Theyre scary and they are swarming tonight in the bay area. Tarantulas on the move. We will show you where. Whoosh reporter and the sign says closed. So who did Stanley Roberts find still roaming muir woods . Oh youre from moscow pam our top story tonight. Negotiations going on into the night as bart management and workers both say they do stoppage. But with the 60 day cooling pam off period expiring at midnight tomorrow, there are no guarantees. Pam all eyes on bart and its unions tonight. And the 400thousand commuters who rely on bart want to know. Will employees go on strike . We begin our Team Coverage tonight with kron 4s dan kerman. Pam he is live in oakland where bart and its unions remain at the negotiating table. Dan, how are things looking tonight . Reporter will theyre still at the bargaining table and that is a good sign. We do now know what or if any progress that they are making you reporter mans remains a brace of as to if they will be at work friday to operate bart trains once the cooling off period has ended. We hope so. It pants if the board of directors will give us a fair and acceptable package. Reporter two sides can still agree on how much bart will have to spend and with the cost to remain tame and replace these trains and worker spiri reporter corkers think that some of the Transit Agency surplus should be spent to make a deal. Management thinks not. Its not just the surplus is just a number of other things that we have found in their budget. Reporter 0 the two sides are hopeful that it can be done. Reporter the devil is in the details and the numbers that they cannot agree on which is preventing them from moving forward. Again, we do not know how much progress it will make or the union says it will be at work on friday. Thats the latest back at the bargaining table tomorrow as i said there are still at it. Pam new tonight at 8 whether or not bart workers go on strike friday. Pam bay area transit agencies have their plans in place. And say commuters should be thinking of a plan b now. Pam kron 4s Justine Waldman has your alternate routes. Reporter remember this . Full ferries. Long lines for reporter plans are now in motion to keep the commute smooth in reporter Charter Bus Service reporter thousand dollars for buses. 900,000 for buses. Reporter starting on friday 150 buses commuters. You can catch the free bus at the following 9 stations reporter el cerrito del norte west oakland lafayette, concord walnut creek, dublin pleasanton ,hayward fremont and san leandro the buses will go to the San Francisco transbay terminal from 5 am to 8 am. There will be 5 to 15 buses at each station during the weekday. Parking at the bart stations is also free in the event of a strike. Bart will also increase the amount of buses to 200 for next week. Speaking of buses ac transit will put its biggest buses on its busiest routes which includes 60footers making transbay runs. The fares stay the same. Reporter and sf bay ferry will put out all available vessels. The special schedule will have departures every 45minutes. The oakland to sf Ferry Building ride begins at 5 30am. For the evening commute. Boats will start departing sf at 3 15. Reporter sf bay ferry is expecting extra riders and will have off boat ticket sales. Falshcam tag the transit agencies tell me. They only need a few hours to get their strike plans in place. In the newsroom Justine Waldman kron 4 news. Pam stay connected with kron4 on the bart negotiations. You can get the latest on our web site kron4 dot com. As well as by checking our facebook and twitter pages. Pam you can also download our mobile app. And on the website and the mobile app, we have a section dedicated to bart. You can even get push alerts to get the latest information. Pam developing tonight. Pam officials now say, the body found in a stairwell at San Franciscos General Hospital yesterday morning, is believed to be that of a patient who had missing for weeks. Lynne spaulding was reported missing by her nurse back on september 21st. Friends and family have been franticly searching for the 57 year old mother. Now it appears she did not get very far. Kron 4s Maureen Kelly pam attended a News Conference today. Where those in charge of patient security , appeared to be as baffled as everyone else. We do not know how she came to be in the stairwell yesterday , how long she had been there or what caused her death reporter the body turned up on a fourth floor exterior stairwell. Located behind the doorway you see in this video. 17 days after Lynne Spaulding went missing from her hospital room. Hospital Officials Say they did institute a search of the campus. After her nurse found her room empty. But didnt find her. Reporter officials took no questions at the News Conference and did not say if anyone looking for the patient had checked the area wereally turned up. One floor below from where spaulding disappeared reporter the stairwell is a fire exit that is not routinuely used by staff patients or the public. It is alarmed, locked from the outside and it exits into the hospital grounds at the very bottom of the stairwell. Reporter the body was discovered by an employee during what was described as a routine check which is done every three months. Reporter the assistant sheriff says they will be reviewing their internal security searches. As a part of their investigation. The