Youre paying for this problem. Bart board member Deborah Allen of Contra Costa County says her own Research Suggests the actual losses may be twice that much. Thats why today the board voted unanimously to select these new swing style gates to replace the originals. Similar to what you see at muni, but imagine that with plexiglas, something more modern looking and welcoming, seethrough, that sort of thing. The new gates will be five feet tall, making them tougher to get over and squeeze through. But making that choice was easy compared to what comes next. The very important task of finding 150 million. There are many, many riders who tell me if you would just not let people flood through the system without paying, the trains would be less crowded. We would have more revenue. There is a timeline for all this, but its not very exact. As alicia says, they have to find the 150 million. They have to do the installation at the bart stations, and then they have to wire it into their existingomputer systems. So were looking at two years, maybe more. Live at concord bart, eric thomas, abc7 news. Eric, thank you. Fare evasion not just a problem on bart. Its also an issue for muni. Yes, but are they faring better than bart . We sent abc7 news Wayne Freedman to find out. A busy day for muni, as if there would be any other kind. Places to go, things to see. One of bochys last daytime games. Its off to the ballpark in a system which theyve become accustomed, too accustomed in some cases. Nothing surprises me. Iowa heard everything. Eduardo pena, a familiar face on muni if he catches you without a ticket. Good afternoon. Could everyone have their payment transfers, clipper cards, lifelines . Systemwide muni loses 7 to fare evasion, 17 million a year. But on the light rail system, they believe theyre doing better, and because of these gates. I actually dont see very many people jumping them. That would be an interesting contrast to the problems on bart where the honor system appears to have gone on fulltime hiatus as abc7 news has documented on several occasions. I think these things are still too easy. People can push in behind you and people arent going to want to stop other people from doing that. The gates are higher. Theyre quicker. More of a psychological obstacle. Bart is hoping this style will work for them as well. So, yeah, those gates would be better for safety. Physically, theyre more of a jump. Not that youre a jumper. Im not a jumper, no. But for now, embarcadero station remains the place where the twain of two gate styles still meets as the trains roll on. From embarcadero station in San Francisco, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. And fare evasion is an issue for transit agencies all across the country. Take a look at this video. These are fare evaders in new york city, finding all kinds of ways to avoid paying for the subway, underneath, stepping over. Passengers say they see it all time. Its immoral. Its not fair that others get to get on for free and we get to pay. New York Transit Authority personnel estimate that 4 of riders on the subway are not paying to ride. Thats similar to bart. In washington, d. C. , a system built very similar to bart but with twice as many riders, the rate is much, much higher, nearly three times higher, 11. 4 works out to more than 9 million stolen rides a year. Abc7 news devoted a week to covering bart as part of our commitment to building a better bay area. You can see the stories at abc7news. Com. Building a better bart is part of building a better bay area. On the peninsula protesters gathered at facebooks menlo Park Headquarters calling for an ple culture at the y is aox company. Also demanding an investigation after an employee died by suicide last week. Kris reyes has the story. That facebook employee was joined by others who filled the lawn in front of the sign here at headquarters. He said he joined the protest because he can relate to the man who died. We need the truth. We need the truth. We need a fair investigation on what on earth had happened between his suicide. Li yen is a Software Engineer at facebook who says he understands the pressure and stress of working for social media giant. He was surround by other protesters who dont work at the company but say they consider the man who died as part of their community. Some insiders have the speculation that the victim has endured extreme stress and maybe also a toxic working environment. Facebook was not available for comment on their workplace environment, but released this Statement Last week. We were saddened to learn that one of our employees passed away at our menlo Park Headquarters. Were cooperating with police in their investigation and providing support to employees. Jonathan tran pham is the founder of the bay area startup reflect. The Company Provides access to therapy services. He says careerrelated stress is the number one reason why people use their platform. There is a constant pressure in the Tech Community and in Tech Companies to be chasing metrics and chasing growth. I think if folks are saying that there is something really broken, if i were the companies, id really listen and say how do i fix this culture and provide more support. None of the protesters knew the man who died. They said they simply dont want this to happen to another employee. In menlo park, kris reyes for abc7 news. If you or somebody you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can take action and find your ally at abc7news. Com take action. We have links to resources on suicide as well as other issues like domestic violence, bullying and school safety. Prosecutors in the hillsboro heiress murder case accuse the defendant of creating a sham alibi the night