It happened near the concord station and at this hour theres still no Train Service near the Pleasant Hill station to concord North Concord and pittsburg. The one bit of good news the derailed train was headed for the maintenance yard and no passengers were on board. We have team coverage. Paul chambers has been talking to commuters on their slow ride home tonight but we begin with Jana Katsuyama at the concord station shes learned the 10 car train was switching cars when it detrailed. Reporter theyve allowed us to stay just inside the perimeter here, you can see the yellow tape. I just learned from b. A. R. T. Police that investigators will be bringing in an empty train to help. The important thing is no one was hurt when it went off the trackings. It happened during the afternoon commute a b. A. R. T. Train went off its tracks. Trains reversed course. It was total chaotics. People were just chaos. We didnt know where to go or what train to take. Reporter the train was in automatic. Right as we were passing through an interlocking. Some of the wheels came after the track. Interlocking is what you switch from one set of tracks to the next set of tracks. Reporter investigators at the scene used flashlights as passengers scrambled to get by. When i saw the line i knew b. A. R. T. Was not prepared to handle this. I literally was about five blocks of people and it didnt move for ten minutes. Reporter and youre looking now at a live picture from news chopper of the Train Derailment sight. One of the lucky things is that the train was 10 cars long. If it had been shorter, if it would have been five cars long, it would have toppled. Obviously its going to take them a long time to get cleared and theres no telling if these cars here will be moved alone or be taken through a flat truck and be taken away that way. Reporter now to Paul Chambers whos at the livermore station which became the departure spot for many tonight. For hundreds of commuters news that b. A. R. T. Would not be able to take them home was upsetting. This is the first day this week i got to leave early. Reporter she heard about the derailment although it wasnt through a b. A. R. T. Alert. Interesting i get b. A. R. T. Alerts. And they started saying they had a problem when we were in west oakland. I was waiting to see if an alert came through and it never came through. Reporter shes hoping that her husband can pick her up. Shes not the only one. How am i going to get there. I called my brother, my sister. Theyre trying to figure out who, where the cars are. Who can come get me. Im sitting here waiting. Reporter he and hundreds of others were waiting to find their way home. But then b. A. R. T. Came through with a bus to take those people home. I would rather wait for someone to pick me up. Because they have to get through the 89 and how are you going to do that. Reporter live at Pleasant Hill. Its not the first time a train has derailed in that area. A train also jumped the tracks in the area. Service was delayed for hours. We will have information on when the tracks will be cleared and service restored. We will help you get around tomorrow morning. The leader of the California State Senate is asking Southern California senate ron calderon to resign the los angeles democrat is also accused of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in prescribes. Calderon has denied any wrong doing and agreed to surrender monday. His brother tom who now works as a lobbiest faces charges of money laundering. For a look at the complete in investigation, go to ktvu. Com. Demonstrators spoke out against the new law that would allow Business Owners to claim their religious belief prevent them from dealing with gays. Supporters say it reenforcing their rights as busy owners. Brewer said today she doesnt think that needs to be a law. A man in the bay area was arrested in portland oregon. Heres his booking photo. He was arrested without incident by the u. S. Marshals service. He has been spotted in the bay area last week. Brigs escaped from police in montana. He is a registered sex offender. New information from the chp they want to know who owns this to wrote ta pickup who owns this toyota. Cristina remember renton on the truck police are looking for. Reporter take a good look at these images. The white toyota truck may be linked to the water bottle assault cases in sonoma county. Chp says the truck was spotted at the santa rosa transit mall on wednesday about 20 minutes after several cars were hit with water bottles. It hit the windshield right here. Did a semi circle. Completely shattered in there and then all these spider webs came out. Reporter this delivery truck was hit last week. We thought it was a fluke instance. Sometimes things happen. Reporter but reported it today after he heard of other victims. I did take a look at my rear view and got to see it was a white toyota tacoma. Reporter Police Believe the this pickup driver is responsible for several shattered windows. It can endanger a bus load of kids and other motorists on the road. This person is not just messing around and joking around hes doing it deliberately. Reporter aldridge says what happened to him could happen to anybody and he fears another driver may get seriously hurt if the person isnt caught soon. I