merritt bart station in oakland with the latest. nick? >> good morning. we were there when ntsb investigators arrived yesterday. we were there when they pulled the train away. this morning at lake merritt bart station union members continue to hold the line. last night, bart employees at walnut creek and lake merritt stations stood together in solidarity and held a moment of silence to honor the two men who lost their lives afterening hit by a bart train on saturday. the victims were identified at larry daniels and a member of the union. >> my co-workers were tears and we didn't know the person involved but you work in that environment and know the ramifications each day. >> chris was a senior track engineer and worked for bart three years. bart officials say he and daniels were inspecting the tracks near walnut creek and a bart train on a maintenance run hit and killed them. ntsb is leading the investigation and will be in walnut creek inspecting the train and records for the next few days. the operator of the train could be interviewed today. ntsb hope to have that stage, the first phase of the investigation, wrapped up in the next ten days. now the latest on the bart talks. the board will hold a speci

merritt bart station in oakland with the latest. nick? >> good morning. we were there when ntsb investigators arrived yesterday. we were there when they pulled the train away. this morning at lake merritt bart station unionto hold the line. last night, bart employees at walnut creek and lake merritt stations stood together in solidarity and held a moment of silence to honor the two men who lost their lives afteren

they moved the train away from the crash site at the lake merritt bart station. unionembers are holding the picket line. this is the fourth day of the bart strike and the second day the safety board has taken over the investigation. last night, bart employees at the walnut creek and lake merritt bart stations stood together in solidarity and held a moment of silence to honor the to men who lost their lives after being hit by a bart train on saturday. the victims were identified at a contract worker, larry daniels, and christopher shepard, a member of the union. >> the family is grieveing. we are in a state of shock. it is a senseless tragedy. ridiculous. preventable. >> shepard was a senior track engineer and worked for bart three years. officials say he and daniels were inspecting the tracks near walnut creek when a bart train on routine maintenance run hit and killed them. ntsb is leading the investigation and they expect to be in walnut creek inspecting the rains and safety records for the next few days. union members that moved here have been somber. the operator o

. >> these comments were made at a press conference at lake merritt bart station. all bart's unions were represented there. 1555 is planning two vigils tomorrow, at the lake merritt and walnut creek bart stations tomorrow evening at 6:00 p.m. >>> now to continuing coverage of the bart strike. it appears the strike will continue into sunday as bart management and union officials remain at an impasse. the two sides broke off talks on thursday. one union plans to present bart's latest offer to its membership for a vote in the coming week. leaders are not optimistic members will approve it. no new talks are scheduled. stay with nbc bay area news for continuing coverage of the bart strike. go to nbcbayarea.com to sign up for breaking news alerts. you can also find a complete list of community alternatives to get around the bart strike. if the bart strike continues into monday morning, today in the bay will have you covered with live team coverage. we'll be on early starting at 4:00 a.m. with a look at the traffic impact. >>> new at 11, a new twist in the case of woman found dead in the s

he is at the lake merritt bart station where union workers continue to walk the picket lines. phil, we hear from joe, who is saying that the union members privately are already talking about the safety issue. >> reporter: that's right. and the question, where do we go from here? one of the questions is. how does this affect talks and the strike? i know as this tragedy unfolded, in fact union leaders and bart directors were meeting privately to try to work out some sort of agreement that could put an end to the strike and get the talks back to the table and get work going. as a matter of fact, bart president tom radulovich and seiu president roxanne sanchez were together when they got the news. now, initially, it came as quite a shock. it sort of brought a reality check to what we're dealing with here. it's not just money and work rules. it's safety, as well. as far as where it goes from here remains to be seen. atu one of the unions says let's already take the contract we have and put it to a vote something that could take up to a week and delay getting back to the table but t

