Crash. This video showing the moments after a new Jersey Transit train crashed right into this hoboken station. Passengers in a daze and in disbelief, a morning commute turning into a disaster. It just collided and i saw a couple gentlemen bleeding. Reporter this passenger was in the first car which careened into the station. Eyewitnesss say the train was traveling at an incredible speed as it approached. The train just didnt stop. It went over the bumper block, basically through the air, traveled about another 40 feet and came to a rest when it hit the wall. Reporter ntsb will gather and collect Critical Evidence to determine the cause of the crash. Well be pulling the recorder this evening. We hope to get information such as speed and braking. Our investigation will continue here on scene for seven to ten days. Reporter the train slamming into the station causing major structural damage, bent and twisted steel, debris everywhere. Over 100 people injured. Authorities say two others with critical injures. Bumps, bruises, walking wounded, lacerations and fractures as well. Reporter the woman killed was not a passenger but standing on the platform. The train engineer has been identified as thomas gallagher. He has been treated and released from the hospital and is cooperating with the authorities. Investigators say they will be interviewing him. His account could be crucial in deermining why the train approached with such high speeds. Back to you. Ray, thank you. Todays tragedy is the latest to affect the busy rail system in the northeast. Youre looking at the last derailment in philadelphia. Eight people died and over 200 hurt after it was found to be going twice the speed limit. An engineer says he was drowsy when his metro north train derailed in new york city in december 2013. Four people died and more than 60 were hurt in the earlymorning crash. That commuter train was also going too fast when it rounded a sharp curve. We will look at which bay area trains are equipped with a special system to slow trains down. Crews are looking at efforts to slow a fire that has charred nearly 4,000 acres and is 22 contained. Residents are slowly being allowed back into their homes. Chris nguyen is live. Chris . Reporter residents were able to return back home yesterday but those who live on the santa clara side, evacuations remain in effect. Were currently located on that side this afternoon. If you take a look behind me, you can see that fire activity, the huge smoke above and it is, of course, affecting the air quality. Crews are doing what they can to get this thing under control. As crews battle the loma fire, residents continue to feel the effects. I do have asthma and allergies so the more im active, you know, the more my asthma acts up and then having the air quality to deal with that, too. Reporter sky 7 shows some of the progress being made. Firefighters are cutting and cleaning up break lines to keep the fire from spreading. Winds are in the forecast for tomorrow afternoon so time is of the essence. We want to make sure this fire is not only out in those areas so we can let the folks back in so they dont have to evacuate before something blows up. Reporter students say the smoke has been noticeable. Sometimes its hard to breathe a little because you can smell the smoke a little. Its been really bad. Reporter superintendent steve batondo has instructed all schools to keep Outdoor Activities to a minimum. For now, students are staying indoors for lunch and recess. The kids are inside and get a little squirrelly and its hard for them to sit inside. Reporter Community Members say its a smart call. I see ashes on my car. So if im seeing the ashes, i can just imagine what its doing to our health. Reporter many looking forward to taking a deep breath without the smell of smoke. There will be a Community Meeting tonight to brief residents on this fire. It starts at 7 00 at the Loma Prieta Elementary School in los gatos. Santa clara county, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Thank you, chris. You can see the local clouds and sea breeze continues to cool down the area. Well check our current continues, 77 degrees and relative humidity is rising. Winds are light and let me give you a look at the 24hour temperature change. It is 90 degrees cooler in fairfield and at this hour yesterday it was cooler in concord and livermore. You can see that all around the region the cooling continues. And that pattern will stay with us during the overnight hours. By midday, we look at temperatures in the low to mid50s. A development of coastal fog. 7 00 tomorrow morning, we see more fog and temperatures in the low 50s. The day will get off to a cool start tomorrow. A lot going on in the weather right now. A lot of changes coming our way. You can keep on top of all of those changes, advisories and alerts with the abc 7 news app. A San Francisco man pled guilty to kidnapping a vallejo woman. Matthew muller changed his plea as part of a deal with the federal government. Prosecutors agreed to not pursue a charge of more than 40 years. Denise huskins turned up two days later in orange county. Coming up, melody will have reaction from family members of the victims. There was a fatal motorcycle accident in vallejo. The biker collided with a big rig. The one and two westbound lanes were closed for 2 1 2 hours for the investigation. Hunting down a possible arsonist. People who use the iron horse trail along monument boulevard have seen fires popping up. Amy hollyfield has more from concord. Reporter look at this burning tree that came close to an apartment complex. Jean davis took these pictures and shared them with us. Firefighters think it was set on purpose. They evacuated us and im like, what is going on . I seen the smoke from my apartment and im like, oh, god, oh, jesus. Reporter the fire destroyed a car parked outside of the