the stated does its monthly snowpack measurement. for the first time, in 75 years there was no snow for the early april measurement. the melting snow is supposed to fill the state's rivers and reservoirs. >>> we're in an historic drought. and that demands unprecedented action. >> that unprecedented action calls for a 25% statewide reduction in urban water use compared with 2013 leve

. >> reporter: caltrains had crews on patrol and stand by on i-80 and were screening for chains at applegate before 6:00 this morning. >> go slow. keep your distance between the two cars and put the chains on if you need to. if not, make sure you bring the four-wheel drive. >> reporter: most commuters heeding that advice with just a few minor accidents in the high country just after dawn. and with all this welcomed winter white in the early spring businesses hope it brings in the much-needed green. >> we are hoping that we can sell the rest of our inventory. >> reporter: forecasters say we could see one to two feet of snow in the highest elevations. >>> for more weather coverage, go to cbssf.com and check out the hi-def doppler or you can check out our facebook page. >>> and we are getting an idea how the mandatory water cuts across the state will affect our everyday lives. the state water board is discussing the details of the governor's 25% water reduction mandate. enforcement will include cutback targets for cities based on how much residents already use. the water reported that february

history and speed and mechanic studies they've increasing been used in the public sector for example caltrain and city of language and sacramento and here in the sfifblgs some use the vehicle telling masks it does more than location tracking it does have independence day which sends the information to the vehicle but collects value information from the vehicles computer itself this is used data and survivalist data and digging not that i know of data that is triumphed to the fleet managers the standard update time is every two minutes but in cases of emergency vehicles a

ace train number 1 is on time and no delays on caltrain. 680 southbound walnut creek to dublin, 14-minute commute. 101 southbound 51 minutes and through santa cruz mountains at top speeds there. we'll take a closer look at your north bay right now as we move over to petaluma. the drive as you make it into lucas valley, san rafael 75 miles per hour. a little bit too fast. slow down your speeds. as we continue in towards richmond, the drive along richmond/san rafael lower deck clear and also on the north deck the upper deck into the north bay looking great. over to you. >>> tesla shares look to jump again today on news that nearly a dozen retail stores are ready using its batteries. the electric car maker will announce next week that it is expanding beyond making batteries for its cars to homes and businesses. this morning bloomberg news learned the company already started powering walmart stores and 300 homes in california on a trial basis. this summer tesla is expected to roll out its next vehicle the model x crossover. >>> your starbucks barista spelling your name wrong is not a rarity b

. >>> palo alto says it may have a solution to current recent uptick of teen suicides on caltrain tracks. cameras could be installed to alert people when a person is on the track. the technology exists but hasn't been used on the rail tracks. four miles of tracks run through palo alto. the city will meet again about installing cameras in the coming months. >>> muni promises upgrades. the agency says it plans to introduce a rapid bus network, service increases and new system map. muni plans to roll out the changes on april 25 as part of the sf municipal transportation agency's muni forward program. >>> workers have cleared the cargo backlog at the port of oakland. goods have been stacking up for months at all west coast ports due to a labor dispute that ended when there was a five- year agreement in february between the owners and union workers. the port of l.a. is still backed up. >>> 29th overcrossing will close, providing access to 880 between oakland and alameda. the overcrossing is being demolished to make room for a new one in the same location. >>> we are a day away from the final

he will announce this at the san francisco caltrain station on 4th and king at 10:00 a. the legislature will have the first vote this afternoon. >> after tomorrow, there will only be one emergency room left in west contra costa county. doctors medical center in san pablo closes on tuesday. the community served thousands of people for years but now it is out of money. closure leaves kaiser permanente richmond as the only emergency room in the area. >> april showers are in the form of severe storms in the southeast and mid-atlantic. we have the latest on the weather that has claimed a life already. >> good morning. enormous area of the country is struggling to recover from a weekend of wild weather and it may not be over yet. >> severe thunderstorms ravishing the southeast and mid atlantic. leaving a trail of damage across man states. in alabama more than 4" of rain uprooting entire trees and causing flash blood conditions. power lines dangerously crisscrossing highways, dozens of homes destroyed. >> the wind started blowing and i soon my shed go up and that tree fell on t

