the powell station is closed to b.a.r.t. trains right now but all other stations in the area are open. >>> we've been watching this unfold for the last hour or so. jana katsuyama has been right in the middle of this protest literally since it began. jana are things starting to calm down or does the situation appear to be getting worse. >> reporter: frank i'm sorry, they just took our press passes and they're about 12 or 50 people who are still in the circle. my photographer allen leon and i are standing next to a team of san francisco police and b.a.r.t. police officers. we are being told that all the media will have to leave. they have taken our press passes and they are processing release forms and they are being told they are going to be making arrests of anybody who is still there. i have counted 50 officers that are down here. also some in security uniforms. right now it's very quiet down here. at different points we saw people being arrested and being taken away i would say about six or so. there's about six people who

station. we have seen in the past move down to powell, then montgomery. we're going to keep following this because that could presumeably happen this evening. but the headline at this hour, the bart station is closed. we've got reporters fanned out. we will keep you posted on this throughout this newscast and. >>> moving on, hot dry weather is a threat during this fire season but so are lightning storms. in gilmore tonight where firefighters are gearing up what could be a busy weekend, robert. >> the kind of of day we've seen today shows us how much firefighters have to worry about. what you are seeing here is the remains of a 5-acre fire put out during the past hour. we're going to show you pictures pictures we got as we first arrived. burned down two small structures but fortunately no one was injured. it was just one of several incidents cal fire is on today. monitoring lightning storms that they say is heading toward the bay area. >> cal fire also tacked a small fire in the hills this morning with all the resources it could and kept the fire from sprea

station. amy hollyfield is live at the powell street station with a big warning. apparently the protestors are changing their tactics, trying to win support? >> reporter: they are. they don't want to inconvenience riders but they want to inconvenience bart administrators. what they going to do is gather here and stand at the fare gates that bart police are open to the emergency gates and let riders on for free. a bart spokesman standing in front of the fare gated is against the law and they are likely going to be arrested. protesting on the platform is too dangerous. they tried to keep the demonstrators outside the fare gates, so the group wants to test that rule. they are going to take their message right up to the gate. they say they don't want to inconvenience the riders but the riders tell us they already feel dread. >> i'm not sure what they are going to do right now. it's been two or three weeks. give it a break. we have to get to work on time. >> reporter: bart police have already spent $300,000 on these protests, mostly on police overtime. today is if the

street station. >> reporter: the location has changed. it's going to be the powell street station, not the civic center. the flyer doesn't say why they changed location but they are very specific. the group organizing today's protest is no justice, no bart. this is not the anonymous group in the past. this planned the first protest that got quite rowdy. today's group wants to inconvenience bart add administrators. the goal is to put them right in front of the fare gate so bart is forced to open the gate and let the public ride for free. if police end up shutting down the station the group is prepared to move on to another station. riders complain about being inconvenienced, literature encourages them to respond. police murder is inconvenient. they are protesting the police shooting of a transient. so it starts at 5:00 this afternoon at the powell station in front of the fare gate. amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >>> parents of students who attend two schools in the west contra costa school district had a welcome surprise. they learned the schools will not be closing n

here is a live look from the powell station. calling this spare the fair day. hoping to jam up traffic. it does appear to be growing. we're going to continue to follow this throughout the newscast and also on the evening commute. >>> the woman accused of killing a woman was not in court today. was in the courtroom and where there are questions now being raised about the defendant's medical condition. rita. >> reporter: mature even, as i -- maureen, as i first reported yesterday the woman accused of killing michelle lay is 7 months pregnant. just a few hours ago the hearing was postponed. >> i understand [ indiscernible ] i don't know what the extent of the -- is. my understanding is it somehow

the protest scheduled for here at the powell station at 4:30. so if your train even goes through the station, be aware there could be more disruptions tonight, although i did just speak with a bart spokesman and he said they will try to do everything to stop any of the stations from being closed. the goal of the protestors today, though, is to try to force bart's hand to get passengers allowed to ride free. this is one of a string of protests that we have seen in recent weeks since july 3 when bart police shot and killed a man at the civic center station. and then at one of the those protests, bart shut down underground cell service and that just amped up the protest after that. on august 22, police arrested 35 protestors mainly on two charges: failure to obey a peace officer and for illegally blocking a right of way. fines are between $100 and $200 for those offenses and bart said it spent a lot on the protests so far about $300,000 to deal with them a number likely to grow. so now bart's board president, bob franklin, wants to raise the fines f

protestors are expected to be at the powell street station.makovec is there with bart's push to deter future demonstrations. i guess enough is enough, anne , huh? >> reporter: that's right. some board members are trying up to the fines for protest- related infractions. but another protest is set for here at the powell station this afternoon at 4:30. and the goal is to try to force bart's hand to let passengers ride for free. that's what the protestors say. this is the latest in a string of protests since july 3, when bart police shot and killed a man at the civic center station. at one of those protest, bart shut down underground cell service and that just amped up the protests after that. on august 22, police arrested 35 protestors mainly on two charges: failure to obey a peace officer and for illegally blocking a right of way. fines are between $100 and $200 for those offenses. bart says it spent around $300,000 to deal with protests so far, a number that's likely to grow. now bart's board president, bob franklin, wants to raise the fines fo