hospitals cheif medical officer this is the first time anything like this has happened. And they want answers too. 36 50 what happened at our hospital is horrible, we are hear to take care of patients, to heal them to keep them safe, this has shaken us to our core reporter our staff is devestated. I am committed to getting to the root cause of this tragedy and inshore and shore that this does that happen again. Maureen kelly kron4 news pam continuing our Team Coverage now. San francisco general is the citys main public hospital, with more than 590 patient beds. Kron 4s Charles Clifford has put together a virtual tour of the hospital. And shows us where spaudlings body was found. Reporter this is an overhead google earth view of San Francisco just to the west of highway 101. East of petero avenue. This is 23rd avenue. Reporter the Emergency Department is here on the south side of the building. The entrance is on the first floor. Reporter Lynne Spaulding was admitted to the hospital on sept 19th and according to her family, she was staying in a room on the fifth floor of the building. Which is the Womens Health center. Her bed was apparently just steps away from the nursing station. Reporter now, the hospital says she was found on tuesday in an exterior stairwell on the fourth floor. We dont know exactly where but we believe she was found here on the north side of building 5. Investigators were seen working in this area. Reporter this is video from inside the hospital on tuesday, it was taken on the fourth floor and you can see the door to the stairs is open there in the background and Sheriffs Department had the area taped off reporter spauldings body was eventually taken out of the hospital. Here near a courtyard. And them moved into a medical examiner van on the east side of the building. Reporter in the newsroom, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Reporter and new tonight at 830. Some of lynnes friends are calling for the resignation of those in charge at sf general. Thats coming up in our next half hour. Pam a San Francisco man charged with operating an illegal pam the order came today during a hearing for ross ulbricht. Pam ulbrict is charged with operating an encrypted website, silkroad, where users could anonymously shop for illegal drugs. Pam it is believed the site made more than one billion dollars in revenue. Pam the 29yearold ulbricht is also charged in maryland. With arranging to pay someone to kill a witness. Ulbricts attorney has denied the charges. Pam new tonight at eight and only on kron4. Caught in the act. Kron fours Philippe Djegal shows us video of a woman stealing mail from an apartment complex on the penninsula. Reporter this Surveillance Video footage recorded just after six oclock tuesday evening shows a dark colored suburban driving into the oak View Apartments parking lot in san mateo. Reporter a woman wearing dark pants and a white shirt parks the suburban across from the office. Then walks up to the main lobby. She acts like she may have misplaced her keys. Reporter so, a tenant lets her in. Then once that tenant leaves. The woman takes a look around the looby. Reporter the she picks up three boxes and an envelope, then leaves. Problem is the apartment manager, Robert Wenger says here. Instead, shes stealing mailone of whom a grandmother who was expecting the knitting equipement she uses to make christmas gifts. Reporter wenger says the victims have filed police reports. If you recognize this woman. Reporter call police immediately. In san mateo, Philippe Djegal, kron four news. Pam ahead at eight. The Government Shutdown is causing some people to behave badly. Plus one heroic k9. What this crimefighting dog helped officers uncover in the south bay. Jacqueline cooler out there today passport thanks to a storm passing to the east you will still see some showers and snow showers departing to the south east right now. Warmer weather on the way would take a look at those weather on the way would talook at them withe that uverse wireless receiver. Back in our day, we couldnt just move the tv wherever we wanted. 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Recall the same ground there. Pam the 49 Recon Organization is aware of the recent relevant we do understand that the seriousness of this nature and will consider and will continue to serve as the mother to the spirit pam the Agriculture Department is threatening to shut down three california poultry plants league to a salmonella outbreak. Two of the faults of our plants are in fresno and another in livingston. They have until tomorrow to tell the thats how they are going to fix their problems. Nearly 300 people across the country have been sickened by the outbreak. The plans are being accused of not following the proper Safety Measures designed to prevent contamination. Pam developing tonight. One day nine of the federal government shut down, there is still no sign of compromise. Today president obama invited congressional leaders to a series of meetings over the next few days. The white house also avoided a potentially embarrassing side effect of the shutdown. Catherine heenan reports. Catherine the budget in the sea has threatened to the late death benefits for families of Fallen Service members. They were reinstated today after a private donor agreed to cover from all and burial costs. First Lady Michelle obama