Now the forecast. Leyla gulen . Now moisture in our forecast just a few high clouds. It is going to be a chilly start. You will want do dress in layers from emeryville to the bay bridge and to San Francisco, it is a clear start to the only with no clouds. That will come later on tonight but we will see clear conditions. It will warm us closer to the weekend. We will see temperatures wrapping up in the upper 70s and lower 80s. The next 12 hours dress if you can in layers topping out in the midtoupper 70s by evening, though, clear skies and cool. We have a couple of direction. Northbound traffic is not affected. We have an accident from Castro Valley approaching northbound along 238, watch out for that slow go away from 580. This is the drive in san jose beyond the julian street offramp the traffic is building. The countdown clock to a possible bart strike is winding down to the midnight deadline but there is a set back and accusations. Matt keller has more from the fremont bart station.
Will strike. We have been negotiating and the district has been able to make this deal as of june 30. This is the longest negotiation period i have ever been involved in, in 22 years. We are trying to get the deal done. Bart negotiators were prepared to offer a new proposal to the unions but the unions said not yet, the elected bart Board Members are involved and engaged in negotiation and expect the general manager to sit at the bargaining table today with the session to begin here in oakland at 10 00 a. M. And now, leyla gulen has the commute. Everything is moving along fine and i looked at our cameras and everything is clear. As you can see behind me we have plenty of green and it will be the columbus day weekend ahead of us and that will take you into San Francisco where the citys oldest celebration, the italian heritage parade will kickoff around Washington Square from broadway and columbus to north beach. This will be street closing. The drive time traffic across the Golden Gate
For three weeks. Thats the question that friends and family are asking. The body of Lynn Spalding was found in a stairwell at the hospital. The body was discovered yesterday. Today the hospital confirmed the identity. Cheryl joins us from sm general and what is the explanation . Well, hospital officials de announcement here today. They believe the woman found here on the fourth floor of this hospital is the same woman reported missing on september 21st. Today was the day to answer all of those burning questions, but, instead, we got limited answers. This has shaken us to our core. Our staff is devastated. We dont know what happened to this woman. Reporter sm general chief medical officer made the identity of tuesdays grim discovery official. What happened at our hospital is horrible. Were here to take care of patients. Reporter but something went terribly wrong on september 21st when 57yearold Lynne Spalding was reported missing. We dont know how she came to be in the stairwell yeste
Was in retaliation for a weekend raid by u. S. Special forces that seized a libyan al qaeda suspect from the streets of tripoli. Todays a critical deadline for foster farms. Three poultry processing plans linked to a salmonella outbreak could be shut down. The usda has threatened to close the plant in californias Central Valley unless the Company Presents a plan to fix the problem. Foster farms has not issued a recall. The chicken is still on store shelves including this one in San Francisco. The company is simply telling people to cook the chicken thoroughly. We dont need to treat our food like toxic waste. Surprising they wouldnt recall it. So far investigators have not been able to link the salmonella outbreak to any specific products. The ongoing outbreak has sickened at least 278 people in 17 states mostly in california. Prosecutors have charged San Francisco 49ers linebacker aldon smith with three felonies in connection with a bizarre incident at his Santa Clara County home last
Missing. Good evening, im dan ashley, a disturbing confirmation from San Francisco General Hospital of what abc 7 news first reported last night. A body found in a hospital stairwell is that of a missing patient, lynne spalding, who disappeared. The hard questions are hard to answer. Indeed, they are, lynne spaldings friend was looking for answers after her death today new this has. This has shaken us to our core. We dont know how long she was in the stairwell, how long she had been there or what caused her death. Lynne spalding was a mother who entered the hospital for treatment of an infection, she disappeared. Two days later, she disappeared despite bed checks. Family and friends were angry because it took the hospital two days to admit publicly that she had vanished. Lynne spalding died in a stairwell, in one of the finest medical institutions in the country. I hear the San Francisco department issued a search, apparently it was not very good. It appear ed they did not check the st