this one shutting down the powell street station at the height of the commute. police arrested more than 2 dozen protestors on the platform. sergio is life at the powell street station for us tonight. sergio. >> l this time around demonstrators did not go parading through the street and instead focus their demonstration at one of the bart system busiest station and since they did not leave birth property, it was bart police who moved in and made arrests. the aim of this demonstration to force bart into granting free raid on the system. >> we are blocking the fare gate so they can grant the free fare or, that's all there is to it. >>reporter: ultimate gel is to disband bart police n.practice this sixth demonstration became a procession of people shouting very loudly. >> protect and serve us. if bart police make me nervous. >>reporter: dozen of news crew and look lieu follow along and squeeze through the democrat have itors an police it became visibly frustrating. >> just not representative i think of how most san francisco and how most bay area resident feel and i

you can see about a dozen san francisco police officers standing at the top there, from the powell street station, bart shut down the powell street station at about 5:30, and at this hour it remains closed. [loud noises] >> you can't kill us all, you can't kill us all. >> reporter: that came after more than two dozen people gathered here for the protest, the sixth in a stream of demonstrations, regarding a homeless man by a part a bart police officer here in san francisco. previous protests have led to dozens of arrests, station shutdowns and angry rioters, others hope the rush hour crowd and a large protest presence would force the bart to open the emergency gate, allowing people to ride for free. that didn't happen, though, wearing the riot helmet, bart, along with the police officers closed the stations and began to push the news crews outside. one of our crew had their id's taken by police. our camera captured this as bart detained about 25 people. the protest organizers told us they did nothing wrong. >> i think it really shows what the bart police are willing to do, and what the bart author

if you have plans to go home, don't come to this station. >> thank you, linda yee at the powell street station. please keep us posted on this. >>> even before tonight's protest, the demonstrations have cost bart $300,000. most of that was overtime pay for bart police, pr people, station agents and train operators. >>> some small businesses trying to get their start on one of san francisco's waterfront piers are being pushed off. the port says it's because of unsafe conditions. business owners say it's something much bigger. joe vazquez at pier 38 to explain. >> reporter: there it is. there's the red tag. unsafe it's been deemed here by several people including the chief harbor engineer who said he wanted everybody out immediately but port officials told several dozen business that is they have until the end of the month. >> i'm not sure what i'm going to do. >> reporter: mary jean runs what she calls a scrappy startup. her business making eld occasional software for children -- making educational software for children on pier 38 one of many companies that will have to go. >> we might b

protesters over to the powell station in san francisco. >>> at least 50 protesters tried to block the fare gates and our goal was to force part to open the emergency exits and let passengers walk out for free. instead, berkeley shut down the station. protesters are angry at the shooting death of the homeless man by park police back in july. >> lukey protesting because it's important that these people are the bullies. they are dated, they were murdered by the police force who is not holding there officers accountable. they want our police disbanded. about 30 protesters were arrested for disrupting service and some journalists were also briefly deep teen. powell street station had to be closed for about two hours. >> had received federal funding and today was visited by federal investigators. fbi agents raided the now closed so when her plant. it's been weeks since the company laid off thousand employees. agents pulled up in an unmarked truck and started hauling boxes out of it and dominic eagleton. those working for the company said they were shocked to see the feds. >> i arrived at ab

it could prevent them from getting home on time. 7 is live over the powell street station. you can see police with riot gear are greeting demonstrators right now. abc 7 is there and jonathan is keeping an eye for us. we've heard they're threatening to block fare gates what. are you see something. >> i'm seeing protesters starting to filter into the station and there is 10 minutes. now, there are still actual more police and journalists than actual protesters. but we did see first few coming here with a banner and a couple holding signs pro claiming their right to free speech. police over to the side of the fair gates have put on their riot helmets. is he we saw them tightening chin straps and pulling visors down. right now it's still a waiting game. you can see police are lined up. and protesters started crowding into fare gates, police have gotten out a bull horn and have started to try to create a permanent ter around the fare gates to make sure commuters still have a clear path from the entrance to the station into the bart platform. and so it's a waiting game right now.

