center plaza because of a power outage around 7 am. reports of lines down on the tracks. but shuttles were set up to transport passengers. in the last half hour outbound train service has been restored. writers and san francisco are waiting longer for buses. operators citywide are refusing to drive on their days off. to put pressure on muni at the bargaining table. the move is preventing muni from putting buses on lines where there is a shortage of operators. reporter: san francisco relies on muni to keep the city moving. 720,000 rides per day. this week many of those have been waiting longer than usual for that ride.ns between the ag and this operators union. muni s blog explain the combination of absences and operators not choosing to work overtime has slowed them down. we have been dealing with issues with operator availability. at first it was a combination of fmla leave sick calls and operators not working on theida. reporter: they ve been working with the opera
this morning. we covered a long distance in about 15 minutes. reporter: the chp says the suspect was driving over 100 miles per hour on the freeway. and drove from belmont to sunnyvale in just 15 minutes. the driver is 19 years old. the passenger was only 18. now, el camino rial at wolf is closed. the chp says it should be closed for a few more hours. live in sunnyvale, lisa chan, kpix 5 news. for more on that let s check this with roqui with a look at the morning commute. el camino rial at wolf is closed. so, look here, sunnyvale police suggest the best alternate route for that area is reid avenue or holm stead road so holmstead road so keep that in mind if you are heading out in that area this morning. now to mass transit. bart is on time, muni is on time. and an update on the sfa ferry. if you are catching the 8:00 a.m. ferry from vallejo to san francisco, that will be serviced by bus. also 5:30 that service from san francisco to vallejo will also be serviced by bu
gragra grant lodus (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. grant: not at 5. the police are rest a father who is suspected of drowning his four year-old daughter in a baptismal pool at a catholic church. vicki: the incident had last night on route 830. police say they found the man naked and screaming for help while holding his unresponsive child. kron4 and carmen is falling this story for us tonight. he joins us live now and held burke with more healdsburg. vicki: dan? reporter: there is a lot of controversy and contradictions with the story. we will have more in a net have more in the next update. vicki: and we are following some breaking news tonight out of chattanooga tennis secret police are reporting that six people possibly all children have been killed after the school bus they were riding in crashed into a home. the bus was taking the elementary school students home for the day. witnesses reported seeing the bus on its si
violent attack that happened to that woman just this past friday saying that it s as pedestrians were walking home they are more of a target for strong-armed robbery. friday night around 8:15 a woman walking home from the bay fair park station was brutally beaten by an unknown attacker. the men alameda county sheriff s deputies are looking for took off with her phone. is kind of scary because i have a daughter that catches the bus from school. she has a cell phone. reporter: deputies report the 48-year-old was struck in the head by a blunt object here on the corner of 159th and mildred avenues. one rider said he s not surprised by the news of the attack. you see a lot of questionable characters around here especially at night. reporter: the suspect is a thin black man, 5 8 , wearing a blue jacket and jeans. the man accused of this attack has yet to be found. so it s moments like this that you are really reminding yourself to be aware of your surroundings. deputies say
thanks for joining us. i m steve aveson. and i m pam moore. shocking crime that rocked the bay area community. tomorrow gerardo mendoza ordaz will make his first appearance in court for the drowning death of his 4-year-old daughter. he did in front of his 9-year- old son. kron 4 s alecia reid is in healdsburg with the disturbing details. a murder inside st. john the baptist catholic. that is just mind blowing. reporter: sometime sunday night gerardo mendoza ordaz walked inside with his 4-year- old daughter and 9-year-old son. by 8:30 he was across the street standing inside the police station parking lot screaming and naked. with his daughter in his arms and his son partially dressed. that is just crazy. reporter: the child was rushed to the hospital but died 90 minutes later. man. yeah. it s insane. reporter: the trio were the only ones inside the church. after interviewing or dollars and his son police uncovered that the young girl was intentionally drowned