reporting live in san leandro, jana katsuyama. ktvu news. >>> it's going to cost more to ride b.a.r.t. in the new year and inflation based b.a.r.t. will increase fares on january 1st. it will go from $4.85 to $5.10. b.a.r.t. says it will use the money for new train carts and improvements. >>> a judge will hear arguments on monday on whether or not to keep city college opened. hundreds of teachers and students gathered as the judge began to hearing the school's accreditation. only one teacher's union says the accrediting commission is biased. >> the commission according to the state of california is that city college and all community colleges need to be open access to everybody. aep commission wants to see a narrow emission -- and commission wants to see a narrow emission. >>> if the judge grants that preliminary injunction it will remain in place until the trial can again. >>> if you had trouble signing up for state health insurance, you're in luck. the deadline has been extended until tomorrow. keep trying to contact if it becom

reporting live in san leandro, jana katsuyama.vu news. >>> it's going to cost more to ride b.a.r.t. in the new year and inflation based b.a.r.t. will increase fares on january 1st. it will go from $4.85 to $5.10. b.a.r.t. says it will use the money for new train carts and improvements. >>> a judge will hear arguments on monday on whether or not to keep city college opened. hundreds of teachers and students gathered as the judge began to hearing the school's accreditation. only one teacher's union says the accrediting commission is biased. >> the commission according to the state of california is that city college and all community colleges need to be open access to everybody. aep commission wants to see a narrow emission -- and commission wants to see a narrow emission. >>> if the judge grants that preliminary injunction it will remain in place until the trial can again. >>> if you had trouble signing up for state health insurance, you're in luck. the deadline has been extended until tomorrow. keep trying to contact if it becomes

ktvu's jana katsuyama is still on the scene now. nd jana in your last report you showed us that stuck fire truck, any movement? >> frank, there's been a lot of changing out here. let me just tell you that we had to move up the truck because they have brought in two very large tow trucks. they have attached cable to that engine that you can see half way down the block. what they're planning to do is try to use some of those tow trucks to pull it out from where it got stuck. you can take a look at the video that we shot earlier. that will show you what the situation is. the driver got stuck when the road underneath it gave way. it sounds as though the pavement was unstable. the water was just blowing down santa maria avenue. again 12-inch main that broke. they are still trying to assess damage. they are about a dozen houses along santa maria avenue. some of those did flood. we understand from residents that was as high as 3 feet in some areas inside the house as well as outside in the yard. now about 15 minutes ago i did talk to east b

ktvu's jana katsuyama is still on the scene now. nd jana in your last report you showed us that stuck fire truck, any movement? >> frank, there's been a lot of changing out here. let me just tell you that we had to move up the truck because they have brought in two very large tow trucks. they have attached cable to that engine that you can see half way down the block. what they're planning to do is try to use some of those tow trucks to pull it out from where it got stuck. you can take a look at the video that we shot earlier. that will show you what the situation is. the driver got stuck when the road underneath it gave way. it sounds as though the pavement was unstable. the water was just blowing down santa maria avenue. again 12-inch main that broke. they are still trying to assess damage. they are about a dozen houses along santa maria avenue. some of those did flood. we understand from residents that was as high as 3 feet in some areas inside the house as well as outside in the yard. now about 15 minutes ago i did talk to east b

jana katsuyama is live where she learned the incident may have been captured on video. jana. >> reporter: that's right frank. we just moved from the scene down the street here to police headquarters that's because we've learned that police were inside right now they're looking over video tape. >> police are looking at the images. it picks up heat. >> reporter: you were just hearing from sergeant john torrez who we spoke with just this past hour. he's telling us that there was video cameras on board the ac transit bus that happened to pull up just alongside this bus stop where a woman was sitting on a bench. now we understand from him that there was a man who came up to the woman. they got into some kind of tussle, some sort of struggle that is captured on the tape. it happened at the ac transit bus driver saw this and called into police to report it. the man and the woman ended up disappearing off into some bushs in a park just behind the bus stop. there's a creek there. the chp brought a helicopter to come and look. but at this hour they have not been able to find the w

