we begin with noel walker. >> reporter: we're now more than 8 hours after that deadly accident and bart police and investigators are still here at the scene. earlier today, bart's director of operations called it a tragedy of greatest proportions. >>> with bart on strike, most trains weren't running today. but one train that was running brought a system already at a standstill to its knees. >> our hearts and prayers go out to the families of two workers who have just been killed on the bart tracks. >> the bart train was returning to concord after bringing graffiti cars to be fixed. at 1:45 happened. you can hear the breaks screeching. >> bart emergency, bart emergency. we just struck some individuals. >> from inside his house across the street, gary knew something was wrong. >> i heard the wheels screeching. >> do you hear that often? >> no. it goes smooth when it drives by. not today. >> bart says 6 people were on the train which was being operated in automatic mode. their own media released said an experienced operator were at the controls but when asked who they knew was operating th

noel walker is in the city tonight at an intersection where a muni bus rider killed a bike rider. >>eporter: we're learning that muni's director of transportation ordered all 800 buss in its fleet be inspected for safety guards that might have been missing from a bus that hit and killed a cyclist ere at the corner of bryant and 11th. >> reporter: a large vehicle and a cyclist dead. this last accident friday was the fourth deadly accident south of market this year. >> safety is our top priority. >> reporter: this online video from the manufacturer shows how it's supposed to sweep potential victims away from the wheel to avoid catastrophic injury or death. though not required, muni says -- >> at some point, all of our buses do have the s1 guard installed onto their for their bus. >> reporter: it's unclear if a missing guard would keep a bus out of service. in this video, the bus doesn't appear to have one. >> because of the recent collision, the recent fatality. it sort of was an impetus to speed things up on this project. >> reporter: today, the npa showcased the folsom street pilot p

noel walker is in the city tonight at an intersection where a muni bus rider killed a bike rider. >>eporter: we're learning that muni's director of transportation ordered all 800 buss in its fleet be inspected for safety guards that might have been missing from a bus that hit and killed a cyclist ere at the corner of bryant and 11th. >> reporter: a large vehicle and a cyclist dead. this last accident friday was the fourth deadly accident south of market this year. >> safety is our top priority. >> reporter: this online video from the manufacturer shows how it's supposed to sweep potential victims away from the wheel to avoid catastrophic injury or death. though not required, muni says -- >> at some point, all of our buses do have the s1 guard installed onto their for their bus. >> reporter: it's unclear if a missing guard would keep a bus out of service. in this video, the bus doesn't appear to have one. >> because of the recent collision, the recent fatality. it sort of was an impetus to speed things up on this project. >> reporter: today, the npa showcased the folsom street pilot p

reporting live in san jose, noel walker, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> new information about the death of 57-year-old lynn spalding at san francisco general hospital. she is the patient reported missing, and then found dead in a stairwell. ktvu has confirmed reports that someone saw someone passed out in that stairwell more than a week before spalding was found. her family's attorney calls that unacceptable. >> reporter: the body of lynn spalding was cremated today. more than two weeks after the san francisco general hospital patient was found dead in an outdoor stairwell. she had been missing 17 days. there was a report of a person in the stairwell where spalding's body was found in the days before it was recovered. it is unclear whether sheriff deputies checked that stairwell during searches for the missing woman. >> i had heard that some hospital staff had observed the body on the balcony prior to its being formally acknowledged as discovered. >> reporter: a separate source, the attorney for spalding's 23- year-old daughter, and 19-year- old son, also told us he received an email last

reporting live in san jose, noel walker, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> new information about the death of 57-year-old lynn spalding at san francisco general hospital. she is the patient reported missing, and then found dead in a stairwell. ktvu has confirmed reports that someone saw someone passed out in that stairwell more than a week before spalding was found. her family's that unacceptable. >> reporter: the body of lynn spalding was cremated today. more than two weeks after the san francisco general hospital patient was found dead in an outdoor stairwell. she had been missing 17 days. there was a report of a person in the stairwell where spalding's body was found in the days before it was recovered. it is unclear whether sheriff deputies checked that stairwell during searches for the missing woman. >> i had heard that some hospital staff had observed the body on the balcony prior to its being formally acknowledged as discovered. >> reporter: a separate source, the attorney for spalding's 23- year-old daughter, and 19-year- old son, also told us he received an email last tuesday, indica

