Both sides, and the passengers caught in the middle of all of this. Reporter frank, tonight, passengers tell me they dread the possibility of another b. A. R. T. Strike, and some say theyve made contingency plans. From the flat form of the mcarthur b. A. R. T. Station in oakland. Passengers could see traffic backed up during tonights evening commute. Look at it today. Reporter passengers tell me, the possibility of another strike has them making alternate plans. Just asking people for rides in the morning. Basically, my commute in the morning i could ask for a ride. Reporter this woman says it turned into a nightmare during the last strike. Im worried because last time that they had the strike, it was really inconvenient. I had to get up early and it took two hours to get home. Reporter the Union Workers disrupting during a speech this morning in San Francisco at a Public Transportation convention. Atvu tells me today talks ended around 5 00 p. M. , with little progress. The president
The possibility of another b. A. R. T. Strike, and some say theyve made contingency plans. From the flat form of the mcarthur b. A. R. T. Station in oakland. Passengers could see traffic backed up during tonights evening commute. Look at it today. Reporter passengers tell me, the possibility of another strike has them making alternate plans. Just asking people for rides in the morning. Basically, my commute in the morning i could ask for a ride. Reporter this woman says it turned into a nightmare during the last strike. Im worried because last time that they had the strike, it was really inconvenient. I had to get up early and it took two hours to get home. Reporter the Union Workers disrupting during a speech this morning in San Francisco at a Public Transportation convention. Atvu tells me today talks ended around 5 00 p. M. , with little progress. The president says key issues, pension, salary, and workers safety were not addressed. The workers contract expires at midnight. How conf
Nights deadline. Union leaders say the key issues of pension, salary, medical benefits and worker safety are not even being addressed. Meanwhile, management says it would have to fares 18 for the next three years to meet the unions pay demands. That would be on top of already approved fare hikes to help pay for new bart rail cars. Union leaders say they are very skeptical about barts calculations. As sundays deadline approaches, stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. Well bring you the latest on air, online and through your twitter feed as it develops. Well, Tropical Storm flossie is now being downgraded to a tropical depression. This is video from yesterday as flossie made its way across maui. The National Weather service has canceled all storm and Flash Flood Warning across the hawaiian islands, but it does say Power Outages and road closures are still likely. Flossie is expected to bring rain and high winds to oahu today. Flossie is also causing problems for people right here in th
The morning commute on 4 westbound is doing well. Now back to the desk. We have breaking news from San Francisco where dozens of pot plants are found in a house. And an investigation is happening now. Reporter no one was home and the firefighters had to force their way in. They went in through the garage here and you can see now it is covered with a tarp. They could tell this was a marijuana growing operation when they got in. There were probably 60 or so pot plants found inside. The fire was called in this morning by a neighbor who smelled smoke here on tucker avenue. Firefighters faced several challenges. The people had bypassed the electricity meter and they could not shut off the power. This is a common kuhns for us now. Another hazard is the way they barricade the home. They put the plywood over the skylights. So it makes it a trap for firefighters. In the end no firefighters were hurt out here. And the police were called out here as well. They came and seized the marijuana in the
5 30 p. M. At 6 00 p. M. The march going from here down to bart headquarters and back. We will be there every step of the way. Paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. Where the sunday night with the sunday night deadline the management and the unions are going public with their story and why there is no deal. Ktvus consumer editor tom vacar is live outside the caltrans building where the negotiations are being held. Tom . The most omnibus comments. They are bart board directors, they sat in on the negotiations. No prognosis. No major issues were discussed. Bad feelings on both sides. Least Board Involvement in 23 years. A strike is probable. It looks to be worse than the one 16 years ago. Here is how the day began. Reporter relentless growths in benefits. Contracts that continue to allow bart employees to pay nothing towards pensions and a flat rate for healthcare, those contracts are no longer sustainable. Reporter pensions are up 126 from 27 million a year to 59 million. Projections show