has called off a weekend fundraising trip to california. She had been scheduled to attend a 32,000 a head branch in San Francisco on sunday, hosted by nancy pelosi. And a new gallup poll shows the republican brand has a record low. First in the latest survey, only 20 percent of americans say theyd be the party favorably. Thats the lowest since gallup began asking the questions 20 years ago. By contrast, 43 percent you the democrats favorably. Reporter yes it is against federal law to sit inside a National Monument it is closed. And if you get a ticket you have to appear in front of a federal judge. Now this couple tried to say that they were not in the near what creek and that i was mistaken. When i tell them i work for the news they thought that i was some sort of ranger. Now this group and the edge of the cannot gain access from the front so here they are inside the park. At exxon where are they from and they said that they are from moscow. I told them that the purpose and they said that they knew. They said that is closed and we said on the we go on the top of the hill and hiked. So bad guy is not a postman he is actually a park ranger. The National Park service is would rather not shut shut down the part by however if youre or injured inside the park you are held a lot they are held liable. At muir woods National Monument kron 4 news Stanley Roberts. Reporter the stanley busing people chops trying to visit they parks. Reporter people are putting on this but these pictures outside parks all outside of the country. Trying to get married in yosemite but made the best of a bad situation posing in a down in texas samesigned disclosed that the park is closed. Another same to reopen the National Park. Clearly is not a popular move with the masses. Pam news tonight at 8 pam a new sight inside the third bore of the caldecott tunnel today. Its part of the new fourth bore project. Which is just months away from being completed. Kron4s Haaziq Madyun gives you a close look at something bay area motorists are going to have to start getting used to. Reporter you will be seeing green the next time you travel through the third bore of the caldecott tunnel here on westbound hwy 24 and that is because of thesenew traffic lights being tested over the next several days Traffic Signals with green lights very similar to Traffic Signals you would reporter these new traffic lights are part of the caldecott fourth bore projectcaltrans spokesperson ivy morrison the Traffic Signals are part of a very sophisticated fire and life Safety System that is in the process of being installed in the 4th bore and the 3rd bore reporter also being tested inside the tunnels are these variable Message Signs that will read drive safely during the the testing period. Messages signs will only be onto stay safe reporter the new Safety System also includes these red and white crossing guards you see herethese barriers will be used to stop traffic in emergency situations. When fully implimentedthe Traffic Signals will display either red, yellow or green lightsdepending on traffic conditionsbores 1 and 2 are also slated for safety improvements but will not feature the new lighting system when the 4th bore has its grand opening when we open to traffic, and were on schedule o do that by the end of the year reporter inside the caldecott tunnel Haaziq Madyun kron4news jacqueline temperatures in the 60s and 70s we briefly hit 78 degree in santa rosa of largely we were and low 70s out there. 64 in San Francisco and 62 in redwood city. Hitting 48 in santa rosa and 55 in San Francisco with 61 in redwood city. Warmer conditions and will be sought today with no cloud coverage was the conditions were largely in the 70s 75 in antioch and fairfield and santa rosa up derrick the warming trend will continue as we head into the weekend tomorrow we had a big days gain. Tomorrow we have a big aids at a San Francisco hospital. For weeks. Pam new at 830. Hear what her close friend has to say about the discovery. Plus what zeus. The Crime Fighting dog sniffed out during a sting in the south bay. Pam a crimefighting Labrador Zeus is a drugsniffing k9 with the Mountain View police department. During a raid in Santa Clara County on tuesday, he helped officers find more than 100 pounds of marijuana. Packaged for out of state sales. Pam he also sniffed out cocaine. And 75thousand dollars cash. Zeus joined the Narcotics Task force in june 2012. Pam coming up on kron 4 news at 8 its not just in the movies. Pam our grant lodes shows us the real life scare some cafegoers got. All to promote a new film. Plus an outbreak of mysterious illnesses. Where a large number of teachers say their school is making them sick. And coming up next. Pam and coming up next. A body found in a stairwell at a San Francisco hospital is believed to be that of a patient. Whod missing for weeks. Our jr stone spoke with the missing womans friend. 