homes. This happened along the iron horse trail. Firefighters say this is one of dozens of fires recently set here. Weve had numerous fires over the last several months starting in the early summer months until the heart of fire season. Reporter you can see evidence of fires along the trail lined on both sides with homes. Residents are worried about their property, families and kids at this school. Im more nervous because there may be a day when im not here and how am i going to get to my daughter. The fires have been occurring at all hours of the day and night and all week. Reporter residents are asked to be on high alert. Just keeping the phone close, knowing that i can call 911, knowing that they respond so quickly is very reassuring. Reporter ugly spots like this dot this beautiful trail. Firefighters saying they need everyone to be on the lookout if by any chance you stumble upon a fire and see someone watching it burn or leaving the scene, they say try and get a good description. In concord, amy hollyfield, abc news. One lawmakr one after another ripped into the an employee of Wells Fargo Bank for opening up accounts without Customer Knowledge in order to meet sales goals. The ceo testified that the people who knew about the fraud were not high on the corporate ladder. So far, of the people that we have found is branch managers, their manager in some cases and a manager of a manager. So thats the work weve done so far. Wells fargo is also facing a penalty for illegally repossessing cars owned by members of the military who defaulted on loans. Bloomberg news reports the bank took the cars rather than obtain court orders to do so. In a statement provided to abc 7 news, wells fargo said in part, in those instances where some Service Members did not receive the appropriate benefits and protections, we did not live up to our commitment and we apologize. A wild car chase in Southern California had people scurrying for safety. A black toyota prius slammed into another car in San Fernando Valley this morning. Just when you think the chase is going to be over, the suspected car thief drives on to the sidewalk and one person was pushing a baby carriage. Officers were able to capture the man after he crashed right there into a parked car. But that was nuts. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00, nearly a month into the school year and nearly 100 teaching positions are still vacant in San Francisco. Whats going on in the district . Plus, the consensual consent app creating a big controversy. Also a. Hopeful sign for a dungeness crabber following a miserable crabbing season. Into this is a live look at 411, a look at the san mateo bridge. Eastbound traffic on your left hand side. Thats normally the heavier commute direction at this hour but moving smoothly. In fact, theyre bringing crime, when mextheyre rapists. Ople. Are you going to have a massive Deportation Force . Youre going to have a Deportation Force. Were rounding em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. Were going to build a wall. Thats not america. Were all californians. Im tom steyer. Its time to speak out. Please, register. And vote. Vote. Nextgen California Action Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. Well, this is a problem that Many School Districts are going through. Not enough teachers. Right now, there are close to 100 teaching positions San Francisco unified just hasnt been able to fill. Abc 7 news education reporter has the latest. Lyanne . Reporter larry, i would not want to be head of Human Resources for any School District in the San Francisco bay area. They have kbryet to hire 99 teachers plus another 71 teacher aides for a total of 170 vacant positions. As of today, september 29th, there are 99 teaching positions in San Franciscos Public Schools that have yet to be filled. But the School District is making sure parents know this doesnt mean 99 empty classrooms. Some of those are being covered by longterm substitutes or covere by people who would otherwise be in other positions. Or retired . Or retired, folks weve had to bring back. Reporter the president of the school board understands how disruptive this has been for the entire district. Teachers do, too. I think any time a kid goes through the year without having a permanent teacher, it kind of sets the year off. Reporter the report says vacancies are mainly in special education and language arts. Both the School District and the Teachers Union blame the expensive rental market, making it difficult to hire and retain teachers. People come here eager to teach in San Francisco and then realize they cant stay because they cant afford to stay. Reporter the number of teachers with credentials has also decreased in recent years. This has also contributed to the shortage. Alex is a teachers aide. There are 71 professional positions. Were having teachers working, being asked if they want to volunteer to work during their prep time. Reporter ironically, a few years ago, teachers were being laid off because of budget cuts. We need to develop a stronger teacher pipeline and support our teachers so they can stay here. Reporter in San Francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. And abc 7 was at a program to fight islamaphobia and racism. The goal is to breakdown barriers and stop bullying. One out of two to four out of five kids, muslim kids, throughout the country experience harassment and bullying. And it takes courage to mentor middle School Students so they can feel empowered to be activists at school. Reporter San Francisco mayor ed lee and George Gascon say october 21st has been made know your classmates day. An app called sasie allows sexual partners to sign a virtual consent agreement ahead of time. Information is stored in a database that only police or a Disciplinary Board at a school can access. People we spoke to about this new app, kind