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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition October 23, 2013

Our first bart trains are out of the yard on time. No delays reported for caltrain, ferries or ace. Thats kcbs traffic. Some developing news over the east bay where an accident investigation will stop bart trains for part of the afternoon later today. The ntsb will close the tracks where the two workers were killed. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in walnut creek where the timing of todays closure is critical. Anne. Reporter im here at the memorial for those two workers who were killed on the tracks on saturday afternoon. Today they are going to do a reenactment of that deadly accident. Now, heres what you need to know if you do take bart through this area. And youre going to this afternoon. Bart is going to use a bus bridge in the east bay. Buses taking passengers between Pleasant Hill and lafayette. The bart tracks are going to be closed from noon until 3 30 this afternoon for this ntsb reenactment of the accident that killed two workers here on the tracks on saturday afternoon. Federal investigators took measurements on the tracks yesterday so they could try to figure out how fast the train was going when it hit these two men because the cars dont have recorders of that kind of information. The speed is necessary for todays reenactment so they did a lot of work on that and they also finished their inspections and noted no apparent defects with the train itself. But they have a possible clue. Inspection and examination flat spots on some of the rear car wheels was noted. Such flat spots may be the result of the application of brakes on the train prior to striking the two persons on the track. Reporter those two people were working under a procedure that was called simple approval. They have approval to go on the tracks but are apparently responsible for their own safety at that point. Thats why there are two of them. One is supposed to act as lookout in that case and so far, the feds say it appears that these two were following the procedures. Live in walnut creek, anne makovec, kpix 5. It could take more than a year for the ntsb to finish its investigation. Its the first day of full bart service in nearly a week and bart workers are expected to vote on a new contract next week. Kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is live at the san leandro station with details of the deal that ended the strike. Cate. Reporter those details come from a private email entitled, quote, at local 1555 beat back barts attack on our jobs. Now, it outlines the tentative deal to its membership. We are learning that workers will get a little more than 15 wage increase over four years. Pension contributions go from 1 up to 4 over the course of the contract. Employees will not pay more for medical out of pocket because bart will pay for it out of a retirement fund. And there is a reference about work rules being changed to address the impacts of changing technology and equipment. 15 station agent booths will be getting bulletproof glass. And there will be changes to doors on the booths. Now, coming up in the next hour, well talk about the new deal and if it will cost you the rider. Reporting live at san leandro bart, michelle, back to you. Cate, are you hearing anything about which side was the winner out of all of this . Reporter well, thats a good question, michelle. We spoke with a former bart Board Director who said to us management isnt happy, the Union Leaders arent happy, and i believe we heard in this soundbyte at the top of the show it was the public who got the better deal with the bart trains up and running. All right. Makes sense. Cate caugiran live in san leandro, thank you. 5 04. New details this morning where police are investigating an officerinvolved shooting involving a young teen. Police are now investigating three bay area officerinvolved shootings in the pass few days. Police killed a 13yearold boy they thought was armed. He was holding a fake rifle as he was walking in santa rosa. It happened just before 3 p. M. Near moreland and west robles avenue in santa rosa. Deputies later determined the rifle was a replica and the handgun was plastic. No other details are being released at this time. In other bay area news on this wednesday morning, cal osha is resuming its investigation into the accident that killed a worker at the new 49ers stadium in santa clara. Donald white died in june. Investigators had decided there was no violation in connection with his death but now osha says there are some new questions to be answered. This months death of worker edward lake is also under investigation. A hearing today will look into ac transit passengers discounts and new ways to pay fares. The agency wants to increase ridership bay introducing a day pass boosting the use of clipper cards and eliminating timed bus transfers. Theres also talk of lowering the price of local passes. And theres another ac transit hearing today. This one will be held at Alameda County superior court. Governor jerry brown has requested the court to order a 60day coolingoff period in the bus lines labor dispute. Ac transit workers were set to strike last thursday until Governor Brown stepped in. One east bay politician is fighting to stop ac transit, bart or any other Public Transit agency in the state from striking ever again. Steve glazer launched an online petition. He wants to put a measure on the state ballot to let Voters Decide whether transit strikes should be outlawed. He says he already has the support of several east bay mayors. The voice of the riders and the commuters isnt being heard by our elected leaders. He faces a stiff challenge with Democrats Holding a supermajority in the legislature. He is running for the assembly. Police say reckless driving killed five people including a pregnant woman and young child. It happened at a busy intersection yesterday in lodi. Witnesses say the man who caused it was going 80 Miles Per Hour and using a cell phone at the time. Five vehicles were involved. Nine other people were injured. Chp is conducting a zero tolerance enforcement day today focusing on distracted driving and moving violations. The event will stretch along the highway 101 corridor from the Silicon Valley to the redwood valley. Authorities have new information on the boy who was involved in the Nevada Middle School shooting. 