they were not arrested and have since been now the powell street station was shut down for about 2 hours but was reopened around 7:30 or so and writ now seems to be running pretty smoothly. reporting life at the powell street station in san francisc francisco, abc 7 news. >> all right thank you sergio. >> president obama unveiled his job plan late today and challenged republicans in congress to accept it. that plan includes 447 billion dollars in tax cut and stimulus spending. mark tonight with details and reaction. >> president told jont session of congress this will be a defining moment. >> question is whether in the face of an ongoing national crisis we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy. >>reporter: the president 447 billion dollar american jobs act provides 70 billion in tax cut for businesses. 175 billion in tax cut for the middle class. 62 bill i don't know to extend unemployment insurance and 140 billion more in spending. on roads. on bridges. and on rebuilding schools. >> now we are requesting to sit become and watch china build new airpo

station. this happened last night hours after a rowdy protest to the powell street station. >>> this weekend onnniversary of the september 11th attacks memorial services will be held to remember the 3,000 people killed in new york, pentagon, and pennsylvania. patricia woo is in new york with the preview of the event there is and new security measures in place in response to a new terror threat. good morning, patricia. >> reporter: good morning, pam. yes, new york city police commissioner ray kelly was here this morning talking about the extra precautions that are being taken in light of this threat. increase in number of officers including those in plain close, snipers, and those with radiation detectors. security had already been extremely tight as we are expecting for the family workers and two presidents on sunday. america will pause sunday to mark the tenth anniversary of the worse terror attack ever on american soil. two cities targeted ten years ago there will be extra caution. >> as we approach the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks the nytd, fbi, and entire intelligence community has

night but this i wanted the only problem they had to deal with. >> was twa a big hassle at the powell station. protestors moved in at about 5:00 last night. they blocked the fare gate police shut down the station. they closed it down for two hours. they made 30 arrests. it was peaceful, no one was hurt. but commuters were very frustrated and they are going to have to deal with it again. there is not protest scheduled for monday at 5:00 p.m. at civic center station. our other top story is being covered by terry mcsweeney. he is on the peninsula for thus morning. what do you got? >> reporter: they are trying to figure out how information from 20,000 patients from stanford remained there for a year without anybody reporting it. information included names, account numbers and billing charges but not social security numbers or credit card numbers the things that identity thieves really need. the information turned up on a website called student of fortune which offers help for students doing homework. information was for the patients at the emergency room only, treated between march and august of

today's protest is scheduled for pga at the powell station here in san francisco. >>> san francisco police are investigating a stabbing at balboa bart station that happened this morning. they say the stabbing happened on the concourse level where riders buy tickets. the victim was taken to the hospital and no word yet on a suspect. >> still ahead, we're hearing knew 911 recordings for the first time. >> dramatic moments captured on tape nearly ten years ago. >>> tenth anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks on america is coming this sunday. >> 911 calls that day reveal the horror of what happened. american airlines flight that crashed into the world trade tower. her voice was one of those heard on tape. >> at 8:13 boston fails to reach american airlines flight 11 and then the voice of one of flight attendants calling from the back of the plane. >> number three in the back, cockpit is not answering and i think something is happening. >> and here is the voice of the hijacker. mohammad atta. >> if you try to make any move -- you have to stay quiet. >> and then the shock as this wa

today's protest is scheduled for pga at the powell station here in san francisco. >>> san francisco police are investigating a stabbing at balboa bart station that happened this morning. they say the stabbing happened on the concourse level where riders buy tickets. the victim was taken to the hospital and no word yet on a suspect. >> still ahead, we're hearing knew 911 recordings for the first time. >> dramatic moments captured on tape nearly ten years ago. i have school, i have after school activities... i'm super busy... with sports and school. we're a home school family, so the kids do their math and everything online. we also use the internet for doing book reports. they're not always doing research on the internet... they got their favorite youtube clips about kittens and things and... [ female announcer ] be ready for school. call at&t now to get the fastest internet for the price -- an amazing 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. plus access our entire national wi-fi hot spot network at no extra cost. the value was very good. it's like such a good price beca

. >> protesters will go through the powell station fair gates at 5:00 p.m. on thursday. we spoke to bart, they are aware of the protester's plans but they are not discussing security measures. >>> police are investigating the third homicide in san san francisco's mission district in a week. this shooting happened before 2:30 this morning. officers found a man in his 40s dead near a tree. they say he was shot twice. people say they heard the gun shots. >> terrifying. we heard -- woke up to the shots. you know, just didn't -- i didn't want to move. i was scared. >> authorities are working to identify the victim. police tell ktvu they do not believe it is connect with two other homicide that happened last tuesday. >>> man hunt for a killer accused of shooting and killing a kitty councilman and they almost caught him yesterday. ktvu's rita williams is live with what is going on in fort bragg. >> reporter: the fog moved in here at the command center and day light may be fading but their search for this man, aaron bassler will be going on around the clock tonight, tomorrow and

