Problem. By the end of this year bart plans to have its first 10 new cairns systems. By the end of 2017 at least 60 new cars in service. And the end of 20 1rb8gs at least 230 new cairns service. The end of 2019, 420 new cairns service. And by the end of 2020 at least 610 of its new cashes service with the remaining 165 cars to be delivered in 2021. That will get bart to 775 new cars in total. Bart hopes, depending on funding to add 306 more in the following years. Five years to put in new cars . Honestly, im going to have to buy me like at least two or three cars to drive on the freeway. This cant be. Five years . Im going to start taking the ferry. Reporter do you think these cars can make it for the next five years . About 25 of them. Probably a little bit more than that. But its going to be a lot of maintenance. Reporter bart is ramping up will be fazed out. One benefit, as older cars are taken out of service that will create a huge pool of Replacement Parts for the ones to continue
This morning on the kron 4 morning news. A stark reminder of fire season a wildfire erupts and rages in the east bay and gets dangerously close to a power plant. San francisco police. Trying to track down the driver who hit and killed a woman. Then took off. Well show you the car theyre looking for. And the First Australian plane returns from an earlymorning Search Mission for the missing malaysian airliner. What crew members say they saw. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. A day after firefighters told kron 4 we should brace for an early fire season. This happens a threealarm fire in pittsburg. Near a power plant, no less. This is video from our helicopter partnership abc 7 news. 40 acres burned. Firefighters were worried about all the dry brush from the drought. Despite the fire burning close to the pittsburg power plant, there was never any danger to people who live nearby. As the plant is not operational. Kron4s jeff bush was one of the first reporters on the scene. The sear
Today. Low clouds in place. Over all a little system came by. Its really picked up the sea breeze and also the low clouds. So a lot of low clouds. I mean not sold out or anything. Inland areas are still clear. There is a lot of low clouds coast and bay. Fog, sun, and breezy. 50s and 60s to low 70s for some inland. You can see that low cloud deck has lifted and its getting helped along here. 40s for some. 50s for others. And also right over San Francisco and parts of the bay out to oakland. So its an on shore push. For most. Overall you can see a lot of gray out there. A lot of gray over the bay. Fog, sun, cooler today. Coastal fog will be it wont be there all day but its starting the morning off with a pretty good representation of low cloud deck. 50nd and 60s there. Here is sal. Steve, good morning. We are looking at a commute that is going to be doing very well so far any way. Right now we are looking at the bay bridge. Traffic is light. Sometimes on fridays we do have lighter than u
735 trees all over town including in peoples yards. Theyve taken the position they can cut down these trees without seeking the citys permission or a permit as we would normally require. Reporter the mayor lawson fired off a letter. She wants top officials with the utility to meet not only with her but a coalition of city officials throughout the east bay where trees are also located above the Gas Transmission corridor slated for removal. Pg e is taking these measures across california. We are very focused on looking at reasonable alternatives including relocation of pg es lines if thats what necessary. Reporter pg e says it hasnt yet notified the home owners whose trees it plans to cut down. A utility possessionman says the tree re Spokesman Says the Tree Removal Program is necessary to inspect pipes more quickly especially in an emergency. Creating access to the pipeline, enabling inspections and maintenance to the pipeline for safety purposes. Reporter some residents say theyre okay
Officers the night of the incident. A meeting today to air it all out at san jose state university. Students, administrators and state officials are trying to come together after a string of disturbing incidents. One of the most repeat was this past fall. Recent was this past fall, four white students accused of locking a bike lock around a black students neck, and hanging a confederate flag. Students say the school still has a long way to go to make them feel at home. Ktvus ann ruben live now at san jose state and they hope this meeting will be a solid first step. Reporter the hope is these hearings lead to policy changes and ultimately to a change in the emotional climate on campus. As a panelist at the hearing, this student spoke not only about the climate but how it makes him feel. It feels like you dont belong. It feels like theres nothing there for you. It people like maybe college isnt the right way to go. Reporter this in the wake of a racially charged incident last fall where