it will go all the way along valencia to dubose. the merchants are thrilled. if you have not been to send a streets in the mission, it is a great opportunity. i want to thank the mta staff that work done that. chairperson nolan: thank you. >> moving on, item seven, executive directors report. executive director ford: good afternoon. as is customary with the first meeting of the month, the first item on my report is the recognition of employees who have distinguished themselves with their fine work and contributions to the agency. our first goes to jerry wong -- gary wong. he is in the cable car division and has been with the agency for 33.5 years. he is an exemplary cable car director with an outstanding record in terms of customer service. he has impeccable attendance. he maintains an excellent safety record with no avoidable accidents for the last 23 years. his outstanding customer service skills are highly praised by dispatchers and fellow peers. his words of wisdom are, "treat people nice and they will treae" gary will retire this june and we wish him a pr

considering fines for lingering problems like trouble for an automatic train, control system at the dubose street intersection. state regulators could decide to fine muni this friday. >>> painful budget cuts are coming for the mount diablo district. the district may finalize layoff notices for 182 teachers and employees. gary innerhart tells -- eberhart tells ktvu the school board may have to make additional cuts defending -- depending ong the governor's -- depending on the governor's budget. >>> ahead, a car crashed down an elevator shaft. >>> you will also hear about the mental state of one driver today. >>> warmer? cooler? both? rosemary orozco will have details. >>> also -- >> when you step out into inuncertainty, it's not a disaster. >> former california governor arnold schwarzenegger and his wife are separating. coming up, the hint that this may have been coming. speauches the fresh tasting california sour cream your other food loves. >>> the highway patrol is investigating a fatal crash which tied up the morning commute on the peninsula. it happened around 7:00 a.m. on southbound hi

presenting to you is our central subway project manager, followed by project manager for church and dubose. she will be followed by our project manager on islais creek. >> good afternoon, and directors. i am the central subway program director. as mr. ford indicated, the major capital programs are presented to the federal transit administration region nine deputy administrator on a quarterly basis. the presentation i am about to deliver to you is an abbreviated version of last month's quarterly question patient -- presentation. central subway construction commenced in february 2010, which utility relocation for the station and portal area south of market. the first contract is nearing completion, with the removal of all utilities to accommodate the future station and portal structure. private utility tie-ins and cut overs are currently under way, with completion projected within three weeks. that is the first contract to be completed. our second relocation contract was awarded on generic 12 -- on january 12 to accommodate for the future market street station. currently, southbound automoti

as recently as february 26 and 27, a major track renewal program that we had to do at church and dubose. that is ongoing work we are doing at other lines, and this spring, we begin the major work to totally replace the intersection and improve traffic flow for both the n and j lines entering into the tunnel. at the same time, while we're operating this system and carrying a number of people everyday, we have a real big -- rehabilitation program to deal with 80% of the most problematic systems on our rail cars. our fleet is 25 years of age in some cases and passed its useful life, but we have a program that has been funded by other revenues in the organization to help rebuild those cars. we wish we could do it a whole lot faster, but the problem is if you are carrying the number of people we have every day, we can ill afford to take too many cars out of service to deal with that issue. i touched earlier on the taxi operations. one of the things that we are responsible for and have been working closely with supervisor wiener on is increasing the number of taxis available, primarily in the

this is between church -- on church on dubose. thieves stole handrails that lead to a terrorist.rom what we can tell, it looks like new railing have been installed -- railings have been installed. a washington state trooper has been found alive three days after he went missing off dutyp rescuers found dan anderson live last night around 10:00. he's reportedly to be in good condition. authorities started to look for him in the mountains. and that's when they say he activated an emergency circle beacon. >>> tiffany mccracken says a late start would punish those without the time or ability to get online in the middle of the night. so far she's gathered 145 signatures so -- of those who also dislike the midnight registration. >>> after being stranded in the nevada desert for ten hours. amtrack passengers finally made it to the bay area this morning. ktvu has only tv station there when buses pulling the -- carrying the 150 passengers pulled in. dread, around 1:45 in the -- yesterday, around 1:45 in the morning, the train blue two engines 100 miles east of elko. >> it just seemed like