of skeptical. When youre in the heat of the moment, i mean, im not going to lie, a lot of folks, they will forget all about the app. It defeats the purpose of somebody having the right to say no at any given point in time. Legal experts say the consent forms would probably be admissible as evidence in a rape trial. A hopeful sign for those who make their living catching dungeness crab. Last year was a total disaster. In the coming months, theres a lot to make up for. Matt keller has the story from santa cruz. Reporter a busy morning in santa cruz. The wholesale fish warehouse Sells Everything under the sea, literally. Well, maybe not everything. You see, last season, dungeness crab off our coast tested positive for acid. Crab season did not start until may. The industry lost millions of dollars. I think for everybody involved, it was pretty devastating, for the fishermen, wholesalers, retailers. To lose that in the wintertime is pretty difficult. Thats usually what pushes you through the winter. Reporter but hope is on the horizon. The California Department of Public Health just released the latest test results. It shows dungeness crab from Crescent City down to monterey, dont panic yet, experts said its normal for this time of the year. Test results are a good sign that the season could be on track for you to have a crab feast for the holidays. It will be a nice welcome back because i know im a local. I love local crab. So just to see it back on the docks in the market will be very, very nice. Reporter crin santa cruz, mt keller, abc 7 news. Im getting hungry looking at the crab. Yes. Spencer christian is joining us now. A possibility of rain . Actual rain. Some light, actual rain. But were in one of those unsettled weather patterns. Here we go. A few drizzles last night. You can see low clouds near portions of the coastline right now. There could be some drizzle in there. Weve felt the cooling effect at the coast. Nice view at our east bay hills camera. Patchy low clouds overnight. Cooling continues through the weekend. This is quite a cooling trend we have had developed. Chance of showers still on sunday mainly in the north bay. Right now, were looking at a temperature range from 55 degrees up to 85 degrees inland at brentwood. There arent many warm spots right now. Concord and livermore. Look at san jose, only 69 degrees. Much cooler than most locations. Low temperatures tonight will begin to drop a little as well. Lows in the upper 40s in some north bay valley locations. Generally, in the 50s with a few patches of low clouds and fog across the bay. As we give you a timeline, tomorrow, the breezes continue to be rather brisk and in the evening hours. Most locations see winds gusting around 20 Miles Per Hour. Stronger in some coastal locations, up to 30 Miles Per Hour at point reyes. Tomorrow, conditions range from upper 50s at the coast to mid60s around the bay and low to mid70s in the mildest inland locations. Heres our threeday outlook. Breezy tomorrow and into the evening hours. Sunny skies tomorrow. Partly cloudy on saturday. It gets cooler on sunday and showers in the north bay. We use the storm impact scale to inten intense see of 1 to 5. It ranks at 1. Some spots see no rain at all. Starting at 7 00 sunday morning, notice by midmorning well see a sweep of light showers. The activity is confined normally to the north bay throughout the day and into the afternoon hours. Perhaps down near the golden gate, there will be light rain but should be all over by sunday night. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Breezy autumn day tomorrow. High temperatures tomorrow and saturday, ranging from mid50s at the coast to mid70s inland. Cooler, chance of light showers north bay on sunday. Slight chance of lingering showers on monday morning and then it will start to get milder midweek next week with inland highs back into the 80s again. Id like to see some. Yeah. There will be more. Id advise keeping an umbrella handy. Thanks, spencer. Jumping at the chance to be the donald. If only for one night. And tesla back in the spotlight today. Another driver is blaming his accident on the companys autopilot. Tesla faces new questions. In germany, a driver is blaming the autopilot for rearending a bus. The driver suffered minor injuries on a hamburg. Mercedesbenz may have taken a big move to take on tesla introducing the generation eq at the paris auto show. It features a slopedback suv body with all kinds of technology, cameras instead of mirrors and instead of knobs and buttons, theres a touchscreen. It will sell for about 50,000. A chance to look president ial if only for a night. Abc 7 news, the most sought after this year is the donald. The race is not over yet and you can see mass of Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. You decide which looks more president ial. They are all competing with the usual scary stuff. For the most part, i dont think our sales for trump masks have been going to curiosity hounds. The spike in sale is no surprise. That sends to happen in election years and even tourists from asia and europe have just been buying them up. Many voters, i believe, would choose neither mask. They want to be scary. Those are your best choices. Just kidding. Coming up at 4 00, one communiy wants to nix the housing part of it. Why thats not sitting well with nearby cities. Also, in the race for the white house, were live in the one ohio county thats picked the winner of each president ial election for the last halfcentury. Thats quite a record. And astronaut scott heres a look at the headlines for 4 30. Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a commuter train to slam into a train station in hoboken, new jersey. One woman on the platform died. 114 died and many were injured critically. The engineer survived and is cooperating with the investigation. There is a Safety Control on tr