good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. residents are virtually homeless tonight after their complexes burst into flames. ktvu's amber lee is live at the scene and she's been talking to some of those who lost their homes, amber.

>> good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. finally, an end to the fiscal stalemate to the government. tonight, yosemite national park has already reopened, and the white house is telling nearly 1 million furloughed workers to return to their jobs tomorrow. the bill opens the government through january 15, and extends the nation's borrowing authority through february 7. president obama already signed it, but as ktvu's heather holmes tells us now, the only a short term solution. >> reporter: the good news? no historic default. the bad news? it's only for a few months and there are no guarantees republicans and democrats will be able to bridge the rest. tonight's last minute legislative deal brings the government and yosemite national park back to life. >> this is pain inflicted on our nation for no good reason. we can't make the same mistake

i'm frank somerville. this is a big weekend for the bay bridge as caltrans gets ready to cut the ribbon on a new eastern span it. will replace the old span since the bridge opened 77 years ago. at that time the bay bridge was the longest bridge on the world. george watson talked to some of the men who built it on the 50s anniversary on the completion of the original bay bridge back in 1986. >>> there she sits triumphant under the moonlight. as people find a common ground aboard her. she lies anchored like a moor to stride the water. she is the bay bridge. a wonder to us today and a wonder to those who built her 64 years ago. >> i thought it was one of the seventh wonders in the world to me. maybe the eighth. that's what made me want to do it. and besides you were getting good money then. eleven dollars for eight hours. >> it didn't take a magician to know that bridge was going to be something very special. >> reporter: just how did the depression aged visionaries plan to pay for all of this? the federal re

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i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia bay.frank somerville -- >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> labor talks resumed today between b.a.r.t. and the unions and a deal may be close. however right now with no b.a.r.t. service traffic is heavy as thousands of commuters turn to buses and ferries and the ntsb is releasing new information about the deadly accident over the weekend. >> we have team coverage tonight. first we begin with ktvu's ken pritchett. the union now says there are only two issues that still need to be settled in the negotiations. ken? >> reporter: both b.a.r.t. and the unions have expressed optimism or hopes that a deal might be done today. we are still waiting on that and we have seen no negotiations here at the headquarters where the negotiations have been taking place although b.a.r.t. expected a mediator to range such a meeting. all that said progress has been made today. late this afternoon the union representing a majority of b.a.r.t. workers said two issues remained, that is narrowed down from five before th

i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia bay.frank somerville -- >>> hello.i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> labor talks resumed today between b.a.r.t. and the unions and a deal may be close. however right now with no b.a.r.t. service traffic is heavy as thousands of commuters turn to buses and ferries and the ntsb is releasing new information about the deadly accident over the weekend. >> we have team coverage tonight. first we begin with ktvu's ken pritchett. the union now says there are only two issues that still need to be settled in the negotiations. ken? >> reporter: both b.a.r.t. and the unions have expressed optimism or hopes that a deal might be done today. we are still waiting on that and we have seen no negotiations here at the headquarters where the

. >>> good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. the b.a.r.t. trains are still running but concern looming over the bay area. both sides returned to the bargaining table about 1:00 this afternoon. after talking all night last night a federal mediator reported substantial progress but didn't elaborate. >> reporter: tom vacar joins us with the latest, tom. >> reporter: well there were a lot fewer public sparking flying today but i get the sense that both sides are still very far apart. >> the mediation service is doing a spectacular job coming with creative idea that is both sides will be able to live with and embrace. >> the package was $57 million. if you want to give us some ideas of how we can rearrange what's in there and still make it under 57 million we're open to that. >> reporter: no word yet on a strike for tomorrow. >> obviously if we don't reach ape agreement there could be a strike. but we're doing everything we can -- reach an agreement there could be a strike. >> the bay area can't continue to go on wondering if there will be a stri

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i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> we begin with breaking news in san francisco, scene of a shooting. it just happened within the hour. we have live pictures from news chopper 2. crime tape is up. mission street is blocked to traffic. minutes ago san francisco police said one man was found with gun shot wounds and pronounced dead. at this point police are looking for the shooter. muni service has been effected on mission and the 14l bus is being used for local service. we will bring you more it tails on the -- details on the shooting as we learn them. >>> to developing news where the oakland zoo was locked down for an hour this afternoon. >> it took place as police searched the area. news chopper 2 shows us here. the report of a nearby armed robbery and a possible gunman in the zoo led to the lock down. which ended an hour ago. they did not find the gunman. ktvu's patti lee is live on the scene in the area. we will have more information from her where the search is ongoing as soon as we get it. >>> body discovered yesterday is lynne spaulding. tonight outrage is g

