let s check your weather and traffic. steve has a cool down for us today. pretty big one. a lot of people asking when are you going to cool things down? as if i had any control. mother nature has pretty good control this morning. there is a bigger fog bank and a really strong sea breeze for some. here is sal. good morning. looking a the the san mateo bridge that traffic looks good heading out to the high-rise. also the morning s compute is doing well if you are on the golden gate bridge. we are following breaking news coming in from richmond. two people have died in a house fire. it started around a ktvu has a crew on the way to the scene. we ll bring you more in 30 minutes. now back to our continuing coverage of the bart labor dispute there is not a permanent deal yet, but trains are going to start rolling later today. we have team coverage from the bart charter bus service to an update on the ongoing negotiations. we begin this morning with tara moriarty at the we
.as a last resort we are now in day four of the bart strike. and even though today is a holiday, many people will still be impacted. we ll have the latest in the negotiations between bart and union representatives. and it s expected to be another warm day today, we ll have a complete look at your forecast. good morning, im anny hong. and happy 4th of july. and i m james fletcher. we continue to follow the bart strike, which is now in it s 4th day. but the commute is not expected to be as bad today, since today is a holiday. we ll get to the latest in the negotiations in a moment, but first lets check in with erica for your 4th of july forecast. mid-60s for the east shore line. 60 s and 70 s, to start. and 80s for oakland. certainly, there is going to be an excessive heat warning with cooler weather. as we take a look at your extended forecast take a look at the changes. with 60s for the coast we will continue to seek temperatures above the seasonable average for earl
trains will be running again at least for the first half of the 4th of july holiday. expect anything to happen? except for smiles, there was zero communication for bart negotiator goesing into the caltrans building on grand avenue. bargaining teams for the two main units also went in just before 1:00. both sides say the two new state mediators asked them to keep dmonts a minimum z their talks inside of the negotiating room. i m just a guy who would be grateful to head off have a well paying job again. jeff burger did show waip sign a licensed commercial pilot says he hasn t been fully employed in sometime. bart employees get paid very well for what they do. and i respect them but there are people out there that are willing to do what they do without the without going on strike. workers say they re happy to have jobs they just want a fair deal for the transit system. the unions want 4.5% per year over three years. out here as long as we need to be. bart spoke
most public transit was publicly owned. reporter: the east bay ferries are publicly owned, a private company operates them. the answer is to let the ferry service run bart. reporter: some say [ inaudible ] reporter: new york s ferries, denver and atlantic city and allowing private competition in miami and atlanta. what do passengers think about privatizing bart? i should be considered. i can t fathom the difficulties and benefits on that. it should be considered. reporter: the anger does not support privatization. i think keeping it public is fine. this is a public services and it should be for better or worse. reporter: he says if the strike were to drag out riders might prefer a lesser evil. not taking a lot of the important public good of into consideration. reporter: every rider agreed on this they had more than enough time to come to a agreement. reporter: we tried all day and no one would comment on this issue. consumer editor tom vacar k
contract. it s a fall back position. the meeting scheduled because the district required to give 24 hours notice and again, we d expect that to be cancelled if the negotiate yaigs continue. or if there is a settlement. well, as you may know the strike crippled the commute home only to get worse yesterday and tough again, today. folks are trying to get on to the bay bridge. there it is. people trying to get on the bay bridge, it s a sea of cars. some people telling us it s taken them 45 minutes to an hour to drive just four blocks. those people started their commute at 4:00 this after the. it is taking people a lot longer if they left work. much later. now, traffic control officer arrived at some of the busy intersections just after 2:00 this afternoon. that is when it started to get hairy here. very to say they re doing a good job. and there are a lot ever car asks frus traitded people. bad. very bad. like this. all the way back. we re getting through it. people ar