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A patient whod been missing from that hospital for weeks. Pam friends and family have been franticlly searching for the 57 year old mother. Pam new tonight at 8 pam kron 4s jr stone joins us now. With what some of lynns friends are calling for. Jr . Reporter is obvious that someone here made mistakes and that person or persons need to be punished you go there to be taking care of and to be washed in cap and i on. It doesnt make sense to me at all. When these cases happened and i know that they do not happen that often but im sure something has to be in place. When you hear that security has searched the hospital you believe them. They are professionals and experts and supposedly dealing with that are supposed to be going. Doing what they are supposed to be doing. She had a great smile. You would think the people running the hospital is reprimanded or resign. I do not leave the chair should be able to work there. Reporter very strong words from dance friends. There are people out giving suppliers and told Different Things about the possible hospital video she is under the impression that it is not just the hospital officials would not answer any questions this afternoon j. R. Stone kron 4 news pam an elaborate prank at a new york city coffee shop. All tocameras captured the terror. And now the video has quickly gone viral. Grant is here to break it down for us. 6 reporter teen million dues in less than three days. The press scaring the living daylights out of people at the trendy shot. Shop. Vido video screaming reporter the movie is about a young girl from a troubled background who discovers she has the power to move objects. Reporter sprinkled it pictures and books Spring Loaded pictures and books is of hominy people were terrified and the coffee shop. One girl gets up and knocks over bgirls coffee. Mission accomplished. Generating bus ahead of the movies debut. Harmesh best prank by far. Tanya that really doesnt make me want to run out and see it. Linda it would be scary if you didnt know what was going on. But it would be fun to be a part of it lol reporter we always want your opinion on what people are talking about and blowing up the internet. Reporter you ever think your school could be causing this . Pam coming up lesson plan that passed students puzzled. And pam the father of the young boy who sneaked onto a las vegas flight recently. Spoke publically today. He claims he has begged for help for his troubled son pam but didnt get it. And as kron4s Catherine Heenan reports, were learning more about some of the other trouble the boy has caused. I am not giving up on my son. Catherine the boys father wore a black hoodie with a baseball cap pulled over his face. Saying he doesnt want his identity released. He says the incident which made National News his son managing to get through three levels of checkpoints before sneaking onto a delta flight to vegas. Has been heartbreak for the family. He said he was taking the trash out, from my understanding, he took the trash out and just left. Im a parent im not perfect. We assumed that he was at a friends house. We had no idea where he was. Catherine Surveillance Video reportedly shows the boy boarding the plane while the delta agent was distracted. The father claims hes been asking for behavioral help since his son was five. Will anyone please help me . Catherine it has emerged that the boy stole this truck and crashed it after a Short Police Chase just two days before he boarded the flight to vegas. Catherine he crashed into this police car at the time causing thousands in damage. Authorities say he also stole a car just weeks ago. And there have been four Child Protection assessments on the boys family since 2012. Catherine there are also allegations of a troubled past. With the boy claiming his mother once held a knife to his throat. But he also claimed she was stabbed and died while in fact his mother is alive, and reportedly works at the minneapolis airport. Ch kron4 news. Pam the father said authorities had argued that the boy hadnt done enough to warrant help. Because of all the attention this has stirred up thats expected to change. The nineyearold has been in protective custody. And may be returned home friday. Pam coming up. Concern tonight. Over something mysteriosuly making people sick at a california school. Pam a large number of teachers at Malibu High School in Southern California say, the school is making them sick. And causing an outbreak of cancers. The teachers say, recent construction, and possibly moldy classrooms, have led to a pattern of illnesses among the staff. Pam a concerned group has hired environmental consultants. To try to find the source of skin diseases, Thyroid Cancers and other serious illnesses. Now parents are concerned for their children. Miguel marquez has the story. Reporter this morning, concern and confusion at this california school. Parents speaking out. My kids are terrified. Yes, absolutely. Reporter fear after 20 teachers sent a letter saying something at the school was possibly making them sick. Their claim, three teachers diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer in the last six months, another with Bladder Cancer and others complaining of migraines, mysterious rashes, hair loss and asthma. Reporter 14yearold christian pierce had a brain tumor when he was six. Do you even want to come back to school . Not really. As long as i can stay away from school until this done ill be happy. Im scared. Reporter hes clear of it now but his family moved here for the healthy lifestyle. One of the reasons why we chose malibu is because were by the ocean, the air is fresher. Reporter trouble in paradise. The district saying it doesnt know if the illnesses are coincidence or not. Nicholas wiseman, a junior, has dealt with