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> there are now just under 7 hours, that is when the 60 day cooling off period expires. that mean physical no agreement is reached -- means if no agreemental is reached bart work --greement is reached bart workers -- agreement is reached bart workers could stand. the unresolved issues, wages, healthcare contributions and staffing. ktvu's tom vacar joins us live  from oakland. >> he has the latest on the talk and what union members said today. tom? >> reporter: they are upstairs, negotiating, trying to reach a settlement, both understand that a strike would be disastrous for both sides and for the public but the reality is the time for reporting is over, the clock is ticking. everybody is waiting. >> reporter: the board of directors met this morning to discuss offers on the table and contingency physical the union strike. union members addressed the board. >> bart management used its influence with the media to do all these things to its workers, holding them up as lazeae unskilled and over -- lazy and unskilled. >> reporter: both sides used the media

. >> i'm frank somerville. we begin with developing news. a woman's body found this morning at san francisco general hospital. and our sources tell us it's a woman who disappeared from that exact same hospital more than two weeks ago. >> we have been following this story all day. david is live from san francisco general hospital. >> reporter: we're waiting confirmation from the hospital. but a source tasked with leading the investigation tells us it is the body of the woman who went missing from her hospital room 16 days ago. the discovery was made about 10:00 this morning in a rarely used exterior fire stairway. a hospital worker was called to engineers who said they initially spotted what they thought was a mannequin at the bottom of the stairwell. we a still picture of sheriff deputies guarding the taped-off crime scene of the stairwell on the fourth floor. hospital officials have not identified the victim or explained how the victim died. >> it is concerning that this body was found. we're distressed. we don't know what happened. it is o

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> a.c. transit workers gave their 72 hour strike notice, they could walk off the job on thursday. bart carries 400,000 riders a day. a.c. transit carries 174,000. runs 116 bus lines and 30 go type san francisco. if -- into san francisco. if there is a bart strike there could be fure options for commuters thursday. if both go on strike we could be faced with a mess. ktvu's tom vacar is live where union leaders gave a grim update. >> reporter: i am going to update you on everything. bart came out and drew a deep, deep line in the sand and the unions immediately responded all but declaring a strike for midnight tonight. they are claiming bart's management has been bad faith, surprised them, done everything to do something to them that is negative. they can go on strike in 72 hours but it would be subject to the governor calling a 60 day cooling off period which is almost certainly what would happen if bart goes on strike. to bart, it is a big mess. here is what both sides had to say. >> we feel

. >> and i'm frank somerville.want to put up a picture here of the suspect accused of killing alecia carredine. there was a knock on the door as she opened it she was shot and killed. alecia was only 8 years old. ktvu's rob roth was in court today he also learned some chilling details about the investigation. >> reporter: relatives of young alecia carredine were crying in the courtroom as the judge read the charges against the man accused of killing her. if mother of alecia came to the courtroom. >> i don't get to see no years more with my daughter. i don't want them to see any more light on the streets. >> reporter: carredine told witnesses he was the one that fired multiple shots in july. he now faces numerous charges including the murder of carredine and the attempted murder of two other children and a grand mother who was also struck. >> this is one of those crimes something so despicable. an act that's so despicable that it's hard to describe. >> reporter: he helped plan the attack but was not in court today.

frank somerville is off tonight. on that story. >>> violent crime is down in san jose. a surge in such violence over the summer prompted san jose police to crack down. robert handa live now in san jose with what police are doing now and why some are wondering just how long this relative peace will last. >> reporter: we're here on virginia avenue where the city's 26th homicide this summer helped launch that police crack down and led to numerous arrests in this neighborhood. we came here to find out if the police gang suppression efforts make a difference to people who live with the gang problems year round. the east san jose area around virginia avenue is considered a gang hot spot and police made it a priority during the gang crack down. carrero noticed how much violent activity changed after a 14-year-old was killed. now there's police everywhere. >> when we have police around the neighborhood, all the activities went down. so i like it. i like it because i feel safer. >> reporter: just last week police made half a

