bart wanted workers to work 40 hours a week before logging overtime. they wanted workers to receive their pay stubs electronically rather than on paper. those small differences, enough to spark a strike. after 36 hours of marathon negotiating, the clash came and it was nasty. >> it's not management that asked for a strike, it's the union. >> this is not a union strike. this is a management strike. brought on by absolute arrogance. >> public jabs taken as a strike was announced. the nation's top negotiator walked out. >> george, who is a top mediator has left. he pretty much know that talks can be few tall. >> the mediator worked on 3,000 labor disputes. a public relations campaign. it looks like a risky game of chicken. each side watching to see who blinks first. and how the public reacts to a strike. >> will the riders tell the board, give them more or will the riders say, we hate this, but don't give them more? >> so far, our polling has shown the public backing bart management. the unions will also have to make a mathematical calculation. is it costlier to keep workers off the job and losing money or to take an unsatisfactory contract. it could play out like the government shutdown did. >> maybe there will be a safer to get the sides together. >> and the strike will most certainly hit workers in their pocketbooks. members get no strike pay while it's going on. atu members may get around $150 a week after two weeks time. reporting live in oakland, kristen ayers, kpix5. >> some indications this strike could go on for some time. a lot of riders are bracing for the long haul. brian, do commuters have their plans bcd ready to go? >> some of the riders tell me they have been looking into the ride or catching a bus. telling people how they can get from union city to dublin, others admit they have no idea how to handle the situation and they better figure it out in a hurry. >> bart riders seem well aware of what is coming around the track. >> i saw on twitter, online, i was really shocked about it. >> i hope it's quick, because this is ridiculous. >> and wondering how you'll get to work or school the next morning is almost routine around here. tonight, that question seems to finally have an answer and it won't be by bart. >> it is rough on me as a commuter to, you know, not know if i'm going to get to school that day and not being able to sleep. >> i won't be able to get to where i go and what i need to do every day. >> when i ask riders about workplace rules getting in the way of a deal, some see both sides and some really don't care. >> who should control that? >> management or unions or both? >> both. >> both. compromise. >> yeah. >> they are paid the most out of all the different cities, new york, l.a., and by a wide margin. i don't think they should strike to get anymore than they already do. >> if mass transit strikes should be outlawed, the answer is, of course. >> very important. bart is available, but what can we do, right? >> to me, it's greed on both sides. >> so, the riders caught in the middle of this and even though it looks like bart will be closing up shop for sure tomorrow, it's leading to more confusion and probably higher costs for them. live in union city, brian webb, kpix5. >> bart will provide free charter buses from some east bay stations to san francisco in the morning and back to the east bay in the evening. >> the buses will go to west oakland, concord, walnut creek, dublin, san leandro and fremont. the round trip tickets are first come, first serve, if you don't get one in the morning, you can't board an evening bus. >> you can also car pool tomorrow. hours will be extended from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on stretches of interstate 80, 680, 880, highway 92, and highway 84. >> you can find commute information on our website, kpix.com and our morning team will be on a half hour early tomorrow morning to help you navigate that commute. our coverage starts at 4:00 a.m. new at 10:00, from lover to police say killer, the former boyfriend of a federal criminal investigator now facing murder charges. randy alana originally a person of interest when sandra cox body was found in august, days after she went missing in oakland. today he was arrested accused of killing her. the two began dating when coke represented alana20 years ago. alana is scheduled to be in court tomorrow. an immigration showdown on the streets of san francisco. kpix5's joe vast quiz was there as protesters laid siege to a bus. >> about 150 demonstrators surrounded a bus outside the federal immigration offices. refusing to let it drive away. inside the bus, police say detainees were smashing their shackles, trying to break them open. >> and so, we can't. >> mothers and fathers and children, brothers, sisters, they may never see their family again. >> we aren't going to wait for congress anymore. we aren't going to wait for president obama. this is a humanitarian crisis. 200 million people deported in five years. >> today's demonstration is part of a nationwide effort to raise awareness on the issue of immigration. >> until we get deferred action. >> dean says he has been on this type of bus before. >> what's going to happen to you? what could happen to you? >> there's a chance i could get deported right now at any time. >> but that never happened. police negotiated with the demonstrators to move away from the bus, none of them were handed over to the feds. siting the policy, police elected not to arrest anyone after about a two-hour protest, the bus went on its way and the demonstrators were free to go home. in san francisco, joe vast quiz, kpix5. >> we spoke to ice tonight and they didn't have a comment on the protest. a crash nearly killed six- year-old twin brothers today. they were walking with their nanny when a 90-year-old driver jumped the cur curb and pinned them in menlo park. one