Directors illegally broke an agreement on a new contract. Mark kelly is live at the courthouse with the very latest developments. Mark . Reporter well, michelle, this lawsuit makes three major claims. One, bart cant take back the total package agreement without good cause. And the unions say calling one part of that agreement a mistake is not good cause. Claim 2 bart must execute the final agreement and claim 3, bart cant snip out one part of the agreement and essentially say no negotiating just take it or leave it. So heres a little background on this whole thing. The uproar has been over paid family leave. November 21, the bart board instructed management that paid family leave is costly. So they said first, get the family leave provision out of the contract. Then and only then could they sign the contract saying it being in the final deal was a mistake. No surprise that is not sitting well with the unions. Sei and atu say this only prolongs labor negotiations. Plus management and un
Number of workers affected by fatigue appears small. But the problem is big. A study of Railroad Workers found when the effectiveness of tired workers fell below 70 , the risk of accidents went up. And the problem is you cant necessarily eliminate that shift. These people are building trains in rush hour. We have to figure out how they can do that job and be wellrested and alert. Reporter some workers load up on coffee to stay awake. Do that all of the time, and experts say it loses its affect. Bottom line, workers need sleep. Reporter in the coming months, metro plans to have some workers log their work and sleep habits. A small number of them will wear a monitor like a wristwatch that will record their activity 24 7. And this should help them determine, will, whether workers truly are getting enough sleep. Anything that helps. Thank you. Metro has been trying to make safety a priority for some workers. But some are still not getting the message. A survey of metro workers found a majo
Star studded cast to light the National Christmas tree, highlights from tonights pageant of peace. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im will thomas. Im shawn yancy. We begin with a frightening of George Washington university. Someone tried to sexually assault a woman in a restroom. Police have their hands full with several burglaries all within the last 36 hours. Fox 5s Audrey Barnes has tonights news alert. Those burglaries happened in the ivory Tower Residence Hall this afternoon. Around the corner in rice hall a female employee was attacked in a third floor bathroom on tuesday. The incidents have triggered a flurry of security alerts across the downtown campus. Theres a guard posted at front desk rice hall on i street now after someone tried to sexually assault a female employee in a third floor bathroom. When she walked in, the suspect turned the light out and jumped her. She fought back and he fled. From now on no one can get in or out of the building without a g world card or escort
male announcer live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. Pam tonight we are tracking the storm. High winds and rain. All around the bay area today. Heavy rain battering some areas more than others. We have Team Coverage tonight. Kron 4s jeff bush is live in larkspur. Philippe djegal reports from San Francisco international airport. But first lets check in with jacqueline for the latest on our weather forecast. Jacqueline pam, this rate has not let up showers continuing to push to the bay area. A moderate weather cells pushing through San Francisco. Even the lightning strikes offshore. That, with the moderate rainfall and heavy rainfall over the golden gate right now. Some lighter rain over the embarcadero. To zoom in, some heavy near ocean beach and berkeley. Lighter rain fall in berkeley but in the north bay, some pockets of heavy rain throughout novado and san rafael. Today, nearly twoinches thus far in portions of the north bay or threeinches in santa rosa. A bit o
Tunnel goers. Officials arent too shy patting themselves on the back either. 160,000 drivers every day can now expect a quicker ride through the mountain. Plus, the 417 Million Dollar project is done early and under budget. Great accomplishment to come millions of dollars under budget. State of california and im proud to say the federal government, too, working together to gets a great project done. But not everyone is overly impressed. Some say weve lowered our expectation with these massive projects. I think weve seen so many fiascos with respect to these Public Infrastructure projects were shocked when its done on time and at cost. Reporter according to caltrans, the largest chunk of money to build this bore is federal dollars from the american recovery and reinvestment act, along with local taxes and dollars. But when a project is done under budget, its not the price tag that gets people talking. For this tunnel, its the design. It looks kind of like a spaceship at first. The light