another problem for bart last night, they are dealing with a protest at powell station. police closed down the station for two hours and protestors blocked the ear gates. police moved in and made arrests and even detained a newspaper reporter and journalism students from san francisco stated. >> some members of the media have legitimate identification but did not have it and processed into the arrest tin bin. there are approximately 26 to 30 that have been placed under arrest. they will be transported to san francisco. >> protestors were hoping to force police to open the emergency stream gates to let riders get by for free but their plan didn't work. police just shut down the station. the protestors attempt to help ride wers a free fare did not gain them much goodwill. commuters say they were very frustrated by the protestors. they are sick of these protests, but there is going to be another one. it is scheduled for monday at 5:00 p.m. at civic center station in downtown san francisco. >>> the lights are back on today in arizona and just lights are back on in san diego,

on thursday they plan to protest outside the powell station.hey say it is a demonstration, if it is successful, passengers will not pay to ride from powell street. 6:36. trying to plan your labor day activities, we got lawrence here to let you know how the weather is going to shape up your plans. >> i'm thinking barbecues, and picnics, and any of those things you want to do outside. >> corn on the cob. >> yes, sounds good. a great day to do it. we're starting out with low clouds out there this morning, and looking toward parts of the east bay, and pleasanton, you can see some breaks already in some of those clouds and more sunshine as we head toward the afternoon, and those numbers are going to heat up very nicely outside today. and in the south bay, you will see sunny skies and 80 degrees. and 81 cupertino. about 89 degrees in morgan hill. and 79 degrees in sunnyvale. and toward the east bay, going to start to get hot in spots. pleasanton checking in at about 90 degrees, about 89 in antioch and about 88 in livermore. and as you make your way i

at the powell street bart station.is video from the last big protest that happen at this a big center station along the downtown streets. protest tonight is being organized for the return of justice hobart. the one part to openwork emergency exits and allow commuters ride for free. >> we are >> stay tuned, we will not all believe is the average on the protest tonight. a stabbing happened just after 6:00 a.m. about what our station. the victim is a male and is in the hospital. san francisco police along with our police are looking for a suspect. we are tracking a hot spot in the wake of an earlier occurring acid are found on 680. 680 south of is jammed up and to channel. it is a 30-40 minute drive time. our bridge check shows conditions of the bay bridge are very good. if the standard tale bridge has been troubled for it all along. rep the north bay right is heavier now than it has been at other times this morning. the drive time is running at about 38 minutes. to the fog along the coast is starting to lift. as we head

kron 4's ridgy c -- reggie kumar is live at the powell street station. >> reporter: during the protest here at the powell street bart station demonstrators may block the fair gate if they do police will take action. >> reporter: once again they will have police officers and volunteers on all plat parms in san francisco to -- platforms in san francisco to prevent "no justice, no bart" protisters. on thursday demonstrators want bart to allow commuters to ride for free. the president encourages the protesters to voice their frustrations at board meetings. >> i don't anticipate there being too many protesters or that big of a disruption. police will be fast to act, keep the gates clear for the safety of everyone. >> it's too dangerous. we have 500 people every minute in downtown san francisco. cramming a crowded platform. one cleric if you stop a train a train is stuck. and frequently, almost daily, medical emergency, out of 3,000 riders, someone will get hurt. >> reporter: all proteases cost bart $300,000 in staff over time, not including cost for the san francisco police department and s

. >> reporter: at pow street station -- powell street station t took a few minutes to find riders upset with protesters. >> i don't know what they are protesting. >> reporter: e-mails from bart's spokesman shows he went out of his way to hand pick customers to speak at a news conference, coached them on what to say. only one showed up to the briefing last month when bart shut down cell phone service. >> i spoke to the general manager and the head of our internal affairs department and we will not do this again. >> reporter: bord president didn't like the idea of spending $800 on suvs that were supposed to transport them. he doesn't think johnson should lose his job. >> he made a few mistakes. there is a microphone in front of him. >> reporter: we could not reach him by phone or e-mail today. but the reply i received said he will be back on monday. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new water flips wine country tonight. ktvu's deborah is live. >> reporter: take a look. a broken line causing big headaches for customers. >> reporter: households are hauling water. for their animals an

from that earlier protest. >> reporter: just after 5:00 last night this was the scene at the powell station. they would allow protests as long as they happened in the free speech area outside of the fare gates. police shut down the station for two hours and arrested 30 people. >> if nobody is down on the platform, than why are you stopping the plane expect to make it look like you have to for the safety of us. no the inconvenience of us is what it is. >> reporter: demonstration organizers from no justice no bart say they wanted to test the free speech limitations. bart said the protest interfered with civility to operate trains. there is another demonstration scheduled for monday night at the civic center station. we'll bring you the latest on that next week. we are live in san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 6:49. happening right now president obama is now aboard air force one. there it is right there. about to head to richmond, virginia. the president will start selling the jobs plan he unvailed in his nation-wide speech before congress last night. again, these are li