jana katsuyama here with cell phone video inside that train. jana has also talked with b.a.r.t. and tells us what she learned from them. >> reporter: we're at the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station and i'm learned the train has parked in what they call a pocket track, or a sidetrack north of the station. they don't plan to move it until 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., to avoid any other disruptions on what really has been a day of delays. passengers breathe during the evening commute. many hoping they wouldn't face what happened this morning, when a ten car train from pittsburg going 70 miles an hour, suddenly screeched to a halt in a tunnel in berkely hills. an electrical short caused the emergency brake to deploy. >> very scary. pitch black, and you smell smoke, and it's just getting heavier and heavier. >> reporter: video showed people covering their mouths as the smell of brake dust filled the cars. after an hour, when the train finally pulled in, medics treated 11 patients. 9 were taken to hospitals. >> some people were having trouble breathing. >> there's a lot of people crying right now. i nee

ktvu's jana katsuyama live at the union hall in oakland when that announcement came less than an hour ago. jana. >> reporter: frank, ac transit has nearly 80,000 riders no doubt relieve had the the buses will continue running. and tonight here is what the un president said -- what the union president said. >> we're very satisfied that the riders will get the service they're used to and they deserve. >>> the atu local 192 represents about 1,600ac transit bus drivers and mechanics, clerical workers and other workers who keep this system running. under this new contract union members will receive a pay raise over the three year contract. that is re retro active to october. as you mentioned earlier this was really a hard fought contract with the union's rank in file rejects two tentative agreements. i'm hearing from sources that the margin was 100 votes between the yeses and the noes. the union says that the ac transit board will need to approve the deal as well. but they are not expecting any difficulties. i just got off the phone about five minutes ago with an ac transit representative

reporting live in san francisco, jana katsuyama.tvu, channel 2 news. >>> former nsa contractor edward snowden praised the judges ruling. he said quote, i acted on my belief that the nsa's mass surveillance programs would not with stand a challenge. >>> the fbi is trying to find a serial bank robber connected to five northern california robberies. the robberies took place in a three week period last month by a man dubbed the bad beard bandit. authorities call him that, because of an obviously fake beard he wears. three robberies took place in sunnyvale. no one has seen a gun, but he has threatened to use one. >>> daytime highs tomorrow are coming down. clouds out there now. temperatures tomorrow are going to come off a good 5 degrees, even some areas more like 10 degrees from where they were today. santa rosa tomorrow, we'll look at the bar graph. what you're going to see, at about 1:00, santa rosa, you're 66 degrees. 4:00, 66. a day like tomorrow, but not quite as warm. when i come back, we're going to go searching for rain in the f

jana katsuyama is live where she learned the incident may have been captured on video. jana. >> reporter: that's right frank. we just moved from the scene down the street here to police headquarters that's because we've learned that police were inside right now they're looking over video tape. >> police are looking at the images. it picks up heat. >> reporter: you were just hearing from sergeant john torrez who we spoke with just this past hour. he's telling us that there was video cameras on board the ac transit bus that happened to pull up just alongside this bus stop where a woman was sitting on a bench. now we understand from him that there was a man who came up to the woman. they got into some kind of tussle, some sort of struggle that is captured on the tape. it happened at the ac transit bus driver saw this and called into police to report it. the man and the woman ended up disappearing off into some bushs in a park just behind the bus stop. there's a creek there. the chp brought a helicopter to come and look. but at this hour they have not been able to find the w