when ktvu's noel walker checked out those destinations today, she found many of them closed. >> a welcomet is not. it is a lonely road to the marin county sea shore, with national parks detours along the way. >> people were very, very understanding. >> the nash family came all the way from new york, but the walled off space they planned to see was walled off. >> we couldn't see the ocean shores. >> places still open are feeling the government punch. >> we're california's largest oyster farm. >> reporter: drakes bay oyster farm, where the beach access is closed. but the farm is still open. business has been down since the shut down. >> at this point, it was just here we go again. here's just one more thing. >> reporter: jenny cummings says it's driving tourists to other destinations. pelican inn's damian hall says just two of the seven rooms are booked tonight. what is open, is misleading. this sign greeting visitors. the parking lot is closed, the beach is open. >> the bathrooms are also closed. so you have to kind of know your way around, if you're going to be comfortable here. >> report

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 folks that are questioning the security of their neighborhood. that's why i think the message from the police department needs to be one of reassurance. >> reporter: not everyone is feeling secure. >> what do you do when gunshots start going off? >> re

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 folks that are questioning the security of their neighborhood. that's why i think the message from the police department needs to be one of reassurance. >> reporter: not everyone is feeling secure. >> what do you do when gunshots start going off? >> re

as noel walker reports, he disappointed some advocates, rejecting assault weapons. >> reporter: whencrime scene tape goes up in oakland, it hardly gets a second glance. few agree on one single solution. >> how much more sense does it say we want to give law enforcement every tool we can to even the playing field. >> reporter: east ballards and law enforcement -- east bay leaders and law enforcement signed law. >> the purpose of each bill is increase safety, prevent gun violence and give our public safety officials and others more tools. >> reporter: one bill signed bans high capacity conversion kits. >> provides ability to turn a weapon into a mass shooting machine. >> reporter: leaders say assembly bill 48 closes the assault weapons ban loophole. another makes it more difficult for someone who made violent threats to own a gun. among the two bills rejected one governor brown said was intended to strengthen restrictions on military assault weapons but would have spilled over to include hunting rifles and collectible firearms. the governor said quote i don't believe the blanket ban wo

as noel walker reports, he disappointed some advocates, rejecting assault weapons. >> reporter: whenrime scene tape goes up in oakland, it hardly gets a second glance. few agree on one single solution. >> how much more sense does it say we want to give law enforcement every tool we can to even the playing field. >> reporter: east ballards and law enforcement -- east bay leaders and law enforcement signed law. >> the purpose of each bill is increase safety, prevent gun violence and give our public safety officials and others more tools. >> reporter: one bill signed bans high capacity conversion kits. >> provides ability to turn a weapon into a mass shooting machine. >> reporter: leaders say assembly bill 48 closes the assault weapons ban loophole. another makes it more difficult for someone who made violent threats to own a gun. among the two bills rejected one governor brown said was intended to strengthen restrictions on military assault weapons but would have spilled over to include hunting rifles and collectible firearms. the governor said quote i don't believe the blanket ban wou

when ktvu's noel walker checked out those destinations today, she found many of them closed. >> a welcome is not. it is a lonely road to the marin county sea shore, with national parks detours along the way. >> people were very, very understanding. >> the nash family came all the way from new york, but the walled off space they planned to see was walled off. >> we couldn't see the ocean shores. >> places still open are feeling the government punch. >> we're california's largest oyster farm. >> reporter: drakes bay oyster farm, where the beach access is closed. but the farm is still open. business has been down since the shut down. >> at this point, it was just here we go again. here's just one more thing. >> reporter: jenny cummings says it's driving tourists to other destinations. pelican inn's damian hall says just two of the seven rooms are booked tonight. what is open, is misleading. this sign greeting visitors. the parking lot is closed, the beach is open. >> the bathrooms are also closed. so you have to kind of know your way around, if you're going to be comfortable here. >> reporte