carlos rojas, bart police chief. "we are always open to feedback" bart police chief addressing issues surrounding this - the crime mapping ap. launched in june, some riders found the ap showing where a crime occurred helpful. sot. oh, there was a knife in that attack. yet others wanted more - specifically, details about what happened in the crime. and they were upset, feeling bart was not being transparent about what was happening throughout the system. bart had in the past provided more information in police logs. alexandra allen. i think the more transparency the better. director macfarland. "i think it looked like we took away something, i trust that was not your motive, and now we are talking additional measures. on tuesday at a bart committee meeting, chief rojas informed directors they were bringing back the logs and would be working with the company that runs the crime mapping ap on ways to include more facts for riders. rojas. "there really isn' t another department doing this narrative, and we are willing to

now bart police chief carlos rojas says the detailed crime logs are coming back. nd he'll be working with the crime map app designer-- on how to include more information for riders. (steve) now as bart tackles a spike in crime this year --- it's doing so amid a significant shortage of police officers. and the number of applicants is dropping. (grant) although bart's chief says he's stepping up recruitment efforts... a former bart chief is saying the agency should have seen this coming. kron-4's dan kerman has that part of the story. bart is not only plagued with a rising crime rate.. .but its new chief says it also has a significant shortage of police officers sot carlos rojas/ bart police chief 08-12 anywhere from 37 to 40 police officersthat's almost a quarter of the 181 officers that patrol the system sot i would say when it comes to seeing officers on bart

new bart police chief carlos rojas is noticing an alarming trend.carlos rojas/bart police dept- "i'm seeing it throughout the state. crime, crime increasing and i don't see us any different." chief rojas says bart is budgeted for 224 sworn officers... but right now, has only about 184 on staff... leaving the department about 40 officers short.carlos rojas/bart police dept- "we're in the process of hiring now." bolstering the staff, he says, will allow him to focus resources on crime hot spots... carlos rojas/bart police dept- "we're looking at the robbery issues -- putting out a robbery suppression detail to try to prevent these crimes. ideally, we want to be on the side of prevention, because we can't arrest ourselves out of a problem." instead of emailing out police logs of crimes happening at bart stations... the chief says he recently decided to make that information available on the website crime-mapping- dot-com. freeing up the officer who would typically create the log, to perform other duties. as of this year, every station entrance and train car is outfitted with surveillanc

carlos rojas/bart police- "we are a police department that is short-staffed.we are making a lot of, uh, effort to hire more folks and we're doing the best that we can with the resources that we have allocated at the moment."> (tiffany) rojas says his department has about 40 vacancies for sworn officers. (tiffany) take look at this... a truck hauling over 75-hundred pounds of live hagfish also known as slime eels overturned and turned the whole area into a slimy mess. it happened in oregon. police say the flat bed detached from the truck and flew across the highway causing a chain reaction crash. you can see the damaged cars covered in the gooey mess. the fire department had to use a bulldozer to clear the eels from from the highway... police say when the hagfish become stressed, they secrete a slime which turns into foam. the slime eels were going to be shipped to korea. (tiffany) coming up... the search for a missing man continues this morning.. what was discovered at a beach that may hold clues to what happened.(robin) it's the weekend so that means movies!

carlos rojas/bart police- "we are a police department that is short-staffed.e making a lot of, uh, effort to hire more folks and we're doing the best that we can with the resources that we have allocated at the moment." (grant) rojas says his department has about 40 vacancies for sworn officers. (steve) in national new tonight... a second suspect is in custody tonight... involved in the murders of four young men in pennsylvania... this comes as the main person of interest... confessed to the murders....(pam) cosmo dinardo's confession comes... as we learn about a plea deal to avoid the death penalty... reporter mary moloney has more on the shocking case.. ((nat pop)) cosmo dinardo/ confessed to murder: "i'm sorry."the man who'd been arrested in connection with the case of four missing pennsylvania men, has confessed to their murders. paul lang/ defense attorney for cosmo dinardo: "mr. dinardo this evening, confessed to the district attorney. he confessed to the participation or the commission in the murders, of the fours young men. in exchange for that confess

carlos rojas/bart police- "we are a police department that is short-staffed.re making a lot of, uh, effort to hire more folks and we're doing the best that we can with the resources that we have allocated at the moment.">( darya ) chief rojas says his department has about 40 vacancies to fill. ( mark ) this morning firefighters continue to make progress on several wildfires burning across the state. the wall fire burning in butte county near oroville is now 85- percent contained. 41 homes have been destroyed . another 60 other buildings have been either destroyed or damaged. the wildfire has burned more than 6-thousand acres and all evacuations have been lifted. ( mark ) and the largest fire burning in california is also 85-percent contained this morning. the alamo fire began more than a week ago in san luis obispo county. that fire has burned nearly 29- thousand acres. it has destroyed 2 buildings. some people in the area are being told to still be ready to evacuate. ( darya ) happening today... a popular south bay deli is closing its doors after nearly 70 ye

