What did we learn on the show tonight, craig . Yea haw [laughter] craig oh, i can read. [laughter] yeah, i dream about bacon. [sfx] wham so im bringing back the blt cheeseburger combo. A juicy jumbo beef patty loaded with Hickory Smoked bacon and melting cheese plus fries and a drink for just 4. 99. But this isnt a dream. Its just a video from my last birthday party. This is kpix 5 news. What was going on inside this Bay Area Hospital . The unbelievable errors after a patient went missing. Andrea taks us through the series of mistakes that happened. Andrea. Well, lyn spaldings body was found in a stairwell about two weeks after she went missing from San Francisco general hospital, but, of course, she should have been found on day one, but a series of errors kept that from happening. Does this woman look black or asian . Those were the first two in a series of epic blunders in the disappearance of lyn spalding. The problem started at 10 25 a. M. When lyns doctors and nurszs grossly misi
Is how is it going to look in the future . We do not want height limits busted through. We do not want bulk limits broken. We do not want this space used for people only with the biggest bank accounts. Reporter new battle lines were drawn today for San Franciscos war on the waterfront as highrise opponents fresh from the victory to stop the towering condos planned at 8 washington turned their sights on the next big target the proposed Golden State Warriors waterfront arena. Were not nimbys. Were nimbays. Not in my bay. Reporter it was much the same argument used in tuesdays defeat of the multimillion dollar condos plan for 8 washington. I call it a trojan horse thats disguised as a basketball gym but really its much more. Reporter and in fact, to help pay for the arena, the warriors are also asking to build a 17 story condo tower and a luxury hotel across the street. We are concerned about the disturbance to bay waters, the traffic congestion. Reporter like 8 washington, the debate ove
The identity problems continue, this time by dem deputies. This ford was identified by, quote, an asian female. The supervisor also attempted to review the video footage as requested by sfpd, but due to hardware problems, wasnt able to do so. Nine days after lyns disappearance, her case continued to fall through the kraks of employee incompetence. Staff was directed to search the campus. The search did not include all the stair wels. On october 1s, now, ten days later, an attempt to clean up the search proved just as sloppy, and on october 4th, 14 days later, the asleep at the wheel sej for lyn could have been cracked only to be ignored. There was somebody laying on the landing in the third or fourth floor of the stairwell 8. The Communication Center staff responded, well take care of it. There was no indication that anyone was dispatched to that stairwell. It wasnt until october 8th, 17 days after her disappearance, that lyn was found by someone checking locks. In San Francisco, andre
Napa. They have briefly touched 19 just a little bit earlier. 24 in santa rosa. Hard freeze in some of the north bay valleys. 28 livermore. 27 concord. Chilly 34 degrees even in oakland. So freeze warnings are up all around the bay area. We have some very cold temperatures in place not only today but it looks like that will be extended into tomorrow. Numbers in the 40s and the 50s for highs this afternoon so some very chilly weather indeed. Even some freezing temperatures in san jose. Thats where we find a very frosty kiet do this morning. Kiet. Reporter yeah. Frosty is right were live in downtown san jose where my iphone app tells me its about 28 degrees and that means plenty of frost here. Check it out. The air is a little dry not that much moisture so it means that the frost is not really that thick. Nonetheless give yourself some extra time if you are driving into work today to scrape it off your windshield. The cold weather came early last night down to freezing in many spots befo
Even the eastshore freeway not seeing any tapping of the brake lights through richmond or berkeley. Mass transit a great option. Bart all trains on time more than 20 in fact. Muni looks good. Caltrain and ace train number one so far no delays out of the central valley. And a quick check of the san mateo bridge, looks like another kind of glary start but westbound 92 at the limit 13 minutes between hayward and foster city. That is your latest kcbs traffic. Developing this morning, the recent death of two transit workers is putting the death on worker safety issues at bart. Today a state Assembly Committee will look into it. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec joins us know from walnut creek where last months accident happened. Anne. Reporter it happened here on the tracks behind me. At this point, the memorial is gone. But this accident is not forgotten. It is going to be put under the microscope today by the Assembly Committee of labor and employment. We are going to hear from bart workers an