For the madness to all be ended . Its starting to feel like ground hog day out here. We are getting on past 10 00 right now and you can look over my shoulder and see the Union Officials standing in the lobby now and just making their way out. They may actually be making their way out here in a short time to let us know whether there will be a bart strike. They told us that they would be letting us know by 10 00 this evening. That is specifically because their offices have been flooded with calls from commuters who have been upset over the last few days that they had to wait until the Early Morning hours before being notified about whether there will be a strike. Again, we have been told that we will hear, we are still waiting. Union officials inside right now and seem to be making their way out. Again, there doesnt seem to be a real sense of urgency. Its tough to read what that could mean for a possible strike. For the past few days, there continues to be progress and that is what averted the strike. Theres a gag order in place. So it makes it tough to know how much progress is being made on either side. We will be standing here waiting as long as we need to, to find out if there will be a strike tomorrow and let you know and come back out live as soon as we hear from them. I have gotten a lot of e mail saying there is a weird, power trip that bart wants it play on people. Standing in the hall way, come out and tell us, whats the big deal . You know, certainly people who have decided not to have lost Something Like 80,000 riders each day. People are choosing other modes of transportation because they dont know by the time they get to bed at night. Its important to let riders know in a timely manner. People wonder why its taken so long to get to a settlement. Thanks, kristen, and remember to stay with kpix5 and kpix. Com for the lats updates on the bart negotiations. Heres one less thing you have to worry about. Ac transit buses will be running tomorrow. Thats right, the strike is on hold for now after Governor Brown stepped in today. He appointed a panel to investigate the strike threat and report back to him within seven days. After that, the governor will make the call whether to issue that 60 day cooling off period. Obviously, we are very gratified to hear that. Very relieved for our riders, particularly the 30,000 School Children who tomorrow would have had to try to find some alternative forms of transportation. Hopefully it will give us time to sit down with the district and come up with a contract that members can live with. During that time, ac transit cannot strike. Over medical benefits and the safety of drivers and passengers. The United States government is back in business. A last minute deal to end the shutdown and raise a debt ceiling sailed through congress tonight and a half hour ago, the president signed it. Brian webb tells us, new count down clocks are ticking. Brian. The selfmade crisis lasted 16 days. The solution means hundreds and thousands of federal employees go back to work tomorrow and it keeps the u. S. In good financial standing around the world, at least for now. Those report it as past. With that, the Government Shutdown is shut down. This legislation ends a standoff, to ground the work of washington to a halt. The deal was done this morning, the white flag came from house speaker, john boehner, telling fellow republicans its time to give up. Here he is on an ohio radio station. We fought the good fight, we just didnt win. Tea Party Republicans tried to defund or delay obama care. But it split the party in the process and wasted billions of tax dollars. Shutting down the government was not a smart strategy and not the right direction and i hope we never do this again. The deal initiates immediate debt talks, raises the debt ceiling for four months, and funds the government for three. And now tonight, the u. S. Government is back open for business. All 144 no votes in the house came from republicans, liz, tonight, there is already talk another shutdown could happen in the next few months. Hope not. All right, brian, thank you. The debt deal came just in time for workers at the lab. Thousands face furloughs if congress couldnt reach an adpreement. Employees were told to come in today to begin shut down operations. And almost as soon as the word came down, people lined up. Late this afternoon, there was already a small crowd waiting along the embarcadero to buy tickets for alcatraz. The gentleman said, you know, i think were going to be open. We saw the news vans and i said, something is going on. So here we are booking. Tours resume tomorrow. And Yosemite National park didnt waste any time either. It reopened as soon as the debt deal was done. Public areas are now accessible, other areas like Visitor Centers and campgrounds will reopen tomorrow as well. Police busted three people believed to be the leaders of an Identity Theft ring. Joe vasquez reports, police got help from an unlikely source. Joe. Ken, it turns out it was the cleaning lady who busted this case of an Identity Theft ring being run out of two hotels. This is what police say the housekeeper found. Stacks of stolen credit cards, equipment used it steal peoples identities ranging from Laptop Computers to a high quality printer, credit card readers, even white out. You know, i dont know how they were using their white out, but from all the items that i observed, they appeared sophisticated, hightech in the manner they were trying to wash the checks and obviously reissue them to fraudulent people. Best western management locked the stuff away and for several days, police say the criminals kept going back to the front desk trying to retrieve their stuff. Each time they didnt have the proper id, so the hotel staff refused to give it to them. A week later, we get a call from the hotel staff saying one of the involved parties had responded back to the hotel in an attempt to collect the property we had taken from the hotel room. They were able to call the police department, we responded and thats when it started to unravel. The investigation led police to a second hotel. The Holiday Inn Express three miles away where they believe more members of the ring were working. Now martitia who was wanted or robbery warrants. 