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process of unloading the rebar it fell on him and he was crushed the accident was reported a little before 7:00 this morning. he was take on the a hospital where he was pronounced dead. the victim, 61-year-old man from vacaville. his name has not been released. all construction at the stadium has stopped for the day. this is the second death at this construction site in four months. and now on to the threatened bart strike. trains are running today with a walk out averted for at least a day. the two unions have agreed to a 24 hour reprieve. we re in oakland right now. kate? reporter: we know that sciu local 1020 started their meeting with bart an hour ago. we saw mooney go in. we have not seen the representatives go through the doors behind me. we reached out to them several times. i m not taking it lightly, it s very, very serious. josie mooney spoke with media just before walking into monday s meeting the message to bart, take back the final offer and bargain. ....
isn t that we re arguing about arbitration or nonarbitration. what we re really arguing about is how much safety are we willing to compromise? reporter: meanwhile, amalgamated transit union station bryant walked into the caltrans building after 11:00 this morning, but we found out discussions have been ongoing between b.a.r.t. management and union leaders all weekend long. both sides seem to want to make a deal. i m not going to get into the details of what s left to negotiate. we re going to leave that at the table and hopefully resolve it as quickly as possible. reporter: how quickly can they come to some sort of compromise to end this crippling strike is anybody s guess. giving b.a.r.t. workers a 12% pay increase over four years is still on table. work rules and safety issues continue to be deal breakers. but time is crucial. we have to power everything back up. we have to make sure there s money in our ticket vending machines. we have to do all the safety in ....
to take. we ve got a lot of news to cover in the next hour. but let s get right to the top story. that is learn ally the bart contract negotiations. the clock is tick on those talks. the negotiations between bart union workers and management resumed this morning with help from a state mediator. this morning is the last time they ll meet before the contract expires at 11:59 tonight. no word when talks resume this morning, but the two unions are beforehand. they will meet in half an hour at 9 a.m. a. etu meets at 11. about 2600 workers say they will go on strike if they don t have a deal. we have that threat hanging over our head for some time, and union leaders spent more than 13 hours at the table yesterday and went home without a deal just after 11:30 last night. the message from both sides, the talks are moving in the right direction. there s a lot at stake here. the whole idea for the taxpayers having to pay more to cover something, a lot of stuff going on. i ....
talks and i m ken pritchett in for ken wayne. we ve been told that changes have been made on some of the bigger issues. in the past few days b.a.r.t. was proposing a 5-cent raise. that s compared to the union s opening of 4% a year. it s not clear what the negotiation will be because of the gag order. we have live team coverage for you tonight on the looming b.a.r.t. strike. ktvu s jade hernandez has been talking to muters. but we begin with deborah villalon live outside the negotiations tonight. reporter: they ve been talking for more than 10 hours, they are still at it and as you can see, workers are here having a very noisy rally outside. almost no information has trickled out of this building. the last time we had was about 8:00 tonight when i was able to ask b.a.r.t. s lead negotiator how it is going. slowly. reporter: is there progress? yes, yes. reporter: tom hock struggled to be heard over his hecklers. there s been some progress. reporter: c ....
morning as we get a live look of oakland from the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. good morning everyone i m anny hong. thank you for joining us this wednesday july 31st. good morning, notice, very similar conditions to what we saw just a few moments ago. really just prepare yourself for that pattern of morning fog and possible patchy sunshine. there is an incident with a big break on west bound flight 80 but it looks like it is not going to impact the traffic lanes. here is a live look it is flowing pretty decent. the san mateo bridge, just 13 minutes. southbound 101 it not that bad. with lots of again no incidents to report your drive looking good. we ll have more on your top stories in just a moment, but first lets check in with erica for an update on your weather and traffic. good morning erica. the bay area is just days away from a second possible bart strike and there is still a lot of work that needs to be done before the sunday night deadline. no deal ....