The streets of San Francisco could look like this at midday of a workweek and its had a profound effect on caltrain. Its been super empty and even sometimes when im commuting during rush hour before it was hard to get a seat. Now almost got a whole full car to myself. Reporter caltrain was one of the most efficient Transit Systems in the bay area with 70 of its expense paid for by riders fares, but that means its hurt even more when there are fewer riders. In good times were really happy not to need extra support through a sales tax, but caltrain is never unlike every other Transit System has never had a dedicated source of revenue. Reporter so measure rr would create an eighth of a cent sales tax on each dollar spent specifically to fund caltrain. Transit officials hope one day the money can be used to increase the reach and frequency of the service, but right now it will be a lifeline. In the next few years without this caltrain will have to shut down and that is animminent and real
Vacaville got help from their friends at cal fire. To have wind and spotting embers across the freeway got everyones attention. Drivers on interstate 80 found themselves in smoke as a vegetation fire took hold at one point closing both east and westbound lanes. A supply company said it started offsite and spread onto their property with pallets and Building Materials burning the crews worked to save the business and about a dozen friend homes. Backfires were set using two roads as fire to create a protective box. Take away the fuel and stop the momentum of the fire as it approached the homes and roadways. Disparate parts of six counties in august taking homes and lives. This is right here where the Oakland Hills fire was at its worst. They remain on alert with a red flag warning extended. Many areas are keeping high elevation roads and parks off limits until the threat uses. The fire will staff up and stay in motion overnight. To just to be out on patrol just a case of a pop soft they
I would like to welcome everyone, there might be big news today in american politics, but it aint nothing compared to this, which is so much bigger insignificance, and opportunity for us to celebrate eric alterman. With his new book lying in state why president s lie and why trump is worse we are going to spend, my name is Leonard Bernardo by the way, Vice President of the open society foundations, hosting this event, i should say that we are going to talk for around 45 minutes, give or take, then we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions, those questions that you would like to share with eric and maia and me should be sent to questions opensocietyfoun dations. Org. You can also do this via twitter and you can also if you really need to, do it via facebook. We are recording this event. Its being live cast and its going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, maia wiley with us as a discussant. Meyer, who is been a very long time
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. Now on kpix 5 we are looking live from our sails force tower camera as we look out at point towerment good morning, everyone. It is monday, june 22nd. Good morning to you. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. Lets start off with a shot at the forecast this morning. Good morning. Good morning. Happy to be here with you guys filling in for mary today taking monday off. We have a classic summer set up. 30 degrees warmer inland than the coast. Starting out with low grade clouds for the entire part of the bay area right in and around the immediate bay. Theres not that big of a difference. Going at 93 today concord. 91 livermore. Ill show you how the marine layer burns off. For now, back to you. Breaking news this morning, two dead and seven hurt after a mass shooting in charlotte, north carolina. Police say hundreds of people have been gathered since friday celebrating juneteenth. They arrived when shots were fired. People started running and driving away. Five mo
Theres case law regarding the hecklers veto. You can look it up. The case law says that threats of violence in the generalized sense that the university has described mainly internet research, recent research, thats not sufficient. Both parties i think are are are a little bit culpable. Reporter this person is the president of bridge cal a moderate group that fought for the visit. Its become more about headlines and testing the limits of free speech on both parts. Reporter he worries tomorrow will be dangerous for in the physical sense and the campuss reputation. We look so bad as a campus community. Im worried about ucberkeley perception in the media. Reporter classes have not been canceled. Students are advised to watch for police updates. They will continue to update that as events happen throughout the day tomorrow. Susie steimle, kpix 5. Coulter told Fox News Channel this free speech showdown is bigger than berkeley. Yes, they want to destroy and squelch conservative speech. But t