station across town are being blamed on the chaos last night following a protest at the city's powellt station. the vandals spray painted graffiti referencing to two b.a.r.t. shootings. >> we believe that what happened at glen park was related to the protest because there were some individuals who were wearing the same type of clothing at both stations. >> reporter: last night's powell street protest is the sixth in a string of demonstrations highlights alleged b.a.r.t. brutality. b.a.r.t. police closed the station for more than two hours as san francisco police confiscated media process. police arrested, cited and released 25 people although protesters remained in the designated protest area. >> the san francisco police department and the b.a.r.t. police department determined that their actions, their civil disobedience was interacting with the safe operation of b.a.r.t. >> it puts pressure on the every day b.a.r.t. rider. it puts pressure on b.a.r.t. all together. because from my understanding these are not going to stop until b.a.r.t. does something. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. riders sa

the group anonymous indicated they will be a gathering at powell street embarcadero and civic center stations today. group has planned a protest every monday since bart temporarily shut down cellphone service last month to avoid a protest over the killing of charles hill in july. >> there was hardly a turnout for planned demonstration by anonymous but a protest on thursday, no justice, no bart shut down the powell street station and ended with the arrests of more than two dozen demonstrators. >>> the san jose city council will take up the controversial issue of medical marijuana collectives when it meets tomorrow. among the issues, they need to decide how many collecting identifies to allow in san jose. they said last april there should be just ten. also it calls for them to grow their own pot on site. that will require large operations. council wanted them located in general and light industrial areas. >> firefighters in central california is battling a series of wildfires started by lightning strikes. they have consumed more than 30,000 acres in kern county. crews were focused on one major

they plan to demonstrate at powell street embarcadero and civic center stations today. they have planned a protest every monday for five weeks in response to shutting down cellphone last month in a protest over the killing of charles hill in july. a protest by another group, no justice, no bart shut down the powell street station with police arresting more than two dozen demonstrators. f.b.i. and department of homeland security have opened a series of official investigations into the hack or group. they have carried out more than 75 raids and arrested 16 people this year in connection with illegal hacking jobs claimed by anonymous. >>> president obama is challenging congress to pass his new jobs bill right away and he wants republicans to stop playing politics. plant includes a cut in payroll cuts in social and extension of jonlts benefits. john hendron reports. >> first came the plan and now comes the pressure. >> this is bill that congress needs to pass. no gain, no -- no games, no politics. >>> he is following up the plan three he outlined last week. he spoke in the

they plan to demonstrate at powell street embarcadero and civic center stations today. they have planned a protest every monday for five weeks in response to shutting down cellphone last month in a protest over the killing of charles hill in july. a protest by another group, no justice, no bart shut down the powell street station with police arresting more than two dozen demonstrators. f.b.i. and department of homeland security have opened a series of official investigations into the hack or group. they have carried out more than 75 raids and arrested 16 people this year in connection with illegal hacking jobs claimed by anonymous. >>> president obama is challenging congress to pass his new jobs bill right away and he wants republicans to stop playing politics. plant includes a cut in payroll cuts in social and extension of jonlts benefits. john hendron reports. >> first came the plan and now comes the pressure. >> this is bill that congress needs to pass. no gain, no -- no games, no politics. >>> he is following up the plan three he outlined last week. he spoke in the

. >> and the powell street bart station is closed right now. >> police shut down that station about halfn hour after the protests began by the group no justice no, bart. this time, the targ yilt was the powell street station. police kicked out repor

internet traffic indicates they plan focus on three san francisco stations, civic center, powell street and embarcadero about an hour ago. we're live at the civic center station with the latest. >> you know according to the sweeps we've been reading this is where they plan to organize first this, is the site where the protests have gotten out of hand. take a look at this video from a protest in late august this, train platform was shut down by protesters through a a debt platform. that was the protest that started this whole thing because they were protesting at the time against the, what they call unnecessary violence by police. the shooting of oscar grant, later shooting of charles hill and but that protest also spurred further action by bart to shut down cell phones the next time a protest happened that. is where anonymous got involved. this organization is going to be spearheading tonight's protest, angry about cell phones turned off and about bart kicking out and detaining members of the media during the last protest that happened on thursday. and says they're interested in what ba

. >>> the powell street bart station is back open in san francisco.t's after being closed earlier today between 26 and 30 people were arrested in what started as a police brutality pretest. this commuter who was upset started yelling at those involved in the rally. the protesters were outside the ticket gatesgates. as they began marching and chanting, bart police made the decision to close the station. those who did not leave were arrested. and that includes journalism students from san francisco state who came with their teacher. >> i got hit in the patient. they took a stick, tried to push us back and arrested one of the first individuals and my camera hit me right here. >> all that happened today was people stood in the free speech zone, in which the bart administration said they will welcome protest, people shooed there, shouted, banners and then massive numbers of police were brought in and people were arrested. >> bart police have an obligation to protect this system and the paying customers. when that interrupted bart police has an obligation t

they plan on blocking the fair gates at the powell station and they will try to force people to allowe to ride bart for free. >>> ktvu channel 2 news' tara moriarty is in san francisco with reasons why the fairs will be different. >> reporter: it could soon change and they are considering opening up all the doors especially the clipper doors or transfers. now one of the biggest challenges they will face with an all door boarding system is cracking down on folks who done pay their fares. they are already losing $20 million a year because of free riders. they would have to beef under the number of fair inspectors and enforce payments more consistently. they are targeting low income or nonwhite passengers. it will still require folks to wait in line and board through the front door but it will cut down on time where buses sit at stops. they do support the idea so you could see the all door boarding system going into effect next year. around 6:00 they will start lining up so we will get reaction from folks. live in san francisco, i am tara moriarty. >>> they are hoping to slow down a ragi

