Minutes ago after negotiations session early this afternoon as well as over the weekend, they hope to keep Service Going for more than 180, 000 daily riders on ac transit. Delivering formal notice of the ac transit noon board meeting. That walk out can happen as early as 12 01 on wednesday morning we are streel serious of getting a contract. Reporter riders say theyre frustrated. The bart went on triek and that through a lot of people off like my friends work in San Francisco and ac transit is peoples live line. It is rough getting it together on such a short notice. I take two busses just to get to school everyday. If the strike are in effect, i have no way to go to school. I dont know why it is coming to at this point. We are close to particularly regarding to wages. The Sticking Point of course is on health and welfare payments to where their premiums. The unions say the last raise workers got was four years ago. Ac transit is taking the decision of being consistent in their bargain
Source who tells me that negotiations are progressing and they have made some significant process. They still do not have a deal. Now, we were there when the meeting started about 6 20 this evening. About 6 Union Members got up along with the atu president to address the board before they went in closing session. There is not much time before the deadline at midnight. She and the workers are hopeful that they can still reach a deal and avoid strike. If there is no deal by midnight then the workers, there is about 1600 transit workers with the atu who plans to walk off their job. Theyll call a strike if there is a significant number of items thats taken off the table. The big Sticking Point here is the workers pay 10 towards healthcare, they pay nothing now. More than 180, 000 daily riders and many of them dont have cars and the actransit Spokesman Says there is no time to order a plan since they were notified on monday or consider busses for alternate drivers. This strike notice came d
Shes an investigator in sacramento. New details from amber lee. Shes live at opd after speaking with the missing womans sister, amber. Reporter Oakland Police say they are treating this as a missing persons case. We spoke with sandra cokes sister who flew in from new jersey this afternoon. She suspects foul play. Reporter she reportedly told her teen daughter that she was meeting with someone who said she had found her dog. This king spaniel, it had been missing for over a month. Cokes daughter called police when she did not return home that night. She has a 15yearold daughter whos the love of her life. My daughter was about her daughter and work. She did not go out late at night. Reporter she describes sandra as a sophisticated woman but perhaps her guard came down when it came to her beloved dog jenny which was stolen when her home was burglarized a few months ago. Coke has posted these fliers posting a reward for her dog. Her sister says someone had tried to extort her center after
Boy was playing and it appears that the driver was in the parking lot with his vehicle and at this point, it appears that the driver just an unfortunate accident where he ran over the little boy. Police say that speed does not appear to be a factor. The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators. Now to our continuing coverage of the new bay bridge. On night two of this evening commute, it is a painfully slow drive. Here is a live look at the eastern span and we can tell you the eastbound traffic is backed up before 2 00. Here is a look at our live daytime traffic. You can see the red on the San Francisco side. Since the new bridge opened, it is slow going for drivers trying to get out of the city and get to the east bay. Our ken lane is gauging the new commute and after talking with the chp and frustrated drivers about the big backup. Ken. Reporter here we go again, another slow commute out of the city. To the east bay you can see the live look and see the heav
Pickup truck. We get the new information now from ktvus amber lee. She spoke privately with the little boys family, and shares with us what happened. Reporter julie many of his relatives gathered here for a prayer vigil just a short while ago. The accident took place in this parking lot. The perez familys produce truck is a long time fixture along the embarcadero. She brings her son, 2yearold rafael with her. Telling relatives, she doesnt trust his care to anyone else. Around 4 15 this afternoon, the unthinkable happened when little rafael played in the parking lot. The child was struck by a vehicle and the child is currently deceased. He has succumb to his injuries. Reporter relatives say the driver of the pickup truck that struck the little boy, appears to be a customer who drove up to buy produce, but never saw the child. He is here, he is cooperating with the police. Our investigators are speaking with him. Reporter distraught family members tell me rafael had just started talking,