first pitch at 7:15 so expect to see plenty of traffic in the area and, also, use mass transit, caltrain is a great way to get to the game and have fund. kristen and eric? >> in honor of earth day, there is a change to conserve energy by pg&e with the 22' high sign outfitted with l.e.d. lights that use less electricity. the lights will automatically turn off at dusk and off at dawn saving enough energy to power ten homes for an entire year. >> facebook we want to see your warriors pride. >> lifesaving move every california high school student may be required to learn before they glut. >> a lot of teams are still texting and drive and a device that could put the brakes on that. >> you can watch live doppler hd through the entire break. this is a look at embarcadero in san >>> dub nation, we want to see your warriors pride. here are fan photos, big fans and some adorable little fans. post them to facebook twitter, instagram and use # #dubson7. then we can find them. our fans are the cutest. >> a california mom will voice her support for a state lawmakers bill that would require all high sc

his responsibility will not -- only be on managing that business, but also executive director for caltrain as well as the san mateo transportation authority. >> harket. >> yes. he has history with us. he has been on our boards for several years. he's known locally as well as regionally and he has been serving on the high speed rail board as well, and so he's familiar to many of us, so we're very anxious for him to start will be towards the end of this month, and looking forward to some stability with the transition of the you new general manager. >> so he's been at the center of a lot of issues. okay good. any other communications? >> okay. i wish to thank sfgtv for broadcasting us worldwide and board of directors old business. i have some. i think we will be getting in april but maybe in may a presentation -- i don't know if it's by mtc but sponsored by them. they have been doing a study much major corridors for the last several months and one thing in the study is an idea of a contraflow lane on the eastbound level of the bridge that would be dedicated for a.m. commute and restricted to

golden gate ferries, caltrain and ace look fine out of the centrally. remember kcbs, our radio partner, when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. that's the latest from here. guys back to you. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> a close call for a sleeping child in the north bay. a pickup slammed into the bedroom of 11-year-old liam fitzsimmons of santa rosa. he was sleeping in his bed at the time when this happened monday. he says the impact sent him flying across the room. >> the truck hit and launched liam out of -- split his bed in half, launched him out of his bed, shot him through his closet door and the hole in the closet is where the torso went through the wall. >> i think when i went flying into the closet, i think, um, i -- there's this big scratch on my back, like, the size of a baseball. >> poor guy. other than that, though, liam is okay. police arrested the driver. investigators say they found marijuana and a hash lab inside the driver's home. >>> an ongoing mystery in berkeley. loud explosions are startling people and as christin a

word of a pepper spray incident on caltrain.his happened on a train that was going in the southbound direction. apparently someone discharged pepper spray and it may have started with an argument between two of the passengers on that train. last report, the train was being held at the hillsdale station while authorities investigate what happened. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz in the kpix 5 newsroom. new at 6:00 tonight, the bay area city floating the idea of a pollution tax. only on "5", who would be forced to pay up. and you've heard of farm-to- table, right? how about yard-to-table? but are you ready to eat your weeds? that's the question. join us for that and more at 6:00. >> so appetizing. >> hard for me to even eat kale? but weeds? yum! >> all in the name of health. >> vitamins. >> good for ya. close your eyes. >> put some ranch dressing on it. >> thanks for watching us at 5:00. the >> pelley: the jury says guiltyim 30 times. now will boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev pay with his life? also tonight, more action agains

. >> reporter: tomorrow caltrain will have a meeting to discuss ways to prevent sue signed the tracks. part may be giving money to mental health organizations. live in palo alto michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >> michelle, thank you. >>> we want to put this number on your screen for, if you or someone you know needs help, plenty of resources available, including the national suicide prevention lifeline. the number right there on your screen, 800-273-8255. >>> new details tonight in the death of andrew getty. we now know he suffered from a serious medical condition. dealty was found dead in his hollywood hills home yesterday. he was the son of san francisco's gordon getty and grandson of oil tycoon j -- john paul getty. police say 47-year-old andrew getty likely died from natural causes. the "l.a. times" reports ss getty filed a restraining order against a former girlfriend and in court papers he stated arguments with her put his health at ricks but he never identify mad he called his serious medical condition, saying only it was diagnosed two years ago. >>> a possible presidentia