A naval ship made its way to the scene along with the coast guard. Four crew members were lifted from the water, one of whom died at a nearby hospital. The other three crew members are currently being treated. Two are in stable condition. One is in surgery. Their families are at the hospital while the Community Waits for answers. Today has been a tough day on all of us. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of those killed and injured. The distress call went out around 10 45. Two Navy Helicopters assigned to this wing reported on station at 11 15. At 11 25, two crew members were recovered. At 11 30 up, the next two crew members were recovered. We do not know the identities of anyone involved in the crash. At the moment the urgency focuses on the search as crews and rescue crews from the city of Virginia Beach continue looking for that missing crew member near the scene. You. Ank lets go to Kendis Gibson standing by. Communityus of that is all about supporting t
Don knapp is outside of the negotiations, what is happening out there. They are working against time, they have, as you say, 6 1 2 hours to the deadline. It means a b. A. R. T strike is possible if they dont get things done. Earlier today a newses conference is canceled. It that is taken as a fairly good sign as what is going on inside. Here is what was said. Good afternoon. Speaking on behalf of there will not be a press conference at 1 30. They are working to get a contract. Okay . Thank you. They are negotiating. Reporter going into today this was a disagreement without plain old animosity. They are ignoring our safety issues, 99 people attacked in the last few years, physically attacked and they are disregarding safety issues completely. Now, what they are doing is generating more hostility towards their workers. B. A. R. T chief worker was a bit more up beat. That is it. Both sides have to realize that they have to do something other than what is on the table right now. And comp m
For 1 30 this afternoon that was canceled. Speaking on behalf the b. A. R. T, we apologize for any inconvenience but there will not be a press conference at 1 30. The parties are diligently working towards an attempt to get a contract. Okay . Thank you. They are negotiating. Reporter going into today this was disagreement if not animosity between the workers and management. They are working to ignore the safety issues. 99 people attacked in the last few years, physically attacked. Disregarding the safety issues. What they are doing is generating more hostility towards the workers, working on the frontline. Tomahawk was a bit more upbeat as he arrived before noon to resume talks. Both sides have to realize that they have to do something other than what is on the table right now. And, compromise. The question is if the difference between the two is something that can be bridged. How optimistic are you there will not be a strike. I dont think there has to be a strike. We are willing to ne
Monday, august 15 august 5. Good to have you with us. Im frank mallicoat. Thanks for joining us for this special edition of kpix5 this morning. Were starting nice and early to get you up to speed on the bus contracts an bart trains will operate today as scheduled. More on that in a minute. But we have more on the weather. I will tell you have to do, to not worry about a bart strike at all. Drive to work at 3 30 in the morning. Thats true. The only problem is a little bit of drizzle. A few low 60s. 50s. And a cool and mild week ahead. The entire forecast coming up in a few minutes. But first, weve got wide open traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza as you could expect at 4 00 in the morning. This of course will be one of the main commutes affected had bart gone on strike and no strike for bart service and maybe 10 cars out of oakland to to San Francisco. Seven cars and a truck. Not bad. We have breaking news about bart. Governor jerry brown has stepped in to avert a bart strike. Late las
Commuter express. Leaving oakland into the city, still no major back ups. A few of those lanes a little backed up. A nice start to the monday morning commute. San mateo bridge has been fine. That light traffic stays with you across the span. You are moving at the speed limit. Thats a look at your drive. Now to frank and juliette. Breaking news, governor jerry brown has stepped in to avert this mornings strike. Late last night, governor issued an order of a 7 day inquiry. Could call for a 60 day cooling off period. The two sides are able to continue negotiations this week. A lot of Team Coverage for you this morning. Sue kwon is checking in with commuters over at walnut creek. First, we kick it off with cate caugurian. Shes in San Francisco with reaction from bart management. Good morning. Reporter good morning, frank. I can tell you aside from those two sides, the people that are the happiest are the commuters coming out of the bart station. And really all bart stations across the bay