Top stories we are following on this wednesday, october 9th. We are only days away from a second possible bart strike and there are mixed messages from Union Members who held a demonstration last night. Why some of them are saying there is no unity amongst them details coming up. A dead body found at San Francisco General Hospital police try to determine if it is connected to the disappearance of a patient. Waking up to cooler temperatures this morning. Some major developments in the bart negotiations. We are only days away from a and while negotiations are coming down to the wire, recent progress has stopped the bart unions from issuing a strike notice for now. However, none of this means to those whove worried. Suffered in silence. Hoped. And lived in a state of fear. Welcome to a new state. Of health. Welcome to covered california. The place to find quality, affordable coverage. Financial help for those in need. And nobody can be denied because of a preexisting condition. Enroll now
Reporter okay. They have retrained the managers and the supervisors a small group of them to run cell caltrains if the strike happens but they wouldnt go in and start doing that unless the strike lasted a week or more. They want to hold off initially to see how things go. I dont think they want to anger the unions or their questions about safety. So theres not going to be trains out of the gate. Its going to be buses and ferries. And its going to be a lot of cars on the roads if they stay with the three days heads up. Thank you, phil. New at 5 00, taxpayers could soon be picking up the tab for former three strikes inmates. Santa clara county is considering a plan that could help excons live rent free. Kpix 5 reporter mark sayre is live in san jose to explain the thought behind this plan. Mark. Reporter elizabeth, it was last november that voters approved a plan to release some 3 strikes inmates early and Santa Clara County says by giving them some financial assistance, that is could he
Subject of the investigation. Muni has equipped allists buses with the hard rubber bumper hardly visible in front of the rear wheel designed to sweep people safely out of the way in accidents. We have had them since 2007. We check it when we can but not a regulatory requirement. Reporter in this kpix 5 video of last fridays accident that killed a 78yearold bicyclist, no wheel guard is visible leaving many to wonder if a wheel guard was on the bus and working, would it have saved his life . Its too early to confirm the details including whether or not the s1 guard was on this bus at that particular time. Reporter this s1 guard website video shows how it works. A stuntman acting as a bicyclist struck by a bus falls under the back wheel. Inner in scenario a departing passenger rushes to get back on the bus and falls. A skateboarder collides with a bus and the pedestrian in a crosswalk is struck by a bus. Safety equipment on buses is obviously a very good idea. It should be our last resort
Throwing them away. Reporter now, were told that was just an initial meeting with that l. A. Based law firm. Tonight here at 7 00 there will be a vigil and protest in andys honor. Andria, any details about why the police couldnt tell if it was real or a toy . Reporter theres a law that says any toy gun must have at least a six millimeter orange tip on it. They say in fact that andys did not. All right. Thank you, andria borba. A drivers window is shot out car door riddled with bullet holes after a road rage incidents on southbound 680 in fremont at 6 30 a. M. Ending with mission boulevard with a barrage of gunfire. Kpix 5s len ramirez at a fremont donut shop where that victim turned for help. Len. Reporter Fremont Police have updated the suspect description in this case. They are looking for a hispanic or portugese male 25 to 35 years of age driving a white car with large chrome rims. They believe that is the person and the vehicle involved in the morning road rage incident. After appa
5 a short time ago. This happened along jones road between the walnut creek and Pleasant Hill stations. Kpix 5s brian webb reports. Reporter ann officially this is a bart police investigation. And its kind of turned into an eerie scene out here. The crowds have cleared out, the workers who came down here to see things for themselves, they are gone, too. What is left is this empty four car bart train standing still on the tracks frozen in time and the bodies are still near the tracks about 500 feet to the south of us covered with tarps and there are a few bart officials running between the two scenes. This is what we know from bart management so far. Two employees were hit by an out of Service Train about 2 00 north of the walnut creek station. They were working on a reported dip in the track at the time. By procedure one of them was supposed to inspect the track, the other was supposed to be a lookout for incoming train traffic. Both are said to be experienced on the tracks and around