reporting live now in oakland, deborah villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, deborah. doesn't feel very optimistic. >>> if you ride b.a.r.t. and you haven't made plans, you may want to start looking at your options. >> it makes life complicated. >> reporter: she's among many hoping to take advantage of expanding ac transit service but with bus drivers also demanding a new contract by midnight even that's not a sure thing. >> what if ac transit goes on strike? >> then i don't know what i'll do. i may have a day off. >> reporter: if there is a strike b.a.r.t. station parking lots will likely be empty so people are being encouraged to park here for free and arrange their own car pools. >> reporter: even better, pick up the phone -- >> get on the computer and telecomute to work if possible. >> reporter: ferries will offer direct trips to san francisco from oakland and alameda. buses at the amtrak stations in emeryville and martinez will also offer rides to the city. b.a.r.t. will offer free charter buses at its stations in el cerrito, walnut creek, dublin and fremont but t

ktvu's deborah villalon has moved from where the negotiations broke off and now she joins us from the b.a.r.t. workers union hall in oakland with the latest, deborah. >> reporter: that's right there was nothing going on at the talks as we've been reporting. they ended about two hours ago so we came to see what the union members are doing now and what their plans are. we're with josie munoz, tell me who you represent. >> we represent technical workers and clerical workers as well as utility workers etc. >> reporter: that's pretty much everybody by the station agents and train operators. your have broken talks as the unions wake out. >> that's completely untrue. we were told by management that they would have no new proposals for us on our new two central issues. one is the safety of the riders and of the workers. also an economic proposal that puts workers no further ahead in four years from now than they are currently today. >> reporter: you took a strike vote a week ago, almost a week ago. and it seems nothing has been accomplished in the negotiations since that time. >> i would not

deborah villalon live in oakland outside the negotiations and for the first time the threat of an impasse is coming up, deborah. >> reporter: frank we're watching the comings and goings as both camps put in another 12 hour day declaring impasse could lead to b.a.r.t. imposing a contract without employee approval. hardball certain to enrage workers even more. >> we're working hard at it to get it done. both sides. >> reporter: talks day three start with smiles. >> maybe something good is going to happen today. we're hoping. >> reporter: but optimism fades with the hours. by dinner time is there progress? >> not really. >> reporter: still hung up on what workers should be paid and what they should pay in to their pensions and health plans. >> tired, frustrated. >> reporter: a gag order keeps both sides from saying much. >> i've never seen it happen like this before. >> i've been with the district 23 years. >> reporter: one new face, the man in the red shirt, b.a.r.t.'s lead negotiator. b.a.r.t. hired tom hawke for $400,000 to come run its negotiations. hawke's bio says he's hammered out 360

deborah villalon live in oakland outside the negotiations and for the first time the threat of an impasse is coming up, deborah. >> reporter: frank we're watching the comings and goings as both camps put in another 12 hour day declaring impasse could lead to b.a.r.t. imposing a contract without employee approval. hardball certain to enrage workers even more. >> we're working hard at it to get it done. both sides. >> reporter: talks day three start with smiles. >> maybe something good is going to happen today. we're hoping. >> reporter: but optimism fades with the hours. by dinner time is there progress? >> not really. >> reporter: still hung up on what workers should be paid and what they should pay in to their pensions and health plans. >> tired, frustrated. >> reporter: a gag order keeps both sides from saying much. >> i've never seen it happen like this before. >> i've been with the district 23 years. >> reporter: one new face, the man in the red shirt, b.a.r.t.'s lead negotiator. b.a.r.t. hired tom hawke for $400,000 to come run its negotiations. hawke's bio says he's hammered out 360

deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> protesters set dumpster fires in oakland this morning. this is some of the vandalism deborah is mentioning. other demonstrators told us they were frustrated by this violence and said it did not serve their cause. >>> still dozens of windows were broken in downtown oakland, sears and at the courthouse were all smashed. in addition vandals sprayed graffiti with angry messages in several buildings and bus stops in the area. >>> one family took special precautions to try to protect their building from being damaged. if owners of the camberts restaurant stood behind their gates. oak land police did not make any arrests. >>> some of those who rallied peacefully said what's most important is their frustration over the zimmerman verdict is heard. >> zimmerman was told to stay in the car. he didn't listen. he still followed the person, he had a gun. it's disappointing he walked away with nothing. >> reporter: a few proit'sers said they were angry that zimmerman will walk free while nfl quarterback michael vic was sentenced to prison for 23 months