30yearold, Melinda Collins and 41yearold, keeshan, a patrol lee who is accused of kicking a Police Officer during his arrest. The cops believe there may be as many as 30 to 40 victims and still looking for them to tell what happened. Reporting live, joe vasquez, kpix5. Californias prisons arent doing a good job of watching themselves. The quality of internal investigations has been slipping ever since a federal judge stopped supervising the prisons two years ago. The report comes as Governor Brown tries to convince the feds that the prison system has improved so much, it no longer needs court oversight. Lieutenant governor is heading up a panel to study what would happen if marijuana was legalized in california. Focus will be on legal issues. The aclu is expected to release details tomorrow, including poll results showing growing support to make pot legal. At a fiveyear high tonight. In fact, according to some analysts, we recovered nearly all the jobs lost during the great recession. Over a 12 month period ending in august, the bay area gained 62,000 jobs. Most in santa clara county. The 2015 payroll jobs expected to increase more than 3 . The tech sector is a big driving force behind those numbers. Despite the optimistic outlook, experts warn we will see challenges from a shortage of skilled workers to not enough affordable housing. A new chancellor is in charge at San Francisco city college. Arthur q. Tyler is taking over as the school struggles to maintain its accreditation. City college stands to lose it next summer for failing to address the recommendations. Tyler is a former administrator at Community Colleges in los angeles and sacramento. He is also a military veteran with the background in antiterrorism. Whats the first thing you do after winning a big election . If you are newark mayor, you go to twitter. And his first reaction was in the form of a tweet in which he thanked the voters for making him senatorelect. He later gave a speech, promising quote, not to play shallow politics. Once he is sworn in, booker will become one of just two African Americans in the u. S. Senate. Bird versus plane. The faceoff keeps passengers on the ground. The extreme measures one airport is ready to take to fix the problem. And scary moments on this flight, why some passengers thought they were done for. And we are watching and waiting for an update on whether bart trains will run tomorrow. Well bring you any developments when they happen. What a warmup we have had over the last several days, from 61 over the weekend for a high to 80 in downtown fan San Francisco. Well talk about how far we will fall, next. ,,,,,,, the philippines. Still reg from yesterday deadly earthe and aftershocks. This is ry a horrifying sight for people in the philippines reeling from yesterdays earthquake. This is amateur video of a 16th Century Church bell tower crumbling to the ground. You can hear on lyrics gasping and screaming in shock. This is an area where 80 of the population is roman catholic. And can you imagine being on a plane and seeing it catch fire . Some Spirit Airline passengers thought it was the end for them. Cell phone video captured the scary moments yesterday afternoon. This atlanta bound planes engine exploded. One passenger was so scared, he sent a goodbye text to his wife reading, were on fire, love you. We saw the flames come up the side of the plane, which lit up the whole inside of the plane. All the vents were pouring smoke, i mean, just full white smoke. Before you knew it, you couldnt see. Thats when everyone got scared. The plane returned to dallas and everyone made it off safely. Birds and planes not a good mix for travelers at san jose airport today. Apparently, a bird hit a plane that just took off for honolulu, forcing an Emergency Landing moments later at oakland. Kit doe is where birds are not a new problem. Kit. Reporter and a problem is getting worse and it shows san jose is considering all its options no matter how drastic and that includes shooting and killing them. They are pretty sure it was a bird that got sucked and damaged the blades. Crews found feathers on the tarmac at san jose. This one did hit the engine. The remains were rather unidentifyable. Pretty mangled up. It could have been a seagal, but likely a red tailed hawk. They had 57 bird strikes from 2003 to 2012. Thats up 50 over the previous decade. The airport has hired a biologist who has been scaring the birds away and eliminating their food source. She got permission to shoot the birds as a last resort. Did you think thats more of an option now . Given todays incident . Not anymore than yesterday. You know, its the same. We would still take all of the same precautions, still follow the same procedures. One time my copilot had to hand the airplane to me because he couldnt see. Frank mcgill with the Pilots Association says killing birds would cause the rabbit population to boom and planes would start running over rabbits. One extreme is ultimate safety, and the other extreme is do nothing where theres so many that you hit them. I think we all know we have to live with Mother Nature as west we can adapt within the confines of being reasonable people. So san jose airport saying shooting the birds is a last resort. They will try other passive methods, but something they do have in their tool box, if you will. Since this whole shooting bird program went into effect a year ago, they say they have euthanized about one bird. Kit doe, kpix5. Allowing airport employees to shoot birds is pretty common practice. Sfo and oakland also do it. San joses veterans parade is on schedule for next month. Over 40 years, the parade