at this point in time, we would have to go back to the union pacific. there's a union pacific representative in the audience that would be capable of responding to this. we would have to go to them to request an extension. at that point, depending on their ability to extend would determine our ability to provide that extension through the facilitation agreement. supervisors chu: it sounds to me that there is an agreement currently in place until the end of may. should there not be action taken at this point, you would have to request an extension of those rates? >> correct. supervisors chu: let me ask another question to the department. with regards to the franchise agreement, i understand the distinction between the landfill contract and the distinction between transportation, which i think is important. just speaking a little bit about the conversation about franchise agreements, can you talk a little bit about -- i know this is more the subject of what the lafco study was about, but what was in other agreements? when i read the lafco report, some thi

the first is that recology has an agreement with union pacific for the rail portion of this. our concern is the cost to rate payers may increase if the agreement is not maintained. the second reason is this city does not currently have landfill capacity to deal with a natural disaster or unforeseen event that produces large amounts of debris. we're in a situation where if one of those events occurs in our city, the current landfill capacity that we have could be quickly filled up in a day. we do not have a contingency plan. we need a long-term plan for our waste and what it would cost the city in the possibility of an event. the third reason is -- as of november 2010, the city is now out of compliance with the state law that requires a 15-year disposal plan. this is the california public resources code that asks all cities and counties of california to have a 15-year disposal plan for its waste. that's a concern, as well. finally, there's not adequate time to redo the process before we reach a contracted capacity at altamont. when we started this process in 2003, we do not se

. >> amtrak and union pacific railroad ran a special rain to bring attention to rail safety. >>> the train ran from berkeley to richmond this morning to make people aware of the danger of walking on or near railroad tracks. they are concerned about the public. but when a train hits someone they suffer too. >> takes its toll on all of us. >> union pacific railroad police wanted to remind police they can be cited and fined for walking on tracts. >>> discussing possible solutions for maintaining the cash trapped train service. community members, officials and caltrain representativeerize expects to attend the meeting at burlingame city hall. one of 7 being hosted. last night participates said in order for caltrain to have stable long term funding the state should increase license fees and sales taxes. >> farmers and fisherman from the delta formed an alliance to fight for water they say they have a league right to. ktvu's jim vargas live now. >> reporter: it's difficult to believe that people living in this area would be talking about what amountest to water wars. but that's what is hap

the train was on union pacific track and union pacific is the lead investigator. so far there's no word on the identification of the victim. >>> nancy pile said the number of dispensaries keeps growing as the council trying to figure out how to regulate them. next tuesday san jose city council is scheduled to once again discuss imposing the limit on the number of dispensaries in the city. >>> a follow up to the stories tonight we've brought you this week. we've now obtained video of a nummi driver kicking a family off the bus. it shows a woman taking a seat with a toddler in her arms. she gets up to stop the bus driver from leaving without her companion who is carrying a stroller. the driver and man then exchange word about him boarding late. >> have a nice day. you get off my train. >> the operator inappropriately kicks a family off of the bus and that's something we take very serious and want to take action on. >> reporter: ktvu news reported the driver was fired. the driver had been on the job for five months and was still on his probationary period. >>> a cour

the train was on union pacific track and union pacific is the lead investigator. so far there's no word on the identification of the victim. >>> nancy pile said the number of dispensaries keeps growing as the council trying to figure out how to regulate them. next tuesday san jose city council is scheduled to once again discuss imposing the limit on the number of dispensaries in the city. >>> a follow up to the stories tonight we've brought you this week. we've now obtained video of a nummi driver kicking a family off the bus. it shows a woman taking a seat with a toddler in her arms. she gets up to stop the bus driver from leaving without her companion who is carrying a stroller. the driver and man then exchange word about him boarding late. >> have a nice day. you get off my train. >> the operator inappropriately kicks a family off of the bus and that's something we take very serious and want to take action on. >> reporter: ktvu news reported the driver was fired. the driver had been on the job for five months and was still on his probationary period. >>> a cour

