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Cases even beating up passengers. Definitely scary. Reporter the acting deputy chief says Surveillance Video played a kril cal role. We got some clear quality images. Other individuals reporter Images Police arent sharing because most of the suspects are juveniles. Weve issued today multiple arrest warrants. Reporter crime on bart is up. Mostly robberies. The acting deputy chief says staffing is also up. Officers are working fiveday shifts instead of four. Since march, bart police say they have arrested 19 people connected to group robberies. Saturday night, officers were responding to an attempted suicide at another bart station when the coliseum incident occurred. I fear for my safety. So thats why i carry my back pack this way now. Reporter police are creating a Multi Agency Task force. Hopefully it doesnt happen too much in the future. Reporter if it does, bart police say there will be more arrests. You will be identified. Reporter in the meantime they are reminding distracted passengers. Listening to music. Reporter this is a crime of opportunity. I am going to do this right now. And leave it there. I have to turn it off for courtney way. Reporter in oakland, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. There is this, barts newest train cars broke down during testing overnight causing delays that extended into the morning rush hour. Sky 7 was over the fourcar train which was towed to Barts Hayward shop. The train broke down in overnight testing at 4 45 right before the system was supposed to open for service. Terrible timing. One of the current generation trains had to push the disabled new train to a siding track. The agency is still investigating why the new train broke down. A martinez neighborhood is now safe after a marathon standoff ended with a suspect surrender at 2 00 this afternoon. Now, we just got this photo of the suspect. His name is gregory prokopwicz. The incidents started in walnut creek. You can see right there, that is where police moved in after they say a man killed a woman and in this video from last night, you see the man Holding Police at bay in martinez and then heres that same standoff location all the way down there this morning. Police trying to wait out the shooter. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony has been on the scene all day long. Laura, are these back to normal . Reporter chris, they are. They are getting back to normal. They explain why the standoff lasted so long. They said they were dealing with a suspect who had numerous weapons. At least one gun, two knives inside the car. He was making threats. He apparently was using drugs as well inside the vehicle. The tense standoff between police swat units and a man suspected in the murder of a walnut creek woman lasted more than 19 hours. The suspect inside this mercedes. At one point even putting a sun shade across the front window. Later he got out of the car, hands up, and then scrambled back inside when swat officers fired two nonlethal stun rounds at him. During the negotiations they did not go well at some point he did threaten to kill one of our the negotiator that was speaking to him. Reporter finally the suspect appeared to drop what appeared to be a hand gun out the drivers side window. Moments later police fired three gas or ferret rounds shattering the cars windows and forcing the suspect out hands up. The negotiations went on around 19 hours with him. Some might ask why so long. And the reason is preservation of life. Were here to preserve everybodys life no matter what they do and we want to get him in custody with no one injured or hurt. Reporter 38yearold gregory is wanted for the murder of a 47yearold woman shot multiple times on first avenue in walnut creek thursday afternoon. Police say she and the suspect were in a dating relationship. Those who live around the martinez standoff scene were relieved it was finally over. I was able to maneuver. I was in the initial boundaries of it trying to come out. I was getting yelled at the whole time. Seemed like it took longer than it should have. What do i know, im not a cop. He had a gun. Nobody wants to rush into that. Reporter police have yet to release the identity of the woman killed in walnut creek. Laura anthony, abc7 news. A man whose beating by Alameda County deputies caught on Surveillance Video settled his case. Lawyers say their client will receive 5. 5 million in the settlement. Surveillance video captured the beating. It happened after he led the deputies on a highspeed chase that ended in a San Francisco alley. That was in november of 2015. He remains in federal custody on unrelated gun and drug charges. The short staffed San Jose Police Department Just got stronger. Its Largest Academy class in four years was sworn in this afternoon. Abc7 News Reporter david louie is live at a Fairmont Hotel in san jose where the Graduation Ceremony was held. And david, you found out there are even larger classes in training . Reporter that is correct. Well, christen, you know that 27 new offer certificates are a welcome addition to the Police Department. There are still 200 officers shy of its authorized strength. The class size also is significant. When you consider the recent classes have been down to as few as 7 recruits. The Graduation Ceremony for Academy Class number 28 marks a big come back for a department that has been des nated by retirements and by transfers. The class of 27 recruits is the biggest for san jose in four years. This is an absolute great start. Weve stabilized