i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> we begin with breaking news in san jose. 2 is live over the scene of a crash involving a school bus. you can see at three two other vehicles are involved. this is on east julian and north 28 street near highway 101. the chp tells us the bus was carrying 50 students but none of them were hurt. the driver of the suv was taken to the hospital where minor injuries. >>> crews are attacking a three alarm fire at an apartment building. they are looking at the charred interior. the roof is gone and the fire did a lot of damage. the building is located 200 west california avenue near murphy avenue in sunnyvale. you get a idea of how bad the damage is to that apartment building. ktvu's cara liu is there now and joins us with what -- okay. she is not there. she is on her way to the scene. as soon as she gets there we will have more. you see the fire and it caused quite a bit of damage. as we get more information and as soon as cara liu is set up we will bring you what is going on. >>> breaking news in stockton. a fire is burning at a r

. >> and i'm frank somerville. several homes broken into by burglars using garage door openings and the thieves did it while the people were still at home. ktvu's rob roth live in wood side where he talked to one of the victims, rob. >> reporter: two of the burglaries have been here, the others a few blocks away. but the troubling part is in all three cases the victims were home at the time. >> we were sitting in the house, and apparently they just came right town the driveway. >> reporter: emerson shawn showed us what happened in his home. someone pulled the garage opener from his car. >> we were silly and didn't lock it. >> reporter: then it was a straight shot through that door into his kitchen. he says his wife's purses, wallet and jewelry were gone. and while all of this was going on, they were in a different part of the house. he says the dogs everyone began barking. and not only did they suspect anything but the barks did not scare the burglars. >> someone has the stones to come into a house with the dogs go

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. >> following game 4.re staying close to negotiations tonight. here's where things stand right now. a.c. transit workers will not go on strike tomorrow. that action opposes a 7-day cooling-off period while the board examines the labor dispute. as for bart, union leaders said today they would give riders earlier notice tonight on whether workers will strike. both sides are still at the bargaining table today or this evening with a federal mediator. >> we're outside headquarters in downtown oakland where bart and its unions are still talking tonight. jana? >> reporter: frank, just in the past 45 minutes, both sides returned from their dinnerbreak. one negotiator said they are still crunching numbers. the president has promised that he will announce whether her union will go on strike or not, no later an 10:00 tonight. >> if we can do this earlier, we will do this earlier. but i guarantee today that the riding public and the community at large in this community will know no later than 10:00 as to what they ca

frank somerville is off tonight. >> welcome to this special edition of ktvu news following game 5 of world series. world that many staff members had left days before horrified neighbors. john fowler went inside that facility. >> reporter: the care home closed up tonight. we got a look inside. residents moved over the weekend to other facilities. neighbors told me for years conditions here were appalling. >> just elder abuse and neglect of needy people. >> reporter: he told me he found one resident naked and shivering on the sidewalk. >> i would hear screaming and yelling and things like get me out of here. >> reporter: as we showed you, paramedics removed 14 residents saturday after someone called 9-1-1. there were just three staff on duty. the owner said she spent over 100,000 fixing the place up. >> they were preparing the temporary suspension order without knowing what we had done the last working day before they started to do that. >> reporter: they denied clients abandoned that a staff of three were enough. state guidelines require adequate staffing. the owners asked for a heari

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> julie haener is off tonight.ere is where things stand right now. in the last hour union leaders came out with a list of demands for b.a.r.t. they say management needs to compromise and they want official arbitration to settle their work rules dispute. now we are waiting for b.a.r.t. to respond. officials will come out at 6:30 p.m. to discuss this development. in the mean time b.a.r.t. trains are not running and the strike is not over and bay area residents are crowding into buses, ferries and cars to get home. >> ktvu's jana katsuyama was at the news conference an hour ago. >> reporter: let me clarify one point. this is a significant move by the unions. the president said the board was willing to have flexibility, today the unions responded and they responded with this letter. a letter that presents a compromise. they say they are asking b.a.r.t.'s general manager and the board to agree on the economic issues, pension, healthcare and the wages and then when it comes to the work rules, they say instead of the unio