chief carlos rojas, bart police chief. "it is a privacy issue and for prosecution. board did not make a decision on the matter. in oakland, terisa estacio the inland cooling trend that took place today will continue into tuesday with most locations seeing temperatures near seasonal averages. as the marine layer is forecast to deepen during the next few days, a return of late night and morning low clouds along with patchy fog can be expected through late week. a san francisco woman is opening up about the moments she witnessed a coyote grab and kill her dog. we'll hear from her next. officers in richmond have made an arrested following the murder of a teenager. who they now have in custody. 811 is a free service to keep our community safe. before you do any project big or small, pg&e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you don't hit them when you dig. call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. 811 is available to any business our or homeownerfe. to make sure that you identify where your utilities are if you are gonn

chief carlos rojas, bart police chief. "it is a privacy issue and for prosecution. the board did not make a decision on the matter. in oakland, terisa estacio (tiffany) coming up... a san coming up... (tiffany) (tiffany) coming up... a san francisco woman is opening up about the moment she witnessed a coyote grab and kill her dog. we'll hear from her next. (robin) and after the break.. a comic book legend has been immortalized in hollywood. that and more on today's hollywood (robin) and here's a no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. (robin) i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today... the co-creator of spider-man, doctor strange and numerous other super heroes and stories, has received a very special honor. rick damigella has that story and more in the hollywood minute. (nat)a comic book legend has been immortalized in hollywood. stan lee placed his hand and foot prints in cement at the t-c-l chinese theater monday. director kevin smith was on hand as master of ceremonies with "black panther" actor chadwick bosemon and m

carlos rojas/director policia del bart 3:29:11 se trata de la victima y el crimen y para asegurar a la fiscalia que vamos a poder llevar a la persona a un tribunal de la ley 3:29:22 tambien se habrian abstenido por consideraciones legales pues involucraba a menores de edadlo cierto es que miembros de la junta directiva de la agencia ahora lo que reclaman es transparencia. debora allen/miembro junta directiva del bart 3:08:59 si son menores de edad sus caras pueden ser cubiertas,explico ,.agrego que la informacion debe ser publicada para que la gente interprete la informacion, no es el trabajo de la agencia hacerlo 12:38 seria bueno ver como operan o como fue que le robaron a la gente 12:43 alex lopez/usuario del bart 9:53 a mi no me importa la verdad yo me siento seguro en el bart 9:57 de todas maneras las autoridades reconocieron que ha subido la activad criminal en el sistema, y por eso el nuevo jefe tiene una prioridad 3:29:58 lo que nosotros queremos hacer es mas policis visibles en trenes y estaciones porque se sienten mas seguros 3:30:08 pero para ello tendra que primero solucion

bart trains. police chief carlos rojas says while people have a right to know about crimes on bart they don't wantstigations.we talked to bart riders this morning. (tag) chief rojas told us he is not trying to hide information from the public and has not initiated any changes that would do so. reporting live in walnut creek, lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( mark ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you the morning. ( darya ) breaking news from overnight... police release new information and video from a police shooting in vallejo that now contradicts allegations made against a police officer. ( mark ) tiffany mcelroy is following the latest from the breaking news desk. tiffany. (tiffany)

bart trains. police chief carlos rojas says while people have a right to know about crimes on bart they don't want any investigations.we talked to bart riders this morning. (tag) chief rojas told us he is not trying to hide information from the public and has not initiated any changes that would do so. reporting live in walnut creek, lydia pantazes kron4 news. ( mark ) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) breaking news from overnight... police release new information and video from a police shooting in vallejo that now contradicts allegations made against a police officer. ( mark ) tiffany mcelroy is following the latest from the breaking news desk. tiffany. (tiffany) investigators say there is no evidence that a po

to cure that, bart chief carlos rojas wants to offer bonuses to those who ultimately are sworn in. >> that's something that's very common in law enforcement, and they do vary from $5,000 up to as high as $30,000. and we're looking at doing a program that would be somewhere between $10,000 to $15,000. >> reporter: the former chief has faith in the new bart chief. >> i'm sure he knows what to do. i would just hope that the bart board of directors gives him the support he needs to get the job done. >> reporter: now, bart continues to be successful because it's frequent, affordable, and safe, but crime waves have a tendency to undermine all of that. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> tom, there any reason why the bart police department there has 40 vacancies to fill? are they just having trouble finding people who want to be bart police officers? >> reporter: i think just about every police department has vacancies because they cannot find people or people are not applying. when you really think about it, it's very hard to become a police officer. and the period of time it tak