and were starting to grow. This academy is fantastic. Our incoming june academy is maybe even bigger than this. Reporter cuts in benefits and pay in recent years made it difficult to recruit and retain officers. A year ago a recruit class numbered only 7. By the voter approved measure to approve benefits and a new labor contract that raises pay 20 over 3 1 2 years are making s. J. P. D. Competitive again. Base pay for these newly sworn officers is 92,000. Top scale put them over 100,000. Im confident we could add 100 officers this year or more. Were able to continue to recruit in the way we have in the last two classes. But we know its a long haul. Reporter san jose has had to turn to mandatory overtime, reductions in service and redeployment of detectives to patrol duty in order to keep a minimum number of officers on the street. Now there are 27 more officers including san jose native daniel rodriguez. When i looked at being a police officer, i looked at what is the best Police Department within not only the state of california and the bay area, but throughout the whole nation. San jose was number one. Reporter chief garcia hopes recruitment success and Larger Academy graduations will put a dent in the staffing shortfall and make san jose safer. In san jose, david louie, abc7 news. Got business in sunnyvale . It may have to wait because city workers have Just Announced theyll go on strike on monday. Sunnyvale employees association said over 98 of its members voted in favor of a job action. It involves 450 of sunnyvales 900 workers including libraryians, public works and parks employees. The primary issue is money. Union leaders wanted 17 raise to keep up with silicon valleys high cost of living. The city offered 10 . Get ready to pay a lot more if fill up your car. Governor brown signed a new law that raises gas taxes in november. The tax is expected to generate more than 5 billion a year to repair californias aging roads and highways. Heres how youre going to be affected. The excise tax on gasoline will go up by 12 cents to 30 cents a gallon. On diesel the excise tax will jump 20 cents to 36 cents a gallon and the additional sales tax on diesel will also go up by almost double to nearly 10 . If you own an electric car, hey, you wont be spared. Youll pay 100 in annual fees starting in 2020. And by next year, all car owners will pay an additional vehicle fee between 25 and 175 per vehicle. She didnt make it to berkeley, but in just a few hours conservative comment ate irann coulter will be speaking in the central valley. This is video just into our newsroom from modesto will coulter will be the featured speaker at the annual lincoln day dinner. You can see mounted police are getting ready for protests that are expected to begin any minute now. We are also told private security guards will be there just in case. Today berkeleys mayor said peaceful coulter related protests yesterday proved the city was able to protect both free speech and public safety. All right. Stay with us. The next big fight in california versus trump. The president s new offshore drilling strategy sets up another clash and state officials are already planning their next salvo. Getting ready for may day marchers from San Francisco to the south bay. Thousands are expected to take part. Getting out of traffic fast. Elon musks high concept plan starting to look more real. Im abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. Warming up for the beach and pool. Well check out temperatures coming up. Today we are all tonight environmental activists are threatening to sue after President Trumps new executive order to consider additional offshore drilling off californias coast. Carlos granda from our sister station in los angeles has the story tonight. Reporter President Donald Trump issues an executive order that could lead to more offshore drilling. Officials here in california vow to fight it. The order includes parts of the pacific, atlantic and arctic oceans. It directs the department of the interior to conduct a review of all federal locations available for offshore drilling. This reverses a plan signed by president obama in december that blocked new drilling. Officials estimate there could be 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil and 327 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas. But opponents say getting to that oil and gas could lead to an ecological disaster. A spill off the coast of Santa Barbara back in 1969 released 3 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean and created a 35mile oil slick. Environmentalists say there will be a fight. I guarantee you there will be litigation over this by the state of california, probably by us, by other environmental groups. Im sure the Oil Companies will get involved. If they buy a lease theyre going to want to be able to exploit it. If they see people stantding in their way, theyll take us on. Reporter 27 Oil Platforms are now operating off the coast of california. But there have been no new federal leases since 1984. In santa monica, im carlos grande, abc7 news. And tonight a number of state leaders are threatening action. State senator Hannah Beth Jackson of Santa Barbara will introduce legislation next week to ban new oil and Gas Infrastructure on the coast. State attorney general Javier Becerra blasted the executive order with these words. Instead of taking us backwards, the federal gofrmt should work with us to advance the Clean Energy Economy thats creating jobs, providing energy, and preserving californias natural beauty. Lawyers for the Trump