deborah villalon is live with more about the fire and the effort to put it out. >> reporter: it's been a real challenge here ken. and taking a live look from chopper. two it looks a lot better than when we first got here. the good news i'm told that this is a brush fire and that no structures are threatened. and even though san francisco fire have not been able to give us a containment status, they're making progress. and it started just before 8:00 and it's being fueled by very dry eucalyptus. this is very dry combustible eucalyptus tree and the fire has created that chimney effect where it burns up the hill. at one point they were shooting flames off the road leading off the freeway. this is the freeway you get off the bay bridge and you go down yerba buena island to treasure island or the coast guard station. when the sparks were flying and the threat of spot fires is very real, san francisco fire did rush hoses in, and get on top of that but that's not the first spot fire we've seen because embers have been flying and they've been very much challenged bringing fire timbers in. this

. >> ktvu's deborah villalon joins us live from downtown oakland. she has the very latest on where things stand right now. deborah. >> reporter: we're hearing words like hopeful and optimistic. for the last few hours both sides have been inside this building. we're going to assume they're having face to face time which mediators will call them together for that. this would be just the first the of proposals going back and forth between them. b.a.r.t. workers are here they've gathered outside the caltrans building to show support and unlike everyone else they're wading for word. >> reporter: a day that beagains a gains -- begins like many other, but hopes that it will not end like them. awaiting the mediators call. >> we feel good about where we are in terms of what we're doing. b.a.r.t. without question trying to avoid a strike. >>> a strike like the one in july that crippled the bay area for four days. halted by a month of new talks, that again led to the brink and again the governor stepped in and kept the trains running 60 more days. >> you're dea

deborah villalon spent the evening with the residents. and our chief meteorologist bill martin has the latest. >> reporter: the winds are blowing in excess of 40 miles per hour. reports in livermore have strong winds. look at the 29-mile, that's a sustained wind in fairfield. the gusts are coming up at 45 miles per hour. you see the direction has changed it's coming out of the north now. very strong winds, a wind advisory in effect as well. in the oakland hills i have winds gusting near 45 miles per hour. so the winds are really just now starting to pick up. when i come back at 10:45, we'll dial in the winds and tell you where the strongest winds are going to be. we're going to be talk about the bay area weekend as well. >>> deborah villalon is live with how fire personnel are responding. >> reporter: frank we're looking out at some of the twinkling lights on mount tam. so many households nestled in a beautiful but dangerous forest. >> i think there's still a a perception that it's not going to happen to me. >> reporter: firefighters know

deborah villalon is live where the two have met face to face tonight. >> reporter: and they're inside. the union and the district are meeting. 20 minutes ago we saw the general manager of b.a.r.t. to get here. they have something for her to contribute on. we know for the last hour they've been hashing out an offer from yesterday. something the union calls insane, something b.a.r.t. calls great. they say it's a 20% increase over four years but paying more for benefits many workers say that if they take this they would not be better off. >> we feel like we have reached the limit. >> reporter: stretching is limit is where they are now. >> it means it's the financial envelope. it means that there's a set of costs and set of work rules we really don't want to go beyond. >> reporter: but the unions have their limits too. >> we feel we have to give them notice tonight, unless something breaks and there's a hail marry, there will be a strike. >> reporter: a strike possibly longer than the four day walk out. a strike bringing more pain for the public and political public. >> we're weary, but t

deborah villalon spent the evening with the residents. and our chief meteorologist bill martin has the latest. >> reporter: the winds are blowing in excess of 40 miles per hour. reports in livermore have strong winds. look at the 29-mile, that's a sustained wind in fairfield. the gusts are coming up at 45 miles per hour. you see the direction has changed it's coming out of the north now. very strong winds, a wind advisory in effect as well. in the oakland hills i have winds gusting near 45 miles per hour. so the winds are really just now starting to pick up. when i come back at 10:45, we'll dial in the winds and tell you where the strongest winds are going to be. we're going to be talk about the bay area weekend as well. >>> deborah villalon is live with how fire personnel are responding. >> reporter: frank we're looking out at some of the twinkling lights on mount tam. so many households nestled in a beautiful but dangerous forest. >> i think there's still a a perception that it's not going to happen to me. >> reporter: firefighters know

