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Report of a fire on the westbound tracks around 3 00 this afternoon. I just got off the phone with a b. A. R. T. Spokesperson who tells me that basically seven cover boards. This is what covers the electric third rail. Those burned late this afternoon. B. A. R. T. Then had to come in and power down that rail so it was safe for firefighters to come in and put the fire out. A b. A. R. T. Rider who made it back home from San Francisco late this afternoon said he actually heard about the fire from o...

Hour. Crews are inspecting the tracks after a fire burned a portions of the third rail which powers the train. Trains were stopped in both directions. Its only in the past half hour that theyve been able to reopen those tracks. Well continue to follow the situation and bring you more as we get it. Good news here as it looks like its been reopened. All right. This all happening as a planned weekend closure is affecting b. A. R. T. Riders in and around San Francisco. Robert marshall is with the Co...

But i think the worst of it is over where you got just pounded. Plains bo ro new jersey picked up inch six inches of rain, about 4. 5 inches in no, sir brunz wick, the teelt totals were lighter. Newark picked up about a third of an inch of rain so far and central park about a quarter of an inch of rain. On satellite and radar, you can see the break in the action were experiencing rite now but more rain will arrive the heaviest rainfall just down in Middlesex County and that is the one that produ...

As temperatures are concerned, it is cool in the morning and meteorologist shiri spear say things feel so little like summer this afternoon. Shiri you want to know something funny, this countdown clock, 5 hours and 51 minutes away. A new season before you know it. Feeling sunny in boston and 60 in randolph. And further west, bump into the 50s. 53 wellfleet. 58 in wrentham and thats where you are going to want to until 8 00 this morning. 06 in auburn. 65 in worcester and 55 in fitchburg and 57 in...

His grandmother, who raised him, and a son, to win two nba titles with the lakers. He hasnt played in two years, his divorce headlines. We dont want people to recognize him as things hes going through. We know the good things hes about. And the Sheriffs Office is expected to hold a press conference in two hours with more information on this investigation. Also this afternoon Magic Johnson tweeting that lamar odom is a better person than he is player. Reporting live in South Ozone Park queens, da...

Early monday morning. Todays winds sustained at 20 mph will only get stronger as we dry up monday morning 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Winds will die down to breezes on tuesday and were left with daytime highs in the 40s for a couple days. Wednesday we start a gradual warm up but will remain below seasonal through the week. A woman is dead still at large, after a shooting in East Las Vegas on saturday. And while Police Continue to search for the suspect fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg spoke with neighbor...

Television and new mexico newspaper is claiming responsibility for todays breach. Rebecca cooper at the live desk tracking this developing story for us. Rebecca . Its interesting because today, the president was actually talking about Cyber Security and ways to increase it at the f. C. C. Meantime, u. S. Central command was being hacked into. Islamic radicals breaking into both u. S. Central commands twitter feeds and their you tube sites. Leon, they posted a series of taunts and threats saying ...

Exploring and improving the funding between mta and ta staff and, of course, the coming online of the prop a money next year will be a terrific solution to some of the funding issues and the coordination weve talked about the formal and inform o formal ways the agencies are taking steps to Work Together with mta as well were making sure that as we make progress on our other initiative moving forward were making sure were luke all scoping projects as i said were trying to raise our game how we de...

Were making sure that as we make progress on our other initiative moving forward were making sure were luke all scoping projects as i said were trying to raise our game how we deal with the public this might possess a change back the board of supervisors it is fantastic you made a strong early commitment to vision zero were looking forward to working with you to make sure that you know that were putting forward projects that you can support and we have to make difficult choices in community and ...

Next point had to do with the Agency Cooperation issues so one of the first ones weve done is to convene principle level workshops with the department of public works and with the City Engineer groups and i and our staff are going through and looking for barriers the things with are sloan the schedules where outreach or funding or contracting and knocking those barriers over oneonone weve benefited from having a coalition that pulls together the policy and direction of vision zero theyre focused...