Negotiations table when cohen earned his respect. He is very smart and very experienced. If anybody can find a way through the thicket, george will find a way through the thicket. Of course, all of our concern about the publics interest. Now cohen is the quarterback of b. A. R. T talk using experience and intelligence to diffuse pressure and develop trust. Battiman says there is no better person to pull off victory there b. A. R. T and the entire bay area. If anybody can pull a rabbit out of a hat and get settlement, it is george cohen. Reporter to be clear, these mediator know how these negotiations work. They know how to be creative and maybe that will make the difference in the end. Coming up calf,ly tell you why b. A. R. Ts chief negotiator is in disney land today instead of here. I am Brian Webb Kpix 5. Of course, before that, if b. A. R. T or its unions does come out and make an announcement, we will get you that live. Ed to, 156th day that b. A. R. T and its unions have been try
Fine leaving the 205 interchange. Looks like we may have some roadwork eastbound because sensors are picking up slow traffic there. The 580 680 interchange over in you understand did thats still in good shape with no major problems to report to you for west 580 heading down the dublin grade and the bay bridge toll plaza is wide open so enjoy the light traffic. That light traffic stays with you across the bridge into downtown San Francisco. Thats a look at kcbs traffic. Thank you. Some breaking news now from Pleasant Hill. Loud explosions woke up the dove court neighborhood after a house caught fire. It started about 1 30 this morning. Firefighters say when they got there, the house and the cars in the driveway were all consumed by flames. The explosions happened near the cars. Several downed power lines made it difficult for crews to fight the fire but they kept it from spreading to other hopes. Bart management and Union Leaders are still talking in hopes of making a deal this week and
The senate deal. Kcbs radios financial reporter jason brooks is tracking how this is affecting wall street. And we begin with kpix 5 reporter ryan takeo with what the deal really means. Ryan. Reporter michelle and frank, the house gop is meet as we speak to talk about the deal. The proposal does not accomplish a longterm solution. Instead what Senate Leaders came up with is a temporary fix. Senate leaders reid and mcconnell have finalized a bipartisan budget compromise. Congress reaching a historic bipartisan agreement to reopen the government and avert default on the nations bills. Its my hope that today we can put some of those most urgent issues behind us. Reporter but with all this big talk, you would think Senate Leaders figured out a longterm solution to the two issues hanging over d. C. , the truth is the proposal reopens the government for three months. It also raises the debt ceiling until february. This is far less than many of us had hoped for, frankly. But its far better th
For us, windy at times, at least we get better air quality and breezy for some, most live sunny here very soon. Most of us will be out of the pictures, here is sal. We are looking at a commute which looks pretty good, so far anyway, we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, so far coming up to the pay gates, very small delays getting into the city, that is a drive time total of 10 minutes as you get into the city. Bay bridge span is looking good getting into the city as well. We want to let you know, it looks good on the peninsular southbound 101 is off to a good start, lets go back to the desk. Wewe begin with breaking news from oakland. A gas station fire has forced dozens to evacuate. What is happening out there now, paul . Well, even though the fire is out, they put the fire out about a half hour ago and you can see that car, it was involved with a chase in Alameda County sheriffs deputies and this happened at 2 20 this morning. We are told the car came down westbound 98th avenu
Asking for and who is spearheading the effort. And the bay area has a new superkid. The special honors planned for a little girl battling leukemia in vallejo. Mornings on 2 starts now. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. You are taking a live look at what is left of a vehicle in oakland. Police are investigating a fiery crash there. Coming up, well tell you who rescued that driver. Thats all in a live report. Im claudine wong. Forming to you. Tampa good morning to you. Tori campbell has the day off. Good morning. Im dave clark. Steve, that wind blowing through here . Absolutely, dave. For some, not for everybody. It will be breezy, blustery. 30s, 40s, 50s. It will be sunny. But cooler. Upper 50s, low 60s. The breeze out of the north northwest and rain forming in Southern California. They will have rain town there. We wont up here. We get the better air quality. The wind advisories take us through the evening mainly on the coast and the Higher Elevations. 30s, 40s and i mean theres