i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> a crowded morning commute gave way to a packed the bay bridge. traffic is moving in both directions but slower out of the city. this is the route thousands of people are taking tonight. >> b.a.r.t. management and union leaders are meeting. we are told the talks were called to reach an agreement to get the trains running in time for the commute tomorrow morning. >> this is all happening in the shadow of the weekend death of two b.a.r.t. workers killed while tracking the -- checking the tracks. the ntsb finished updating us on the investigation we will have a live report in a few minutes. 36 patti lee -- ktvu's patti lee and 36 david stevenson -- and ktvu's david stevenson but we begin with ken pritchett. >> reporter: we are outside the caltrans building in oakland where all the negotiations are taking place between b.a.r.t. and the union. we expected such a meeting this afternoon and then we heard they may meet face to face later this afternoon. there has been progress made. an hour ago a spokesperson for the union said before the

i'm frank somerville. of ktvu news obviously because of game 2 of the world series. >> and i'm julie haener. the man behind the wheel of that car was shot three times but amazingly, he was able to give investigators a very detailed description of the man who opened fire on him. mike mibach spoke with investigators who say it may have triggered the road rage shooting. >> are you the one who called 9-1-1. >> reporter: call tied to a story who police say started with road rage and ended with gunfire. >> just before 5:30, we got a call from someone in the area stating a shooting had just occurred. >> reporter: police say seconds earlier, the 59-year-old driver of the mercedes was heading south on mission boulevard, destination, work, when a confrontation occurred with another vehicle. >> some early information is that maybe one of the two parties involved was driving too slow, and the other party was upset with that. >> reporter: after exiting on mission boulevard, shots were fired, the victim was struck three

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> news of a possible a.c. strike comes hours from another possible bart strike. here is where we are on bart talks. >> bart presented the unions its last best and final offer last night. unions say they want bart to retract that offer or they could walk off the job. >> we have crews monitoring the effects of a possible strike. ktvu's tom vacar is live outside caltrans headquarters. >> reporter: that final offer bart is offering is a serious matter. what we have here is a classic stand off. it has direct consequences. >> reporter: the unions say bart's last, best and final offer is a bust. >> it does not address our safety concerns. . >> reporter: bart's offer, 12% increase over 4 years. a worker who makes $60,000 now would make 67,500 in the final year and a thousand dollars a year bonus if ridership beats forecast. workers pay 9.5% of healthcare costs. $132 a want and contradict 1% to their pensions increasing 1% a year. still a strike looms every larger. >> i hope what will hanan today -- happen today is man

i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> another possible bart strike is three days awayno sign of process. now workers are discussing whether to give a 72 hour notice tonight. >> ktvu's tom vacar has been monitoring the events and he spoke to commuters are getting ready to change their plans just in case. >> reporter: the unions say they will have a statement here in the next few minutes, whatever the statement is, we are $89 million apart according to bart. it almost doesn't matter because it is a wide gap. with folks back at work a strike would be worse than in july, especially if a wildcard called a.c. transit plays. >> reporter: bart chartered 200 buses and they could carry 6,000 passengers a day, that is less than 2% of what the trains carry and that is no help for riders in union city. >> not a lot of people drive, acrossing the bridge -- crossing the bridge and everything, what can they do? >> van earl: the ferry will -- >> the ferry will operate 12 vessels. capacity will triple to 20,000 riders with more crossing, most customer service agents and weekend service.

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. there are a lot of questions tonight about what exactly happened to lynn spalding. sf general will only say a woman's body was found this morning. but sources tell us it is the body of the missing woman. ktvu david stevenson is at the hospital working to get answers. david. >> reporter: julie, that's right. >>> early on a source involved in the investigation told us it is the woman who went missing at this hospital 17 days ago and now a spokeswoman for that missing woman's family remains here, waiting for official confirmation that she was found in the hospital stairwell. just before 5:00, a body found in the stairwell of san francisco general hospital was taken away to the medical examiner's office. the body of a woman was found at about 10:00 a.m. in what hospital officials say is a rarely used exterior stairway. employees at first believed they had found a mannequin at the bottom of the stairwell. >> the person is deceased and the san francisco sheriff's department is leading the i

