Traffic. Is it friday light . So far. We have one accident in Mountain View but our eyes are kept open for the possible bart protests. If you normally take bart have a contingency plan in place and southbound direction on 101 is moving well. At the Golden Gate Bridge it is empty. Speaking of the protests this morning it could delay your commute on bart. Protesters are pushing to get charges dropped against 14 colleagues arrested in a demonstration in november. They have other demands, as well and our reporter is at the machine democrat street location. Some commuters have made alternate plans. Here is the last bart profit the day after thanksgiving. 14 people were arrested for chaining themselves together from the platform to the train and stepping bart service. Today, activists are calling for the charges to be dropped against those 14 people. The group today wants to disband bart police and they want lowincome people to get bart stations. The goal is to shut it down. As long as it re
Good evening, im ken wayne and im heather holmes. Fires across the area, damaging businesses kristina updates on the investigation. Reporter a string of fires lit up the sky in alameda early sunday, sending bay area firefighters racing from one scene to the next on the trail of a couple of fire bugs. This man watched his dry cleaning business of 30 years go up in flames. Its one of eight sites set ablaze in the city in a matter of hours. I always think of alameda at being real request safe and quiet, last night, apparently, it wasnt, eight fires within a few hours and its startling. Reporter an Arson Task Force is assessing the damage among it, melted garbage cans in burnt homes. I never thought it would happen to me. Reporter francisco, thankful to have his family by him after a scary night. I looked around for my kids. They are all okay. Reporter alamedas fire chief credits newual aid for their help and said its no doubt the fires were suspicious. There were so many fires, relatively
Now on abc 7 news, breaking news out of the east bay, a bart train hits and kills two employees. Well tell you how it happened in a live report. And developments in the bart strike. A bart union rep says it will vote on barts Contract Offer but riders should not expect an end to the strike any time soon. Abc 7 news starts now. Sky 7 hd is live over the scene of a deadly accident involving a bart train in the east bay. Two bart employees have been killed. Hello. Im anna dates with the Early Edition of abc 7 news at 500. Nick smith has an update for us, nick . Reporter we understand that those two employees were hit near north main and jones. We have also heard from a bart employee the two killed were nonunion employees suggesting they may have been management. Greg just arrived to the scene. Shes getting information and will confirm that information and update us. I want you to look my shoulder and see the train involved. The two bart workers may have been performing maintenance between
Look at the left edge of this thing. So many families frightened by so many twisters unleashing their furly across the midwest. They crushed dozens of homes like cardboard boxes in peoria, illinois. It swept through town after town like this one, long point, illinois. We saw it coming through this way, angle towards our house, the shed is gone. We ran to the basement and it was gone within three or four minutes. You could see what it has done there, just everything. Demolished everything. The ones with a roof over their heads have no power. Hundreds of thousands of households have no electricity. It also threatened an nfl game. Umpires at chicago Soldier Field delayed the match up. The score board told fans to clear the stadium. It said to seek shelter at the stadium concourse. Across the area theyre preparing for a long night and they begin the process of assessing the damage. The midwest storms caused delays for man passengers. Well hear from them at abc news at 11. It could be a wet
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