was just the unlucky one out there at the time. Drive safe out there because you never know what is going to happen. Reporter police want you to call them if you have information on that white truck. Nay say he or she could face serious charges. Cristina rendon. A richmond woman is behind bars tonight after police say she got behind the wheel while intoxicated and chased killing a pass and crash brother killing a passenger and critically injuring her young daughter and niece. The accident happened at 1 00 this morning near stanton. These Police Photos show the scene. Flanagan was behind the wheel. A 39yearold richland man was killed. Investigators tell us this isnt flanagans first drunk driving arrest. She should not have been driving under any circumstances. Police found open alcohol containers inside the car. Health Officials Say there may be more illnesses from a listeria outbreak that left a baby sick. If outbreak was traced to fresh cheese curd that was bought from a latino food chain. Four got sick, three were newborn. Officials did not provide any information about the one person from california. Two dogs are sickened back now to our breaking news. A b. A. R. T. Train derailed. It happened around 6 30 tonight. B. A. R. T. Is bringing a crane to lift the railcars. The repairs are expected to last all night tonight and tomorrow night. Right now theres no Train Service past richmond hills. Authorities in the south bay say they have busted a major Identity Theft ring. The ring used credit card skimmers to steal personal information from thousands of gas station customers all over the bay area. Amber lee is in san jose tonight and she tell us authorities have now arrested six people and say there are more arrests to come. Amber reporter frank, investigators tell us it took only 10 seconds for thieves to install skimmers inside these gas pumps then they could steal customers informs and go on a shopping spree. Its something we all do all the time. Youre scared but theres nothing you can do. You have to drive. Reporter its also the starting point for a crime ring out of Southern California. A break in the case came mid december. A gas station representative in san jose notified us that he had found a suspected skimmer in one of his gas pumps. Reporter that tip led investigators to three family members theyve identified adds the ring leaders. 53yearold petro selendon, luis gomez and daughter castellar. Authorities showed us some of the evidence that they found in the suspects cars and home. Approximately 300 credit card. The body is the brains of the skimming device that collects and scores the credit card information. Reporter also fond a kilogram of cocaine and a cash of assault rifles. Gas pumps are locked. But a universal key opens most. Investigators say the thieves would install the skimmers and within weeks they would go shopping for luxury goods. Each shopping trip netted them up to 60,000 worth of merchandise. I think our numbers are conservative. Reporter and the owner of this gas station has asked her workers to look for skimming devices every day. Amber lee, ktvu. Consumer advocates says you should take a close look at the card reader to see if it looks altered one way to check is to make sure it looks the same as all the others. Also avoid using your pin number at the gas pump and if possible simply pay with cash. Now to San Francisco where police are hoping newly released video will lead them to one man wanteded in a brutal video. One suspect had the victim was beaten. Two men were arrested. Here is a still picture of the one man still at large. It was taken at the store before the fight. Police describe him as latino about 25 years old and weighing around 250 pounds. We now learned more about the man who was hit by a concrete truck. 90yearold mildred lucarty. Her death marks the fifth Pedestrian Fatality in the first seven weeks of the year. Theres new details on a tribal shooting that left four people dead. It happened at the cedar hill rancheria in the Northeast Corner of the state. The killer is identified as the tribal chairwoman. She was attending her own eviction hearing yesterday when police say she just opened fire. The victims included her brother, her nephew and her niece along with an unidentified 47yearold woman. Two other women suffered critical injuries. Rhodes has been arrested and her arrest comes amidword that theres also a federal investigation involving her and at least 50,000 in missing tribal funds. Federal officials told california farmers they will get no Irrigation Water this year because of the drought. The bureau of reclamation flow to some bay area cities. Reporter a big impact would be on food prices but depending on you live times could soon get tough. Water supplies for half a Million People in the east bay from oakland to martinez to walnut creek today cut by half to 55gallons per person per day. The lowest in decade. What that means to our customers is that well have enough water to meet the needs of indoor water use and also the needs of businesses. Reporter contra costa Water District representative says its not enough for landscaping, car washing and the like. Expect this surge to be re examined next week. California farms are hit hard. This area the west lands district will get