Shock tonight. Bart officials led by general manager grace expressed sadness of the loss calling what happened this afternoon near the walnut creek bart station a tragedy. The train struck the two victims near jones and walden roads as the two were inspecting the tracks. Live team coverage. Debra has reaction from union officials. We begin with noel walker. Reporter were now more than 8 hours after that deadly accident and bart police and investigators are still here at the scene. Earlier today, barts director of operations called it a tragedy of greatest proportions. With bart on strike, most trains werent running today. But one train that was running brought a system already at a standstill to its knees. Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of two workers who have just been killed on the bart tracks. The bart train was returning to concord after bringing graffiti cars to be fixed. At 1 45 happened. You can hear the breaks screeching. Bart emergency, bart emergency. We just s
Road near union avenue. Live with a closer view of the fire fight. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The smoke is strong here. If you look here , you can see its so much black smoke. Really an inferno raging down below. Weve been told this fire is definitely not under control. It has grown to 6 alarms since it has first erupted at about 5 15 this morning. The good news is that were hearing theyve gotten everybody out of the building. But, again, thats still not still not sure. Its just their belief. To get more information on injuries, were joined by fire marshal jim polizi. What can you tell me the status of injuries and whats going on here . Well, we know of four injuries as of this interview. One serious, one moderate and two minors. All four have been transported to area hospitals. How many people were evacuated and how do we know really everybody is out . Were in the process of getting an accurate head count. The building is a fourstory 75 unit apartment building. So getting an
Weather with rosemary orozco. Thick pockets of fog report over parts of the north bay, the east bay. Thats a also a chilly start with temperatures sinking into the upper 30s. For the afternoon just a subtle drop in temperatures for some of us. Ill have a look at what you can expect for your afternoon. The cool down in the extended forecast and where it may be tough to see outside at this hour coming up. And we begin with breaking news in the east bay. There has been a major injury crash on highway 24 in lafayette. For some time all eastbound lanes were shut down and allie rasmus is live for us at the scene as chp tries to clear up this mess. Reporter just in the last 20 minutes, the two right right lanes of eastbound 24 here in lafayette have opened to traffic. You can see cars going through. We are right in front of the Pleasant Hill road exit in lafayette. And behind me you can see two of the six cars involved in this crash. Now this happened around 5 30 this morning. I talked to one
And the unions back to the bargaining tables. Reporter but as of tonight, that still has not been done. Here is the latest. Late tonight the unions made a counter offer. Well have more details on that in just a few minutes. There were no face to face meetings today and b. A. R. T. Says there are no scheduled talks at this time. The closed door session will discuss labor negotiations. We have Live Team Coverage for you tonight on the accident investigation as well as the ongoing strike. Ktvus cara liu is live with new information about federal investigators. But we begin with deborah villalon. Reporter at the same time the unions have been suing b. A. R. T. To keep managers from even driving trains. So the acrimony and accident overlap. A candle in one hand, picket signs on the other. The fractures reality at b. A. R. T. A work force wrecked by conflicting emotion. This is something that we are just totally totally horrified by. Reporter Union Leaders call for mourning but before b. A.
But not before we have temperatures close to yesterdays readings. 40s for some. 59 in San Francisco. So there is another there you go. Thats another very warm, mild morning. We will go 79 today. This is a tricky forecast because if the wind turns westerly this will come down to 73 or 72. Santa rosa a cold morning. We will go 41 with a high of 81. But temperatures are again very close. A little system came by and there is a lot of tropical clouds working our way towards us. Mild to warm temperatures inland. We are way above average and things are really stuck. So that means a lot of upper 70s, mid 70s for some, but low 80s for others. Here ale sal. Good morning. We are looking at a commute that looks pretty good. As a matter of fact, we are looking at westbound bay bridge. It is now. Trying to get into the city, people have been asking has there been more traffic on the bay bridge with all of this uncertainty surrounding the trains and the answer is no. I think people wake up. They turn