this is the union pacific real on goodrich avenue. that attract is supposed to be loaded with copper wire. the three thieves picked the wrong day because the railroad was conducting a special safety train ride to show city officials and community leaders safety along rail lines. drivers trying to beat trains through the crossings when they noticed the thieves trying to steal copper wires. >> and arizona congresswoman that almost died takes a journey to witness her astronaut husband launch on the shuttle. >> and apple answers to criticism that their iphones are tracking user locations. >>> gabrielle giffords arrived in florida to see her husband's space shuttle launch on fy. she arrived in cape canaveral about an hour ago. her husband mark kelly is leading the crew on its final mission. on january 8th a gunman shot her in the head and killed six others outside a tucson grocery store. nasa says it expects to attract more than a half million visitors including president obama. >> they are responding to critics that it tracked loc

union pacific railroad police arrested the three mean you see here. they found 30 pounds of stolen copper in their truck. police say with the rising prices of copper it equals quick cash for criminals. >> prosecutors are launching their own investigation into the san bruno pipeline explosion. they are seeking thousands of pages of documents related to the plast. jackie spear has been leading the call to make pipeline safety a priority. we were with her when she learned the news. >> this is an issue that needs to be addressed on a national level. these are concerns we should have. >> the safety board and california's puc are also conducting investigations. she will join pg&e in 20 minutes for a town hall meeting. the mayor of san bruno and counsellal members are expected to attend. that meetings begins at 6:30. residents will get an update on the recovery efforts in ammonia is -- in san bruno. pg&e's records describe the pipeline that exploded as seemless when it was not. now it is come to light the same discrepancy may apply to 34-miles of pipeline. i

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. >> reporter: union pacific police, along with local police, conducted arrests and issued citations along today's route. in berkeley this afternoon, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. >>> the clock may no longer strike at midnight for some weekend b.a.r.t. riders. b.a.r.t. is considering a six-month test run this fall that would keep trains running until 1:00 a.m. for riders out on the town. how far, saturday's service would begin an hour later at 7:00 a.m. b.a.r.t. will use this trial to see if these changes thud be permanent. b.a.r.t. has complained the service is too late. >>> ac transit will hold a public hearing in downtown oakland on a fare hike proposal for the next ten years. ac transit calls it a plan for predictable fare increases. it also includes the creation of a seven-day bus pass and possible changes to the transfer policy. for adults, the proposed cash fare would go from $2 to $2.50. for children, $1 to $1.25 or the -- during the same period. >>> we know more about what happened at a home care facility that led to the death of a 24-year-old man.

. >> union pacific police arrested three men after stumbling across the suspects. our abc 7 news camera was on board for safety awareness program when police spotted the suspects next to the tracks. officers stopped the train and jumped off guns drawn. >> we approached the individual and put them on the ground and cuffed them and now currently investigating for copper wire theft. >> police say the wire provides power to the railroad signal lights. they found 30 or 40 pounds of wire in the back of the truck. scrap copper cells for over four dollars a pound. privacy watch dogs raised concerns that the possibility of iphones and ipads are collecting data on userings. apple broke its silence on the controversy today. they are live out of san jose for us. >> iphones and ipads use traditional gps satellite. but also provides users with more accurate and faster location information. but the information raises red flags when it come to privacy. >> apple is coving - scoffing at the notion of tracking users. but the data does spot your general where abouts . he used a progra

the train was on union pacific tracks. the victim has not been identified. >>> an overnight native oakland police are investigating a shoot that left one man dead. around 2:00 this morning, officers responded to 73rd and holiday after receiving calls about a possible drunk driver. when they arrived on scene they found one man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. paramedics loaded man on to an ambulance but he died on his way to the hospital. opd says it appears the man was shot in his car near the mall. >>> homicide detectives in oakland hope surveillance video will shed lit on the killing of a 25-year-old man. this was obtained exclusively by ktvu showing the man walking along international boulevard, yesterday morning. you can see a car does a u-turn and approaches taylor. a short time later police found taylor on the ground with a possible gunshot wound. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> a san francisco senator is again receiving racist and threatening fax messages. as you can see, the fax also threatens presi