Administration asked for more time to respond to this weeks ruling on funding for sanctuary jurisdictions. On tuesday a federal judge ruled against President Trumps executive order to withhold federal money from those jurisdictions. Lawyers for the Trump Administration were due to file a motion to dismiss the case, but instead asked to have until next week to respond. The case was brought on by San Francisco and santa clara counties. Another major gathering of marchers is expected in several bay area cities on monday. Thousands will take the day off for may day. Its long been a traditional day of protest over economic inequality and social justice. Abc7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez is live. How will this years protest be different from years past . Reporter oh, you know, i think youre going to have many subgroups with different agendas all over the bay area. Now, anecdotally, im hearing that more Small Businesses this year will close to support workers. Now, we all know that some Tech Companies like facebook are giving employees time off to attend marches and rallies. May day was once about the fight over the eighthour working day. Today there are many causes behind this day of action. The economic struggles of working financia working families is one of them. 9 International Long shore Workers Union represent those working at the port of oakland. Dock workers will walk out on monday and have a rally at San Franciscos Justin Herman plaza. And make a statement that america is not working for everyone and we need a system and a country that works for all working families, not just the fat cats, the billionaires and the 1 . Reporter in the south bay with its large immigrant community, people will voice their disapproval of the wall which President Trump has said the country will build to keep immigrants from crossing over the border from mexico into the united states. 3 00 p. M. At Fruitvale Plaza where fruitvale is. Reporter they will protect the rights of workers and those who feel marginalized. For us to make the connection between all the different struggles, workers, migrant struggles, struggles against imprisonment and policing and see how these all affect our communities. Reporter all marches and rallies are expected to be peaceful events. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. The Sonoma County sheriff is showing off thousands of dollars worth of power tools recovered from several thieves. The thieves broke into a john deere tractor dealer in santa rosa yesterday. Authorities caught up with their van near one was pushed out in an attempts to get away. Tonight at 11 00, the abc7 News Eye Team takes you deep in the Emerald Triangle to show a dark secret among the marijuana fields. Rape, crisis counselors, Law Enforcement tell us women have been sexually assaulted by some growers and pot farm workers. Dan explores why these cases are so difficult to prosecute and what makes the women workers there so vulnerable. Thats tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. Tesla ceo elon musk apparently wants to be known as the boring guy. Not that kind of boring. He seems quite serious tonight about his plan underground. Must bei musk unveiled more underground links of autonomous rockets, zooming cars through tunnels at speeds of up to 124 miles per hour. The Boring Company is apparently already digging a hole in the parking lot of the tesla office in l. A. It is not clear when or if wide scale boring will get underway. This week spacex has scheduled a rocket launch with a very mysterious pay load. The space Flight Company is carrying something for the National Reconnaissance office. Analysts believe it is a spy satellite. Spacex is planning to land the first sage of the rocket back at the Cape Canaveral launching pad. Lift off is scheduled for 4 00 a. M. Sunday morning. What a day to spend outside in walnut creek, for example. Abc7 news was at heather farm where one teenager trained for soccer under clear blue skies. Looking good. And just across the way kids played on the allability playground. Even a duck enjoyed the warm weather which is about to heat up even more this weekend. Announcer now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. Thats right, it is going to get even warmer than it was today. Good evening to all of you. Take a look at live doppler 7. I want do show you something here from the satellite perspective. Notice where those clouds are headed. The storm track well up to our north. There is a large ridge of High Pressure that is going to continue to warm us up. So, we are going to see those temperatures rise even more as we take a look at fairfield High Temperature tomorrow, 82 degrees. 83 sunday. But as we head into the early to middle part of next week were going to be flirting with 90 degrees. Its going to feel like summer around here, especially in our inland communities and even the coast is going to get warm. A closer look at live doppler 7 showing you the absence of rain, were not going to see any rain over the next 7 days, but i do want to tell you that the rainy season isnt over. As you know in may, we typically get a few showers. So, i cant rule them out completely. But at least for the next 7 days it is dry. Take a look at the winds right now. Its a little breezy outside. Strongest wind is about 28 miles an hour out of the north in fairfield. It is down sloping wind is what has allowed you to warm up. But that wind is also a concern so wind advisory until 8 00 p. M. Tonight for solano county. Gusts 40 to 45 miles an hour may make