of those boys is fighting for his life tonight. kit is at the scene. kit, what's the latest? >> ken, take a look at this granite tiling here. it's a half inch thick and look at the size of this crater. this gives me some idea of the force of the impact that hit these little boys. the boy who is most critically hurt is at stanford medical center. his injuries are critical and said to be life threatening. >> these photos taken shortly after rescue crews arrive show the chaos. and judging from the faces of the crowd, it does not look good. >> everybody is freaking out because i think it's shocking. >> ali heard the commotion and rushed out to see twin brothers seriously injured. one pinned against the wall. with the suv in drive, he and a few other men pushed the bmw just enough to free the boy's arm. >> i can see his arms were broken and crushed. the little window for the car to back up a little bit and in a couple minutes, the car did back up and i just snatched the kid from the car. >> a server at the restaurant next door said the man just finished lunch and got into his car to leave. right at that moment, a nanny with the boys happen to be on the sidewalk. >> they got confused and instead of putting it in reverse, he put it in drive and stepped on the accelerator. >> the elderly man was uninjured, but visibly shaken. officers released him since he did not aper to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. as for ali, they don't know how they got that strength. >> we were pushing and i swear to you there was an angel in there. >> kpix5. >> that 90-year-old driver will be retested to see if he is fit to continue driving. dozens of people in redwood city are sleeping elsewhere after a fire forced them out of their apartments. flames gutted the complex early this morning. the fire spread quickly because there were no sprinkles in the building on wood side road. trapped tenants took matters into their own hands to escape. some jumping from balconies. >> heard the commotion, you know, when i went to check on the lady, maybe somebody was breaking into her apartment. i saw the smoke in the stairwell. that's when we knew it was a big fire. and we knew we had to get out. >> building wasn't required to sprinkles. sprinklers will be mandatory if the owner of the complex decides to rebuild. two convicted murders on the loose from a florida prison. but they didn't escape the way you see in the movies. teresa garcia tells us, they simply walked out the front door escorted by the guards. >> florida police are looking for two convicted killers who escaped prison, essentially by presenting a homemade get out of jail free card. >> these two individuals are out, they shouldn't be. >> on two occasions, joseph jenkins were released from this franklin county florida prison. guards walked him out the front gate. why? because prison officials were duked by forged court documents. the documents contain the signature of belvin perry. >> if you have some fundamental knowledge, not a great deal of knowledge, but some fundamental knowledge concerning the computer system, it's easy to go on and lift that signature and fix it on something else. >> it's not hard to find judge perry's signature. he was the presiding judge in the casey anthony murder case and his name is signed on dozens of court papers available online. prison officials say guards follow the rules. >> we initiated our typical procedure for an inmate release. the department followed our procedures and protocalls to the letter. >> jenkins and walker remain on the loose. they were both serving life sentences for murder. teresa garcia, cbs news. >> the mistakes were discovered only after families of the inmates victims were told about their release. now, officials are checking to see if any other inmates were let out because of documents. >> sports betting has been going on for centuries now, but the new way you can invest in an athlete before they even make it big. >> as if applying for college wasn't stressful enough. the snags some high schoolers are running into this time around. >> beautiful evening, beautiful sunset in berkeley earlier today. highs once again in the 80s away from the water. find out if this sunny streak will continue. my forecast is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, estate... but how about investing in a professional athlete? san y can .. you can invest in gold, but how about a professional athlete. giving people the opportunity to speculate on the future of sports stars. today, it field an ipo to sell stock for a stake in houston texasans runningback, arien foster. people are investing in just the player on the field, but also the brand, which includes endorsements and any post career income. >> no, i'm not going to help them on the field on sunday, but from a brand perspective, we believe that we absolutely can take the attributes and enhance them. >> two shares of tiger woods. more than a million shares would be available at $10 a piece. the money would be used to pay foster and cover expenses. fan tech says it is working on similar deals with other athletes. a costco in south san francisco is getting rid of more bad chicken. it is recalling row rotisseri. foster farms chickens as well as chicken soup, chicken salad, leg quarters, they are all affected. the items were sold between september 24 and this past tuesday. recently the usda found foster farms responsible for distributing contaminated chicken. >> it's that time of year where high school seniors start stressing out about their college applications. to make matters worse, mark kelly tells us an important online tool for college admissions isn't working. >> high school senior, sam frank, has his list of dream schools ready to go. >> nyu, occidental, bard. >> with the online common application having its fair share of technical issues, students are thinking