deborah villalon is live at the airport and tells us the wreckage is the only hint of what happened. deborah. >> reporter: julie the wreckage is behind this tarp which the airport put up because so many people were driving out to this lot to see it. but looking from the top of our vantage point you can see the airliner. eerie to drive at the same spot where what should have been a routine landing went horribly wrong. >> just insane being close up and seeing this and seeing half the plane missing. >> reporter: people are drawn to the wreckage. towed out of sight but not out of mind. >> it's still hard to believe that this happened in san francisco. i can't believe the horror these people must have felt. >> reporter: it's up to asiana to dispose of it. pieces of metal and pieces of san francisco history. >> life goes on. all the runways are open and all the planes are lined up. >> reporter: at the park alongside the airport where people watched jets come and go. there was release to see the wreckage gone and the pace pick up after such a traumatic week. >> it will fade over time. but ob

ktvu's deborah villalon asked b.a.r.t.nion if they can reach their destination without another work stoppage. >> reporter: it's what b.a.r.t. customers have been waiting for. the sounds of normalcy, the chance to step on to a train once again. >> a happy fourth of july now. last night i saw it on the news. i was really happy. yeah. >> reporter: are you worried it's going to happen again? >> no i think it's going to be good. >> the job is now done. >> reporter: with a truce both agree that they were not close at all to get off the picket line. >> we have with staoád the attack by b.a.r.t. on our members. >> reporter: the new clock is already ticking. >> you could strike again? >> we could, this is not a cooling off period. this is a period to let b.a.r.t. know they have 30 days. >> still passengers we talked to would rather savor the moment than stress about the future. >> this is huge. this is huge. this is a good sound to hear. go b.a.r.t. >> reporter: and workers they are paid docked the past week seem relieved too. >> i

. >>> deborah villalon is live and tell us flames came perilously close to a planet. >> reporter: if you cross over to the other side you can see the this fire jump the two lane highway. and it did so several times, at one point spotting ahead a half mile. pushed by 20 to 30-mile an hour winds, this fire at times moved faster than fire crews. and burned loud enough near by residents could hear it. >> it was very close. you could hear it crackling as soon as you opened the door. >> reporter: alarming because a flame sparked on the roof or fence could be devastating. >> do we spray down the house or just leave? thankfully it didn't cross overment. >> reporter: an air attack dropping water and retardant helped crews gain ground. and they sprayed area to keep the fire from spreading. the plant near by has defensible space. trains also run through the area and that's often said to have sparked. >> the windows in the house are still closed. just because once the smell gets in there it's kind of irritating. >> reporter: no structures lost in this four hour fire fight. but a couple of big ri

deborah villalon tells us the bridge was only closed for 10 minutes and that was long enough to create a huge traffic mess, deborah. >> reporter: law enforcement doesn't want to tell us about the object. but they tell us possibly someone tried to make it look like an explosive and the response was immediate. from news chopper 2, the treasure island off ramp where a passer by found a suspicious object and called 911 this afternoon. chp couldn't tell what it was. so san francisco police responded with their bomb squad. >> it was something that looked very suspiciously of an explosive dice. - - device. it looked very suspicious. >> reporter: gray and about the size of a nerf football. laying on the side of the road. fearing the worse, chp ordered ramps in both directions closed tpáers then the entire bridge for about 20 minutes -- closed first then the entire bridge for about 20 minutes. 20 long minutes. the back up to san francisco spanned for miles. and those people on the freeway could do nothing else but sit. >> i took it from two blocks, like fremont, it took me like an hour to get t