that settled the bart strike is not being made public yet because the unions and the bart board have to ratify the contract. we are joined by cornell with the the lake merritt bart station. >> the tentative agreement has to be reviewed by bart union members. few details are revealed but it has been confirmed that it includes the installation of bullet roof glass for station agents. the strike is over. that is for sure. >> getting trains rolling again took a lot more than calling operators and station agents back to work. it took compromise and concessions on both sides to reach a deal one that the general manager admitted isn't perfect. >> this is more than we wanted to pay but it is a new path in terms of our partnership with our workers and helps us deliver the bart service for the future. >> grace 8 -- grace will not reveal the details until the contract is ratified. some say it was fair and generous to get the bay area moving again. >> our executive board does recommend the agreement but we want tour members to have the opportunity to review it, to ask quotes and get everything flushed now their minds before we get into the specific details on what is contained. >>

this is a live look outside the lake merritt bart station where you see the union workers out there picketing. we are hearing from both sides of the dispute and checking in on the extra buses. >> it is friday, october 18th i'm pam cook. it will be a rough one. >> yeah. good news it is friday. i'm brian flores in for dave clark. let's get your weather and traffic started. >> there is fog on the coast but that will be the biggest impact that will be over by the beaches. coast, fog returns in a big way. its making a pretty big push. it will still be warm inlapped because thing to is going north to south not west to east. there will be subtle changes inland. still near 80. 40s to 50s but san francisco is much, much cooler today than they were the last couple of days. i think they will dip to 50 which is seven or eight degrees cooler than yesterday. otherwise it will be clear. the coast fog will play into the weather. other than that it doesn't matter inland. temperatures still stay above average. fog, sun, nice. temperatures very close to those that they've been away from the coast. but by the co

this is a live look at the lake merritt bart station where trains are not running and bart union workersn strike and picketing. talks went for 30 hours straight but broke down last night. obviously this is going to have a huge impact on the morning and afternoon commute. but we are here to help navigate you through it. >>> a little bit of good news it is friday, october 18th i'm brian flores in for dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. time is 5:30. as we are sitting in the car in traffic and waits for the buses and ferries, what will the weather be like? >> the fog is back. we can see some of it there. and unless you are looking for it, it won't make much of a push bay side. the wind has turned more west, southwest. easterly is more east. that is a big difference. some areas half-moon bay and pacifica showing an easterly component of an east breeze. subtle changes. highs still near 80. there will be lots of sunshine. 40s for some. near 30 for others but san francisco much, much cooler today than it was yesterday or the day before. we'll go 68 for a high in san francisco. 40 ukiah.

. >>> and for more on where things stand between bart and its unions, let's check in with kpix 5 reporter anne makovec at the lake merritt bart station. >> reporter: a few dozen picketers, day one and no end in sight. i spoke with both sides of the dispute. they are willing to talk. right now, no new talks are scheduled. >> if we hold the line, we're going to play poker until this is over and wait to see who blinks first. >> what do we want? >> a contract! >> reporter: union members started marching at 4 a.m. less than 12 hours after talks broke down. >> progress is being made. we were substantially close to reaching an agreement. but in the last minutes in the last part of the bargaining, bart sort of did a switch. they came up with a poison pill. >> reporter: that poison pill not pay, not benefits, but work rules. management insisted on changes in exchange for a 12% raise over four years. >> our union members should work a full workweek before they are allowed to collect overtime on their regular day off. >> reporter: plus, bart says a lot of the employee business right now is inefficient with money being wasted doing things the ol

accident came on the second day after bart union workers walked off the job during the contentious contract battle. john alston has more from the lake merritt bart station on how workers are reacting to the loss of a colleague. >> union members of clutching candles, in addition to their picket science outside the bart station in oakland. the strike taking on a new complex now that deaths are involved. >> we aren't here to talk about work. two men are dead. this is an extremely tragic situation. >> like i said, we just aren't -- we are grieving ourselves. we are trying to put it together. >> he was a member of afscme union which represents train controllers and some supervisors. victim was a project member whose call would never call for him to be out on the tracks. while afscme has not reached a deal with bark, it is not on strike, although the union was honoring the picket lines. the victim, however, decided to go to work. >> although we encourage them not to cross, it is their choice not to cross or cross and this person unfortunately decided to cross. >> and union is hearing inside information about why the track was out on the tracks in the first pl