i'm frank somerville. >> the death of 13-year-old andy lopez has a lot of people asking questions abouthe deputies and the shooting. just in the past 15 minutes here, investigators updated the investigation. mike has been in santa rosa all day. what new information do you have for us. >> reporter: i just walked out of there a couple of minutes ago and here is the new information. we now know two deputies and one patrol car first spotted the teenager. we also know only one of the deputies opened fire multiple times. folks in the neighborhood tell us they heard at least 7 shots but police said that andy lopez, the 13-year-old struck and killed, was hit at least once. today in that neighborhood, many folks remember in the 13- year-old as a very well-known young man. flowers in hand, one at a time. >> he was a great kid. he wasn't in gangs or drugs or anything like that. >> i just feel really sad as a parent. >> reporter: they came to pay their respects and vent their emotions. >> shot seven times. i don't think that's right. >> you have to be on drugs to shoot a 13-year-old seven times. >>

. >> and i'm frank somerville. workers say that talks have broken down and they're going on strike. jana katsuyama is live where she's been getting an ear full. >> reporter: that's right frank, and you know they were here overnight and talked for three hours straight but now it appears there's no one left in the building and the federal mediator came out earlier this afternoon and told us there's nothing more he could do. about 2:00 p.m. george kohen who succeeded in the nfl and n ba said he failed to bring b.a.r.t. and its workers together. >> what we tried to do at this point in time was not successful. >> reporter: both sides came out to talk. both unions said that the sticking point was b.a.r.t.'s request to change work rules. >> at the last minute they threw in a management clause to take away our rights as workers. >> we have proposed through the general manager that we move all the remaining unresolved issues to an interest arbitration. >> reporter: but cunniham says that the workers wanted regulations on both work rules and contracts. >> it's all about the sustainability of b

frank somerville is off. >> and i'm julie haener. 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: wo

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> it started at a recycling plant this afternoon.is is a live look from above. the fire started at 3:30 p.m. today. large crates, bundles of paper, tractor-trailers and hay bails are all burning at the plant you can see there. and high winds have caused the flames to spread to a nearby home. authorities had to shut down part of i-5 at one point because of limited visibility. the lanes have now reopened but traffic in that area remains slow. >> now to sunnyvale. news chopper 2 is over head right now bringing live pictures of this developing scene. you see flames burned through the roof of this apartment building and there has been a fight there tonight. the red cross is on its way to help as many as a dozen families that may be out of their homes. you can see flames out here more than an hour after firefighters arrived at this apartment complex. the fire must have been burning for a while because before anyone called 911 consider how big it was. the chief tells us six units were likely destroyed and all six lower units sustained water

. >> and i'm frank somerville. at this hour s.w.a.t. team have surrounded the home where a gunman is held up after he shot a federal officer. police can be marching in line through a residential neighborhood as the man hunt. roseville is located northeast of sacramento. ktvu -- ktvu's jana katsuyama is in roseville. >> reporter: the entire neighborhood is in lock down. some of the residents have been unable to leave their home or get back into the neighborhood to get to their home since about 3:00 in the afternoon. we're just west of the house. you may be able to hear the helicopter, they've been here through most of the evening. the suspect is hideing in a house near by. he's about 32 years old, and this has been a very tense situation that has been going on for seven hours now. roseville police say they were with a immigration special agent to arrest this man sammy duran. he's a wanted parolee who had been spotted in the neighborhood. but when police approached him they say there was an exchange of gunfire. >> as far as i know he has

. >> and i'm frank somerville. at this hour the bay area is just two hours away from yet another b.a.r.t. strike deadline. it's beginning to sound a little familiar isn't it. happening now talks under way in downtown oakland as we speak. jana katsuyama is live at the caltrans building where one controversial figure is conspicuously absent tonight. >> reporter: the mediator and the unions might be coming out within the next 15 or 20 minutes to do a news conference. now i am trying to get confirmation from some other people in the building. but could be a signal that there might be some developments here in this negotiation that has been really critical throughout the day and a very long day of talks. up on the 13th and 15 floors of the caltrans building, b.a.r.t. contract talks stretch into the night and weary riders must once again wait and see if b.a.r.t. and its unions can reach a common ground. >> there's a lot of work to be done but the good news is we're back in. >> reporter: that was at 7:00 p.m. and grace cr