jana katsuyama here with cell phone video inside that train. jana has also talked with b.a.r.t. and tells us what she learned from them. >> reporter: we're at the mcarthur b.a.r.t. station and i'm learned the train has parked in what they call a pocket track, or a sidetrack north of the station. they don't plan to move it until 2:00 or 3:00 a.m., to avoid any other disruptions on what really has been a day of delays. passengers breathe during the evening commute. many hoping they wouldn't face what happened this morning, when a ten car train from pittsburg going 70 miles an hour, suddenly screeched to a halt in a tunnel in berkely hills. an electrical short caused the emergency brake to deploy. >> very scary. pitch black, and you smell smoke, and it's just getting heavier and heavier. >> reporter: video showed people covering their mouths as the smell of brake dust filled the cars. after an hour, when the train finally pulled in, medics treated 11 patients. 9 were taken to hospitals. >> some people were having trouble breathing. >> there's a lot of people crying right now. i nee

ktvu's jana katsuyama live at the union hall in oakland when that announcement came less than an hour ago. jana. >> reporter: frank, ac transit has nearly 80,000 riders no doubt relieve had the the buses will continue running. and tonight here is what the un president said -- what the union president said. >> we're very satisfied that the riders will get the service they're used to and they deserve. >>> the atu local 192 represents about 1,600ac transit bus drivers and mechanics, clerical workers and other workers who keep this system running. under this new contract union members will receive a pay raise over the three year contract. that is re retro active to october. as you mentioned earlier this was really a hard fought contract with the union's rank in file rejects two tentative agreements. i'm hearing from sources that the margin was 100 votes between the yeses and the noes. the union says that the ac transit board will need to approve the deal as well. but they are not expecting any difficulties. i just got off the phone about five minutes ago with an ac transit representative

ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now in san francisco with why some say it's needed while others have concerns>> reporter: julie, usually when people think of police and electric shocks they're thinking of tasers. not automatic defibrillators. but this collection drive is hoping to equip officers with anyone who may need the device. . officers outside of walgreens asked for a donation to buy defibrillators. >> there wasn't enough money in the city to pay outright for these devices in the police car. and the nonprofit is able to receive charitable donations so we can manage this program. >> reporter: aeds have become common sights in businesses and airports. >> i think if it's going to save a life yeah it's necessary. >> i never reallily thought of police officers as first responders as far as health care goes. that would be my only thing. >> reporter: sf saves hopes to equip all 120 police patrol cars. >> the police are often the first people to arrive. they are often there before the paramedics or the fire department. >> reporter: dr. richard kerr a cardiologist says technology has made aeds

reporting live in oakland, jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> for some people, christmas bringsoliday from work. but the people we talked with today weren't complaining. >> work is good. to things in one. >> there are a lot of people that work on christmas. like you, for example right? we're working. >> from attending class at a hotel, to making sandwiches at a sandwich shop, people say they take pride in taking care of themselves and their families. >>> target continues to work round the clock. up to 40 million credit and debit cards were compromised. target says it has no reason to believe pin data was part of that. but cyber security experts say it might have been. >>> stores are preparing for big after christmas crowds tomorrow. retailers are oftenning deep discounts after weak black friday sales. some stores including kohl's and macy's will open as early as 5, and 6:00 a.m. >>> today is a day of many traditions. one that's been going on for eight years is called christmas in richmond. it all started with one woman who had an idea. >> reporter: the whole idea was to make peo

ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now in san francisco with why some say it's needed while others have concerns. jana. >> reporter: julie, usually when people think of police and electric shocks they're thinking of tasers. not automatic defibrillators. but this collection drive is hoping to equip officers with anyone who may need the device. . officers outside of walgreens asked for a donation to buy defibrillators. >> there wasn't enough money in the city to pay outright for these devices in the police car. and the nonprofit is able to receive charitable donations so we can manage this program. >> reporter: aeds have become common sights in businesses and airports. >> i think if it's going to save a life yeah it's necessary. >> i never reallily thought of police officers as first responders as far as health care goes. that would be my only thing. >> reporter: sf saves hopes to equip all 120 police patrol cars. >> the police are often the first people to arrive. they are often there before the paramedics or the fire department. >> reporter: dr. richard kerr a cardiologist says technology has ma

