to the second one. what they learned is that at the point of impact, the train was doing 80 miles per hour around a curve. the speed limit there is 30 miles per hour. more than double what they should have been doing. another thing that might have been a factor. there s no positive train control. that would have slowed the train down. if you re going into a curve too quickly, if you re something that you need to slow down for, that would have. had that mechanism been put in place. it would have slowed the train down. that was not installed on this train. plenty of questions. yesterday they thought six people were dead. there were so many people on the train. and why is there so much confusion with the numbers? reporter: we were having the same problem too, pam. six people were first thought to be dead and they revised that down to three. there are a number of people in the hospital. there were 80 passengers on the train and five crew members. no one in the cars miraculous
coastline. elizabeth. the reports of big bowling ball size rocks and blocking at least one lane in the southbound direction. let you know as soon as it clears and the commute. it could cause slowdowns. also, no problem this morning and everything moving right along. the roadwork into treasure island. this morning, all trains on time. in fact, they ve got 36 right now all on schedule with more on our potential bart. let s go to michelle. elizabeth, thank you. bart trains running this morning. negotiators continue to keep talking for at least 24 hours. team talks continue. we start with kate in oakland. kate? pretty much sounding like a broken record at this point. no strike, no contract, there s no compromise and really, bart is calling latest offer take it or leave it. the union decided to leave it or better yet said fix it to. bart management burned the midnight oil working late into the night trying to finalize what feels like the never- ending saga. after the m
latest offer would be to accept a final offer. management claims 7 million on friday for the four-year contract. gone to bed at night and not knowing if bart will there or not and be there long enough. reporter: union say it s not good enough and less than the one management offered in the past. it is progressive. we can take it to members for a vote and again, we want to bargain a full, fair, equitable contract and the offer we received is none of that. reporter: won t be on the table long and weeks to accept before taking it away. we are seeing the shift in negotiation. it s not a good one and let s make it even better. four years from now after all of this is done, we get to do it all over again. let s take it to mark kelly live at walnut street. the center is actually a no strike clause in the union contract? reporter: there is, kate and it s coming up more and more as we approach this strike deadline. now here s an interesting part about that no-strike clause.
In the form of a grant described as coming from a "brand-new" source of infrastructure funding, the group hoping to continue diversions from the Eel River to the Russian River in Mendocino County has received $2 million from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, federal officials announced during a visit to Ukiah Friday.
In the form of a grant described as coming from a "brand-new" source of infrastructure funding, the group hoping to continue diversions from the Eel River to the Russian River in Mendocino County has received $2 million from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, federal officials announced during a visit to Ukiah Friday.