heather ishimaru is live where the talks are taking place. >> carolyn, we were expecting the unions to come down with a strike or no strike announcement at 10:00. instead we got federal mediator george cohen at 10:30 saying progress is being made, and the unions authorized him to speak for them. >> negotiations have been continuing. the parties are totally engaged. some progress has been made. >> you have a federal mediator and there are only a few federal mediators in the country working and a few are here. you have a presidential appointee observing the process and seeing what can happen. hopefully people will be responsive to that and hopefully the bart board of directors will consider what they are jeprodizing in the bay area and act more responsibly. >> so talking will continue into the night. what does that mean? well over the last two nights talks went until 1:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. could there be a deal by sun -- sunrise on thursday? the only people who know aren't talking. in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> heather, wishful thinking. >>> as the daily strike talk contin

heather ishimaru is live in oakland. walk us through -- heather, walk us through what happened. >> anyone concerned about a strike the latest developments are disappointing. the kind of thing that makes your heart sink. the unions are accusing bart of pulling the rug out from under neat them and bay area commute -- underneath them and the bay area commuters at the last minute. after back to back 12-hour bargaining days, bart's hired chief negotiator left at 9:45. tom hawk said see you in the morning to reporters and followed by grim-faced union members who said last night they had actually been closing in on a deal. >> today the unions came to the bargaining table with a hope we could close the gap and reach a final agreement. we were taken a back when bart management backed up and withdrew their offer claiming to be confused the day before. there was no confusion. instead bart's hired gun hawke lied to the unions and shattering the fragile framework of an agreement. >> it is not true that we had a proposal on the table t

heather ishimaru is live in oakland. hetter, walk us through -- heather, walk us through what happened. >> anyone concerned about a strike the latest developments are disappointing. the kind of thing that makes your heart sink. the unions are accusing bart of pulling the rug out from under neat them and bay area commute -- underneath them and the bay area commuters at the last minute. after back to back 12-hour bargaining days, bart's hired chief negotiator left at 9:45. tom hawk said see you in the morning to reporters and followed by grim-faced union members who said last night they had actually been closing in on a deal. >> today the unions came to the bargaining table with a hope we could close the gap and reach a final agreement. we were taken a back when bart management backed up and withdrew their offer claiming to be confused the day before. there was no confusion. instead bart's hired gun hawke lied to the unions and shattering the fragile framework of an agreement. >> it is not true that we had a proposal on the

heather ishimaru is live in oakland. tter, walk us through -- heather, walk us through what happened. >> anyone concerned about a strike the latest developments are disappointing. the kind of thing that makes your heart sink. the unions are accusing bart of pulling the rug out from under neat them and bay area commute -- underneath them and the bay area commuters at the last minute. after back to back 12-hour bargaining days, bart's hired chief negotiator left at 9:45. tom hawk said see you in the morning to reporters and followed by grim-faced union members who said last night they had actually been closing in on a deal. >> today the unions came to the bargaining table with a hope we could close the gap and reach f a final agreement. we were taken a back when bart management backed up and withdrew their offer claiming to be confused the day before. there confusion. instead bart's hired gun hawke lied to the unions and shattering the fragile framework of an agreement. >> it is we had true that we had a proposal on the tab

heather ishimaru is live where the talks are taking place. >> carolyn, we were expecting the unions to come down with a strike or no strike announcement at 10:00. instead we got federal mediator george cohen at 10:30 saying progress is being made, and the unions authorized him to speak for them. >> negotiations have been continuing. the parties are totally engaged. some progress has been made. >> you have a federal mediator and there are only a few federal mediators in the country working and a few are here. you have a presidential appointee observing the process and seeing what can happen. hopefully people will be responsive to that and hopefully the bart board of directors will consider what they are jeprodizing in the bay area and act more responsibly. >> so talking will continue into the night. what does that mean? well over the last two nights talks went until 1:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. could there be a deal by sun -- sunrise on thursday? the only people who know aren't talking. in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> heather, wishful thinking. >>> as the daily strike talk contin

abc7 news reporter heather ishimaru is live at the cliff house tonight. ederal venues impacted by the shutdown. heather? >> carolyn, waterfront weddings and waterfront jobs are among the casualties of the government shutdown. a server leaving the cliff house says they were told at 2:30 not to come to work tomorrow. brides and grooms with weddings planned at bay area national park venues had only slightly more notice than that. this view should have been a backdrop for a wedding canceled atcitro heights. yesterday two weddings were canceled at other national park sites, china beach and the muir over look. a wedding planned at the maritime museum had to be relocated with the help of the caterer. >> we had to come up with a plan. >> the founders say the bride was understandably upset. >> she was crying. she went to church. she went to play. she was trying to really for this not to be happening. >> they will go to a place for less space for the kitchen among other things. >> we had to redesign the food to make it work in the closet. that's the size of our kitc

heather ishimaru is live where the talks are taking place. >> carolyn, we were expecting the unions town with a strike or no strike announcement at 10:00. instead we got federal mediator george cohen at 10:30 saying progress is being made, and the unions authorized him to speak for them. >> negotiations have been continuing. the parties are totally engaged. some progress has been made. >> you have a federal mediator and there are only a few federal mediators in the country working and a fewre. here. you have a presidential appointee observing theand seei process and seeing what can happen. hopefully people will be responsive to that and hopefully the bart board of directors will consider what they are jeprodizing in the bay area and act more responsibly. >> so talking will continue into the night. what does that mean? well over the last two nights talks went until 1:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. could there be a deal by sun -- sunrise on thursday? the only people who know aren't talking. in oakland, heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> heather, wishful thinking. >>> as the daily strike talk continu

heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> cool stuff. this maybe not so cool. tolls are going up on the golden gate bridge but officials are not sure by how much. the golden gate bridge board of directors met yesterday to discuss the toll hike, which could happen by the spring. one plan would hike tolls by one dollars. several directors urged a more gradual increase. also on the table, eliminating the fast track discount. follows make up 60% of the district's revenue. the money also subsidizes bus and ferry service. golden gate bridge tolls have not gone up in five years. >>> new this morning, parking in downtown walnut creek could soon be double what it costs now. our media partner says a proposed plan would increase downtown meters from one dollar to two dollars an hour. rates would go up from 50 cents to one dollar an hour in garages. the city is also considering charging for parking on sundays, as well as extending meter hours by two hours. the council is set to take up the issue in december. >>> parents know the term stem when it comes to education. it's a

for an inside look you'll only see on abc 7 news, transportation editor heather ishimaru is here to take a look. >> the final landscaping, there's native soil they removed, they are stored on site to be reused when they cover the tunnels up and landscape them. >> reporter: engineers are concentrating on the twin main post tunnels right now hoping to get as much work done as possible before the rainy season. this is what will be the southbound tunnel adjacent to the main post. tunnel construction happens in distinct phases, first excavation followed by stabilization of the marshland soil. >> you actually take cement and make it into a grout, you inject grout into the soil and it mixes with the natural soil to give you this deep soil mix to stabilize the condition. >> reporter: then base rock is laid down, concrete goes on top of that followed by waterproofing. the white sheets are waterproofing membranes. more steel rebar and concrete builds the road bed followed by rebar rising up as the first step in building tunnel walls. when done the tunnels will be covered up again with the native s

here's transportation reporter heather ishimaru. >> landscaping is a huge part of this project, the final. they are stored on sight because they will be reused when they cover the tunnels up and landscape them. >> engineers are concentrating on the twin main post tunnels now, hoping to get as much work done as possible before the rainy season. this will be the southbound tunnel adjacent to the presidio's main post. the tunnel construction happens in distinct phases. first excavation, followed by stabilization of the marshland soil. >> you actually take cement and make it good a ground, inject it into the soil and it mixes and gives you the deep soil mix to stabilize the condition. >> then base rock is laid down. concrete goes on top of that, followed by water proving. those sheets are water proving membranes. more steal rebar and concrete to build up the road bed and followed by rebar rising up in the first step of building tunnel walls. when done, they will be covered up with the native soils and landscapes. it provides an uninterrupted view and pedestrian access to the bay. >> this bloc

heather ishimaru is live in santa rosa with this developing story. heather?>> reporter: carolyn, let there be no question about how this community is feeling about what happened here. about 10 minutes ago somebody came by and handed us a flier that says wanted for murder, saw though ma county sheriff. the investigation is still open, being lead by the santa rosa police department. and today they said the sheriff deputy who fired on the boy feared for his life and the lives of others. >> what do you want? >> justice. >> when do you want it? >> now. >> they are chanting for andy lopez. shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriff deputy yesterday afternoon in this field where his parents came to grieve. >> and the community came to rally around them. >> it could have been my son out there. it is terrible. we need justice for him. >> police showed reporters a real ak47 next to the look alike pallet gun they say lopez was carrying. police say the deputies shouted at lopez to put the gun down. >> he was holding the weapon in his left hand and he began to turn toward

heather ishimaru is live in santa rosa with this developing story. heather? >> reporter: carolyn, let there be no question about how this community is feeling about what happened here. about 10 minutes ago somebody came by and handed us a flier that says wanted for murder, saw though ma county sheriff. the investigation is still open, being lead by the santa rosa police department. and today they said the sheriff deputy who fired on the boy feared for his life and the lives of others. >> what do you want? >> justice. >> when do you want it? >> now. >> they are chanting for andy lopez. shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriff deputy yesterday afternoon in this field where his parents came to grieve. >> and the community came to rally around them. >> it could have been my son out there. it is terrible. we need justice for him. >> police showed reporters a real ak47 next to the look alike pallet gun they say lopez was carrying. police say the deputies shouted at lopez to put the gun down. >> he was holding the weapon in his left hand and he began to turn towar

heather ishimaru is live in santa rosa with this developing story. heather? >> reporter: carolyn, let there be no question about how this community is feeling about what happened here. about 10 minutes ago somebody came by and handed us a flier that says wanted for murder, saw though ma county sheriff. the investigation is still open, being lead by the santa rosa police department. and today they said the sheriff deputy who fired on the boy feared for his life and the lives of others. >> what do you want? >> justice. >> when do you want it? >> now. >> they are chanting for andy lopez. shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriff deputy yesterday afternoon in this field where his parents came to grieve. >> and the community came to rally around them. >> it could have been my son out there. it is terrible. we need justice for him. >> police showed reporters a real ak47 next to the look alike pallet gun they say lopez was carrying. police say the deputies shouted at lopez to put the gun down. >> he was holding the weapon in his left hand and he began to turn towar

heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> the government shutdown is also affecting the bay area's blood supply. a blood drive was canceled today because more than a thousand employees there are furloughed. the stanford blood center says there is a need for type o negative blood. >> tomorrow will be the third full day of the government shutdown. there was another crisis on the horizon. the president met with congressional leaders to they will them the health care law will not be part of the shutdown negotiation. republicans say it was cor jill and unproductive. nancy pelosi says time is running out to get a deal done. >> so much is at stake. i am hopeful that in the conversation we heard each other and that we will be able to find a place to go. the next challenge is lifting the debt ceiling. >> congress will need to lift the debt ceiling before october 17th. otherwise the u.s. will default for the first time in history. if that happens economists say it will likely trigger another recession. >> viewers are sharing how the government shutdown is affecting them. she writes on the pace book page,