911 emergency. A student from Sparks Middle School there was a frantic 911 call from a student inside where the shooter was. Police say the boy who killed the teacher and injured two students before shooting himself was only 12 years old. The 7th grader brought a 9 millimeter semiautomatic handgun from home and now police say his parents could face charges. He pointed to us and then said, you ruined my life, and im going to ruin yours. Officers say he shot two students and killed a popular 8th grade teacher before turning the gun on himself. Police still have not released the boys name. The man who confessed to killing someone in a drunken driving accident on youtube is back in court today in ohio. Prosecutors want Matthew Cordle to get the maximum sentence. They are asking for cordle to get eight years in prison, a 15,000 fine, and loss of driving privileges for life. Pakistans Prime Minister has a busy day today in washington. The highlight for the Prime Minister shareef is a white house meeting this afternoon with president obama and Vice President joe biden. Tensions between the two allies have been strained in recent years over u. S. Drone strikes aimed at al qaeda operatives in pakistan in which civilians have been killed. 5 08. The shocking find by biologists when they opened up an oarfish that washed up on a california beach. An anchovie invasion is stinking up santa cruz. What its going to take to clean up thousands of foul inish. Plus, what you will and wont get for the price of apples new ipad. A thick fog settling in over the bay area. When will it break up . Well talk about it coming up. And a dangerous situation now in san jose. Chp checking on reports of a wrong way drive southbound 880 near 101. Ill have details on this and give you a complete look at your wednesday drive into work in just a few minutes. ,,,, [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. Delicious. But say i press a few out flat. Add some beef sloppy joe sauce. And cheese fold it all up and boom i just made an unbeatable unsloppy Joe Pillsbury grands biscuits. Let the making begin. [ malcrrkkhshziiiizzlllee. To this symphony of flavor beautiful. Shhhhshshshshhshshhhhhsshhhshs. Gorgeous here comes the crescendo. Kkerrrrbbuuuuuucraaackkk. Just. Incredible. Pillsbury toaster strudel. Prince george is expected t before hes expected to be christened later today. Take a live look over Buckingham Palace right now where Prince George is waiting before he is expected to be baptized later today. The baby prince will be christened in the royal chapel at st. James chapel in london. Prince william and kate are tight about the guest list. It will be an intimate family event. I will mark Prince George with the sign of the cross on his forehead. Also find out who the prince has chosen for the godparents and friends not necessarily royals. It will be the first time we have seen three direct heirs to the throne with william, charles and Prince George all together. Prince george is trending. Also trending now apple. Just unveiled the new ipad air. Jerky treats to blame for sickening thousands of pets. Nevada shooting. And kanye. Follow us on twitter at cbssf. The department of defense is going to fund blue angels for 65 shows next year. San franciscos fleet week was a lot less exciting this year especially since the ships never came as well as the blue angels. Blame the sequestration which forced the event to cancel. Apple shares down after they unveiled their latest toys in San Francisco yesterday. The showcase highlights the air, thinner lighter and 72 times faster than the first ipad. Its not a game changer by any means. Its thinner, lighter and nicer but no, its still very much the same ipad we saw before in a lot of ways. Ipad air hits. November 1 going for 500. Apple also revamped its macbook pro and lowered the prices. It says it will give away its newest operating system called mavericks. Lets check the roads with liza. Hows it looking . Were watching the situation brewing now in the san jose area frank and michelle. Chp checking on reports of a wrong way driver along 880 southbound near 101. This driver is traveling northbound in the southbound lanes. These are live pictures. We have a caltrans camera there. You can see traffic flowing well in both directions of 880. Hopefully the chp will pull him over and get him going in the right direction. 880 237 interchange in milpitas, thats moving well southbound traffic the headlights youre looking at would be southbound 880 approaching 237 where traffic is wide open. Just keep in mind that fog is a major factor this morning for many commutes especially right here at the golden gate. Southbound traffic looking good approaching San Francisco. 280 fog very thick heading to and through the peninsula. No delays at the pay gates. All bart trains on schedule with no delays for ace. Thats a look at traffic. A lot of fog around the bay area today and thick fog settling in everywhere you go except far eastern parts of the bay. Still we are going see changes coming up. Right now clouds continuing outside and drizzle even near the coastline so foggy start to the day. 40s and 50s now but by the afternoon, going to see very cool out toward the coastline. 