Matters. Such a largescale battery manufacturing plant could mean 6500 jobs for whoever gets it. That pumps a lot of money into the local economy. Also news today on teslas bottom line, the Palo Alto Company lost almost 63 million last quarter and tesla says it has been spending more on developing an suv it plans to roll out next year. It rolled out almost 7600 model s sedans keeping it on track to reach its goal for the year. Now, one more note on the companys battery factory. Tesla announced today its partnering with tech giant panasonic to build and operate the plant. Panasonic already supplies the batteries that power teslas. Live in the newsroom, elizabeth cook, kpix 5. New at 6 00, cars targeted in bart garages and lots thousands of people park there every day thinking their vehicles are safe. But kpix 5s linda yee found out that may not be the case. Reporter not necessarily, veronica. No one would think that this parking lot here at the lafayette bart station would be the target
Name, and the n word. And i should die. And this bart worker says this is the latest example of a pattern of racism at bart. Two employees are talking about what they call an ugly problem at bart. Bart says its taking this incident seriously, investigating it as a hate crime. Those employees claim their managers response was just as offensive as the graffiti itself. Vic . With three black bart workers say offensive acts are an ongoing pattern of racism. They say every time they work alone at night on the tracks, they have to look over their shoulders and wonder if theyll be targets again. I walked in. It was written on my locker. My name, and the n word, and i should die. Someone scrawled offensive words on his locker. When johnson went to his supervisor he was told to go to another manager because he was too busy with other things. Johnson says hes been a target before, first, two years ago. I was picked up and forced into a trash can, then placed on a table. Johnson says bart forced
Hearing details for herself. Reporter ken, Officials Say theres a zero tolerance policy for racism at work. But two employees tell me theyve been seeing harassment for years. Two African American employees say they found these messages with racial slurs and Death Threats scrawled on their lockers. It told me i was going to die. And i immediately was threatened and isnt feel safe at work. Reporter Rudolph Johnson says his supervisors didnt seem concerned. My supervisor said he was too busy and he told me to go to the next supervisor. Reporter that was next month. Today b. A. R. T. Released this statement. B. A. R. T. Police were notified within an hour and began an internal investigation. Johnson says its now one of a lawsuit alleging racist acts. Johnson said he saw a man who had a whip in his office. He had a white whip in his office hanging. Which was reported to b. A. R. T. Reporter today b. A. R. T. Said that they were not informed of all the incidents until july. B. A. R. T. s top
Cloudy conditions, temperatures in the 70s. We have humidity making a comeback. Ill explain with the sevenday forecast. Katie . Thank you. This morning new clues are emerging from the downing of a malaysia air passenger jet. The plane was shot down in an area of ukraine controlled by forces loyal to russia. But there are fears that the separatists are complicating the crash investigation. Abcs kirk hawkins joins us live with the latest. Kirk . Katie, right now dozens of detectives are fanning out all across the netherlands, hoping to collect dna samples that they hope will identify victims there. All this as investigators say theyre struggling with limited access to the crash site. The wreckage still smoldered, bodies and belongings still uncollected where the First International investigators of the scene have not been given full access. We are concerned that the crash site has not been properly secured. At least one american is among the dead. Quinn lucas schansman, a 19yearold with
Conceding to mike honda. He will go and serve another term in the house of representatives. Close race here. Losing by about four or five percentage points. Conceding to mike honda as you just heard right there. Now, lets go to controversy surrounding decision 2014. Weve learned an investigation is underway and it may be more than one investigation. Robert is live in san jose with more. All this because of a whistle blower. Reporter thats right. It looks as though the secretary of state will be joining a crowd of field of people looking for answers. They say the counting has already launched the investigation expressing concerned votes were lost due to problems with computers and the abrupt resignation of theics t manager. They invited the secretary of state and the public to investigate for themselves. Feel free to come in and ask about it and ask for any data you want to ensure that the normal process has been going on. And we have no evidence that there was any sabotage or any effor