on the second day after bart union workers walked off the job during the contentious contract battle. abc7 news reporter john alston has more from the lake merritt bart station on how workers are reacting to the loss of a colleague. >> union members of clutching candles, in addition to their picket signs outside the bart station in oakland. the strike taking on a new complexion now that deaths are involved. >> we aren't here to talk about work. two men are dead. this is an extremely tragic situation. >> like i said, we just aren't -- we are grieving ourselves. we are trying to put it together. >> the union victim was a member of afscme union 93, which represents train controllers and some supervisors. a union official tells abc7 news says the victim was a project manager, whose job would never call for him to be out on the tracks. while afscme has not reached a deal with bart, it is not on strike, although the union was honoring the picket lines. the victim, however, decided to go to work. >> although we encourage them not to cross, it is their choice not to cross or cross and this person unfortunately decided to cross. and union officials claiming they are

on the second day after bart union workers walked off the job during the contentious contract battle. abc7 news reporter john alston has more from the lake merritt bart station on how workers are reacting to the loss of a colleague. >> union members of clutching candles, in addition to their picket signs outside the bart station in oakland. the strike taking on a new complexion now that deaths are involved. >> we aren't here to talk about work. two men are dead. this is an extremely tragic situation. >> like i said, we just aren't -- we are grieving ourselves. we are trying to put it together. >> the union victim was a member of afscme union 93, which represents train controllers and some supervisors. they tell us the victim was a project manager, whose job would never call for him to be out on the tracks. while afscme has not reached a deal with bark, it is not on strike, although the union was honoring the picket lines. the victim, however, decided to go to work. >> although we encourage them not to cross, it is their choice not to cross or cross and this person unfortunately decided to cross. and union officials claiming they are hearing inside informatio

merritt bart station. they are doing so, however with heavy hearts. they are saddened by the employees from the worksite. we do know that the unionse bart management did not meet face to face. how greaseball quiff 1555 management and we spoke with -- president 1555 and we did also speak with one of the management of the s c i eu, 1021 at lake merritt. she is participating in the remembrances of the two workers that were killed. she is likely also going to bring the latest bart management negotiations to her side. still however, no deal. reporting live, phillipe djegal, kron 4 news. >> as a reminder, there are still weekend transit operations availableif you're heading into san francisco - bart will offer limited charter bus trips. they'll be from these 9 bartrunning from 6 to 9 in the morning.and then again from 3pm to 6 pm. also - a-c transit will run many of its regular saturday bus lines - twice as frequently. as for ferry service - it starts just before 8 a-m but won't run as frequently as it did friday. ferries only run between oakland and san francisco - and vallejo and san francisco, with limited rides. for more detailed tr

ktvu alex savidge is live at the lake merritt bart station right now to tell us about the new counter offer from the unionsand what bart management is doing. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. both sides taking steps to get a deal done here. barts board of directors has scheduled an emergency meeting. its a meeting that will be closed to the public. meantime this morning you can see picket lines remain up here and at stations all across the system as we move into day four of the bart strike with no new talks scheduled between the two sides. workers out here are not allowed to talk publicly or comment on negotiations. but late last night the unions made a counter offer to bart management. they said their proposal would allow for changes to work rules related to new technology. that has been the sticking point that caused negotiations to break down last week. the unions are willing to accept barts pay offer a 12% raise over four years but they will not budge on safety proposals. so far bart has not issued a response to the unions latest counter offer. this morning i did reach out to a spokesperson and

bart and management. let's talk about this with kpix 5's phil matier. phil is at the lake merritt station where union workers continue to walk the picket lines. phil. >> reporter: first of all, even before this tragedy occurred, as a matter of fact, friday night, union leaders and bart directors began a dialogue about how to try to end this. both sides realize that they went one step too far that this got way out of hand that they had not intended to have a second strike but that it happened and the question was how to bring things back. today's news the tragedy came as, as a matter of fact, the president of the bart board, tom radulovich and the president of one of the striking unions, roxanne sanchez were meeting privately to come up with a way to get the deal and the talks back to a federal mediator, back to a neutral ground, back to a set of languages that could get them back to the table and possibly bart workers back to work by monday or tuesday. one of the variables, however, was the second union, atu, announced that they would take the last best offer that bart had offered to its members for