. >> this is happening at powell street station. and the group no justice no, bart plans to block the fair gates there and not enter the platform. >> the goal is letting people through without paying the fare. bart says if they block the gates they'll be arrested. and the group wants bart police to disband. >> and police have charged a transient with attempted murder in connection with an early morning stabbing. >> this occurred at the balboa park bart station right around 6:00 a.m. and that appears to have come out of the blue. >> the victim and suspect arrived on a bus together. and upon approaching the agent booth, the suspect stabbed a victim once in the neck, then fled from this scene. >> the 35-year-old was arrested following a brief search of the area and had a knife, two knifes on him, one had blood on it. the victim is only described as a male in his 60s, he will will be soon released from san francisco general hospital oo. and an unusual ground breaking in san francisco. to mark the beginning of a new public safety buildin

claudine wong joins us from the powell street station in san francisco to explain. >> reporter: over and over again bart has had to deal with protestors here at the powell street station and the civic street station right in the heart of the community. as protestors push their message, bart did the same. how far is too far when you are talking about a public relations spin? this morning fallout over what some call media manipulation. in the wake of protests like the one you are watching now, bart held multiple press conferences. according to the bay citizen bart not only recruited loyal writers but prepared a script for them to read and hired a car service at the cost of $900 to get them to and from a press conference. here's what the script said. my name is blank. i take bart from bank to downtown san francisco. i depend on bart to get me to my destination safely and on time. whatever your message is it is completely lost on my because you are putting my life at risk. further more you are making me late. or miss my job interview. we writers demand an immediate end to this illegal acc

plans to stage a fifth protest at the civic center and embarcadero stations starting at 5 this evening. tweets this morning suggest the powell street station may be involved. protestors are demanding the bart disband its police force. commuters say they're growing tired of repeated disruptions. >> it's just annoying. it disrupts what people normally do, and we don't really agree with what they're protesting for. >> i'm sympathetic to a point, but i wish there was some way we could sort of compromise on some of this. >> anonymous is a group of computer hackers under investigation by the fbi, department of homeland security, and other federal agencies. those investigations have resulted in more than 75 raids and the arrest of 16 people this year, in connection with illegal hacking jobs claimed by anonymous. >>> firefighters in kern county are continuing to battle two sprawling wildfires. the largest one is the northern part of the county. as of this morning, the flames have spread to 23,000 acres, and it's only 30% contained. mandatory evacuations are not in place, but fire officials are recommending residents leave anyway. an

anne makovec is at the powell street station in san francisco with more on how bart is bracing for the worst. >> reporter: it's scheduled to start at 4:30 this afternoon. it's going to be a little different from the protests we have seen in the past. the protestors say they will stay outside of the pay area and their goal is to try to get bart to force them to open the gates to allow everyone in for free. >> i just joined the protest against the protest, you know, because this is not good. >> reporter: bart passengers, consider yourselves warned. another protest may shut down service at downtown san francisco stations during the rush hour commute. >> just let us come and go and go home and get some rest and make things happen. >> reporter: it's the bart passengers who get caught in the middle. there's been a string of protests since july 3 when bart police shot and killed a man at the civic center station. then at a protest in august, bart shut down underground cell service which caused more protests. they have been organized by two groups, the hacker group "anonymous" and another call

they shut down the powell street station for two hours on thursday.hey told the crowd to dispurse. at least six journalists were arrested. again all of that happened on thursday. there is another protest expected to happen here today. civic center station at 5:00. there could billion service interruptions and station closures as there have been in the past. live in san francisco allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> tonight the vallejo school district is inviting parents to watch parts of a new antibullying film featuring students and staff. the film is part of the districts respect for all curriculum in response to the harassment of a student who's a lesbian. tentiest event -- tonight's event is designed as a listening session. it will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.. it will include an open panel discussion. >>> our time now 6:47. it has been six months since that devastating quake and tsunami in japan. yesterday a minute of silence was observed at the exact moment that the magnitude 9.0 quake hit march 11th. 20,000 people are either dead or missing.

