Tom smith. The officer would fired the fatal shot is michael maes who previously worked as an officer before joining bart p. D. Former bart police chief hired maes seen here in a promotion. He is a dedicated officer. A shot from the his gun took the life of sergeant tom smith. Detectives searched for stolen items at a dublin apartment. Katie marzullo will have more in a report at the top of the hour. Flags are flying at half tam in san ramon. Childhood friend has known smith since third grade and says she feels lucky to have been his friend. Tragedy. I could not believe it. I was shocked. He was amazing, full of hive, friendly to everyone. He was everyones friend. This is the first bart officer to die in the line of duty in the 42year history. We will have continuing coverage of the bart officer death on air and online and you can post condolences on facebook. A marin county teenager max wade will be sentenced for stealing celebrity chef guy fieris lamborghini and was planning a takeov
That fueled the quebec fire to their town on trains. These trains are like bombs on tracks. When they derail, they explode. Reporter the benicia residents are facing off with valero over a plan to roll 70,000 barrels a day through the community. Railroad officials know the dangers. In november the president of the association of american railroads suggested the industry build stronger tankers to cut down on accidents. We are recommending that all new tank cars designed to move Flammable Liquids be built to higher standards. Reporter today the ntsb agreed and suggested trains develop new routes to avoid Populated Areas and do a better job of properly classifying hazardous cargo. Or risk another catastrophic derailment. Now, the Railroad Industry officials today say they are working with the feds on these recommendations. They released a statement saying they would endorse these changes. Reporting live in pittsburg, christin ayers, kpix 5. The experts estimate that u. S. Crude Oil Produc
Continue street. We will check now with our reporter at the scene on the injuries. It happened at the peachcolored house at the corner of clayton. Police say three men were on the platform nailed to the wall and their combined weight was more than it could handle. Part of it gave way sending the workers to the ground. Neighbors say they heard a loud thump and fell 25. Police say they are all suffering from compound fractures to the legs. Police say the platform they fell off of is not legal. They were working on the roof of the house and are said to be working without the proper permit. Building inspectors have been called in. This work was not permitted and started off as a minor roof repair and as the work progressed it got more complicated so no permits have been issued if for the job the. The men are 24, 50, and 58 years. Two of the injuries are lifethreatening injuries. We take you back off Half Moon Bay on the coast of san mateo county. You can see the surfers paddled out hoping
Slipping over to sfo. There are no asterisks after record highs year, still warmerthanaverage in the midtoupper 60s with total sunshine away from the coast. Leyla gulen . How is the morning commute . We start off busy again. 37 bart trains are on time with no delays. We have a sigalert in hayward, a car hit a power pole at mission boulevard and rose street northbound and Southbound Mission blast should down and will be for an hour and 15 minutes. Know you have to get around it. 580, tracy to dublin at 28 minutes, and antioch to concord, 20 minutes. And 101 is moving fine with a little bit of mist and moist roads so be careful for slippery conditions. We have new details in the bart shooting tragedy abut the officer involved in the shooting the. We have learned the name of the officer who shot the Sergeant Tom Smith accidentally. The officer is michael maes would previously worked for a police department. This is maes in a promotional video hired by former bart chief and we talked with
Inland, lowtomid 30 in most areas with high clouds at 7 00 and partly sunny at noon and 62 and the breezes taper and fire threat is offer by 4 00 at 57. 51 this evening as you head out. It is friday. A few low and high clouds working across the neighborhoods today and mid40s now and lowtomid 60s in the afternoon with a lighter breeze this afternoon at 52. Friday morning commute hoping to be like of the. It has been light. We have had a couple of problems. One is vallejo and another problem closer to redwood city, we do have another overturned vehicle on highway 92. Headed to Half Moon Bay so we have a couple of things going on, southbound 101, we have reported a 55gallon drum must have fallen off of a pickup truck and c. H. P. May have to do a break to clean it up. If vallejo, westbound 80 at magazine street, lane blocked because of a solo accident and ahead we have a fire at a mole home park and Amy Hollyfield is headed out there. Firefighters found a large marijuana grow at a home af