. >>> but we begin with deborah villalon. >> reporter: at the same time the unions have been suing b.a.r.t. to keep managers from even driving trains. so the acrimony and accident overlap. a candle in one hand, picket signs on the other. the fractures reality at b.a.r.t. a work force wrecked by conflicting emotion. >> this is something that we are just totally totally horrified by. >> reporter: union leaders call for mourning but before b.a.r.t.'s catastrophe, management was talking about talking again. now they wonder if the tragedy changes anything or changes everything. >> i think it's time to stop fighting and become a family again. because we will be a family again. it seems like we're fighting and at odds. >> you can't hear the train when you're on the tracks, they call it the silent killer. >> wonderful man, he was extremely safe about everything. >> reporter: inspector chris strickland died not far from saturday's accident. because he had not been told trains were being transferred that day. >> just as gym's accident happened. this should never have happened at all. i just feel so

we begin in truckee, ktvu's deborah villalon is standing by live and shows us winter has arrived, deborah. >> reporter: and julie it's as cold and as beautiful as ever. right now it's 32 degrees here in truckee with snow on the ground. snow piled up from the snowplows and as you can see flurries still falling. but the real action is up higher. making tracks on the mountain in the darkness. and steve adowell won't be happenner. tonight it's game on. this is the sounds of the season for the sierra. >> it'll compact a little bit more. >> reporter: suvall and his crew will add to what nature has brought. >> the more -- the colder it is, the more we can open up the valves. >> reporter: alpine meadows 14- inches in its elevations. squaw valley 12 high. it's good estimations after having two dry months. the resort not scheduled to open for three more weeks but it could come alive earlier if the snowstorm stays open. >> we had a couple of feet every week that would be perfect. >> reporter: wouldn't that be perfect. the guns also going on at boreal who says they may actually open this weekend as l

we begin in truckee, ktvu's deborah villalon is standing by live and shows us winter has arrived, deborah. >> reporter: and julie it's as cold and as beautiful as ever. right now it's 32 degrees here in truckee with snow on the ground. snow piled up from the snowplows and as you can see flurries still falling. but the real action is up higher. making tracks on the mountain in the darkness. and steve adowell won't be happenner. tonight it's game on. this is the sounds of the season for the sierra. >> it'll compact a little bit more. >> reporter: suvall and his crew will add to what nature has brought. >> the more -- the colder it is, the more we can open up the valves. >> reporter: alpine meadows 14- inches in its elevations. squaw valley 12 high. it's good estimations after having two dry months. the resort not scheduled to open for three more weeks but it could come alive earlier if the snowstorm stays open. >> we had a couple of feet every week that would be perfect. >> reporter: wouldn't that be perfect. the guns also going on at boreal who says they may actually open this weekend as l

we get coverage from deborah villalon. she's live in redwood city where it was a chaotic rescue from that four story building, deborah. >> reporter: tonight at the emergency shelter we heard about a woman who jumped from an upper floor balcony and was caught by a man on the balcony below. and the fire department had ladders up rescuing people right and left. >> one report of a resident stuck on a south side balcony on the third floor. >> reporter: people stuck on balconies, climbing down fire escapes, shouting for help. the terrace apartments had to feel like a death trap filling with fire and smoke but everyone in the 72 story building got out alive. >> i grabbed my socks and jacket. i didn't have any shoes on. >> reporter: on the fourth floor, ken smithey climbed out of his apartment. >> some people left in their boxer shorts, shoes, left their purses behind, driver's license. >> reporter: now comes the next step, finding a place to stay as they figure out what's gone, what's salvageable, what's next. >> reporter: people

deborah villalon is live where the two have met face to face tonight. >> reporter: and they're inside. the union and the district are meeting. 20 minutes ago we saw the general manager of b.a.r.t. to get here. they have something for her to contribute on. we know for the last hour they've been hashing out an offer from yesterday. something the union calls insane, something b.a.r.t. calls great. they say it's a 20% increase over four years but paying more for benefits many workers say that if they take this they would not be better off. >> we feel like we have reached the limit. >> reporter: stretching is limit is where they are now. >> it means it's the financial envelope. it means that there's a set of costs and set of work rules we really don't want to go beyond. >> reporter: but the unions have their limits too. >> we feel we have to give them notice tonight, unless something breaks and there's a hail marry, there will be a strike. >> reporter: a strike possibly longer than the four day walk out. a strike bringing more pain for the public and political public. >> we're weary, but t