migraines, rashes and asthma for years. Did you ever think it could be your school thats causing this . No. No. I thought it was the seasons changing. Like the weather changing. Reporter the family pulled out shrubs, even took out a wall the root of the problem. This comes as a shock to you, obviously. Reporter its appalling. You think youre doing the right thing and then youre suddenly have this total self doubt that youre not at all. This, the biggest problem for parents, inadequate information, the school slow to react. I dont know what to do. Im just a mother. Reporter for now, the school is closing one building, relocating students and conducting a full environmental review. Miguel marquez, cnn, malibu, california. Cut i have no idea whatss going on. Maybe youre the original really big chicken com, with curly fries and a drink for just 3. 99. Why the cowboyat . Youre the barbecue chicken combo with two chicken patties, bacon, cheese, and barbecue sauc you also come with curly fries and a drink for 39. Bubbles i have no idea whats going on. Jacqueline lets take a look at satellite radar picture still seeing some showers at the sierra. You can still see snow mixed in paris a jacqueline it will be a little chilly tonight and tomorrow warming temperatures will be coming into the weekend. Tomorrow morning, a lot of low 50s with the upper 40s makes the man. Widespread 67 at the noon hour. 74 and cupertino, and san jose and when bellies with low 70s for the most part and it 70s for davenport and antioch. Range of 70s for the north bay. Still we have an important baseball game tomorrow game 5 low sixties for the most part during the game. Hitting 80 degrees on monday. Pam more bad news for the 49ers aldon smith. Smith who is currently away from the team in rehab has now been hit with three felony weapons charges for possession of an assault weapon these charges stemming from a party at smiths house in june of last year in which of the party allegedly partygoers male announcer now, the Orchard Supply sports report with gary radnich. Gary smith the latest from the team he has of course taking a step away from the team being and rehab. Charges stemming from a party as smiths house in june of last year in which allegedly shooting one of the party course. Partygoers. Gary the Santa Clara County das office expects smith to surrender later this month heres what his coach had to say gary if convicted smith faces up to four years in jail he also faces suspension from the nfl for violating the Substance Abuse policy stemming from his second dui arrest gary 49ers cornerback Tremaine Brock was named the nfc defensive player of the week gary schaub early in the niners 343 win over the texans sunday brock had another pick of schaub later in the first half. He became the first niner cornerback since walt harris in 2006 to be so honored. Charles woodson afc def. Gary player oweek woodson was named the afc defensive player of the week gary 16 year veteranhad 8 tackles, returned a fumble recovery for a touchdown and picked off a pass in the raiders 2717 win over the chargers sunday night. Gary the touchdown was a recordtying 13th defensive td for woodson, tying him with rod woodson and Darren Sharper mechanics as a quarterback as well approved yet he can still get out of the pocket and take place. Make plays. Hes really improved in those areas and he has been a great athlete and and profane. At improving. Gary he went all the way scattering all over the place. Champagne time but when the series and now playing the dodgers in the National Championship series game won friday set for st. Louis. And gary bob melvin is going with rookie sonny grayas his starting pitcher for game 5 of the Al Division Series between the as and Detroit Tigers tomorrow night bypassing Bartolo Colon gary gray shut down the tigers in innings and striking out 9 the as eventually won 10 on stephen vogts walkoff single gary the tigers will counter with Justin Verlander who matched gray in game 2 with 7 scoreless innings verlander pitched a shutout to eliminate the as last gary alicea back more is pinks the name pam i can get some tickets jacqueline Corey Hart Gary i like peakpink gary she had a real tough upbringing and failed relationships. With violence and soft you can read her story but somehow she prevailed. Gary it was three in the morning and i could not sleep. Pam laughter jacqueline laughter gary that is my time to reflect the spirit tweet me about 330 in the morning and i am up i like pink the gary video gary girardi staying with yankees manager joe girardi has signed a four year, 16 Million Contract extension to stay with the yankees gary led the team to the playoffs in four of his six seasons, 2009. It was reported that cubs gm theo epstein had been pursuing girardi for that gary thats the radio call on 19 year old thomas hertls 4th goal of the night at the shark tank last night hertl led the sharks to a 92 win over the rangers his mom and girlfriend celebrated the moment is from the Czech Republic came back to the ice for an adorable interview with Brodie Brazil hertl was the 17th overall pick in the 2012 draft he leads the nhl with 6 thats it for the kron 4 news at 8. Stay connected with kron 4 and get latest news developments at kron4. Com or apps. Pam our next newscast is tonight goodnight. 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