the father of her children was killed. Vu ho was in court today. Prosecutors say lee used him to give her an alibi the night keith green was murdered. She and her boyfriend are accused of killing green, the father of her two children. Prosecutors say lee went out of her way to pick up a rent check from ho on the night green disappeared. The defense produced Text Messages between lee and ho noting at one point she gave him the option to drop off the rent check the following day. The trial will resume on monday. Fire crews are watching out for hot spots from a grass fire on mare island in vallejo. High winds rekindled the fire that broke out on the island yesterday. Sky 7 shows the scene around 2 15 this afternoon. It took crews more than an hour to bring the 40 acre fire under control. Torah university evacuated and canceled classes as a precaution. Fire Officials Say yesterdays fire was sparked after a five power poles were intentionally cut down, most likely byper opieves. A skydiver was killed when she was hit by a big rig after accidentally landing on a freeway today. It happened around 2 30 p. M. The chp says the skydiver landed on the southbound lanes of 99. This is north of lodi. She was hit by a big rig and at least one other car and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said she was jumping with the lodi parachute center. The accident caused a Chain Reaction of collisions with at least three other vehicles involved. Thats not clear if any of those drivers was injured. Today power has been restored to all residents in the sierra foothills affected by pg e shutoffs this week. Pg e shut off the power earlier amid the hot weather due to wildfire risk. During the shutoffs, pg e workers spent days. They were checking power lines to make sure theyd be safe if a fire were to breck out. Crews inspected nearly 2800 miles worth of lines. Areas where we can get vehicles too, we will. Well drive and do a slow pass and make sure everything is good. Even though we use helicopters, we patrol with helicopters, the canopy is as bad as this is, you cant see it from the air. Power was also cut to some north bay communities this week, but the power was restored last night. The Trump Administration has notified california officials that the state is failing to meet federal Water Quality standards. In a letter to governor newsom, the epa attributes it in part to the homelessness crisis. The letter gives newsom 30 days to demonstrate that the state has adequate authority and capability to address these issues. Newsom tweeted, quote, this is about retaliation, nothing more. A truck full of bicycles stolen from an east bay nonprofit. The plea from organizers desperate to get those bikes back in the hands of kids. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Winds of change bringing a doubledigit drop in temperatures today. Ill let you know whats in store for your weekend, coming up. Uber revealed some big changes to the app today. The modifications designed to improve safety and make the [white rabbit by jefferson airplane] one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you smaller and the ones that mother gives you dont do anything at all remember what the dormouse said welcome aboard. Feed your head. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. A group of Alameda Fourth graders got a tough lesson this week when someone stole a truck of donated bicycles just before an educational bike Safety Program. The bicycles belonged to cycles of change, an oaklandbase nonprofit. Melanie woodrow has the story. For 21 years cycles of change has been teaching kids bike safety. Its one of the most gratifying jobs ive ever had. But graders at maya Lynn Elementary School and their parents got an unexpected lesson when someone stole a uhaul with 50 bikes from eighth street and santa clara avenue. How do you explain that to a 9yearold . I cant even explain it to myself. The uhaul had been parked on School Property for two weeks without any problems. School officials asked cycles of change to move it before the last day of safety training. Its because the truck is so heavy and we have a fairly knew asphalt black top out there and it actually damages the asphalt. We put a club on it, locks on it, lock the door, well be okay. But we came back in the morning and the truck was gone. The Alameda Police department is now investigating. As for the likelihood of finding the truck with the bikes in it. If they knew that the bikes in there and stole it, maybe the bikes are already taken. Cycles of change is supposed to be at another school next week. We need secure bike storage when were doing programs. So its a lesson for us. Cycles of change needs donations now more than ever, especially to replace all of the stolen bicycles. Maya Lynn Elementary School is one of several donation drop off locations. The others are in oakland andam. Chris and her daughter decided to donate this bike. The Alameda Police department is asking anyone with information to contact them. In alameda, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. The Ride Sharing Company uber has come under fire after a news report claimed the companys special Investigations Unit is trained to put the company ahead of passenger safety. The story comes as uber announced its ramping up its security features. Abc7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez tells us more. For years uber resisted making changes to its safety features. But after intense pressure from lawmakers and customers, the head of ubers Safety Program rolled out the companys new safety tool kit. For one, you will now have the option of requesting a code to make sure you have the right driver. If the pin is the right pin, then the