union pacific says one of the people cited was a ups delivery driver. >>> our ktvu camera was onboard that train when something unexpected happened. as ktvu's tom vaca reports, we witnessed a crime that's part of a growing trend. record as amtrak demonstrated safety concerns to the media today they noticed suspicious activities on the side of the tracks. they numbered suspected thieves taking copper wire in broad daylight and made three arrests. >> obviously with the price of copper rising, the opportunity for individuals to make that theft and do what these individuals were doing, it's probably going to get worse. >> reporter: the school officials discovered the thieves had raided an electrical junction box overnight. >> some of the light poles for the ball fields had been tampered with. >> reporter: that theft will have cost some consequences. >> just like an invasion of a home situation. >> reporter: muni had an outage along a bus line. thieves there had removed 300 pounds of live copper power cable. worse copper thieves took copper from a fault last august that serves san francisc

union pacific says one of the people cited was a ups delivery driver. >>> our ktvu camera was onboard that train when something unexpected happened. as ktvu's tom vaca reports, we witnessed a crime that's part of a growing trend. record as amtrak demonstrated safety concerns to the media today they noticed suspicious activities on the side of the tracks. they numbered suspected thieves taking copper wire in broad daylight and made three arrests. >> obviously with the price of copper rising, the opportunity for individuals to make that theft and do what these individuals were doing, it's probably going to get worse. >> reporter: the school officials discovered the thieves had raided an electrical junction box overnight. >> some of the light poles for the ball fields had been tampered with. >> reporter: that theft will have cost some consequences. >> just like an invasion of a home situation. >> reporter: muni had an outage along a bus line. thieves there had removed 300 pounds of live copper power cable. worse copper thieves took copper from a fault last august that serves san francisc

pacific union financial of walnut creek told ktvu they plan to donate $10,000. earlier today the la city council donated $50,000. la police also said today the two suspects may have attacked three or four other giants fans in the minutes before they beat up brian stow. >> a harrowing ride on a san francisco muni train is caught on camera. the doors wide open as the train roars through an underground tunnel. ktvu's david stevenson has the video. one passenger's account of what happened and muni's response. >> cell phone video taken friday night and posted to youtube shows riders on a san francisco muni l train ignoring a wide open door as the tree roars from vanness to church street station. scott weeder is the bearded passenger seen in the foreground. >> the operator got -- made an announcement pretty soon after we got into the tunnel that he was aware that the door was open and that people should stay away from the door. >> it appears to us that the proper procedures were not followed. >> reporter: muni officials this afternoon told that you say before the trai

pacific union financial of walnut creek told ktvu they plan to donate $10,000. earlier today the la city council donated $50,000. la police also said today the two suspects may have attacked three or four other giants fans in the minutes before they beat up brian stow. >> a harrowing ride on a san francisco muni train is caught on camera. the doors wide open as the train roars through an underground tunnel. ktvu's david stevenson has the video. one passenger's account of what happened and muni's response. >> cell phone video taken friday night and posted to youtube shows riders on a san francisco muni l train ignoring a wide open door as the tree roars from vanness to church street station. scott weeder is the bearded passenger seen in the foreground. >> the operator got -- made an announcement pretty soon after we got into the tunnel that he was aware that the door was open and that people should stay away from the door. >> it appears to us that the proper procedures were not followed. >> reporter: muni officials this afternoon told that you say before the trai