no state or federal water. They can pump from wells, some farmers today say they may plant nothing. Probably hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland that will be left unplanted this year as a result of the lack of water. Reporter todays federal allegations for farms north of the delta zero. Same for south of the delta. Municipal users north 50 and south 50 but thats not the big surprise. Even some water reusers would very senior water rights are going to get cut back to 40 of their allocations which is unheard of. Reporter peter glick says the signals is that our states especially agriculture which uses 80 of California Water is in serious trouble. Its going to see a big drop in what we grow, where we grow it and whats available in our supermarkets. Reporter meat and dairy prices will suddenly rise. Food and vegetable prices could rise as shortages develop. The critical time will be in about six months. The summer and fall harvest could be the smallest in decades in the meantime. Theyre asking everyone pray for rain. John fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. And our coverage of the California Drought continues on ktvu. Com. Scroll down to our hot topic section and you will find all sorts of information including the current levels of the states major reservoirs. Pretty warm day today. We got a record high temperatures in the area. Ill show you those in a little bit. Right now we have temperatures in the 40s. Its going to get in the upper 40s maybe a little fog inland. A warning tonight a lot like we had this morning. 30 in santa rosa. 45 in hayward. So as we move forward were looking at this computer model and showing something we havent seen in a while along the coast. This is the model. This fog sort of shows back up. This is 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. We dont see it on the satellite yet. But this model sticks it back in here. It wants to see it tomorrow again. More fog on sunday. Were going to be looking at the models which show rain in the five day forecast. Significant rain. So all those details back here at 10 45. Senator Dianne Feinstein helped st. Anthonys dining room in San Francisco mark a milestone today. St. Anthonys does a wonderful job. This is a very special place. The senate helped st. Anthonys serve its seventh millionmeal today. It started with just 300 meals a day. Now it serves about 2,700 meals a day. Senator feinstein also noted that she was there for the 13th million meal that was back in 1979 during her first year of mayor of San Francisco. Well a warning tonight for pet owners, coming up at 10 30 a new report of meat balls that appear to be [ male announcer ] fact the 100 electric nissan leaf. Is more fun than ever. Sees better than ever. Charges faster. And will charge. Cool. And heat. From your phone. Fact leaf never needs gas. Ever. Good for the world. Built in america. Now, leafs an easier choice than ever. Shop at choosenissan. Com. San jose Police Investigators are looking into what happened hours after a shooting involving a Police Officer from san jose state. It all started with reports of a man with a knife on campus. San jose Police Detectives have taken over the investigation into the deadly shooting that took place around 11 00 a. M. When they say two san jose Police Officer confronted a knife yielding man. Abigail smith was staying near by with a friend. We heard like bang bang. And i was like what was that. She said never mind it was just someone upstairs. Reporter police say it was a man who had been seen earlier at the university with a knife. One officer from the University Police department discharged his taser. Reporter when the taser had no effect the other officer shot the suspect. Abigails mother says her daughter called her right afterward. She said she heard the two shots of taser instantaneously two shots afterward. We went outside and they they were doing cpr on him. Then they stopped. Reporter witnesses say that he did not seem to be a student. He was like an older man. Reporter was he his panic . White, black. He was white. Reporter they believe this is the first officer involved shooting in the schools history. In san jose, robert handa. San jose police say a homicide we told you about last night appears to have been a case of selfdefense. Police say a man told investigators two men tried to break into his home on pine ridge way shortly before 8 00 p. M. And fired at him. The man says he shot back trying to defend himself and that the intruders jumped in a car and took off. A short time later police say a man in his 20s was dropped off at a hospital with a gunshot wound and died. The second suspect was found also with gunshot wounds. Police have not decided whether the homeowner will face charges. A deal was reached today to end the violence in ukraine now the question is will that deal last. The ukrainian president signed the agreement along with opposition leaders. They were all under intense pressure to reach some sort of a deal after more than 70 people died in protests in kief yesterday. The deal calls for changes to the constitution to reduce the power of the president. Also the formation of a new Coalition Government within ten days and new elections no later than december. In kiefs independent square