has honored the sacrifices of our servicemen and women. Year after year, costs have gone up. Private and city funds have gone low. Runs anywhere from 13,000 to 14,000, and it runs us close to 100,000 a year. So what i want to try and do, being 88 years old, the younger generation. Organizers are launching a save the parade effort. They hope to raise half a Million Dollars to keep it going for at least five more years so they can have a 100 year celebration. Apples new spaceship like headquarters has a green light for liftoff. The city Council Voted unanimously to allow the circular shaped building near interstate 280. Apple ensures the buildings design is green, using solar, and fuel cells to generate 70 of its own power. The design will be the most environmental friendly building of its size. We are going to make over 70 of the electricity that apple will use through solar and fuel cells. Apple says it hopes to start demolishing existing buildings on that site by the end of this year. To make way for the 2. 8 million scare foot campus. In mountain view, new research and developing center. The new site near highway 101 will house 385,000 square feet of office space. The environmentally friendly project is expected to be ready by december 2014. I wonder if they will have a monorail at apples new headquarters. Its so futuristic looking. And the aliens are coming to cupertino. No one will be able to hide. Find the corner there, you cant. Find a cloud in the sky. We have some cloudless nights, how about the 40s, you have been chilly in the morning. Nice and toasty in the afternoon. 41 for you tonight. Oakland dropping down to 52. Sunrise getting later. 7 30, its dark until 7 20. How about this set, we are in a dry year. 3. 95 inches of rain fall, less than 4 inches. The record setting year, if you look at january through december, driest year in history. We had 5. 5 inches of rain. Right now we are shattering the record for the driest calendar year and i dont see any rain fall any time soon. Sunshine for you tomorrow. A little cooler, 75 and sunny on friday with a high of 74 degrees. We have to talk about why this is happening. Big ridge of high pressure. Pretty rare. It holds on this long, but it will. The only thing im going to change, rain fall, were not going to get, but light to moderate. Cutting into high temperatures, but the big story is this big ridge, not moving. Sunshine, chilly mornings, mild afternoons for each of the next seven days likely 10 or 14 days. High pressure, light on shore flow wont be as warm, but we will be near average. Liver more, 83. San jose 79. And oakland 76. Upper 70s for you in palo alto. 78 for you. San ramon 82. 77 for kent field. Sai sanoma, youll hit 80 again tomorrow. We are staying nice and mild. This is a sun lovers dream. Are this sevenday forecast, cooler, but plenty mild. And next week i do not see any rain fall for the first half of next week. Thats your forecast, well be right back. ,,,,,,,, their posts with a facebook is changing its policy toward teenage users. Teens will be able to share their posts with anyone on the network. Before they were limited to sharing only with their own friends or friends of friends. The teens who switch their settings will get a warning that they are exposing themselves to a broader audience. Apple is reportedly cutting back on orders for the iphone 5c. The cheaper model iphone has struggled to gain traction against apples premium phone. The 5s is setting it by more than 2 to 1. A new free Service Called square cash lets you send money without creating an account. You just email the recipient with the amount of the money in the subject line and cc the address, cash at square. Com. Square sends you an email asking for your debit card and uses that account for the transaction. The money should arrive in a day or two and you can send up to 2500 a week. The checks in the email. The tigers revved their horsepower in the motor city tonight. Im dennis odonnell, what was will ferrell doing with a microphone . Doesnt he have a movie coming out . ,,,,,,,, the it was win or go home for the Los Angeles Dodgers when faced elimination. Perhaps the dodgers needed a little star power. Wayne, give me the clock. At first, number 23, adrian gonzalez. Adrian may want to have will ferrell introduce him a little more often. Bottom of the 3rd, he crushes a solo shot to right and it was l. A. s first home run of the series. In the 5th inning, Carl Crawford sends another souvenir to right. After hitting just 6. All of the regular season. In the 8th, it is gonzalez again. Hit four solo home runs to open up a 62 lead. And, they won. So did detroit. And lets go to bart headquarters where they will make an announcement about a strike. Commissioners, negotiations have been continuing. The party is totally engaged, some progress has been made and the parties have authorized me as they had to advise that on their interest and for the good of the public interest, trains will be running for the day tomorrow. As is my custom, i have no further things to say, i will not be answering questions because the three of us will be turning around, walking back into the bargaining tables, negotiations will continue through the night and we will be delighted to give you any further progress when and if that becomes appropriate. Thank you for your time. George cohen there making an announcement that trains will run tomorrow. Bart will operate a regular schedule and thats a relief for a lot of people tonight. One more day, no strike, and business as usual. Hopefully more negotiations will continue. He seemed very positive about what went on today. If we arent on the air at the time, get the latest on kpix. Com and well have all the playoff baseball sports coming up at 11 00. And another latest update. Well see you at 11 00. Hmm. I cant believe youre reading when theres so much great stuff on tv. Hmm, youre right. 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