I would prepare for layers fog with cool drizzle in the upper 50s and 60s for today and tomorrow. This low has been hanging out for the week which is why the weather has cooled off compared to july when it was hard to get any clouds. Have thunderstorms with a fog bank and that is the circulation it is also tapping into smoke from the Pacific Northwest bringing it back in here. Low clouds making it to the reporting station just like yesterday temperatures bumped off up soon into the day yesterday but we will have a tough time getting into the 60s were many areas. 50s and 60s are not budging at all as you might imagine, 54 nevada. 68 rauner park. Low clouds and fog persist for most and then start to peel back but it is a foggy start to this friday morning a little more of a breeze inland but not much. Near average temperatures in the 60s 70s 80s and just a few 90s. So how are things going on the roads . There has been one glitch on 880 northbound in downtown oakland. First it was reporte
Zapped. Reporter it is small, and expensive. 1,000. Reporter it takes 22 weeks owe order. When it fails, the cars stop powering themselves. Theyre being dragged and pushed. The ones that failed yesterday failed quickly. Understandably, bart doesnt want to lose more cars so officials stopped service. A bus bridge was set up. How you feel depends on where youre going. I tried to make it today on time. You know . So im late. Bart says the cars will take months to fix. As for service, that remains a mystery. It depends on whether engineers can figure out what is causing the surge, then, fix it. In concord, abc7 news. Riders tweeted about delays, crowded trains and broken equipment and received a response. Laura anthony joins us live. Laura . Reporter well, as bart Service Issues deepen, so does the criticism. Bart is talking about it on social media responding in a way rarely seen by a government agency. Sugar coating things is neither an effective, nor honest way, to communicate. Reporter
Service. Good evening, everyone. A firefighter fired by the city of vallejo won a wrongful termination and was awarded more than 2 million. He said he was retaliated against for telling the truth about what happened in a deadly fire. Only on 2, ktvu amber lee is live after hearing the firefighters story. Reporter amber, the jury voted on his side. He hopes nobody has to go through what he experienced. Reporter this mobile home is where it started in 2011. A paraplegic trapped in his bed called for help. Reporter his battalion chief ordered him to kick down the door. I went ahead thinking he will be behind me. Reporter he found the disabled man inside. I still remembers what it feels like. I got you buddy and he is looking at me with his hands and grabbing me. I will never forget that. Reporter his captain never followed him in to help. The firefighter was alone and trying to save him. I was covering my body. I pulled a hamstring. Reporter up able to carry the man out. Theip the intensi
And the numbers didnt go off the chart in february. A whole bunch of factors. Policing strategies, mother nature. I know oaklands citizens will be happy no matter what is causing this significant dip. It really is remarkable especially when you look back as recently as 2012. You had 127 People Killed in oakland in one year. In 2006145 people, and right now, if this were to keep up youre on pace for 28 People Killed. Unbelievable. The good news is theres been a steady decline each year inhomicides from 20 12. So every year more and more. Whatever the reason is for that, aus cited many reasons in your piece there, the fact that they have more time now with fewer homicides, it helps them go to all of in the solved cases and start to work on those, because they always after backlog of unsolved cases. Reporter thats right. Theres no statute of limitations for murder so they can bring some justice to these victims. Were learning new details about a deadly standoff in the east bay. The stando
Director says issues like this highlight an overall need for improvement. Were seeing this across the nation. All of the large transit systems, they have billions of dollars in deferred maintenance. So we really need to rethirchg our country investment in transit. Reporter bart hopes voters will pass adds 3. 5 billion bond measure on the ballot this november to fix the current infrastructure. We really need this funding. We have the plan. We can do the work. It but we do need some additional funding to make it happen. Reporter but that money would not be for new cars. Workers continue to repair damaged cars with burned out thyristor devices, a process expected to take months. Bart plans to take eight cars out of service and repurpose multiple thyristors from those cars to help put 30 to 40 cars back in service while they wait for new devices to come in. . Oofg a spotlight on us in terms of what our needs are is always a good thing. This problem may not have anything to do with age. Rep