. >> i'm frank somerville. government inspectors say foster farms, which is a top selling brand of chicken is the likely source of the salmonella outbreak that has made more than 250 people sick over the past 6 months. ktvu's ken wayne is live tonight, and tells us, foster farms is a company that has staked its reputation on freshness. >> we found some of the foster farms chicken that the usda says is suspect at this safeway store. there is no recall, so the chicken is still being sold here tonight. officials say, if you do buy it, you should take some precautions. >> reporter: this is the foster farms chicken authorities are concerned about. it's stamped with the number 36137a. tonight, it's on display at the meat section of this safeway. it includes p6137, p6137a. the agriculture department issued the health alert today. most of the illnesses here in california. >> those people who have low immune systems are those people that actually have kids, or elderly are actually at risk. >> reporter: officials say str

. >> and i'm frank somerville. at this hour s.w.a.t. team have surrounded the home where a gunman is held up after he shot a federal officer. police can be marching in line through a residential neighborhood as the man hunt. roseville is located northeast of sacramento. ktvu -- ktvu's jana katsuyama is in roseville. >> reporter: the entire neighborhood is in lock down. some of the residents have been unable to leave their home or get back into the neighborhood to get to their home since about 3:00 in the afternoon. we're just west of the house. you may be able to hear the helicopter, they've been here through most of the evening. the suspect is hideing in a house near by. he's about 32 years old, and this has been a very tense situation that has been going on for seven hours now. roseville police say they were with a immigration special agent to arrest this man sammy duran. he's a wanted parolee who had been spotted in the neighborhood. but when police approached him they say there was an exchange of gunfire. >> as far as i know he has

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. there are indications that positions are softening amongst tedious negotiations. our clock shows just two days to go until the midnight deadline. jana katsuyama is live in oakland she's been talking to me forbe kwraeu tors and joins us now with a progress report, jana. >>> julie, i want to let you know that just in the past two minutes both sides have been walking out of the door. we have josie moody and antoinnet bryant. they say they've wrapped up their talks today after an exchange of ideas which they're going to go back and analyze before they come back tomorrow morning to continue these talks. the bottom line. what i'm hearing from both sides, there's been progress it has just been really, really slow. >>> about 100 union members and supporters marched down oakland's grand avenue and their message was loud and clear. but negotiators on both sides appear to be making some concessions and exchanges proposals. >> we've sat down with the districts and i think we've made minimal progr

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. another deadline is near. our count down clock shows less than two hours remain before the deadline for a deal set for by the unions last flight. 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, unle

frank somerville is off. >> and i'm julie haener. 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: wo

. >> good evening, everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. finally, an end to the fiscal stalemate to the government. tonight, yosemite national park has already reopened, and the white house is telling nearly 1 million furloughed workers to return to their jobs tomorrow. the bill opens the government through january 15, and extends the nation's borrowing authority through february 7. president obama already signed it, but as ktvu's heather holmes tells us now, the only a short term solution. >> reporter: the good news? no historic default. the bad news? it's only for a few months and there are no guarantees republicans and democrats will be able to bridge the rest. tonight's last minute legislative deal brings the government and yosemite national park back to life. >> this is pain inflicted on our nation for no good reason. we can't make the same mistake again. >> reporter: the house and senate negotiated for the agreement, to end the tense political stand off, lift the debt limit, and provide back pay to furloughed workers. >> this has been

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> a.c.ansit workers gave their 72 hour strike notice, they could walk off the job on thursday. bart carries 400,000 riders a day. a.c. transit carries 174,000. runs 116 bus lines and 30 go type san francisco. if -- into san francisco. if there is a bart strike there could be fure options for commuters thursday. if both go on strike we could be faced with a mess. ktvu's tom vacar is live where

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. there are indications that positions are softening amongst tedious negotiations. our clock shows just two days to go until the midnight deadline. jana katsuyama is live in oakland she's been talking to me forbe kwraeu tors and joins us now with a progress report, jana. >>> julie, i want to let you know that just in the past two minutes both sides have been walking out of the door. we have josie moody and antoinnet bryant. they say they've wrapped up their talks today after an exchange of ideas which they're going to go back and analyze before they come back tomorrow morning to continue these talks. the bottom line. what i'm hearing from both sides, there's been progress it has just been really, really slow. >>> about 100 union members and supporters marched down oakland's grand avenue and their message was loud and clear. but negotiators on both sides appear to be making some concessions and exchanges proposals. >> we've sat down with the districts and i think we've made minimal progr