50s tow beaches. Mid80s and 60s and 70s hazy sunshine around the bay. We have a blocking ridge of High Pressure, jet stream staying north. Couple of lows undercutting the ridge but nothing to factor in yet. Maybe over the weekend well see one coming by. Dry for the next seven days. Possible delays on arrivals at sfo because of the fog. Sunny 61 in denver. 81 sunny in houston. Rain expected could cause some delays in new york. All right. Around the bay today well see temperatures soaring in the south bay in the 70s again. 70 in redwood city. Half moon bay only 55. Well see some 70s and 80s into the east bay maybe even mid80s into livermore and pleasanton. And then inside the bay 67 degrees in oakland. 62 in San Francisco. And a chilly 56 and fog in daly city. Next couple of days cooling slightly, cloudy and low pressure south of us saturday and sunday. Right now looks like we stay dry another cold system drops into the bay area on monday and tuesday dropping temperatures and helping them mix out low clouds and fog but between now and then a lot of fog early in the morning. You get through the tunnel the caldecott tunnel and boom, yeah, the visibilities drop in a hurry maybe less than a quarter of mile. A 14foot oarfish that washed ashore in Southern California last week was pregnant. Marine biologists from the Scripps Institute of oceanology dissected the oarfish and found she had hundreds of thousands of eggs. The fish apparently lost its tail and appeared to have been attacked by cookie cutter sharks but those injuries were not deadly. Scientists dont know what killed her. Santa cruz as a ton of fish and they stink. The fish are dead. Tens of thousands of anchovies have died in the harbor and have floated to the surface. You see them there. Thats where the birds come in. They have gathered for an easy meal of course. Its been going on since the weekend and it might be fun to watch but a lot of people are holding their noses. Seeing is only half of the adventure. Smelling is part of it, as well. The theory is the whales chased them in. Theres such a mass of them that they get oxygendepleted, they cant breathe and theres a die off. Cleanup crews are skimming the water to fill buckets and barrels to get rid of all those dead fish. It is 5 18 right now. Bad sportsmanship or bullying . Why some parents are throwing the flag over a 900 shutout at a football game. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up a former giant is making his world series debut finally. Just how much did tim lincecum get to stay in San Francisco . The answer might surprise you. Whats cool about your school . You can email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com. We may come out and feature your school on the show. Yeah, i dream about bacon. [sfx] wham so im bringing back the blt cheeseburger combo. A juicy jumbo beef patty loaded with Hickory Smoked bacon and melting cheese plus fries and a drink for just 4. 99. But this isnt a dream. Its just a video from my last birthday party. Were looking at early backups at the Altamont Pass. Accident westbound 580 right at the top of the altamont blocking the lefthand lane. Delays there but no delays for the bart system. They are Offering Full Service with no problems reported. Ill have more traffic for you still ahead. All right, liza, thank you. A Texas High School football coach is accused of bullying after his teams 910 victory over the competition. The undefeated Aledo Bearcats beat the Western Hills cougars last friday. The coach even took out his starters by halftime to try to keep the score down. Well, despite that, a parent from the opposing team of was so upset, he filed a complaint accusing the coach of bullying. The parent says the coach should have told his team to ease up. I would never ask our kids not to play hard. I would never tell them i would go out there and let them score. Thats not what you want to teach kids. Bullying is not to be mistaken with the normal childhood disappointments, including Something Like losing a football game. An investigation is under way to see if the coach acted appropriately. The district expects to have its report completed by the end of the week. Good morning, everybody. Tim lincecum is the most popular pitcher in giants history and the team rewarded him yesterday to a twoyear 35 million contract. I always had a great time here in San Francisco and i hope to see that go further. It will. Thats a lot of coin for the former cy young winner who struggled the last couple of years. He has gone 2029 with an e. R. A. Just under 5. His fastball isnt as fast. He is no longer the avis of the staff but give credit to the giants. They seem to be pay lincecum with he has done for the last 7 years, not just the last two. World series begins tonight. Fenway park in boston, they will host st. Louis. Despite all the success in october in the first world series appearance for 16year vet carlos beltran, lucky for him dreams dont always come true. I had a dream the day before that we lost and we didnt get to the world series and we werent the team to get in there and he ended up signing with the yankees. [ laughter ] the next year. [ laughter ] and the yankees took him to the world series and i was like oh, my gosh. [ laughter ] it was a nightmare you know who is dreaming . Frank mallicoat, who would love to be in boston covering this world series. Frank. Have a great day, everybody. Thank you, dennis. I wish i was at fenway. Play of the day replay. A thrill for Michael Jackson fans in ohio. Ohio State University marching band did the moon walk in formation across the football field. Thats cool. That was part of a halftime tribute to Michael Jackson. You can tell its Michael Jackson from the white gloves, the fact that theyre moon walking and playing a Michael Jackson song. Just a thought. Well, of course. That is really cool. Yeah. Play of the day. Giving it up to osu. Thats a good play. The world series between boston and st. Louis kicks off tonight. Some lucky fans are going tha

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