ktvu's deborah villalon asked b.a.r.t. and the union if they can reach their destination without another work stoppage. >> reporter: it's what b.a.r.t. customers have been waiting for. the sounds of normalcy, the chance to step on to a train once again. >> a happy fourth of july now. last night i saw it on the news. i was really happy. yeah. >> reporter: are you worried it's going to happen again? >> no i think it's going to be good. >> the job is now done. >> reporter: with a truce both agree that they were not close at all to get off the picket line. >> we have with staoád the attack by b.a.r.t. on our members. >> reporter: the new clock is already ticking. >> you could strike again? >> we could, this is not a cooling off period. this is a period to let b.a.r.t. know they have 30 days. >> still passengers we talked to would rather savor the moment than stress about the future. >> this is huge. this is huge. this is a good sound to hear. go b.a.r.t. >> reporter: and workers they are paid docked the past week seem relieved

deborah villalon is live at the airport and tells us the wreckage is the only hint of what happened. deborah. >> reporter: julie the wreckage is behind this tarp which the airport put up because so many people were driving out to this lot to see it. but looking from the top of our vantage point you can see the airliner. eerie to drive at the same spot where what should have been a routine landing went horribly wrong. >> just insane being close up and seeing this and seeing half the plane missing. >> reporter: people are drawn to the wreckage. towed out of sight but not out of mind. >> it's still hard to believe that this happened in san francisco. i can't believe the horror these people must have felt. >> reporter: it's up to asiana to dispose of it. pieces of metal and pieces of san francisco history. >> life goes on. all the runways are open and all the planes are lined up. >> reporter: at the park alongside the airport where people watched jets come and go. there was release to see the wreckage gone and the pace pick up after such a traumatic week. >> it will fade over time. but ob

deborah villalon tells us the bridge was only closed for 10 minutes and that was long enough to create a huge traffic mess, deborah. >> reporter: law enforcement doesn't want to tell us about the object. but they tell us possibly someone tried to make it look like an explosive and the response was immediate. from news chopper 2, the treasure island off ramp where a passer by found a suspicious object and called 911 this afternoon. chp couldn't tell what it was. so san francisco police responded with their bomb squad. >> it was something that looked very suspiciously of an explosive dice. - - device. it looked very suspicious. >> reporter: gray and about the size of a nerf football. laying on the side of the road. fearing the worse, chp ordered ramps in both directions closed tpáers then the entire bridge for about 20 minutes -- closed first then the entire bridge for about 20 minutes. 20 long minutes. the back up to san francisco spanned for miles. and those people on the freeway could do nothing else but sit. >> i took it from two blocks, like fremont, it took me like an hour to get t

. >>> deborah villalon is live and tell us flames came perilously close to a planet. >> reporter: if you cross over to the other side you can see the this fire jump the two lane highway. and it did so several times, at one point spotting ahead a half mile. pushed by 20 to 30-mile an hour winds, this fire at times moved faster than fire crews. and burned loud enough near by residents could hear it. >> it was very close. you could hear it crackling as soon as you opened the door. >> reporter: alarming because a flame sparked on the roof or fence could be devastating. >> do we spray down the house or just leave? thankfully it didn't cross overment. >> reporter: an air attack dropping water and retardant helped crews gain ground. and they sprayed area to keep the fire from spreading. the plant near by has defensible space. trains also run through the area and that's often said to have sparked. >> the windows in the house are still closed. just because once the smell gets in there it's kind of irritating. >> reporter: no structures lost in this four hour fire fight. but a couple of big ri

deborah villalon has more on the investigation. >> reporter: it's an eerie seen looking over the water. especially with jets landing on its side. and it seems like the more ntsb learns about this wreck, the more questions there are. you would not drive 25 on the fast lane but that's exactly what the plane did. the rem remnants will remain, every inch, every piece part of the puzzle. >> we know there's a lot of questions about the pilots they are experienced in their background and training. >> reporter: an asiana captain with little time in a 777 in his first sfo landing. assisted by a captain he himself new to training. >> we do not want to bias those interviews. we're going to take as much time as we need to get the interviews done right and in a way that crew members are able to communicate comfortably. >> reporter: and in the landing, authorities found nothing strange in the cockpit. the right maps, but at landing. >> at landing they were going 15 knots. >> reporter: it heaves one last time before crashing to the pavement. investigators are looking at which seats the worse injuries

deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> one question has been answered on the roll over accident that we told you about last night. the victim martin gurscheck and marlene gurscheck. their car swerved across the richmond highway, swerved over and hit a pickup truck. the couple died at the scene. >>> the rape of a teen at a party -- they are two of six men accused of a horrific attack on a 16-year-old girl in 2009. there is a jury for each defendant. two other men have already been convicted in the case. two others are awaiting trial. >>> the port of oakland settled a lawsuit today that could produce a new large ship terminal and also a potential waterfront baseball stadium. but it is not good news for members of local 10 longshoremen. they blocked deliveries at the port on tuesday saying that is settlement could cost them jobs in exchange for howard terminal where that stadium for the oakland a's could potential be built. the deal still need a second apraoáufrl -- approval from the port. >>> prison officials said today just over 12,000 inmates have skipped the last nine consecutive meals. tha

deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> one question has been answered on the roll over accident that we told about last night. the victim martin gurscheck and marlene gurscheck. their car swerved across the richmond highway, swerved over and hit a pickup truck. the couple died at the scene. >>> the rape of a teen at a party -- they are two of six men accused of a horrific attack on a 16-year-old girl in 2009. there is a jury for each defendant. two other men have already been convicted in the case. two others are awaiting trial. >>> the port of oakland settled a lawsuit today that could produce a new large ship terminal and also a potential waterfront baseball stadium. but it is not good news for members of local 10 longshoremen. they blocked deliveries at the port on tuesday saying that is settlement could cost them jobs in exchange for howard terminal where that stadium for the oakland a's could potential be built. the deal still need a second apraoáufrl -- approval from the port. >>> prison officials said today just over 12,000 inmates have skipped the last nine consecutive meals. that me

deborah villalon has more on the investigation. >> reporter: it's an eerie seen looking over the water. especially with jets landing on its side. and it seems like the more ntsb learns about this wreck, the more questions there are. you would not drive 25 on the fast lane but that's exactly what the plane did. the rem remnants will remain, every inch, every piece part of the puzzle. >> we know there's a lot of questions about the pilots they are experienced in their background and training. >> reporter: an asiana captain with little time in a 777 in his first sfo landing. assisted by a captain he himself new to training. >> we do not want to bias those interviews. we're going to take as much time as we need to get the interviews done right and in a way that crew members are able to communicate comfortably. >> reporter: and in the landing, authorities found nothing strange in the cockpit. the right maps, but at landing. >> at landing they were going 15 knots. >> reporter: it heaves one last time before crashing to the pavement. investigators are looking at which seats the worse injuries

and deborah villalon got this up close look before that auction in 2011. >> the man credited with bringingapa wines to the world brought himself home each night to a rustic ranch style mansion with sweeping views of vineyards but not a vine near the house. mondavi insisted his home be designed around the trees. >> what is here compliments mother nature rather than invades mother nature. >> reporter: it's huge, 11,000 square feet but intimate. >> well there were people from julia child to john papon and others. >> reporter: imagine if the walls could talk about all those dinner parties. it didn't sell last year at $25 million. next comes an auction at half. >> 13,900,000. november16th is the tate. >> have there been many will recollect o -- been any looky lu's up here? >> no. >> if someone comes in and knocks it down and building their own. if they enjoy it, i think he'll be happy. >> reporter: the auction failed to meet the minimum bid of $13,900,000. but a couple made a deal to buy the house for less and they tried to remain anonymous. but it soon looked out that it was julio gallo's gran

reporting live in san jose, deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> president obama's remarks about the trayvonrtin verdict are making waves. president obama said it could have been me. >> i was very surprised. i felt it was timely but i think he could feel the anger that was going across the country. i felt he thought he needed to respond any way, i think took a lot of courage. >> when he left the podium he did not answer the most important question. where do we go from here. that question this morning remains unanswered at least from the perspective of the president. >> reporter: president obama did say violent protests would dishonor trayvon martin and that americans need to do some soul searching. >> you will find the latest news plus video from this weekend's protest on ktvu.com. >>> one year to the day after surviving the aurora colorado movie theater massacre a couple says i do. they tied the knot just three miles from the theater. hans tried to protect his girlfriend. he was shot at close range. davis had bullet fragments in her back. >> jesus did save us once spiritually, he saved us i