we get new information tonight from jana katsuyama. live at a target store in fremont after asking a security expert how a massive breach like this could have happened. >> reporter: that silicon valley computer expert outlined some possibilities. i did go into the store, talked to the manager, and also contacted the corporate offices in minneapolis. so far, target has issued no explanation. it appears thieves might have hit their mark. potentially stealing target customers credit card information. a worry for many shoppers tonight. >> i come at least four or five times. and i always buy with american express. >> kind of shocked that target would have this. >> reporter: target says it's investigating. a security expert said the breach involved nearly all of target stores nationwide. >> i think there's potentially three options of what happened. >> reporter: we asked a silicon valley security expert to explain the possible breach. he says it could have been a skimming device, physically added to a credit card reader. more likely though,

reporting live in san francisco, jana katsuyama. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> former nsa contractor edward snowden praised the judges ruling. he said quote, i acted on my belief that the nsa's mass surveillance programs would not with stand a challenge. >>> the fbi is trying to find a serial bank robber connected to five northern california robberies. the robberies took place in a three week period last month by a man dubbed the bad beard bandit. authorities call him that, because of an obviously fake beard he wears. three robberies took place in sunnyvale. no one has seen a gun, but he has threatened to use one. >>> daytime highs tomorrow are coming down. clouds out there now. temperatures tomorrow are going to come off a good 5 degrees, even some areas more like 10 degrees from where they were today. santa rosa tomorrow, we'll look at the bar graph. what you're going to see, at about 1:00, santa rosa, you're 66 degrees. 4:00, 66. a day like tomorrow, but not quite as warm. when i come back, we're going to go searching for rain in the

. >>> ktvu's jana katsuyama live in san leandro with the immediate reaction from unions and b.a.r.t. riders. >> reporter: some people say this is a very surprising way for the new b.a.r.t. president do start his one year term. it is generating strong reaction from riders about whether b .a.r.t.'s union should keep or lose their ability to strike. as trains rolled smoothly. riders in rock ridge remember too well the chaos and frustration of the union strike in september after contract talks stalled. today, joe keller said strikes should be banned and will start the procedure to put the measure on the ballot. >> this would be an advisory measure asking to determine that b.a.r.t. workers are essential employees to be treated like fire and police. >> he basically called a war on employees and unions. >> reporter: members of b.a.r.t.'s unions were outraged. >> that's the whole reason of having collective bargaining when you take away striking there's only power on one side. >> i think there's a play for his campaign to try to wound the public into this. >> reporter: keller represents the

reporting live in oakland, jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> for some people, christmas brings no holiday from work. but the people we talked with today weren't complaining. >> work is good. to things in one. >> there are a lot of people that work on christmas. like you, for example right? we're working. >> from attending class at a hotel, to making sandwiches at a sandwich shop, people say they take pride in taking care of themselves and their families. >>> target continues to work round the clock. up to 40 million credit and debit cards were compromised. target says it has no reason to believe pin data was part of that. but cyber security experts say it might have been. >>> stores are preparing for big after christmas crowds tomorrow. retailers are oftenning deep discounts after weak black friday sales. some stores including kohl's and macy's will open as early as 5, and 6:00 a.m. >>> today is a day of many traditions. one that's been going on for eight years is called christmas in richmond. it all started with one woman who had an idea. >> reporter: the whole idea was to mak

we get new information tonight from jana katsuyama. live at a target store in fremont after asking a security expert how a massive breach like this could have happened. >> reporter: that silicon valley computer expert outlined some possibilities. i did go into the store, talked to the manager, and also contacted the corporate offices in minneapolis. so far, target has issued no explanation. it appears thieves might have hit their mark. potentially stealing target customers credit card information. a worry for many shoppers tonight. >> i come at least four or five times. and i always buy with american express. >> kind of shocked that target would have this. >> reporter: target says it's investigating. a security expert said the breach involved nearly all of target stores nationwide. >> i think there's potentially three options of what happened. >> reporter: we asked a silicon valley security expert to explain the possible breach. he says it could have been a skimming device, physically added to a credit card reader. more likely though,