of a plan b when applying, especially for early decision deadlines. >> afraid to use a common app. >> allows applicants with a single click of the mouse to send a college application to dozens of schools. it has grown popular and helps streamline mounds of college application paperwork. in the last four years, 300,000 more students started using it. common app revamped its website this year and with that, the organization admits glitches have popped up. everything from the pdf version of the final application not showing up on the computer to new student e-mails con fiewgz their system. fortunately, the organization tells kpix5, one of the biggest issue making the issue compatible with google chrome is now fixed. >> already stressful enough, didn't need this unnecessary stress. >> emily helps students aplay to college and fill out the common app. with these glitches popping up, she has some words of wisdom for this year's seniors. one, double check that your school got the application and two, just like with your homework, once you get into college, don't procrastinate. >> there are students every year who try to submit the deadline, i'm going to try for 11:59 and hope that works out and this is not the year to try that. >> in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix5. >> more than 500 colleges and universities accept the common application. >> how is the weather? >> up there today, shooting a new promo. it was sunny and warm. it was toasty up there and the hits keep coming. gorgeous day, guess what? winning streak through the weekend. let's get to it and talk about what we have outside. may see fog along the coastline tomorrow morning, it will burn off within a moment or so. that will be one subtle change. 40 for you in napa. also seeing 40s to start off your friday, tgif in advance. fremont 47. and concord dropping down to 48 degrees. microclimate forecast, take you out to vacaville and mainly sunny skies on saturday with a high of 81 degrees. it is cooling off near the water. you go inland and this light on shore flow isn't impacting you. it will be for the next several days. big ridge of high pressure. it's a blocking ridge in that any storm coming in our direction will get shoved around this ridge and stay several hundred miles away from us. we will stay sunny with that light on shore flow. where i'm looking, getting into my forecast is up toward the gulf of alaska. something will go around this ridge and come down into the bay area. right now, i'm not seeing that something. about ten days from now, we could see things come down from the gulf of alaska. the next seven to ten days are looking dry. we may go 0 for october when it comes to rain fall. haven't done that in 23 years. a little bit of fog along the coast, otherwise it's all sunshine and no rain fall for the next seven days. 83 for livermore. san jose 3 degrees above normal with a high of 79. palo alto, 77. union city 75. i know it's going to be slow on the roads. san ramon, sunshine, 81. upper 70s for vallejo. 69 degrees in downtown san francisco. the cooling trend continues, but still pleasant and 78 degrees tomorrow with sunshine at lake port. saturday, sunday, sunshine continues. a few degrees cooler, but still, look at all that sunshine, all the way through the end of next week, we will stay mainly dry and really nice. your forecast is done right now, we'll have more news coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, steering could stop working. toyota is recalling more than 8,000 vehicles because the air bags or power steering could stop working. this includes the camry and camry hybrid, avalon and venza from 2012 and 2013. so far, only two known injuries or accidents. in fact, owners will be notified starting next month and toyota dealers will repair the problem freer. >> free. >> you want a job? the u.s. postal service are looking to fill 200 positions ranging from mail carriers to truck drivers. the postal service says that it needs to fill the voids left by departing employees. >> my producers may apply for that. they are always mailing it in. anyway, could the sharks remain undefeated? see who gets a step closer to the world series. next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, even though the alcs is tied at 2, it was pretty close to being a must-win game for the red sox. the tigers have justin verlander lined up for game 6 and 7. tigers starter is kissing the bull. anabel sanchez, i call that the kiss of death. kiss this, look at this, 460 feet. boston rolled up four runs. came in for a five-out save. boston wins 4-3. they are one win away from the world series. fighting to stay unbeaten, the game went to a shootout. alex rips one, so it was up to brent burns to keep the sharks hopes alive and no. stone walled by dan. l.a. sharks lose 4-3 in the shootout. that's the first loss of the season. thursday night football, big game for that. russell wilson, first drive of the game. touchdown. wilson had three touchdown passes and a rating of 122. seattle dominated cardinals for the sixth win of the year. lynch in from two yards out. he had 91 yards rushing. 34-22. they are 6-1 now in the nfc west, but three other wins have come on the road. that's no longer a bad win football team. >> tough division for sure. thanks, dennis. >> recapping our top story. unforseen bart workers will strike starting at midnight tonight. >> that's right, bart has asked the unions to put its contract offer to a vote. balking at changes that bart wants to make to the work rules. now commuters are faced with a potential nightmare in the morning. our coverage will start at 4:00 a.m. >> you'll also find all the updates on our website, kpix.com. see you at 11:00. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,, (panting, gunfire, yelps) (exclaiming) (school bell ringing) (barney belches) (whistle blows) (yells)