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> oakland has a nickname the robbery capital of theuntry and if today is any example the name fits. ktvu's eric rasmussen looked into the numbers and tracked down people who became victims just today. >> reporter: the statistics show oakland is arvalling 15 -- averaging 15 robberies a day. we heard one call after another and one robbery involved people who told us they have never been victims of crime till today. >> reporter: 12:30 p.m. this afternoon an armed robbery, two suspects, four victims. >> they took all our cash and wallets. >> he wasn't hurt but the owner showed us where he was pistol whipped. statistics show the city is on pace to have 5,300 robberies this year. 1,000 more than 2012. oakland's distinction of having the highest rate of robberies in the country isn't likely to change. >> a shame. >> reporter: business owners are suffering after we reported

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. san francisco's police chief is trying to ease rattled nerves in the city's marina district tonight on the heels of an officer involved shooting. new information on the incident from ktvu's noel walker. >> reporter: julie, at that town hall meeting tonight, police said the victim in the weekend's robbery arranged through craigslist to meet the suspect here at the apple store on chestnut to sell him a couple of cell phones. at the last minute, the robber changed locations, and things went downhill from here. this is 19-year-old rommel narvaez. police say they were already in the area around chestnut on sunday, on the lookout for car burglars when the cell phone robbery happened a block away. the suspect used this gun to pistol whip the victim, and fire what they now know were blank rounds. >> this is frightening. i must say, because you don't expect something like this to happen in the middle of the day. 1:00in the afternoon. >> in the marina. >> in the marina. >> you have a lot of fol

i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. >> reporter: the biggest target could be the ford motor company which make the 199 lincoln town car which caught on fire back here in may. nine women on the way to a bridal shower were caught in the fire. prosecutors announced no charges. >> some tragedies are crimes and some are now. >> reporter: now the victims and their families are seeking charging saying details rendered it defective, dangerous, hazardous and unsafe. the suit named the ford company and decoach limo company, limo stop inc. who told us there was no signs of a problem. tonight the attorney defending the limo owner said the accident may not have been one his client could have prevented. >> the cause of the fire was the drive shaft rotating on the undercarriage of a vehicle. i don't know how my client could have forseen that. >>> now not named in this lawsuit was the driver of the limo. he was also cleared of criminal wrong doing back in august. lawyers say it could be up to a jury to decide how much money is at stake here. when i asked about the chances of these cases bei

. >> and i am frank somerville. >> it is going down a the wire again.can see how much time is left before the bart 60 day cooling off period is over. one day and 6 hours left. here is where we stand. bart and the unions are still talking. when we asked unions about friday and whether trains will be running they said anything is possible but they are still trying to find a settlement and they will not say if they plan to give a 74 hour notice before walking off the job. bart said there is still time for a deal and they are working to keep a strike from happening. >> one person we haven't heard much from is bart's general manager. that is until today. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's tom vacar sat down with the leader and asked her tough questions. tom? >> reporter: she is trying to balance the union's demands with the riders needs

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. there is little if any electrical power at uc berkeley. we learn that university officials blame cooper thieves. and the damage is extensive. ken wayne is now live at the campus, where he's been getting updates from campus police, ken. >> reporter: the campus is still closed. you can see behind me campus police are t parked right in between the campus plaza to keep people from coming on campus and using loud speakers to tell people to turn around. and the area is dark. this all started with a power outage around 4:30 this afternoon. about two hours later a tremendous explosion. >> reporter: heavy smoke and some flames sparked from an underground vent. one man said he was walking by when he heard a tremendous explosion. >> i turned around and i saw this unbelievable fire ball. it was huge. >> reporter: the blast caused several injuries and at least one person was taken to the hospital. and uc officials say all of the injuries are minor. >> officials say that they believe cooper vandals

. >> and i'm frank somerville. at this hour the bay area is just two hours away from yet another b.a.r.t. strike deadline. it's beginning to sound a little familiar isn't it. happening now talks under way in downtown oakland as we speak. jana katsuyama is live at the caltrans building where one controversial figure is conspicuously absent tonight. >> reporter: the mediator and the unions might be coming out within the next 15 or 20 minutes to do a news conference. now i am trying to get confirmation from some other people in the building. but could be a signal that there might be some developments here in this negotiation that has been really critical throughout the day and a very long day of talks. up on the 13th and 15 floors of the caltrans building, b.a.r.t. contract talks stretch into the night and weary riders must once again wait and see if b.a.r.t. and its unions can reach a common ground. >> there's a lot of work to be done but the good news is we're back in. >> reporter: that was at 7:00 p.m. and grace cr

