7 news has more from the larkspur ferry listeneding to explain whats behind this the then,000 commuters affected by this strike thats the number of people who use the ferry on daily basis. Golden gate transit buses will be available. But those buses will be on highway 101 and on the bridge along with thousands of cars. The reason they are going on strike is because of the contract dispute between the bridge district and coalition of labor union which include the ferry captains. District offering work ears 3 percent Salary Increase over three years. But is asking them to contribute more towards the health care. Round after round of negotiations have not resolved tonight a fair contract for our workers. We try to strike a balance between our rate payers bus and for ri fare and employee. Fliers were left on the ferry boat letting people know that the larkspur sausalito and the Ferry Building terminal will not be operating tomorrow from 4 30 in the morning to then in the evening. Bad news
Mid80s. Ill pinpoint the number and talk about a cooler week ahead coming up. Carolyn. Lisa, thank you. Our breaking news comes from almeda county where the chp is looking for a hitandrun driver who skimmed a pedestrian on the freeway. It happened just after midnight on eastbound 580 on the hayward san leandro border. Officers say the person was hit in the number tulane. They dont have specifics about the car or the victim. The lanes were shut down but all lanes are now open. Theres more backlash from bay Area Business leaders against indiana controversial religious freedom restoration act. The legislation signed last week by indianas governor promotes discrimination against gays and list byians. Supporters say thats not the case, it will only limit laws that exercise a persons free exercise of religion. Both sides agree the courts will have the final word. Tiffany wilson has the bay Area Business reaction to indianas move. I think its crazy and stupid. It is uniting people with folks
With raj mathai. Peggy, what are you seeing . Well there were no hunt but then we learned that we had to get back here, because now the police are believing that the suspect hid out for a short amount of time here and the residents here in fruit veil areailfruitvail are on edge to night. Reporter the massive search brought out the canine units, and police were searching the trunks and cars of anyone leaving and frightened residents choosing to leave. Tay say that convicted sex offend er offender john carter may have fled his prison clothing after a routine visit in a clinic and that they came home and found their home broken into, and carter may have hid out here. We are hoping they find him here to night. And generally they go without a hitch, and again, the deputies did a great job. Reporter parents are panicking as the schools found roadblocks around the schools, and the parents said they received no alerts about the perceived child molester. I saw that the streets were blocked off
And a fourth bat discovered with rabies. Why the latest discovery is worrying. 7 00. We are live in palo alto this morning at a Senior Housing complex where residents are pretty shaken up a gunman walked right into the front office and shot and killed another man before turning the gun on himself. Ktvus fox news janin de la vega is there and will tell you what police are saying about the confrontation. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve paulson, when will spring start . 3 44 today. Not 3 45 or 3 46. 3 44. The poll en count continues to show, if you are suffering from allergy, those trees, they are just sky high. You can see some of the high clouds off in the distance. Send in those sunrise pics. Im sure well have some here. Sick mother, pine, oak, up, way up. Trees, grasses will be high. We get a little bit of a break here this morning, 40s, 50s, they made it to 38 briefly for about a minute and a half. Some fog came n went up to 41, now 42. A little bit of rain on the coast. M
Much lighter than usual. Theres the end of the back up one of the approaches. So its no longer backed up into the macarthur case and they date approaches are is an easy one no longer backed of the westbound lanes of the toll plaza 3 its about an hour for things to moderate to hear one today activated the metering lights. Everything started to back up and now that back up a starving to ease as the site going rate improves. And not much improvement for the 0580 ride westbound and even though weve had an accident and they stalled big rig here of westbound 580 ed rendell. Even with all of that the drive time is still only 44 minutes. But thats only about 7 minutes more than a usually would take to drive on a friday morning. Its only less are about the same thing that would take on another day of the week. The corridor commute slowed a bit because of this crash. The good news is its not like any lanes. Its over on the right hand shoulder. following developing news this morning coming out ha