we get coverage from deborah villalon. she's live in redwood city where it was a chaotic rescue from that four story building, deborah. >> reporter: tonight at the emergency shelter we heard about a woman who jumped from an upper floor balcony and was caught by a man on the balcony below. and the fire department had ladders up rescuing people right and left. >> one report of a resident stuck on a south side balcony on the third floor. >> reporter: people stuck on balconies, climbing down fire escapes, shouting for help. the terrace apartments had to feel like a death trap filling with fire and smoke but everyone in the 72 story building got out alive. >> i grabbed my socks and jacket. i didn't have any shoes on. >> reporter: on the fourth floor, ken smithey climbed out of his apartment. >> some people left in their boxer shorts, shoes, left their purses behind, driver's license. >> reporter: now comes the next step, finding a place to stay as they figure out what's gone, what's salvageable, what's next. >> reporter: people

we have live team coverage beginning with deborah villalon, she's at the oakland coliseum on why fansare undeterred by tonight's slow start. deborah. >> reporter: fans are streaming out just in the last 30 seconds. of course they are disappointed but they also remind us this is game one not game five in a five game series. they tell us there's still time and there's still confidence their team can come back. fans 38,000 strong started roaring before the national anthem. >> how early did you get here today? >> 11:00. it's revenge time. it's time to let america know what oakland baseball is about. >> reporter: detroit jumped ahead early. >> i left the over three at home. >> reporter: those who wear the ring like the a's chances this week. but before he threw out the first pitch, the team's impressive season makes no difference now. >> having a good year finishing strong. that's nice and cute but the bottom line is go win. >> what's your advice to them? >> have a good time because it's over quick. your career is over quick. >> when you've been with your team for this long you're a huge f

we have live team coverage beginning with deborah villalon, she's at the oakland coliseum on why fansare undeterred by tonight's slow start. deborah. >> reporter: fans are streaming out just in the last 30 seconds. of course they are disappointed but they also remind us this is game one not game five in a five game series. they tell us there's still time and there's still confidence their team can come back. fans 38,000 strong started roaring before the national anthem. >> how early did you get here today? >> 11:00. it's revenge time. it's time to let america know what oakland baseball is about. >> reporter: detroit jumped ahead early. >> i left the over three at home. >> reporter: those who wear the ring like the a's chances this week. but before he threw out the first pitch, the team's impressive season makes no difference now. >> having a good year finishing strong. that's nice and cute but the bottom line is go win. >> what's your advice to them? >> have a good time because it's over quick. your career is over quick. >> when you've been with your team for this long you're a huge f

deborah villalon back in san francisco with how commuters faired trying to get out of city tonight. >> reporter: we're at the bus terminal which was a mad house until about an hour ago. even now if you look across the way you'll see a long line of people who are just now starting to board another transbay bus. where in strike two and many commuters tell us it hasn 't been as bad as they feared but they're worried for next week. friday night leaving the city is always best. but when b.a.r.t. stops so does traffic. >> i was at the front of the line. the bus that were here refused to take me because it was full. so now i have to wait for i don't know how long. >> reporter: commuters were waiting in long lines for buses. this cook needs to be back at the san francisco zoo at 8:00 a.m. a job hadn't he department have in july. >> this time i wasn't working in san francisco. i was working in oak land. so i'm starting to feel the pinch now. >> reporter: those who decided to drive found themselves gridlocked on the embarcadero. casual car poolers gathered early knowing how long lines would be.

deborah villalon joined a's fans for the game at the coliseum. but we beagain be -- begin on the field with mark ibanez. >> reporter: a ruckus night in oakland and the rock star pink performing still next door. but on this side of the oakland coliseum complex nothing but the blues. for the second consecutive year the detroit tigers eliminated the a's in a fifth and deciding game. but a very different feeling this year. last year they were just happy to be here, this time around just real disappointment. expected to go further but off the youngster gray, cabrera in the 4th inning a two run homer to get the tigers on the board. and as it turns out that's all they would need. as verlander was spectacular. now he has thrown 30 consecutive scoreless innings against the a's in the postseason. and tonight, 10 strike outs in fact, had a perfect game going into the 7th inning. allowed only two hits and striking out 10. the reliever joaquin benua getting seth smith the pop up. turning up in detroit in game four but full props for oakland fans who had kind

