They will be back out there again tomorrow morning. They say that they are not expecting a lot of snow overnight, which certainly is a good sign, but the big concern now is the cold temperatures. It is expected to drop to zero overnight in that area. Thank you. We also have a developing weather story. Freezing temperatures are on their way. Our live network of cameras have a shot of emeryville. A lot of snow. You can see the snow from our i80 camera near donner lake. Were tracking all of this polar air getting drug down here. Some of our guides are indicating by 10 00 p. M. Tonight we could have mid to upper 30s. Livermore 37. San jose 42. Those numbers are expected later on this evening. Critical freeze warning here. The most important will be up in the north bay. Temperatures will range 25 to 36 degrees. You want to make sure you protect those pets and bring those plants inside. Coming up, were going to tell you who is going to get down to 26 degrees by wednesday. We do want to conti
I would have been criticized for what i did, and i got a lot of criticism, but you learn to live with it. I never let it influence me. Rosalynn carter in a recent interview in atlanta. She was her husbands political partner from their first campaign. She attended cabinet meetings and championed womens rights and Mental Health issues and even testified before congress. Their partnership continued in the postwhite house years. Good evening and welcome to the span series on first ladies. We begin by looking at the lives of living first ladies. Let me introduce our first two guests. They will be in the studio to tell you about her biography. Our guest is a president ial scholar. Faith specializes on the history of the south. I want to talk about the themes. She was gracious enough to grant us an interview. We will post it online so you can hear all she had to say. I want to pick up on things i have learned that she referenced. The carters first visit to the white house was after he had bee
Another is to act as a spotter off the tracks, constantly looking for an oncoming train. People have to be aware. He says the bart safety trainer with both shepherd and daniels come through his classes. I knew they would have been vigilant. Investigators measured a distance between the train and mannequines and braking distance, how long it took to stop after impact. This is part of the data. All data will be analyzed in washington, d. C. That meant once again some riders had to use buses to get around today. It led to a near fivehour closure of the tracks between lafayette and Pleasant Hill stations. Connection buses were used to get riders between those stations as well as walnut creek. This added about 20 minutes of travel time. An Alameda County judge banned workers from going on strike. At least until christmas time. In a hearing that lasted just two minutes. The superior court judge said a strike could be disruptive and grant td a 60 day cooling off period in negotiations. Bart w
To help determine what happened when two bart workers were killed by a speeding train. This is part of a reenactment of the deadly mistake done on the same stretch of tracks where it happened between Pleasant Hill and walnut creek stations. Abc 7 news was there and is live tonight with the story. Laura . Hi, dan. National Transportation Safety board already revealed this week that it was a trainee at the controls of the train at the time of the accident. Today, out here on the tracks they looked at how long it might have taken to stop the train and how difficult it was to see these two men as n they stood on tracks. By setting up two mannequines, national Transportation Safety board investigators performed a reenactment of the accident that killed the two men. For some neighbor whos came to watch it was an eerie sight. Makes it very real. In the reenactment, each has his back to a track just as investigators believe they did when they were struck. The responsibility of safety is on the
Passengers at the bart station platform just after 6 00 tonight. Video sent into the abc 7 newsroom but our viewers shows all the smoke it put up at the height of the evening commute. Sky 7 hd was overhead after passengers on the tencar train were forced to evacuate. The platform was closed quickly. Alisha troft said it may have started on in a conductor box under the train. Passengers smelled the smoke for miles before it pulled into the station. We smelled smoke in oakland but thought it was breaks. When we stopped, someone who exited said there was a fire and everyone rushed out. Reporter a. This means lengthy delays. They are single tracking because the train that caught on fire is still on one of the tracks. No one was injured during all of this and well bring you any developments here on abc 7 news and on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. The National Transportation safety board wrapped up the accident that killed two. They are hoping to learn more why engineers were hit by a train