merritt bart station is open with the first train rolling through five minutes ago. the four-day strike ended last night with a tentative agreement reached between bart and the unions.t general manager would not release details of the new contract until the union ratifies it but the leaders say it is "fair." >> we are proud to bring an agreement that prioritizes rider and worker safe to our members, and we are proud to bring it to a vote. it preserves work-place presentations that enable workers to work with management to improve a rapidly-growing system. >> getting everyone back to work has been slow. this was the lake merritt bart station the last 40 minutes. there was no activity. people are slowly coming in and the agent is now on duty. what happened this morning? bart spokesman said not everyone who works the morning shift other the commute got the e-mail "return to work." slowly, people are coming back to work. the system is slowing ramping back up and bart is running. >> the mass confusion with bart has frustrated a lost commuters and drivers would now are facing more cars on the road. we want to hear your thoughts on the bart situation. post your video onlin

union members are clutching candles in addition to the picket signs outside the lake merritt bart station in oakland. the strike is taking on a new complexion now that the deaths are involved. >> we are not here to talk about work. two men are dead. this is an extremely tragic situation. >> like i said, we are numb. we are grieving ourselves. we are just trying to put it together. >> the union victim is a member of 3993 that represents train controllers and some supervisors. a union official tells abc7 news that the victim was a project manager whose job would never call for him to be out on the tracks. while they have not reached a deal with bart it is not on strike. although the union is honoring the picket line. the victim decided to go to work today. >> although we encourage them not to cross. it is their choice to not cross or to cross and this person unfortunately decided to cross. >> and union officials claim they are hearing inside information about why this train was out on the tracks in the first place. >> i am being told that the train was training drivers to run a limited serv

merritt bart station. after six months of negotiations, and a cooling off period, still until deal. at 4:00 yesterday afternoon the federal mediator i merged -- emerged from cal tran with no talks. the unionaid bart presented the switch in a final minutes of talks. >> so basically what management did is produce in essence a poison pill saying great we've made this amazing progress after six months. we have an economic frame work agreement but wait there is more to all the workers. >> reporter: the union said they wanted to take the issue to arbitration but bart wanted arbitration for the entire contract. now bart's board president made a last minute plea at 7:00 last night saying bart would be willing to up its last offer of $57 million. but union leaders say their phones never rang and no offer was presented to them. bart says it wants the union to put it to a vote. >> many commuters were forced to drive to work and the extra traffic caused big backups on bay area bridges. the bay area council which is a koalation of local business groups estimated for the 4.5 day strike it cost the economy $200 million in lost productivity. the group also says traffic delays put an estimated $16 million

merritt bart station. the last train was at fremont this morning as workers walked off the job. talks between the uniont broke down yesterday after 30 hours of negotiations. union leaders say they were on board with wages and pensions but could not agree to work rules by management. it could lead to unreasonable working conditions and assignments. >> we reached an economic framework and moved in their direction on pensions and health care, we lowered our wage proposal and suddenly the issues that were not discussed at the table are dealbreakers. >> work rules, really, mean, do we have control? can we make decisions in the district about staffing? about overtime? about job assignment? bart management says the final offer addresses the essential work rule efficiencies bart needs to mod werize the operations. union leaders were will to go to arbitration over the rules but said management wanted to include economic issues. no new negotiation sessions are scheduled between bart management and the unions and the leaders say they have reaped out to state lawmakers but no word on any action to be taken in sacr

at the lake merritt bart station in oakland this morning and cate, we hear it's all about staffing i guess, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we did get a tweet from one of the unions that said that we just don't have enough people to staff the bart station so you're seeing even probably behind me commuters coming up to these doors going inside and coming out just as frustrated as they were yesterday because these trains are not up and running even though the strike is over. we're hearing somewhere in the

reporter cate caugiran is live at the lake merritt station and cate, it took bart a while to get trains moving. >> michelle, it's because bart and its unionsn't get enough employees to staff or operate the trains so it set things back almost 2 hours but nonetheless trains are running so finally no more setting the hours ahead. riders can count on a ride to and from work now. we got the announcement last night. the strike is over. no one disclosed details. it's tentative and has to be approved by bart's board of directors and unions have to vote on it. trains are running on limited service. bart is still running charter buses for the next hour and they hope to have full service on bart restored in time for the evening commute. but right now, riders should expect a delay of about 45 minutes. so it will take some time getting to where you need to go but hopefully this will be the last of your frustration that is until next contract negotiations. live in oakland, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> and bart trains are running but expect 30 to 45-minute systemwide delays on bart. they do hope to have full service in time for the evening commute. all oth

