bart is late with a delay at 10 or 15 minutes in downtown oakland in fremont and sfo and millbrae direction because of an equipment problem on the track. you are going to sit in traffic as you make it in from the east bay to san francisco, and it is 10 minutes as you make it to the city. we have heavy traffic but it is still moving along on 680 up to teen pleasant hill and highway 24. the fight over affordable housing in a popular san francisco neighborhood is far from over despite a marathon meeting yesterday. fireworks were flying and people may not be happy. our reporter is at city hall to explain. it is was a long night. the board of supervisors met for nine hours. public comment took you most of that time. hundreds showed up some hold signs and chanting, sounding off again a housing crisis in san francisco s mission district. where is the democratic process or the voice of people fitting in your agenda? city hall was packed. the board of supervisors vote the ag
had with another company that twitter acquired. when you can count the people of color by hand. that is not diversity. reporter: one twitter employee posted a blog about the lack of diversity after his layoff. he says he gave notice after three years and writes with my departure, twitter no longer has managers, directors, or vps in engineering or product management. he says he and edwards question where the employees were. black lives matter, why don t you hire some of them? reporter: he says he outlined a plan for diversity recruiting. twitter s senior vice president of engineering responded to mike mily s post, writing we as a company are working to address our blind spots quickly to make twitter and the people who use our services, proud. twitter in an e-mail says this includes expansion of our inclusion and diversity program, diversity recruiting and resource group led initiatives. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. many families across the bay area w
jose reaching into the upper 80s. and it will get up to 89 degrees, but the next couple of days we ll be watching a system that will bring us some cooler temperatures. but the heat will be peaking tomorrow. i ll talk more about that and look ahead to the rest of the week and a chance of rain. that s coming up just a little rlines sr. scott and kris. that would be some welcome news. southwest airlines says that its computer systems are all t wa to normal after a day filled with glitches. re delights delayed. it was a miserable sunday for in y passengers in the bay area and beyond. 25% of all southwest flights were delayed as passengers had their checked in manually. adding to the frustration of : itsdelays many travelers say they didn t know why their travel was disrupted. it s just poor. velinpoor customer service. it s poor information. e. whough the southwest system only ago today, the airline is still advising people traveling amerhow up two hours ahead of flight ti
this after another former employee wrote a blog that created a buzz that he writes to be a leader in he lick nating environments where i am the only african american in engineering leadership. melanie live with the story. reporter: a senior vice president at twitter, of engineering, responded to the blog post, with his own public response. both he and a twitter spokesperson say the company is committed to diversity, but another former employee tells abc7 news he made suggestions to help the company recruit more diverse candidates and the suggestions were dismissed. two former twitter employees say diversity was lacking. to me it was refreshing when i saw a new brown face at work. reporter: he says he worked as a business development manager, i position he said he had with another company that twitter acquired. when you can count the people of color by hand. that is not diversity. reporter: one twitter employee posted a blog about the lack of diversity after his
his gun jams and he walks away. i m scott budman, nbc bay area. scott, thank you. tonight on nightly news, more from that mass s.w.a.t. commando who spoke exclusively with lester holt. the inside story of that raid. lester joins us from paris at 5:30. wasting no time, house lawmakers passed a controversial bill to suspend the syrian refugee program. dozens of democrats joined republicans in supporting the bill allowing it to pass 289-137, making it a veto-proof majority. the concern comes after one of the terrorists in last week s paris attacks was found with a syrian passport and may have snuck into europe with a group of syrian refugees. the house bill would halt the refugee program until added layers of screening can be figured out. senate lawmakers led by dianne feinstein are working on a bill of their own. it would target tourists and prevent come from visiting the u.s. coming up on nbc bay area at 6:00, who senators are most concerned about. just into our news