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That all about . Reporter the victims father did say that his son did like playing with toy guns but the rule was, you know, play with those toy guns in the house. He typically would not may with them out he typically would not play with them outside the house but according to the father the victim was taking the gun to the neighbors house to return it. It was a friends toy. Mark kelly in santa rosa, thank you. For a second day, bart trains sped past the spot where two workers were struck and killed over the weekend. Da lin shows us for a few hours this afternoon, they stopped and federal investigators rolled in. Where do you want to go, sir . San francisco. Reporter by noon bart stopped the trains between the Pleasant Hill and lafayette stations and set up bus bridges causing more rider frustration. People have already been, you know, hassled enough. I know a lot of people were sitting here oh, no, did they start striking again . ....
Passengers at the bart station platform just after 6 00 tonight. Video sent into the abc 7 newsroom but our viewers shows all the smoke it put up at the height of the evening commute. Sky 7 hd was overhead after passengers on the tencar train were forced to evacuate. The platform was closed quickly. Alisha troft said it may have started on in a conductor box under the train. Passengers smelled the smoke for miles before it pulled into the station. We smelled smoke in oakland but thought it was breaks. When we stopped, someone who exited said there was a fire and everyone rushed out. Reporter a. This means lengthy delays. They are single tracking because the train that caught on fire is still on one of the tracks. No one was injured during all of this and well bring you any developments here on abc 7 news and on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. The National Transportation safety board wrapped up the accident that killed two ....
Saying they would like to it done by 6 p. M. , we would as well. Reporter the question is still, will there be enough time to get the trains running for the commute if there is a deal . Theres a lot that has to take place in that period of time. We have to power everything back up. We have to make sure theres money in our ticket vending machines. We have to do all the safety inspections that need to take place. So theres a great deal of work estimated at about 16 to 18 hours. Reporter bart has advice for those using shuttle buses. There will be buses tomorrow but its not tremendously more when each bus only carries about 56 people. Get there as early possibly if they absolutely need a seat on those buses. Reporter we understand one of the main sticking points is bart wanting some workers to work 4 10 which is common in a lot of other work, four days, 10 hours. The second has to do possibly with scheduling. But it has an hour to go before they hit that second deadline and well keep you ....
Lafayette, dublinpleasanton, san leandro, hayward and the fremont stations. Caltrain will be offering extra service. All their trains including the baby bullet train will be stopping off at the millbrae bart station where passengers can park for free. So far no delays reported for ac transit, the ferries or caltrain. Thats a look at the monday commute. Now to lawrence with the forecast. All right. We are starting out with thick fog around the bay area especially near the coastline into some of the north bay valleys, as well. Visibility down to a half mile in santa rosa. Out the door clouds over the bay bridge. A lot of folks trying to get to work this morning without bart but nonetheless you have clouds out there now. Temperatures cool in spots. 40s and some 50s at this hour. I think by the afternoon though we are enjoying mostly sunny skies away from the coast. We have this blocking ridge in place so thats going to keep the jet stream well to the north so we are going to stay dry for ....
They continue their investigation. Day 2 without bart. We are looking it at long delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic backed up into the macarthur maze on this fourth day of the bart strike. Traffic is going to be very slow leaving the east bay heading into San Francisco. Highway 24 is also crowded between the caldecott tunnel and 580. Again were seeing the highest concentration of traffic delays leaving the east bay bound for San Francisco. San mateo bridge Still Holding steady. There was an earlier accident thats just been cleared from lanes. Westbound traffic still a little sluggish approaching midspan and no delays reported for caltrain, the ferries, ac transit. Do remember, bart will be offering very limited Free Shuttle Service from nine of their ea ....