. >> and i'm frank somerville. workers say that talks have broken down and they're going on strike. jana katsuyama is live where she's been getting an ear full. >> reporter: that's right frank, and you know they were here overnight and talked for three hours straight but now it appears there's no one left in the building and the federal mediator came out earlier this afternoon and told us there's nothing more he could do. about 2:00 p.m. george kohen who succeeded in the nfl and n ba said he failed to bring b.a.r.t. and its workers together. >> what we tried to do at this point in time was not successful. >> reporter: both sides came out to talk. both unions said that the sticking point was b.a.r.t.'s request to change work rules. >> at the last minute they threw in a management clause to take away our rights as workers. >> we have proposed through the general manager that we move all the remaining unresolved issues to an interest arbitration. >> reporter: but cunniham says that the workers wanted regulations on both work rules and contracts. >> it's all about the sustainability of b

. >> i'm frank somerville. it is an invisible website that's hidden on something known as the deep web. federal prosecutors call it an underground digital bazaar that allows drug makers to peddle drugs. new details in ktvu's jana katsuyama, with what she's uncovered by the man accused of creating the silk road website. >> reporter: frank, i read through the fbi's 39 page complaint that was released today, they specifically mention an internet cafe. they tell me that they know that he often works on his computer here. >> just sits, drinks coffee, talked to people i guess. i never spoke to the guy ever. >> reporter: regular customers tell me they recognize the photo of 29-year-old ross olbricht. this man says they sometimes make small talk. >> he's a normal, every day guy. the average guy that is very un assuming. >> what would he do in the cafe? >> worked. on what? who knows. >> reporter: agents say it became a sophisticated -- they traced the ip address to the cafe, 500 feet from the hickory street home. fbi ag

good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener.f it for what they say are unnecessary expenses. here are some of the expenses they're complaining about. thomas hock $350 an hour fee. first class flights, meals and 500 donation and wine. >> reporter: in other words another concession in order to make a deal. later this afternoon though, the mud slinging began. >> i think that the truth is in the ticket. >> reporter: the unions say thomas hock is drinking and fine dining and flying first class on the public's dime. >> this is absolutely outrageous that they would allow their out of state chief negotiator to spend more than what an entry level b.a.r.t. service worker would take home in a year. >> reporter: before the news conference, b.a.r.t.'s general manager issued

good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. residents are virtually homeless tonight after their complexes burst into flames. ktvu's amber lee is live at the scene and she's been talking to some of those who lost their homes, amber. >> reporter: julie the apartment building that burned is right behind me. you can see the heavy damage and why it's unlivable. chopper 2 and a neighbor captured the flames on video as it ravished this building. >> huge smoke, flames were probably 15 feet height. the smoke barrels through the other side of the street. >> reporter: neighbor mitch cadina showed us the video he took. >> it started at the balcony and went to the attic area and started traveling. >> reporter: john giles tells me he rushedded home after he learned his apartment was on fire. he is hoping to be able to go in soon to see what he can salvage. >> my thought is you can only replace things, i'm not too upset. >> reporter: another fire victim said it was difficult seeing his home burned. everything was lost. >> very, very sad abou

i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> down from 60 days to 60 hours.ere is a look at our count down clock. not much time is left before the 60 day cooling off period expires. >> we have live team coverage on a possible strike. ktvu's pall s will walk you through to get ready -- paul chambers will walk you through to get ready. but let's begin with ktvu's tom vacar. >> reporter: with all the bad blood it is fair to say there will be no settlement tonight. in fact the situation is such that they are still millions of dollars apart so much so that a settlement seems allusive. the one good news is the b.a.r.t. people have yet to present their final offer, which means we will go no further than this, that hasn't happened yet and that means the talks can continue but the idea of a strike can come after midnight which is to say the unions don't have to give notice but the unions did give us this pledge. >> i can't tell tell you how much notice, because we are working to avoid a strike but we will give the public notice. >> reporter: some legislators have been