to cure that, bart chief carlos rojas wants to offer bonuses to those who ultimately are sworn in. >> that is something that is very common in law enforcement. and they do vary from $5,000 up to as high as $30,000. and we're looking at doing a program that would be somewhere between $10,000 to $15,000. >> reporter: the former chief has faith in the new bart chief. >> i am sure he knows what to do. i would just hope that the bart board of directors gives him the support he needs to get the job done. >> reporter: now, bart continues to be successful because it is frequent, accessible, affordable, and safe. but crime waves have a tendency of undermining all of that. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> are there any reasons being given for the spike in crime? >> reporter: it's like something happens, and then somebody else is emboldened to do it. he says this comes and goes. he says this will probably be around for awhile, then it will go as there are many other kinds of crimes that take place. but he says it is very likely that the first one worked well enough that another group of people or

and later this morning, bart's police chief, carlos rojas will talk more about what bart is doing toengers safe. after that, he and bart's board of directors will be touring the bart station on powell street. >>> charlie guard's parents want to bring him to the united states for an experimental treatment. it may cause more suffering for the little boy. the hospital believes the life support system should be turned off. a judge in the case will consider any new evidence. but a decision is not expected today. >>> 8:15 right now. we want to go over to sal ask talk about the morning commute. are you talking about the east bay. >> we are talking about the east bay, alex and gasia. we are looking at a commute that is busy if you're driving on 24 westbound and at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound 24 will be busy in lafayette. it gets better after the bart station. we all have our theories why that is. i think people like to look at other people on the bart station platform. we have gone through that before. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza and the approach. this is a look at the eas

bart's chief of police, carlos rojas, has been on the job about a month and a half... and, put an end to emailing crime logs out to the public, instead making that information available on a website. he says he is doing his best to be transparent, and is also in the process of hiring more officers to curb crime which he says is trending up.carlos rojas/bart police- "we are a police department that is short-staffed. we are making a lot of, uh, effort to hire more folks and we're doing the best that we can with the resources that we have allocated at the moment." rojas says his department has about 40 vacancies for sworn officers. in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. (pam) it has been a couple of days since a kayaker's boat was attacked by a great white shark in santa cruz... since then... people have been told to stay out of the water until saturday, or they could face a fine. (steve) that fine could be up to 200 dollars....but that doesn't seem to be phasing many surfers..(steve) despite the dozens of people defying city orders...no fines have been given

reporter: in an unusual move, bart held its board meeting at san francisco's powell station where board members took a tour above and blower ground. the new police chief carlos rojas on the tour held a news conference since passenger have been twice robbed by gangs. bart hasn't released video tapes of the crimes for fear the perpetrators may be minors. in public places there's no expectation of privacy, especially when the public places are heavily covered by security cameras. bart stopped issuing daily crime logs and set a new policy not to release detailed information on crimes apparently for fear of offending ryders of color by the media overhyping much crimes. >> much of the video leads to prosecution of an individual and that becomes evidence in a case. and it's important for us to maintain that integrity of that case and not compromise it from an investigative standpoint or a prosecutor's standpoint as well. it's a case by case basis and has to be fact base. i wouldn't be in favor of releasing videos for sensationalization purposes or entertain meant or anything like that. we follow the law in terms of releasing the video, we're not going to jeopardize any i

bart's new police chief says he's taking several steps to provide riders from crime. chief carlos rojas outlined the plan and said he wants to offer bonuses to new officers to help fill 40 job vacancies. a crime report from bart shows violent crimes are up 40% this year compared to this time last year. there's a growing debate about how much information about crime bart should release to the public. the victim of a recent mob style crime says bart should release surveillance video. >> the individuals who assaulted us and robbed us, there were multiple repeat offenders. the police knew who these individuals were. >> bart says it doesn't plan to release the video because concerns it could interfere with prosecutions. >>> now, if you ride bart, you can get a glimpse of bart's fleet of the future later this week, but you can't ride it on it. bart will test its shiny new train cars on the main tracks this week. they'll be tested during business hours. bart employees will be onboard. they're in the process of replacing 700 train cars. >>> also happening today, a new ordinance will be signed i

the brand new bart police chief is defending his department's transparency when it comes to reporting crimes. chief carlos rojasls kron 4 news, all crimes are now reported on the website crimemapping.com.this is replacing the past practice of emailing a police log of the crimes that happened at bart stations.the chief says more people have access to the information now that it is online, even though the website does not provide as much detail as to what happened.also, when it comes to releasing video of crimes on bart cars the chief tells us that will be on a case by case basis. "you have to remember there is investigative process and the goal is to prosecute the person who committed the heinous act and we want to make sure we don't jeopardize any type of investigation. but at the same time balancing it with the public's right or need to know the information." the questions of reporting crime data, did come up at special bart meeting.but the chief would not commit to what the standard would be for releasing a video.chief rojas told us he is not trying to hide information from the public and has not initiated an