deborah villalon back in san francisco with how commuters faired trying to get out of city tonight. >> reporter: we're at the bus terminal which was a mad house until about an hour ago. even now if you look across the way you'll see a long line of people who are just now starting to board another transbay bus. where in strike two and many commuters tell us it hasn 't been as bad as they feared but they're worried for next week. friday night leaving the city is always best. but when b.a.r.t. stops so does traffic. >> i was at the front of the line. the bus that were here refused to take me because it was full. so now i have to wait for i don't know how long. >> reporter: commuters were waiting in long lines for buses. this cook needs to be back at the san francisco zoo at 8:00 a.m. a job hadn't he department have in july. >> this time i wasn't working in san francisco. i was working in oak land. so i'm starting to feel the pinch now. >> reporter: those who decided to drive found themselves gridlocked on the embarcadero. casual car poolers gathered early knowing how long lines would be.

deborah villalon joined a's fans for the game at the coliseum. but we beagain be -- begin on the field with mark ibanez. >> reporter: a ruckus night in oakland and the rock star pink performing still next door. but on this side of the oakland coliseum complex nothing but the blues. for the second consecutive year the detroit tigers eliminated the a's in a fifth and deciding game. but a very different feeling this year. last year they were just happy to be here, this time around just real disappointment. expected to go further but off the youngster gray, cabrera in the 4th inning a two run homer to get the tigers on the board. and as it turns out that's all they would need. as verlander was spectacular. now he has thrown 30 consecutive scoreless innings against the a's in the postseason. and tonight, 10 strike outs in fact, had a perfect game going into the 7th inning. allowed only two hits and striking out 10. the reliever joaquin benua getting seth smith the pop up. turning up in detroit in game four but full props for oakland fans who had kind

deborah villalon is live in downtown oakland. there's plenty of acrimony to go around isn't it deb. >> reporter: there sure is. just when you thought this labor saga couldn't get any stranger it has. and there were all kinds of signals today that there was conciliatory movement on both sides. and then 10:00 tonight, boom it's collapse. state legislators came out. they were furious at b.a.r.t. for putting down a best last final offer. they want that offer taken off the table. they know the unions will not accept it. we have heard though from b.a.r.t.'s general manager she said this is it. the bay kwraáeur -- area is tired of this and it's time to make a decision. they said this offer will stand for two weeks for the unions to look it over. and after that a contract maybe imposed on them. she wants them to take it to their members. but from b.a.r.t.'s unions we heard this is a regressive offer. it's less than one they got two weeks ago and they know their members will not accept it. while they will not go on strike tomorrow. tuesda

our team coverage picks up now with ktvu's deborah villalon, she's live at oakland's federal building which may be looking like a ghost town tonight, deborah. >> reporter: more than 2,000 people work at these two towers as they went home for today, many wondered when they would be back. >> yeah, i'm scared. what are you going to do. >> reporter: some are full of dread, others curiosity. >> i have not been through a shut down. it'll be a new experience for me. >> reporter: workers put in their time on this monday. but could stay out starting tuesday without federal funds to issue their paycheck. >> i'm a single mother of three so automatically even a day missing work is going to impact my entire family. >> reporter: and impact local businesses. especially the flower shop down the way. without the workers and public at the federal building dollars don't come downtown to be spent. >> this has been a good summer. it's been increasing sales. we all talk about it looks better and then stuff like this happens. it's like you never get ahead. >> reporter: also facing slow downs, home shoppers

our team coverage picks up now with ktvu's deborah villalon, she's live at oakland's federal building which may be looking like a ghost town tonight, deborah. >> reporter: more than 2,000 people work at these two towers as they went home for today, many wondered when they would be back. >> yeah, i'm scared. what are you going to do. >> reporter: some are full of dread, others curiosity. >> i have not been through a shut down. it'll be a new experience for me. >> reporter: workers put in their time on this monday. but could stay out starting tuesday without federal funds to issue their paycheck. >> i'm a single mother of three so automatically even a day missing work is going to impact my entire family. >> reporter: and impact local businesses. especially the flower shop down the way. without the workers and public at the federal building dollars don't come downtown to be spent. >> this has been a good summer. it's been increasing sales. we all talk about it looks better and then stuff like this happens. it's like you never get ahead. >> reporter: also facing slow downs, home shoppers