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im jeff glor. this is the western edition of the cbs news. its a review of the fbi lab in washington that is opening eyes across the country and now it could reopen hundreds of criminal cases. 95% of cases looked at so far included flawed testimony that includes 32 death penalty cases. this weekend the fbi acknowledged mistakes and jericka duncan has details. acknowledged mistakes and jericka duncan has details. >> reporter: before dna testing became prevalent, the fbi relied heavily o...

but as kpix 5s cate caugiran tells us, this bitter contract battle is far from over. cate. >> reporter: trains will start getting back up and running in a few hours. im told they are going to deploy from three different locations, concord, hayward and here in daly city. workers right now are testing out the electronics and communications systems getting the trains ready for the first ride. call it a band-aid solution. for now. bart management and the two unions decided to come together...

we begin in california where a fireworks display malfunctioned. they were gathered in simi valley, about 45 miles west of los angeles. >> whoa. oh, my gosh. >> the city-run fireworks display had just started when something went wrong and there was a pair of explosions on or near the ground. >> when the lights went off, they were automatically already shooting off and within seconds one was coming at us. i guess it went up and kind of didnt go straight up and came toward us. it handed o...

work out late last night. cate. >> reporter: good morning, brian. im sure a lot of people will be happy to wake up to the news that the strike is tentatively over and as you said at least for now. the details of that is that the two groups found that middle ground and decided to extend barts old contract for 30 days. now, this will allow the trains to get back up and running while bart and the unions negotiate. so the strike is effectively done for the moment. this was a proposal sugge...

the deal that end the walkout. cate. >> reporter: good morning. this is good news for commuters today because it means they will be able to take bart home this afternoon and trains will be back up and running. we know negotiations ended right at around 11:00 last night. the two sides decided to extend barts old contract for 30 days while they work on the new one. it was a proposal from the california labor secretary. but the unions say the battle is far from over. they say bart needs t...

bart and two unions agreed to extend their old contract for 30 more days. they now have until august 4 to reach an agreement. contract talks resume monday. the agreement was reached last night. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran has details from san francisco. cate. >> reporter: this is going to be great news for people who are working today because it means they will have bart to take home this afternoon. it also means the trains behind me will be up and running. we know that negotiations ...

ready for another epic commute this afternoon. >> its not good. they dont know the impact theyre putting on everybody. >> well, good afternoon, everyone. im frank mallicoat. >> im brian hackney in today for michelle griego. a commute nightmare this morning and this could be only the beginning. thousands of cars bumper-to- bumper inching forward just trying to get to work this morning. take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. usually at this hour of the day things are moving smoot...

traffic at 4:00 a.m.. >> thats right. it will be a little flexible with workers schedules today. lets get a check of what it looks like on the roads. its 4:01 this morning. some areas of overnight roadwork. this is a great night to head out. you can see mostly green and along the peninsula. i want to mention a couple of things. system wide no service. ac transit are not on strike. they will offer extra between downtown oakland and san francisco. we are live at bart headquarters. good m...

future of these negotiations and what we can expect today. but we know that things got extremely heated in these discussions. we are looking at traffic tie- ups in the bay area after both sides gave up hours ago. you saw picketers were outside of bart headquarters as two unions walked out of last nights negotiations. union and bart management say both sides could not find common ground on the major issues: salary, pension, healthcare and safety. in fact, it appears the only thing the t...

lawrence. good morning, everybody. its monday, july 1. and im frank mallicoat. >> im brian hackney in for michelle. time is straight up 6:00. we hoped for the best but its good if you are prepared for the worst. bart is on strike this monday morning. bart workers set up picket lines at midnight. the walkout means bart trains are not running today. ac transit is not on strike this morning. its workers continues but there is another strike by oakland city workers. the one-day walkout mea...