. >> reporter: bart held the board meeting at the san francisco powell street station where the board members took the tour above and below ground. the new bark police chief carlos rojas was on the tour and call the press conference stance of the many questions that have risen since the bart passengers have twice been robbed by the gangs but bart is not released the high-quality video tapes of the crimes, stopped issuing daily crime logs in set a new policy of not releasing detailed information on the crimes for fear of offending the riders of color by media overhyping it. >> most of our video leads to prosecution of the individual and that becomes evidence in the case, and it is important for us to maintain the integrity of the case and not compromise it from a investigative standpoint or from the prosecutorial stamp or -- standpoint. this is case-by-case basis and must be fact-based and i would not want to release video for entertainment purposes or anything like that.>> reporter: coming up we will have more information at 6:00 on the information in the various issues that were raised. >>> the federal court is ordering oakland to come up with a plan to get the polic

earlier this week the bart police chief said crime on trains and stations is on the rise. chief carlos rojas says they are working on hiring more officers to deal with the uptick of crime. back to you in the studio. . ( mark ) this morning firefighters are still struggling to get a handle on the detwiler fire burning in mariposa county near yosemite and more homes were destroyed overnight. moments ago cal fire said the wildfire grew to more than 74-thousand acres and the fire is just 15 percent contained. another eight homes were destroyed overnight bringing the total to 58 houses. another 11 homes have been damaged. 15-hundred homes are still in the path of that fire this morning. the fire broke out on sunday and now thousands of firefighters are trying to get it under control. and that includes firefighters from the bay area. ( mark ) and this morning we are getting a look at some of the damage left behind. you can see the charred landscape and some of the homes that were destroyed. thousands of people remain under an evacuation order this morning. people who live in the town of mariposa s

earlier this week the bart police chief said crime on trains and stations is on the rise. chief carlos rojashey are working on hiring more officers to deal with the uptick of crime. back to you in the studio. . (mark) breaking news out of washington. u.s. officials say the trump administration will ban american citizens from traveling to north korea. this announcement follows the death of american student otto warmbier (warm-beer), who passed away after falling into a coma in a north korean prison. secretary of state rex tillerson is expected to announce that the use of u.s. passports to enter north korea will be illegal. the restriction will go into effect 30 days after the ban is officially announced. ( darya ) a toddler is recovering after being bit by a police dog in the south bay. it happened last friday night when officers were searching a home in san jose for a wanted felon. they were serving a search warrant at the home on bird avenue when the police dog attacked 18-month-old arabella. she had to get six stitches on her back where the dog bit her. arabella's grandmother says the offi

. >>> and after two mob attacks on bart, today we expect to get a better idea of what the agency is doing to keep you safe. police chief carlos rojastalk about the crime just after 9 a.m. >>> and a "sig alert" remains in effect northbound 29 closed at south kelly road all due to an overturned mail truck. right now, northbound traffic being diverted on to south kelly road and there is no estimated time as to when that highway will re-open. do expect delays in the napa area. right now, over at the bay bridge toll plaza, we continue to see a big backup from the carquinez bridge to the maze. 30 minutes, another 22 minutes from the maze into downtown san francisco. and just a heads up, we are tracking 10-minute bart delays out of the fruitvale station in the dublin-pleasanton direction. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> jaclyn, i'm so confused. whatever happened to your "summer light"? no "summer light" anymore. but we have summer fog. this is very typical for july 13 in the bay area. the low clouds and fog coming onshore from the immediate coast. 50s to 60. we have clear skies away from the bay this morning. everybody wil

first, bart's new police chief is defending the department's decision not to release any surveillance video or detail of certain crimes. chief carlos rojasde what information to release on a case by case basis and saw what riders see every day. dirty conditions, dozens of homeless people taking shelter and druggers. the point of the that meeting was to see the challenges directly that commuters deal with every day. >>> i deal with the commuters every day so that's a good handoff here. dealing with a crash in the south bay. still a reportedly sticking out into the slow lane. we haven't seen a lot of slowing and south 85 just passed that saratoga offramp. we have a little build. that first burst we talk about. and that will sort of clear up over 20 minutes or so. again, light flow of traffic. your travel times reflected, as well. the bay bridge where the metering lights are on, 15 minute at the top of the screen. highway 4 to the berkeley curve. and a quick look over here at the golden gate bridge, i want to show you talking about smooth flow of traffic and you can see the roadway in front of us and notice you can't see the towers. low clo