i'm jana katsuyama in for tori campbell. >>> the family of 13-year-old jahi mcmath is in a legal battle with children's hospital to keep the girl on life support. ktvu's ali rasmus is live at the courthouse in oakland right now with the results of today's critical court hearing. >> reporter: about 20 minutes ago, we heard from the doctor from stanford whopt had was appointed by the judge -- who was appointed by the judge to do an independent exam of jahi mcmath's brain activity and he share with the court -- shared with the court his opinion. >> the condition of jahi, she needs all -- she meets all of the criteria for brain death. >> reporter: the family was hoping she would have a different diagnosis to keep her on life support at children's hospital. their time may be running out. the hospital filed paperwork to have everybody her removed from life support. in the documents filed this morning, attorneys argued that this legal battle should end. they said judicial intervention is appropriate only of a proof is offered that it's reasonably prosecutor that the mistake was been made in th

i'm jana katsuyama. tori campbell has the morning off. i'm glad to be here with everyone.n morning. let's take a quick look at the weather and traffic. rosemary is in for steve. >> i want to go to that party. maybe you have your own party to go to. another hazy day, mild and dry. temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above the seasonal average. ridge of high pressure in control of the weather pattern. a few high clouds spilling over of the ridge. you may see the clouds outside of your door. sinking air associated with that ridge. really bringing us the stable air, the unseasonably mild weather. with that another spare-the- air day. air quality for today, even a little worse than yesterday. across the board. the entire bay area in the shade of orange. air quality index above 100 and that means if you are very sensitive to the air pollution as my -- yas ma, respiratory issues -- asthma resry -- respiratory issues, take it easy. 39 degrees in concord. livermore, you are looking at 38. pleasanton, 38. san ramon upper 30s, 38 for walnut creek and antioch checking in at 34. as we get int

reporting live in millbrae, jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> members of also mourning the lossf nevel gettens passed away over the weekend. >>> the california based tesla is getting a clean bill of health from germany. they had opened a probe into the model s. tesla says it received a letter from officials who found no manufacturing defects. a third fire happened after a crash in mexico. a u.s. investigation is still underway. >>> after being convict the of obstruction of justice two years ago, barry bonds was paid more than $4,000 in fines. bonds paid a $4,100 pennal in october. the seven time national league mvp was convicted -- >>> captain john coata sued the u.s. coast guard after refused to renew the license, but today, a judge tossed out the lawsuit. coata served a 10 month prison sentence for the 2007 costco busant disaster, which caused more than 53,000 gallons of bunker fuel to spill into the san francisco bay. officials say he was traveling too fast for the fog and he was impaired by prescription drugs. he no longer has a pilots license. a mariner's license would have

reporting live in millbrae, jana katsuyama, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> members of also mourning the lossof nevel gettens passed away over the weekend. >>> the california based tesla is getting a clean bill of health from germany. they had opened a probe into the model s. tesla says it received a letter from officials who found no manufacturing defects. a third fire happened after a crash in mexico. a u.s. investigation is still underway. >>> after being convict the of obstruction of justice two years ago, barry bonds was paid more than $4,000 in fines. bonds paid a $4,100 pennal in october. the seven time national league mvp was convicted -- >>> captain john coata sued the u.s. coast guard after refused to renew the license, but today, a judge tossed out the lawsuit. coata served a 10 month prison sentence for the 2007 costco busant disaster, which caused more than 53,000 gallons of bunker fuel to spill into the san francisco bay. officials say he was traveling too fast for the fog and he was impaired by prescription drugs. he no longer has a pilots license. a mariner's license would hav