100 behind the deal. No indications atu is different. So it seems maybe bart gave up more than it intended in negotiations the board president said they wont have agreed to it if they couldnt afford it. It took two strikes, marathon bargaining and behind the scenes maneuverings well probably never know about but there is a deal that should keep trains running for at least the next four years. Somehow, both sides seem satisfied we feel we bargained a real contract. The fact were being slammed from right, left on this. May mean we hit the right bag with it. Workers who have had had a raise for four years will get 15. 4 over four years. Theyll start contributing to passengerses, reaching 4 and Health Care Contributions will increase from 92 to 130 a month for all bart workers. Vesting period for Retiree Benefits increases from five years to 15. For bart, that longterm savings takes a sting out of failing to get some of the work rule changes it sought some work rule changes weve got dworg
The controls. Investigators say right now theyre piecing together the chain of events that led to the accident. My concern coming out here as it is for every investigation is to find out what happened. Gather the facts. On scene thats all well do, gather the fakes. Well make the measurements, open every door, and well look at every single part of what went on out here and make a determination as to what happened. Abc 7 News Reporter nick smith has more from the investigation today. Every part of the operation out here records inspections, you name it, well be turning over every stone opening every door. Reporter officials with the National Transportation safety board arrived this afternoon leading the investigation into the death of a b. A. R. T. Engineer and contract worker struck and killed by this train on the stretch of track between walnut creek and Pleasant Hill yesterday afternoon. It was a loud bang. The sound of the impact and the disturbing scene that followed left neighbors
The ground in walnut creek looking at what led to the deadly accident involving two bart workers. The investigators spent the night on the tracks trying to piece together exactly what happened. Nbc bay areas damian is in the area. Reporter people have been placing flowers and candles along this chainlink fence. Were near highway 680. On the other side of this fence, the tracks that claimed the lives of two bart workers. Investigators dressed in what looked like hazmat suits told me they spent the night on these tracks. They used huge spotlights so they could gather evidence at the scene. Bart says two workers were on the tracks inspecting them when an approaching train hit them. They are identified as Chris Shepherd and larry daniels. The train was an auto and was making routine runs during the strike to keep the system working properly. The federal investigators are scheduled to talk to the driver today. They will also analyze other systems data on the train as they piece together wha
And maybe 12 30. Temperatures in the eat bay are the warmest at the lowtomid 80s. Mid60s to 70 around the bay. Only midtoupper 60s along the coast. Is the fog causing issues with the commute . It does not appear to be causing issues but if you are headed out of concord, use the low beams. We have a report in san jose of a wrongway driver at 101 interchange. Watch out for that. Crews are headed out there. 101 is moving nicely up to the san jose airport. It is nice all the way to the south bay friend. The bay bridge has another problem, a stalled vehicle beyond treasure island. Now a look at walnut creek area, you can see into the tunnel toward oakland, it looks like the traffic is running smoothly. Eric and kristen . This morning, state safety regulators are restarting their investigation into a fatal accident back in june at the new 49ers stadium construction site. This was another fatal accident there last week. Abc7 news reporter, matt keller, is at the site. Osha decided there was n
Case of road rage. Kpix 5s cate caugiran tells us the driver who was fired at found help in the nick of time. Reporter the victim pulled over in front of the donut shop looking for help. The windows of the cars shot out the passenger covers covered in bullet holes. That driver parked in front of the donut shop after he was shot. Another man ran into the shop to get help. We have found multiple casings on brown road. Reporter the son called 911 and Police Arrived quickly finding a 59yearold pleasanton man shot in the car. Early information is that maybe one of the two parties involved was driving too slow and the other party was upset with that. But as to what happened and what the events were, were not 100 sure. Reporter it happened just before 5 30 thursday morning on mission boulevard and brown road near highway 680. The Victim Told Police he thought it started out as a road rage incident. The customer that come in then they say they call the police heard somebody got shot outside. R