rider on their phone will get a confirmation that you are in the right car, and now it is okay for you to get in the car. The driver has to punch in that code. Otherwise he cant continue with the ride. I explained how the new safety feature works to anita worth ham, a regular ride share user. So many lyft, so many ubers out there. And you really dont know if youre hopping in the right car because everyone is requesting at the same time. So you know if youre safely getting into the right car. Riders or drivers can text 911 discreetly if in trouble. All you have to do is hit the send information and all the Important Information from your trip such as your current location, the driver information, the Vehicle Information is automatically texted to the 911 center. There will also be a facial recognition feature to make sure the driver with the account is the same person behind the wheel. Phaps my favorite feature. The ap am close to being dropped off next to a bicycle lane. Bicyclists have been injured when the passenger was not paying attention while opening the door. Veronica sours recently moved here from chicago and agrees uber needed to enhance its safety measures. I think especially in a big city like, this i think Something Like that would help, comfortable. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. And today uber also announced theyre slowly rolling out what they call uber transit. The service will be available in San Francisco starting tomorrow, in fact. Riders who select transit instead of an uber car option will now see three Public Transit options for their route. Each option will include details about travel time, cost and walking directions to your stop. Its part of ubers effort to transition into a onestop shop for transportation. So far San Francisco city workers have spent more than 53 hours trying to clean up a giant mural that was painted on montgomery street. You can see theyre not finished. Theyll be back out there tonight. Climate activists painted that mural between pine and sacramento streets during a daylong protest in support of the Green New Deal yesterday. Te city has spent 6600 on the cleanup as it is. The city will try to get the activists to pay for it if those responsible can be identified. Family and friends gather to honor korean war veterans at a special ceremony in San Francisco today. 72 new commemorative tiles were added to the wall of remembrance at the korean war memorial. These will be the last tiles to be added to that memorial in the presidio. Marilyn beecham hood and her family came to honor their father killed in 1951. He was a tuskegee airman and a prisoner of war during world war ii. I felt like he wouldnt have wanted us to miss it. So were here to celebrate my dad. Id like to recognize all those that fought, over 30,000 u. S. Servicemen that were killed in the war. Its just tragic. The memorial is the final resting place for more than 2,000 korean war vets. The teachers of the year in Contra Costa County are being honored right now in concord. For gina capelly, shea and maureen mattson. They will represent Contra Costa County in the teacher of the year program. Congratulations to all of them. Great to recognize the teachers. Theyre so important. They all need more money. Pay them more. Thats true. Lets get to the weather. Sandhya patel, she has plenty of money. [ laughter ] good evening, everyone. Larry, am marks take a look at live doppler 7. We have a marine layer that is pushing into the north bay right now. That marine layer definitely helped to drive our temperatures down. It is up to 25 degrees cooler right now in concord than it was at this time yesterday. 14degree drop in San Francisco. Down 22 in novato. San jose 18 degrees cooler. You can feel the difference. Look at the delta breeze. Out of the southwest to 40 right now in fairfield. Its a south wind to 28 in San Francisco. So the winds are definitely gusting. And tonight if youre stepping out, i would grab a light jacket or a sweater to keep you comfortable. Tomorrow were going to be looking at gusty winds again, as you will notice out of the westsouthwest anywhere from 25 to about 30 Miles Per Hour at times. Here is a live picture from our kgo roof camera and the embarcadero. You can see the flags and the trees blowing in the wind. San francisco 70 degrees. Oakland, youre at 75. 76 in san jose. Half moon bay 66 degrees. A beautiful view from our emhave iville camera. 68 in santa rosa. Low to mid70s. Much more comfortable, napa, fairfield, petaluma. 77 degrees in livermore. A live picture from our santa cruz camera where you will notice the clouds are stack up. Widespread fog and patchy morning drizzle tomorrow. Cooling trend continues. Were going see below average temperatures through early next week. The hourbyhour forecast, 7 00 tonight, you can see where the fog and low clouds are. As we go into tomorrow morning, its going to be extensive. Gray start for all of the bay area. Even some patches of drizzle to start off your morning commute. And then for the afternoon and evening, well see those clouds sweeping away, at least from parts of the bay area. When you head out the door tomorrow morning, you will need to bundle up. Low 50s to low 60s. There will be some patchy drizzle, certainly overcast skies. And then for the afternoon, it is going to be a mild day for inland valleys. 77 in concord. 78 in antioch. 73 napa, san rafael. 72346 santa rosa. Up to 70 in oakland. San francisco, half moon bay, mid60s. Still another breezy one. 71 in san mateo. And 74 in palo alto. A look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. Temperatures trending lower right on through the weekend and into monday. You will notice those numbers will be in the upp