where it might be biased in some way. >> at the gilroy station is something that would not impact travel further to the south and love you gave the criteria for determining which stations. is there any more comment before those final decisions are made? >> the board will take comment again at the april meeting before any action is considered. >> -- supervisor mar: there have been a number of outside the board meetings on the issue. supervisor elsbernd: i know that there is a group opposed riders who are starting -- a group of riders who are starting to mobilize. some people are proposing whether or not that is realistic, can you comment? >> a number of stakeholders are proposing different long-term and short-term proposals for help train. in the short term we have worked with funding partners to see if we can craft a package for revenue for the system and in sustainability with the project. since beginning discussions is the long term. they have proposed raising fares. which we have proposed. those have been some of the areas for the short-term. >> any other questions, colleagues? >> loo

service to giant games and so on, and also the elimination of the san jose-to-gilroy leg and elimination of seven to 10 stations. there is a significant amount of activity over the last month trying to deal with the issue. the hearing will be held on march 3 to receive public comment concerning the proposed declaration of fiscal emergency and associated service reductions. this is not really the time for a discussion about this, but the structural deficit has to do with the way that the joint powers board is structured and the three partner agencies that are contributing to the annual operating budget, including the san francisco valley transportation authority, san, mateo, and sfrkt. they have had to pass that on to cal tran. cal tran depends on those three agencies' contributions for more than 35% of its operating budget. as an aside, you are aware that the authority contribute capital money to cal tran through prop k, but not operating money. a couple of advocacy grooms have formed around this issue. there is a group called the friends of cal tran that has organized several meetings. it is headed by the form

gilroy. we are over 40,000 people per day riding that train. we have 32 stations in 19 cities and currently run 86 trains per day, 22 of which are very popular. on the weekend we run 36 trains and are running a pilot for peak service in 2009. caltrans has been through a series of changes. through those changes, we have seen service increases leading to wider ship increases. funded from the farebox and three member agencies, continuing to face the uncertainty with state funding. santrans has a structural deficit. in fiscal year 2011 they reduced production -- introduced a reduction. they are continuing to propose contributions to fiscal year 2012. so, with the uncertainty for one of the partners, cal train already had a structural issue. they do not have dedicated or stable funding sources. in 2010 and 2011, service was reduced to help with the budget. we continued to rely on one time funds. our current contract is with amtrak, bringing change to the system. this is a writer should graf in what you see if the bust of 2003 and 2004, then writer ship -- ridership gro

station in sacramento. otherwise, isolated rain and hail in gilroy. and also areas of rain down into scott's valley, where we just saw that rock slide. and some of these wind gusts did top 60 miles per hour down in the south bay, in the santa cruz hills. los gatos had a 67-mile-per-hour wind gust this weekend, hoping to knock out that power. and wee seen anywhere from 1 to 3 inches a of rain. more i on the way with twore moe systems this week. santa cruz mountains could see an additional 4 to 5 inches of rain. i'll have more on the timeline, coming up. >> all right. thank you, jeff. our helicopter working overtime now. you saw it over scott's valley with that rock slide. and now, also, in the north bay, our chopper this morning in tiburon, where high winds caused at least a dozen boats to break away from their moorings. this was at strawberry point. and these boats crashing into the shore. the coast guard saying it's pollution control team placed a boom around two motorized boats because of a fuel spill. but so far, no spills have been detected. the o

deputy would not speak on camera but says the redwood city station is one of the busiest for them in the line that runs from san francisco to gilroyanhunt for the attackers. >> reporter: we talked to all the transit agencies in the bay area. they all have some form of security in place from private security to the local sheriff's office. here in redwood city, you can really see the police presence tonight. we're live in redwood city, nbc bay area news. >>> it's a dirty secret no more. you might think differently the next time you take a seat on b.a.r.t. many b.a.r.t. riders have suspected it for years. the cleanliness of the seat cushions. we ran some tests. the results are in and they're alarming. some have found fecal matter, mold and other thing. nbc's reporter joins us. the response from the riders, sure. we've known this for years. the seat cushions could be dirty. the responsible from b.a.r.t. is a little more alarming. >> they're a little unsurprised. they say when b.a.r.t. first started, we had 50,000 riders. now we have 350,000 riders. let me tell you. the partners teamed one the scientist at san francisco state themselve