that this initiative and i worked suggestion -- our european union neighbors -- to create a harmonize economic space between lisbon and pacific would be supported. i know reaction is a generally positive. we are talking about dialog and economic partnership and possibly have zones of free trade and more advanced forms of economic integration. we have something on a common to strive for, because we have a continent-wide market that's worth 3 trillion euros. initially, we would like to ask our european partners to remove some bottlenecks they have to create energy infrastructure. the starting point would be cancelling of entry visas to europe. we talk about it a lot. dear colleagues, i would like to talk about our defense and aviation industry, considering that there were a lot of requests from duma deputies. in the time of crisis we reneged on our support of the aviation industry. we invested 270 billion rubles in the aviation industry, and we were able to promote all projects that have to do with our aviation, both civil and military. we were able to consolidate our aviation complex. it was so convoluted legislation. we were

our suggestion to the european union neighbors to create harmonize economic space between unions and the pacific will be supported. reaction is generally positive. we are talking about dialogue and an economic partnership and possibly having the zones of free trade there. and more advanced zones of economic integration. we have a continent wide market that is worth three trillion heroes. we would like -- 3 trillion euros. the starting point would be canceling entry visas to europe. we talk about it a lot. i would like to point your special attention to a situation in our aviation industry. there were a lot of requests from deputies in this regard. in a time of crisis, we renamed done our commitment. -- we renegged on our commitment. we were able to promote all projects that have to do with our aviation, both civil and military. we were able to facilitate our aviation production complex. it was so convoluted. legislation was moving slowly. there were a lot of special interest provisions there. the entire conference can move forward. we will be reviving production of the largest cargo plane. it is

pacific gas and electric this from the n.r.c. or from the in concerned scientists the n.r.c. by the union of concerned scientists a misguided ruperta valves that would not open fast enough preventer other key opening tests after the valve repairs failed to detect the problem. then there were the reactor operated for nearly eighteen months this reactor operated for eighteen months without its emergency systems would be with the emergency systems disabled. the next one is in fort calhoun open near omaha nebraska. in this case a case of this reactor pumps an emergency water make up system failed repeatedly over several years the plant owner never identified the true cause of the failures and therefore did not take the right steps to prevent the recurrence in hill robinson in florence south carolina on the thirty first anniversary of three mile island this event revisited nearly all the problems that caused that meltdown bad design poor maintenance of problematic according to him it inadequate operating performance and poor training and in surrey newport news virginia the next one after an in

pacific has grown a lot. we now serve 200 to 350 patients every meal. we need to install more grills, a steamer to do the job. as union shop steward, we have asked cpmc to upgrade the equipment, but they cannot because the kitchen does not have the necessary ventilation to support the new equipment. as a result, food service workers struggle to serve food on time to patients. in the last four months, we had to make food trays 1300 times because food was too cold to eat by the time it reached the patient. that does not make patience happy at all. as food service workers, we pride ourselves on delivering good, healthy meals to help patients heal their index. i believe with the new cathedral held project, we can do so more consistently. as a union shop steward, i will make sure to meet with the management regularly to ensure that we do that. we have formed a food and nutrition committee to review the issue regarding the food- service department to provide the best for our patients. please do not allow an opportunity for access to health fadeaway. >> good evening and thank you. i am a registered nurse in post- acute servi

. >>> union longshoremen rallies to protest what they say is bad faith bargaining by employers. members of the ilwu local demonstrated outside the pacific maritime workers. the workers say pma refused to negotiate with them. >> this is not minnesota. people died for these jobs. >> reporter: ktvu contacted the pacific maritime association but we did not receive a response. >>> and california among the handful of states seeing gas prices at record levels. it's $4.23 in san francisco. and $4.19 a gallon in san jose. >>> well let's talk about our weather now. bill looking at the shots from i80 in emeryville. looks like it's a little windy there. the camera is shaking around. >> a west wind blowing on the bay. earlier i showed you the wind surfers out there. i have wind gusting at 23 miles per hour. they are actually reporting as this occurs. so you can see gusting at 22 at the alameda naval. as the winds begin to shift around we're going to see a southerly wind come through. that's going to mark a change for some sprinkles in your bay area forecast. it was not that warm today at all. temperatures mostly in the mid- 60s. a couple of upper 60