Talks wrapped up about an hour ago, barts unions accuse the Transit Agency of pulling a new offer. Im carolyn swron son. And im dan ashley. Heather ishimaru is live in oakland. Hetter, walk us through heather, walk us through what happened. Anyone concerned about a strike the latest developments are disappointing. The kind of thing that makes your heart sink. The unions are accusing bart of pulling the rug out from under neat them and bay area commute underneath them and the bay area commuters at the last minute. After back to back 12hour bargaining days, barts hired chief negotiator left at 9 45. Tom hawk said see you in the morning to reporters and followed by grimfaced Union Members who said last night they had actually been closing in on a deal. Today the unions came to the bargaining table with a hope we could close the gap and reach f a final agreement. We were taken a back when bart management backed up and withdrew their offer claiming to be confused the day before. There confu
Talks wrapped up about an hour ago, barts unions accuse the Transit Agency of pulling a new offer. Im carolyn swron son. And im dan ashley. Heather ishimaru is live in oakland. Hetter, walk us through heather, walk us through what happened. Anyone concerned about a strike the latest developments are disappointing. The kind of thing that makes your heart sink. The unions are accusing bart of pulling the rug out from under neat them and bay area commute underneath them and the bay area commuters at the last minute. After back to back 12hour bargaining days, barts hired chief negotiator left at 9 45. Tom hawk said see you in the morning to reporters and followed by grimfaced Union Members who said last night they had actually been closing in on a deal. Today the unions came to the bargaining table with a hope we could close the gap and reach a final agreement. We were taken a back when bart management backed up and withdrew their offer claiming to be confused the day before. There was no
Chief negotiator left at 9 45. Tom hawk said see you in the morning to reporters and followed by grimfaced Union Members who said last night they had actually been closing in on a deal. Today the unions came to the bargaining table with a hope we could close the gap and reach a final agreement. We were taken a back when bart management backed up and withdrew their offer claiming to be confused the day before. There was no confusion. Instead barts hired gun hawke lied to the unions and shattering the fragile framework of an agreement. It is not true that we had a proposal on the table that was withdrawn. I think it would be it is more of a case of miss communication involving the mediator and working between all three parties. Both sides say despite this, they will be back at the bargaining table tomorrow. Thats after the board of directors meeting at 9 00 and includes a closed door meeting and update on the negotiations. In Oakland Heather ishimaru, abc7 news. Heather, thank you. We ha
A city gardener accused of running over a woman in a park has been arrested for leaving the scene of a collision with a bicycle. Prosecutors have yet to decide whether to pursue this case but the 19yearold was booked on a hit and run charge. We are live with the story in the Outer Mission neighborhood. Reporter the accident happened right here at san jose avenue and regent street. Outer Mission District of San Francisco. Accord owing Police Jonathan bernowski hit the bicyclist as he was making a right turn. The 19yearold did not stop. Police say it happened yesterday afternoon, shortly after he left the courtroom where his father was being arraigned investigators say the 19yearold hit a bicyclist the person was not badly injured. He lives about a mile from where the accident occurred followed by a witness who then called police. He was arrestd and booked into the county jail. So far, this is a hit and run case. This afternoon, the District Attorneys Office was waiting to interview a wi
Is dangling over theeath 280 over highway 101. You can see this big rig right here this, is on connector ramp from 280 to southbound 101. Northbound 101 which runs beneath is closed now as a result. There are incredible traffic back ups in this area. Looks like a movie. Dangling like that. No word on how this happened but we know the driver is okay. And was standing by the trk not too long ago but he got the scare of his life. The resulting traffic is just enormous. You can see just a moment ago there is a forklift there. That is the load th truck was carrying. Sky sevenontinues to pull wider, you can see lanes beneath the overpass. Traffic is stopped. There is concern this could fall beneath. Yes. All freeways and around the area are a mess if the Helicopter Shot continues to pull back. You can iagine this time of the day what the result will be. There we go. We pan back you can see traffics at a stand still. Not going to go anywhere for some time it is a mess were going to be followi