today the crowds listened as the details were announced. Many ukrainians doubted the deal would last saying previous agreements have fallen apart quickly and more radical sanctions have threatened to go on the defensive if the president does not resign by tomorrow. Others have vows to continue to protest. The order to remove her shirt that was caught on video and has now prompted an apology. If once wasnt enough. Whats showing up again in a San Francisco neighborhood that has dog owners alarmed. And more live pictures from the concord b. A. R. T. Station where a derailed trail has b. A. R. T. Back now to breaking news and that derailed train at a b. A. R. T. Station. That means trains on the pittsburg line are turning around. That is expected to continue through tomorrow. Jana katsuyama is live on the ground now with new information about a crane that is being brought in as we speak. Jana. Well julie, i just spoke to some people from the big east Construction Company that is coming in here the crane company. As i showed you earlier the b. A. R. T. Police are here. They blocked off this area that is because i learned that is where theyre planning to bring in this all terrain crane. They have tried to clear off this parking lot from the cars because you see up there that is the train that derailed. And they expect to have this crane thats about 80 feet long come in, they say its powerful enough that they can actually lift those cars right up off the rails. And weve also learned just in the past couple of minutes that it isnt just the train that has gone off the tracks but there is also apparently some damage that has been done to the third rail which is what powers the cars as well as the tracks. So these people who are out here not only investigating this but also having to make the repairs are going to have to be working on the cars and on the tracks to try to get things going. As we mentioned earlier no Train Service past the Pleasant Hill b. A. R. T. Station. Thats one cause of this, because the derailment is just so extensive. Poisoned meat balls are being found on the ground again. Debora villalon is live in the city where this happened last summer as well. Debora. Reporter that person was never caught. Which has people wondering if hes at it again. Missy is on her evening lawn, always drawn to smells in the area. And her owner is keeping her on a tight leash. Of course. Reporter is this the first one you found. When it happened the last time i found several more. Reporter scott sailor told us he found the meat ball blending into the dirt where many people take their pets. I have two dogs so i got really upset about this. I hope they find the person and i hope the full extent of the law is applied. Reporter last summer someone terrorized the same neighborhood by spreading dozens of tainted meat balls which sickened several pups. Then as suddenly as the poisoning started it stoppedded. People are throwing the little poopy bags. Reporter some neighbors thought if the tainted meat balls was a way to retaliate against waste being left. Concern for their safety and their dogs. This is an area where our residents walk their dogs constantly. Were fearful that their dog will being victim. Thats what they look like. Theyre about this big and have a ball thing inside of them. Reporter the green bits are the evidence of poison. All three meat balls are headed to the laboratory for testing. Reporting live in San Francisco, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. State Health Officials said today they are seeing an increase in measles in california. They have now confirmed 15 cases thats year there were two. Imization is the best defense. Earlier this month the uc Berkeley Student tested positive for measles. Other commuters may have been exposed. State Health Officials are confirming 35 new flu deaths in california. That raises the death toll to 278 statewide this flu season. Here in the bay area, we have counted 48 flu related deaths so far. Heres a look at numbers divided by county. Santa clara county still has the lightningest still has the highest number of the bay area county. A santa rosa mall is apologizing to a woman after security guards insisted she remove her tshirt. Nicole glares says she was wearing a tshirt that paid tribute to andy lopez. She says this is cell phone video of the guards demanding that she remove the tshirt while in the mall. Juarez says her son grew up with lopez. They said you need to remove your shirt. Its not allowed in the mall or you need to leave. That was so embarrassing, so humiliating and so frustrating. Reporter juarez said that she got a letter from the mall saying we are deeply disappointed that the actions of the Security Officers did not comply with our policies and procedures. And regret that this incident occurred. The makers of the wearable fitness monitor fit bit are issuing a recall. They will no longer sell the force model of the fit bit. This after some users said the model created a rash. It plans to officer customers offer customers a full refund. The dow lost 29 and nasdaq lost four. Netflix has come to a deal with comcast. A tech bloggagized traffic data and determined the two companies have reached some sort of interrer connection agreement. That agreement will mean