people say they're going to be out here protesting at the powell street station at 4:30 to protest b.a.r.t. shooting date dating back to oscar grant. and this tactic has people upset. >> that's a shame to do it the way they are doing it because they are hurting everybody. they are not pushing their point across by doing it >> reporter: protest in july and august led to idle trains in the middle of rus hour. i had to take a cab for 60 bucks. are they going to give me 60 bucks? this time, they are going in front of fare money, not trains. they want to force b.a.r.t. to allow people to ride for free. >> it's 300,000 but it was $2.8 million settlement for oscar grant's family and the senches packages. we are talking in the millions. 300,000, not that much. >> blow testers are not the only ones whose tactics have diverted attention away from the main goal. b.a.r.t. shut off cell phone service to stop protesters. that led to questions from the attorney general's office and a visit from the fbi. b.a.r.t. stopped doing that when protesters stopped using cell phone service for plans. >> they will h

stations tonight. civic center, powell and embarcadero station. >> sky 7 is live right now. you can see a strong police presence. they prepare for whatever the bart protesters intend to throw at them tonight. >> and abc 7 is below on the platt form there and what are you seeing. >> there is a lot of commuters gathered on the platform. now, it seems to be going just fine. there are heavier than usual media presence here and what we've seen is a lot of employees wearing yellow vests down here to direct crowds. and this should become unusually crowded. we did see police officers on the ticketing level and on the ground level above the station but only actually seen one guy with a protest sign here this time on the civic center platform. he had a sign that said i love lyndon. a chief spokesman for bart during this round of protest was regard to free speech. so now, it's a waiting game. we're finding out there may be protesters gathered at powell street. so this is a guessing game as we try to figure out where protesters gathered and what the plan s we do know, however, as a resu

powell street bart station in san francisco during rush hour last night. least 50 protestors tried to block the fare gates. >>> protestors overtook the powell street bart station in san francisco during rush hour again last night forcing a shutdown of that station. 50 people storm gates. [ chanting ] >> bart police closed the station for two hours. protestors are angry over the shooting death of a homeless man by bart police in july and they want bart police disbanded. 30 people were arrested for disrupting service at the station. >>> the michelle le lay murder suspect is expected to make her court appearance after a one- day delay. she was scheduled to appear in an alameda county court yesterday. giselle esteban is suspected of killing her ex-friend. her appearance was delayed because of a medical issue relating to her pregnancy. le disappeared in may after taking a break from her class in hayward. her body was never found. >>> a 5-year-old boy is the latest pedestrian to be hit by a vehicle here in san francisco. the boy suffered life- threatening injuri

station. hear they chanted and taunted bart police but didn't good through the turn style. they march from here to the powell street station and back and forth several times. these protest have caused many bart commuters to adjust their monday schedules. this man owns an jaering firm. >> we allow our people to good a little earlier today. employees. probably half hour earlier. to avoid this congestion. >>reporter: but there was no congestion below ground today. san francisco police raced ahead of the group all evening. to keep them from obstructing xhawt traffic on market street. at one point the group raced toward city hall. there police blocked off the entrance by body. support he of anonymous says bart has still not fully addressed whether they will shut down cell service on another protest. >> they have not made a firm statement they will if the did this. they are working on the policy. in my opinion policy could have hammered out by now. >>reporter: he add bart police shooting of hill a homeless man is also fueling these protests. bart says all these protests are taking their toll. >> so far the cost ha

media than protesters and the group is organizing it says that one will take place at the powell street station. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and thank you very much this, is a live picture from inside of the civic center station. there is a ticket level. at this moment, more police than protesters. we'll have to see what happens. jonathan bloom is there live for us. and we can see pretty clearly. very quiet where you are. what are you expecting there? >> they're expecting anonymous folks to start protesting. you can see police are ready for those folks to show up to protest. what happened in the last hour is that access through the sthaigsz become more restricted. all afternoon the media were allowed to come and go from the station. now we're being told we need to wait outside for permission to go in. which is why we're standing outside looking at police inside of the fare gates. they've chained off an escalator. it's possible they're trying to restrict where people can access the train platform from. and there is still rider goesing into the station. they've indicated it's open for b

station. hear they chanted and taunted bart police but didn't good through the turn style. they march from here to the powell street station and back and forth several times. these protest have caused many bart commuters to adjust their monday schedules. this man owns an jaering firm. >> we allow our people to good a little earlier today. employees. probably half hour earlier. to avoid this congestion. >>reporter: but there was no congestion below ground today. san francisco police raced ahead of the group all evening. to keep them from obstructing xhawt traffic on market street. at one point the group raced toward city hall. there police blocked off the entrance by body. support he of anonymous says bart has still not fully addressed whether they will shut down cell service on another protest. >> they have not made a firm statement they will if the did this. they are working on the policy. in my opinion policy could have hammered out by now. >>reporter: he add bart police shooting of hill a homeless man is also fueling these protests. bart says all these protests are taking their toll. >> so far the cost ha

