And the unions back to the bargaining tables. Reporter but as of tonight, that still has not been done. Here is the latest. Late tonight the unions made a counter offer. Well have more details on that in just a few minutes. There were no face to face meetings today and b. A. R. T. Says there are no scheduled talks at this time. The closed door session will discuss labor negotiations. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight on the accident investigation as well as the ongoing strike. Ktvus cara liu is live with new information about federal investigators. But we begin with deborah villalon. Reporter at the same time the unions have been suing b. A. R. T. To keep managers from even driving trains. So the acrimony and accident overlap. A candle in one hand, picket signs on the other. The fractures reality at b. A. R. T. A work force wrecked by conflicting emotion. This is something that we are just totally totally horrified by. Reporter Union Leaders call for mourning but before b. A.
But not before we have temperatures close to yesterdays readings. 40s for some. 59 in San Francisco. So there is another there you go. Thats another very warm, mild morning. We will go 79 today. This is a tricky forecast because if the wind turns westerly this will come down to 73 or 72. Santa rosa a cold morning. We will go 41 with a high of 81. But temperatures are again very close. A little system came by and there is a lot of tropical clouds working our way towards us. Mild to warm temperatures inland. We are way above average and things are really stuck. So that means a lot of upper 70s, mid 70s for some, but low 80s for others. Here ale sal. Good morning. We are looking at a commute that looks pretty good. As a matter of fact, we are looking at westbound bay bridge. It is now. Trying to get into the city, people have been asking has there been more traffic on the bay bridge with all of this uncertainty surrounding the trains and the answer is no. I think people wake up. They turn
Update on whats happening in just a moment. But thank you for waking up with us. Its thursday, october 17. I am pam cook. Friday eve. Thats right. Good morning everybody. I am brian flores. We will return to the bart talks in a moment. First we begin with traffic and weather. Steve paulsen here. Did you make it to the beach . I didnt make it to the beach. I wanted to. I was in the produce section thinking, i thought you and steve were going to santa cruz. Of course. We do have clear skies. A little fog out there but its not on the coast yet. Its just kind of lurking out there. I dont think its going to do too much. I can still see a easterly component in San Francisco. So they dont have a west wind. How is it going to make it unless that turns a little . It may. Sunny and warm this week and also today. I do think we topped it out two days ago. Now, we get a little easterly breeze but there has been slight little turns. It will still be in the 70s. Upper 70s to very low 80s. So slightly
Good afternoon, welcome to ktvu news. Happening now, we are following two major developing stories. First were still waiting for word on two possible transit strikes, workers for both bart and ac transit have threaten to walk off the job if deals are not reached. In washington, d. C. It appears congress is close to a deal ending the 16day Government Shutdown. The senate is getting ready to vote on a deal and the house is expected to vote next. We see senator ted cruz of texas. Hes blasting obamacare. He called it a terrible deal. The compromise would fund the federal government through february 15th and extend the debt ceiling until february 7th. A coverage of the shutdown will continue in 5 minutes where well be checking in with our washington, d. C. For the latest. First we go to the strikes facing the bear area. Dualing strikes leave the community in limbo. Bart and its communities leave riders stranded. The numbers have been dropping. Reporter because of whats happened and what con
Captions paid for by Nbcuniversal Television and welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im erica hill. Im cain for lester holt. Just when you thought it was safe to go out, another storm is hitting the east coast. There wont be as bad as the storm that spun off tornadoes and dumped heavy snow across the northeast and the east this week. It could certainly impact holiday travel. Well have the latest coming up in a moment. Also ahead, in the wake of the Sandy Hook School tragedy, a new plan from the controversial sheriff in arizona. He wants armed volunteers to patrol the schools there. Well get into that debate. Then, well share with you a romance story 20 years in the making. It began with a simple love letter in Elementary School. Plus, did you get the gift for the holidays that, well, just wasnt you . A Record Number of returns are expected this year. But did you ever wonder what happens next . Well take you inside a warehouse where many of these items go and actually wind up get