faster downloads for streaming video. Video takes up an enormous amount of band wit compared to text and audio and images. Slow streaming speeds have been a problem for netflix. Last month the Company Reported speeds for verizons fios dropped 14 but stayed the same on other providers. There he is the dahli lama as he arrives to the bay area. A fanfare and the criticism of his visit to the united states. Rain back in the extended forecast. The timing on significant changes coming to east bay m. U. D. Crews are hard at work tonight trying to fix a pipe break near the intersection of parker and mcgee street. East bay mud says about 35 homes will be without power for most of the night. From news chopper two we saw some people making sure the water doesnt go to waste. They scooped it up in buckets and used it to water their plants. A new recruitment effort aimed at uc Berkeley Students is raising eyebrows. This one page ad appeared in the valentines day print edition in the newspaper. It asked students if they are interested in working as exotic dancers at area strip clubs. It was one that we talked about a little bit. But you know weve run ads for strip clubs in the past. It didnt seem like a big deal. I think you will find ads for far more dramatic than this one in publications in the bay area. Reporter the ad promises a flexible schedule and a lot of cash. Some say the record high cost of tuition leaves many students in the need of cash. Two men accused of setting off dry ice explosives in the Los Angeles International airport was sentenced to probation and community service. The so called dry ice bombs triggered panic that led to increased security. One went off in the tar pack the other went off in the bathroom thankfully no one was hurt. They each received three years probation and 480 hours of community service. A 61yearold marine corp. Vet was honored. Abadad got a special award that manages the oakland coliseum. Hae he was at a raiders game when he heard someone yelling at a woman telling her not to jump from the third deck. I yelled up at her and said dont do it. Dont do it. Then i turned to my coworkers and asked him, do you think shes going to jump. And he said oh boy shes falling to her feet. Navidad jumped in front of her and was knocked off his feet. He was left with bruises. He says he hopes to meet her one day. When rain returns to the bay area. For some it was a chance of a celebration this afternoon in San Francisco as the dahli lama arrived for a visit and is greeted with dancing and singing at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The leader of tibeth has several appearances scheduled. Reporter the dahli lama will be here tomorrow afternoon. Its one of four sold out events here in the bay area and part of the u. S. Speaking tour that included a meeting this morning with president obama. Outside the Ritz Carlton Hotel there was music with anticipation clear on many faces in the crowd. Weve been waiting for like many hours but its totally worth it. Its so special. Reporter they were waiting for the dahli lama to arrive and when he did about 4 00 this afternoon it was with security assist. A head of state. 21 years of my life i have been dreaming of being so close to him. And i just feel very happy right now. Im very blessed. Reporter some planned for a chance to meet him. He touched me which means, you know, he blessed me. Reporter for pam johnson it was a chance encounter. When she bumped into the crowd outside this hotel before his holiness arrived. This is like one of the happiest days. You really have to, i cant explain it. I cant explain it. Reporter but happiness would not describe the attitude of the Chinese Government which warned president obama against meeting with the dahli lama it happened any way but it was low key with the white house simply releasing a photo. Honestly i think our government could be doing a better job in terms of having met with him. The Chinese Government no matter where the holiness goes, theyre reporter many in this crowd still hope to resolve a conflict thats far beyond their years. Ive never been totibet toty to tibet and i hope that one day we get to go back. Reporter the dahli lamas speaking tour begins here tomorrow in San Francisco. Then stops in richmond and berkeley on sunday. All four events are sold out. Ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. More details on the dahli lamas visit. His visit at the Symphony Hall is scheduled for 2 00 p. M. Then monday morning the dahli lama will bless a temple. Monday he will speak at Santa Clara University at 10 00 a. M. People in vacaville are being warned about Mountain Lions after people report seeing big cats in the last several days. People have reported seeing the big cats the sightings have prompted warnings from police as well as city officials. Fight back. You know dont just assume youve got no chance. If youve got a walking stick. Hit him. Use your hands, fists whatever you can use to protect yourself. Unless a Mountain Lion shows aggression toward people it is not considered a Public Safety concern by the department of fish and wildlife. Wildlife experts say you should make as much noise as possible if you come against a Mountain Lion. Keep eye contact and throw stones to try to scare the cat away. Also back away slowly and try to create as much distance as you can between yourself and the Mountain Lion. A warm one again today. Record warmth in san rafael. Take a look at the warmth we achieved. It was 72 in santa rosa. 73 in antioch. 