group called no justice in no bart are demanding that all commuters ride bart for free at the powell street station on thursday evening. the group says that if the writers are not allowed on board for greek it will take to the platforms and there could be delays. arizonas following the story. along with this announcement there was a protest at the civic center station as well. >> there was. i have been to all of these rallies over the past four weeks. today was the smallest that we have seen, nevertheless you can see the flyers and information out on the internet. the next protest is scheduled for thursday afternoon. apologize for. we think that part should apologize. those from the know just is no bar to a group came out with their words. there were protests led by the group anonymous. >> pirelli is now scheduled upholstery byrd station for this thursday. that side there was a process that led to several arrests. >> we know not prevent people from entering the bart stations. to keep the emergency exits open an expected part to allow passengers through. >> 200 protesters will be in attendance. >> t

just after 5:00 last night, this was the scene at the powell street station. police eventually closed in on the demonstrators here shutting down the station for two hours and arresting 30 people. bart officials said previously they would allow protests as long as they happened in the free speech area. >> we are doing exactly what they said we could. >> reporter: protesting? >> yeah. outside the fair gates in a free speech zone. >> reporter: demonstration organizers from no justice no bart said they wanted to test the limitations but bart said it interfered with the trains. >>> in overnight news. an apparent domestic dispute turned deadly in vacaville. a woman was shot to death. we're told that a man had barricaded himself inside that home. he eventually gave up and is now in custody. >>> also overnight solano county firefighters were working on a grass fire. that started near interstate 680 and gold hill road just after midnight. investigators believe the fire may have started because someone was shooting off flairs in the area. firefighters had the fire out i

they plan at powell station.ay since bart shut down cellphone service last month to. >> bart says if necessary this it will close the stations to stop protestors from getting into the platform stations. >> no problems with bart but a hot spot in los gatos. highway 9 remains closed between 17 and university. police and fire are investigating. a vehicle versus a pedestrian there. follow plaza, now backed into the maze. an earlier accident cleared from there. we have reports of a stall on the san mateo bridge and we'll get that in the next time. >> clouds out there but a little clearing in some places. if you've got pain? you need the patch. (announcer) icy hot patches. targeted no-mess relief. icy to dull pain. hot to relax it away. pain's no match for the icy hot patch. >>> welcome back. check out the warm temperatures. 50s and low to mid-60s around the bay shore and east bay valleys. temperatures will be warmer today, especially in inland valleys of the east bay and up to the north bay we'll hit to the low to mid

station. this happened last night just hours after a rowdy protest at the powell street station. remembering the victims will be held tonight at 6 p.m. at skyline college. >>> people around san diego are being asked to help conserve electricity after a massive power outage. the outage also affected parts of orange county arizona and mexico. >>reporter: this thing was very widespread, 7 million customers. we're happy to report at this hour nearly 100 percent of the service has been restored to this area, but no doubt some scary moments for folks who called this part of the country home. i think that it is safe to say that a lot of americans are on edge right now ago h as we're nearing the tenth anniversary of september 11 and the terror threat level has been raised in many places. in fact, as a precaution no one was expecting the power to go out for this large of a spot, and it was in fact out for about 13 hours. it snarled traffic because thousands of lights were out, shutting down schools and reports of accidents and people stuck in elevators. officials are stressing there was n

took over the powell street bart station in san francisco during the evening rush hour. protesters took overth powell street bart station in san francisco during the evening rush hour. at least 50 protesters tried to block the stair gates. bart police shut down the station for two hours. protesters are angry over the shooting death of a homeless man by bart police in july. they want bart police disbanded. about 30 people were arrested for disruptding service there. >>> if you were in the emergency room at stanford hospital in 2009, some of your perral information may have been compromised. stanford is investigating how the patient information was leaked out. a subcontractor for an outside vendor posted the information. it has been decleated. the hospital says credit card and social security numbers were not involved. >>> a congressional panel will hold hearings next week about the now closed cylindr ashe plant. yesterday f.b.i. agents raided the plant which received federal funding. the company laid off 1,000 employees last week. >>> coming up, an inspirational journey a

. >> downtown the powell street station is back open.ust to recap between 26-30 arrests were made. some of these protesters were angry they do not think that the station should have then shut it down. as i mentioned i was down there and it will shoulder to shoulder. it was difficult to see where who was going. reporting live in a san francisco, j.r. stone, kron 4 news. >> and other developing story. a massive power outage has knocked out electricity to 2 million people in california, arizona and mexico. reggie kumar joins us. reggie, you have been working on this. >> absolutely. i just spoke with the san diego gas and electric. they are gradually restoring the electric transmission lines. it is in the first process of getting the power back. let me show you in orange county. it is daytime mayor pierre red-ho however thee are no traffic signals. people have to stop and move through it san diego and electric tell me that it is going to take some time to restore all of these transmission lines. the main issue started in central arizona. a t