Good evening, and thank you for joining us, b. A. R. T. Trains will be rolling tomorrow morning. Both sides in the labor dispute are in contract talks right now in oakland. Negotiations resumed shortly after the judge issued a 60day cooling off period, pushing back any possibility of a strike. Bay area commuters who make nearly half a million trip on b. A. R. T. Each day are breathing a collective sigh now that a b. A. R. T. Strike will not happen tonight. Thats excellent news. Im pretty sure the commuters well be happy. In a ware reekend a weekend hearing, the judge granted the request for a cooling off period so negotiations can continue while trains keep running. B. A. R. T. Management and the unions remain at odds over wages, benefits and pensions. In statement. B. A. R. T. Says, while we are glad there will be no laborrelated Service Disruptions we regret an agreement has not been reached. The first contract expired june 30th and workers win on strike for four and a half days. Bot
On this thursday. It will be announced this morning when the new eastern span of the bay bridge will open. We have a preview of what the two men found guilty for their roles in a gang rape well tell you just how many years they face in prison. Good morning and thanks for joining us on this thursday august 15th. Im mark danon. New eastern span of the bay bridge will open. There is some hope that the bridge could open Labor Day Weekend. As isbut there is also the possibility that the opening could be delayed for months because of broken safety bolts. Kron 4s j. R stoke now thake a look at what needs to be that police are starting their investigation. We have a lieutenant was a point, to get more information but certainly if this is a developing situation with a dramatic break and here at the tiffany store in downtown walnut creek. For darya i can hear people in the background. This is a busy place. At 7 00 the bart for it should be opening soon. Are people talking about this because it i
Formal decision is made ha ge. This is kpix 5 news. The bay bridge back and forth is nearly over. Even before the formal decision is made, weve learned the bridge will open. Gooevending. Im allen martin in for ken sgli eem elizabeth koovenlth Christin Ayers broke the story tonight at 6 00. Its been 24 years since created a need for this new bridge and finally looks like it will happen in just a couple of weeks. Yeah. This could be the last chapter here. The information coming from top transportation officials who are very close to the decisionmaking process, they say a vote that will happen tomorrow on when the bridge will open is just a formality, that it will, in fact, open on labor day. The decision to open the new bay bridge over the Labor Day Weekend is expected to be formalized in a public vote tomorrow morning by these men t heads of the bay area toll authority, caltran and the state transportation commission. You can criticize the amount of the invest. How long it took, but the
There are no charges being filed so far against the driver and it feels appears to have been just an accident. The city of oakland continues to have problems with the side shows. Kron 4 is a grant lodes explains what site shows are and where the most recent shows are happening. This one happened in the porto oakland. You will hear several gunshots and people are saying bad language. We would try to leap that out. Beep that out. Here is a again. You can see him standing on a roof of this cars shooting apparently a woman who was she and a another car might have been mandan and another person this aggressive behavior at one point you heard her yelling that this is my car. It does not appear there were any injuries and that follows a another slide show on september 14th on 98 and macarthur. They responded to this and there were able to wrest the driver that was backing up into a Police Cruiser tried to get a way. You have to side shows on opposite sides. You can see how this one ended with
The federal government indicates there could actually be a glimmer of hope for cars driving operate bridge by lab day if you week away. Process that will you undoubtedly take month. Grinding away at the saddle that take the weight off cracked bolt on the new bay bridge. Bolt part of what are sheer key device that stabilize the bridge when earthquake. Now theres word the bridge could still open on time even while this work is going on. Letter to caltrans the federal Highway Administration gave the approval to a temporary fix. Steel shim that reinforce the cracked bolt installed in just week and stay in place until the permanent fix is done. As such the letter reads we see no reason to delay opening the bridge to traffic prior to the sheer key retrofit completed. Reassuring that they believe the new bridge can be opened quickly. State senator mark cheers the transportation committee. Says they will rae view the federal government findings but on First Reading he would favor opening the b