73 in livermore. Not very february like temperatures at all. Theyre going to continue in that realm with upper 60s and low 70s. Mostly clear out there right now. We are anticipating coastal fog moving in over the next 48 hours or so. 36 to 48 hours. Look for the patchy coastal fog. 53degrees in both san jose and San Francisco. Its a nice night out there. Clear as i mentioned. San francisco as we head into your bay area saturday. Looks like this. It starts off in the upper 40s. Lunchtime at 63 degrees. We are going to check out san jose as well. The forecast high for downtown san jose. Morning starts kind of cool mid 30s and upper 60s by the end of the day. Its going to be a warm one again tomorrow as we go into your bay area saturday. The High Pressure sets up. Little patches of patchy fog. Then the weekend shapes up great. Everything changes around once we get into wednesday, thursday friday of next week and even into next weekend. Looks like itll be two or three impulses. Tomorrow night theres a coastal fog that hasn t been around in a while. Look at sunday morning. More coastal fog and watch this. As we get toward monday, you see the jet Stream Breaking down. This is sunday night. By wednesday all this moves in and we get into a Winter Weather pattern which means umbrellas, slow commutes the whole chabang. That all happens. Well talk about that at the appropriate time. In the meantime you have 60s tomorrow. 69degree for a daytime high. The bay area forecast in view. Theres your saturday. The real story is going to be the coastal fog that shows up in the bay area we havent seen it in a while. Look for patchy coastal skies. Mostly sunny with warm and sunny afternoons. Then on wednesday theres the weather system that gets in here. There it is. Its a ways off. Theres your seven day forecast. Your bay area weekend in view. You know we need the rain and were going to get it but not this weekend. At least we can enjoy the weekend because we know rain is on the way. Thats what im selling because the weekend is going to be great. You have to feel good. Dont feel guilty. Right. San Francisco Police trainers got a chance to show their skills today as motorcycle riders. Check this out. That includes a bone jarring up and down the stairs near clay and pierce streets. Stair riding is just part of a two week course of teaching Motorcycle Police on how to get the most out of their bikes. Were not in the business of covering rumors but this one took steam in a big way. Nfl coaches, scouts and executives all in minneapolis for the combine. But it turned out into a trade rumor that the 49ers apparently nearly traded coach jim harbaugh, this is hard to believe. To the Cleveland Browns in exchange for some draft choices. 49ers vehemently denied there was any truth to the story. Supposedly it was harbaugh himself who put an end to those trade discussions. Changing the subject. And bettering his Offseason Program to that end, lincecum rented a warehouse space, built a mound and went hard at it all winter. It gave me an opportunity to throw. Just gave me the access and you know it was all nighttime which made it easier for me to do things. And picked the time to do things. I think you need a foundation to do things and readiness. As much as the preparation and mentally. So you know just the extra time in the offseason helps me to where i need to be in that regard. All right the stanford women. Always one of the best basketball teams in the country one of the best things is that millions of peopleia will qualify for Financial Assistance. Its important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater Financial Assistance you will receive. Enroll today at coveredca. Com. Were new to town. Ells. Welcome to monroe. So you can move more effortlessly. We want to open a new account checking and savings. Well we can help with that. We tend to do a lot of banking online. You play . Yeah discover a mobile app that lets you bank more freely. And feel at home more quickly. Chase. So you can. Usc trojans probably felt like they were being trifled with a little bit. Theres lisa leftwood former usc star and mvp. And barrett to hubbard for the lay up. And 27 points that tied it 430 and shanay again will do the two under. Part of the 100 run. Stanford 141. And number two in the pack 12. 6767. 3 30 left. And cal up two. However uclas lindburger gets a three. Mccall finished strong. Hits three free throws two after this steal by britney boyd and they pull it off. And are still second in the pac12. Thats the sporting life for a friday night. Thank you, frank. And thank you for choosing ktvu news. Today on tmz, got to say this morning ive seen a lot of sympathy for rihanna. Shes taking heat for telling this guy tt his lips who look like a sofa that he looks good. Its unreal. The guys name is sleep easy. [laughter] we got the dalai lama in d. C. Can you bless the tmz office for me. He goes, okay great. And he gave me a blessing. No way we have been blessed by the lama
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