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
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
Right on its side. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith joining us live in Castro Valley with exactly how long this will likely take to get the tower back up and running. Good morning, christie. Reporter good morning to you. East Bay Regional Park Police are asking for the publics help this morning in finding whoever did this. It looks like someone had vandalized the guy wires, possibly cut them right off and the tower toppled right over t isnt small. We are talking 75 feet tall near the danville, san ramon border. It was damaged overnight monday, according to east Bay Regional Park Police. Its used to transmit a variety of signals, including those for emergencies, rocky ridge at loss trampos park and along a very steep trail thats at least 20 minutes to get to from the nearest road by foot. Access sent easy, protected by multiple gates. Why someone would know this, we dont know. Public safety communication wasnt compromised. The Communications Tower hand6ca broadcast, local and regional gover
Months to find a new place to live. Reporting live in palo alto, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. New at 5 00, one day before the gold clubs planned opening in downtown san jose, the City Council Rules Committee will consider new rules for the gentlemans club. Doors on west santa clara street on august 8th. On august 7th, a city councilman will ask the rules committee to consider making Adult Entertainment establishments pay a Public Safety fee to cover the increase in crime he says will follow the bikini bar. He also proposes a notouching rule, brighter lighting inside and an earlier closing time. Theres a lot of guys Walking Around with cash. Theyre often distracted. We see dancers who are often underage. We see all kinds of issues relating to sexual battery. So by doing what we can to try to reduce those harms, im hoping at least we can avoid what we have seen in other cities. He says the city of san jose requires other businesses to pitch in for Public Safety like card rooms and
July 30th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Ive been dancing a little bit. You got the moves going. We got the song of the summer and the guy singing it in our 8 30 half hour. Do you know why im happy hes here . So he can perform the song. Not you and al all the time. Anyway, we look forward to that crowd on the plaza and now the breaking news near orlando, florida. Its a real blessing that so far no one died from these multiple explosions at a propane facility. About 50,000 tanks were kept there. Blasts sent huge plumes of fire into the sky and it took several hours to get a handle on the situation. Mark potter is there for us this morning. Mark, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, savannah. The blasts and flames could be seen for miles. The fire is under control as officials try to figure out exactly why t