my colleague, ktvu's deborah villalon is back at the sacramento airport, you spoke to one pilot who said the landing is unexcusable. >> reporter: that's right. and that ntsb hearing confirmed what sources at sfo tower told us early on that that 777 was slow, stalling, too low and too late to make a go around. a north bay pilot we talked to calls it a slam dunk. >> pilot error. that's my opinion. and that's every pilot's opinion you will talk to. >> reporter: this retired airline pilot flew overseas in and out of sfo for years. always adding 10 knots to the recommended approach speed and he calls asiana's crash landing inexcusable. >> classic, the airplane stalled it just mushed down into the runway and case closed. >> there were two pilots, one of them had to know they were low. >> reporter: another career captain watching the crash wonders why the crews weren't paying attention their indicators e it go too far. >> reporter: the pilots ran out 'l>>be able to basically recreate the last 15 minutes or so of that flight down to impact. >> reporter: ntsb former spokesman says that many accid

deborah villalon is live at the fruitvale station. >> reporter: there are still protester here, they are still wrapping up a protest. in last days we found opd caught with too few officers and rampant demonstrations breaking out. today they have a net around this gathering. >> trayvon martin could have been any of us. >> reporter: after a search of the crowd, no more vandalism. but this march has been heading down the street. >> all we want is justice for trayvon martin. >> if things get out of hand, i can't really say too much about it. >> reporter: some marchers while not condemning the damage don't condone it either. >> people get mad they take it out. i guess we got people to notice. >> reporter: they got the nation to notice. >> it's going to really depend on the circumstances, the temperament of the crowd, the number of officers that we have available that can safely take action. >> reporter: tonight's march moved under the watchful eye of police photographer. officers were taunted as they dredged along the crowd. riots alonghand. this couple watched the spectacle eating dinner

deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> relatives of a berkeley man killed last night believe he was the intendedgo that killed his brother. it happened just before 7:00 p.m. less than a week after the men who killed his brother were sentenced to life in prison. his brother charles c.j. davis was shot and killed in may 2009. prosecutors say gang members may have wanted to kill germane but instead retailuated against him by killing his brother -- retaliated against him by killing his brother charles. >>> a wildfire in southern california is causing thousands of people to leave their homes. the so called mountain fire is burning in very steep terrain in mountain center. so far more than 22,000 acres have been burned since the fire first started on monday. at least seven structures have been damaged or destroyed and as many as 4,000 more are threatened. >> that's our house right there. so we kind of had to, you know say our goodbyes just in case we don't come back. >> right now 3,000 fire fighters are battling the fire and as of tonight it is only 15% contained. >>> texas governor rick perry today s

deborah villalon is live at the fruitvale station. >> reporter: there are still protester here, they are still wrapping up a protest. in last days we found opd caught with too few officers and rampant demonstrations breaking out. today they have a net around this gathering. >> trayvon martin could have been any of us. >> reporter: after a search of the crowd, no more vandalism. but this march has been heading down the street. >> all we want is justice for trayvon martin. >> if things get out of hand, i can't really say too much about it. >> reporter: some marchers while not condemning the damage don't condone it either. >> people get mad they take it out. i guess we got people to notice. >> reporter: they got the nation to notice. >> it's going to really depend on the circumstances, the temperament of the crowd, the number of officers that we have available that can safely take action. >> reporter: tonight's march moved under the watchful eye of police photographer. officers were taunted as they dredged along the crowd. riots alonghand. this couple watched the spectacle eating dinner

deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> relatives of a berkeley man killed last night believe he was the intendedears ago that killed his brother. it happened just before 7:00 p.m. less than a week after the men who killed his brother were sentenced to life in prison. his brother charles c.j. davis was shot and killed in may 2009. prosecutors say gang members may have wanted to kill germane but instead retailuated against him by killing his brother -- retaliated against him by killing his brother charles. >>> a wildfire in southern california is causing thousands of people to leave their homes. the so called mountain fire is burning in very steep terrain in mountain center. so far more than 22,000 acres have been burned since the fire first started on monday. at least seven structures have been damaged or destroyed and as many as 4,000 more are threatened. >> that's our house right there. so we kind of had to, you know say our goodbyes just in case we don't come back. >> right now 3,000 fire fighters are battling the fire and as of tonight it is only 15% contained. >>> texas governor rick perry t