Harder or easer. Evening, i am dan ashley. One solution b. A. R. T. Walled change the fee. Eric thomas is live at the walnut creek b. A. R. T. Station for me. Reporter we did crunching and even a modest increase saying 2 a day would mean 500 more a year if you parked here every day. It is impossible for b. A. R. T. To make more parking they dont have the land. Commuters have a love hate relationship with the fee. For me, it is okay. That is more than enough and raising it would be atrocious. Reporter b. A. R. T. Is at least discussing the idea of raising and sometimes lowering the fee. Each station has a waiting list for parking permits averaging 3,000. Is there something we can do with our policies, our fees to help alleviate the crowding situation. Reporter the hope is that a higher fee would discourage people driving to b. A. R. T. And encourage driving and walking. On fridays and in the middle of the day we charge the same amount. Our lots dont always fill up on fridays. Reporter r
The bay moves smoothly. Back to you. Breaking news for you right now. Fire crews are battling a blaze at a walnut creek home. Pete suratos joins us live in that neighborhood right next to the 680 24 interchange. Pretty active behind you, pete. Reporter thats right. Still an active scene here. We are on the 1400 block of spring brook road in walnut creek. You have a number of engines with contra costa fire working on this Single Family home that caught fire just before 4 00 a. M. They were able to put it out but of course crews are still here on the scene looking for hot spots following that fire. We want to show you guys some of those pictures that were just tweeted out by the Instagram Account at contra costa fire. As you look at those pictures you can see that this fire was fully involved as they termed it. I want to bring you up to date on who was affected by this. Theyre saying there were four adults inside of this home, when they showed up there was one person on the ground that h
Livermore is 28. Would tie a record 28 on this date in 1942. Oakland airport is 32. That is a record. Sfo made it to 36. That as well is a record. 28 at the Half Moon Bay airport briefly which would be a record easily. 30s around the bay. 34 in oakland. Officially 40 in San Francisco. That is three off a record. 35 el cerrito. There are many 30s in San Francisco. Just officially it is not a record. And to the south, 26 in gilroy. I do believe that is a record depending on the climate station. Soquel is 31. 20 for scotts valley. And campbell is 27 degrees. Santa clara is still at 30 degrees. A cold, cold beginning. We will have clouding increasing later this afternoon. Here they come. Over the next few days, get ready for more in the way of rain. Some yesterday but there is more moving in. Not today, wednesday and thursday with the possibility of very low snow levels. Today, 50s. Sun and then clouds. 7 01. What are you looking at on your screen . Im looking at the Golden Gate Bridge and
Then allegedly rammed the officer, who was on his bike near turk and franklin. The suspect then took off. Officers then later found the abandoned suv and later took this man into custody. They have not yet released his name. We did get an updating from acting chief Toney Chaplin on the officer. The suspect fled the scene and the officer was transported here to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. The officer has been with the department for 4 years and is assigned to tenderloin station. He is out of surgery and in intensive care. Reporter i want to show you some video of this lexus suv. The suspect vehicle found abandoned and as officers are scouring that suv for evidence and whatever they find will possibly be used against the suspect who potentially assault with a Deadly Weapon or attempted murder. Latest word the officer is in Critical Condition after having surgery after being hit by this gun suspect. We dont know the suspect name or the name of the officer but well follow th
Care. And the following is a statement written by his wife. It was read by the police chief. If elia was writing this, he would want to say that he is like every other cop working in San Francisco. He goes to work every day to protect and serve his community. He does this with heart and passion. At the end of the day, like any other officer, he wants to come home to his family. Elia is a symbol of strength. Its in his blood. This situation will be no different. This is not the end of elias story. Please, please, send him positive energy and love. He deserves it and he will no doubt get through this. Reporter just to give you an idea of how well liked this officer is, were told that in his five years with the department, he has been recognized numerous times for his Outstanding Police work. Owe received sfpds purple heart award in 2015 after he was hurt on the job while trying to protect others. And we also learned he recently started law school. He teaches jujitsu and volunteers in the