merritt bart station in oakland. they have been out here for a couple of hours. the talks broke down late yesterday afternoon. that followed a 31 hour marathon negotiation session. bart's two largest unions are on strike. no new talks scheduled now. they had been close to a deal finally agreeing on pay an benefits, but then management insisted on changes to

breakdown of the contract talks. [ loud chanting by union workers in the background ] >> reporter: i have a dozen picketers here at the lake merritt bart station, which is closed. all of the bart stations closed this morning. now, these people are not getting paid during the strike. we have no idea how long this will last but that could be a factor in this. this morning, at this point, no new talks are scheduled. >> progress was being made. we were substantially close to reaching agreement. but in the last minutes, in the last part of the bargaining, bart sort of did what we call a switch. they came up with a poison pill. >> reporter: that poison pill not pay, not benefits, but work rules. after finally coming to agreement on economics, talks broke down when management insisted on rule changes in exchange for a 12% raise over four years. >> this contract, this labor negotiation, is all about the long-term sustainability of bart and its contributions to the economy. >> reporter: the federal mediators declared an impasse and basically gave up. now they say it may be up to bart riders to tip the scales. >> tell the board, give them more or will t

at the lake merritt bart station in oakland this morning and cate, we hear it's all about staffing i guess, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we did get a tweet from one of the unions that said that we just don't have enough people to staff the bart station so you're seeing even probably behind me commuters coming up to these doors going inside and coming out just as frustrated as they were yesterday because these trains are not up and running even though the strike is over. we're hearing somewhere in the ballpark it could be running up at 6:00 this morning. but again, there's still some good news. we were here when the unions and bart officials came out of these doors last night to give the announcement that 400,000 riders have been waiting for that the strike is over. both sides wouldn't disclose the details of the agreement right now. it's still tentative. it still has to be approved by bart's board of directors and put up for a vote by the unions. and these will be the final steps to what felt like a never- ending saga. >> we apologize to our riders for the hardship you have experienced these past few days. we're able to stand up for workers' rights, safety and

merritt bart station in oakland. they have been out here for a couple of hours. the talks broke down late yesterday afternoon. that followed a 31 hour marathon negotiation session. bart's two largest unions are on strike. no new talks scheduled now. they had been close to a deal finally agreeing on pay an benefits, but then management insisted on changes to work rules. [ screaming in the background ] >> unions decided to if they wanted to take the money that was on the table, but not the work rules that were on the table. >> the thing that was amazing is they put these issues on the table that for six months we were never told these were primary issues. we reach a -- a -- an economic framework, we move to their direction on pension, we move to their direction on healthcare, we lowered our wage proposal, and then all of a sudden these issues that weren't discussed at the table are deal breakers by the district. >> reporter: now, the union has offered to take the work rules issue to an arbitrator. bart says if we're going to an arbitrator we're taking the whole package and letting the arbitrator decide on the pay and benefits, too. that is the impasse we are at today. again, no new talks s

bart's unions. they are going to talk about what lead up to the strike and why a deal has not yet been reached. standing by at the lake merritt bart station is kron 4's mike pelton. they put these issues on the table but for six months river never told that these were primary issues we reach an economic framework. we moved to their direction on pension. we move to their direction on health care. we lowered our wage proposal and that all of a sudden these issues were discussed at the table. these are due breakers by the district. we see essentially as an effort to jam the unions and do exactly what they've done is force us out on strike. we spent six months working on that economic framework so we have agreement. in other words if the district in the union have an economic agreement we don't need to renegotiate that. a full agreement so we proposed was on this work rule issues. the modification of the contract we wanted. we agree to arbitration on some of those limited issues. we thought that was logical. why not have a deal and grabs on economic. piper hist i have never seen a process like this in my life i question their actual skill and