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KICU 10 OClock News July 6, 2013

Mikaelian. And im fred summerville. We appreciate your patience. Bart service is back. As promised the train was running by 3 00 this afternoon. Riders returned after the 4. 5 day strike that brought service to a grinding halt. The truce may only be temporary with the possibility of another strike 30 days away. We have Team Coverage tonight beginning Noelle Walker who says commuters are counting on a deal before the deadline. Reporter frank, take a look. The bart trains are filled with orange and black, giants fans who are sad about the game but happy to have a ride home. A few people said they will believe the nightmare is over when they see a final contract. Reporter its the evening commute, and the skeptics are plenty. Im about to find out if its worth it or not. Reporter for the first time this week, bart passengers have a ticket to ride. Bart is working reporter trains got back on track at 3 00. Its been such a drag this week. Reporter morris hitched rides with friends all week. Tonight he is hitching his hopes on bart. Hopefully they come to a longterm agreement so it doesnt happen again. Reporter hes not alone. Today was a lot more quieter than yesterday or the day before. Reporter muni trying to keep bus on time this week. They were passing up stops because there was not room for everyone to get on. Reporter today, theres room to spare. You could almost throw a cart wheel, i think. Reporter drivers are not convinced the nightmare is over. We will wait and see. I will wait until they get a contract. Reporter for the first time this week, thats no lines at the temporary transbay terminal. Theres temporary signs with temporary routes, but its nice to have the permanents back, even if its temporary. Its time to get off the gravy train, but i do support the bart workers 100 . Reporter fans are cheering that part is back that bart is back in time for the train. Im a season ticketholder, and i would not have come. Reporter bart has until next month to reach an agreement. Lets keep our fingers crossed. Just hang in there. Reporter again the long face here tonight are because of the blowout giants game, not because of bart. Theres a 1month contract extension until august 4th. After that, who knows what. Reporting live, Noelle Walker,. Bart says they spent 100,000 a day to provide free Charter Service across the bay, and it lost 1 million a day in fare revenue. Once you subtract what they saved on operating costs and wages, they lost 3. 9 million during the strike. Its been a brutal week for the regular riders l stuck in traffic, queuing for a ferry, or waiting for a bus. We found commuters waiting for a bus this morning, and they said they endure 23 hours commutes into the city, and they are glad the trains are running again, but they are worried because bart and the unions have not reached an agreement. I hope they change their minds not to do this again. Its horrible. It makes us miserable. For people who dont make a lot of money this is just not right. The charter buses could only accommodate 2,000 to 4,000 passengers, 1 of barts 400,000 daily riders. Continuing coverage. In 30 minutes, the warning for anyone caught hassling a union employee. Other transit issues, the union saying one of the sticking points is safety. Today atu local 192 posted this picture to facebook, showing a shattered window on a bus. Someone threw a rock at the bus at 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. The contracts also expired last sunday. They said progress has been made in the contract talks. The city of oakland will be at the bargaining table. Thousands of employees staged a 1day strike last monday, accusing the city of bad faith bargaining after years of pay cuts and furloughs. Bay area firefighters kept busy on the 4th of july this is one of two fires that burned. Investigators say illegal fireworks caused the blaze. A veteran firefighter told amber this 4th was the worst she has p ever seen. Reporter thats right. The fire chief said this was the worst with four fires. It was quiet and peaceful in this east oakland neighborhood, blocks for highland hospital. This is what the skies above oakland looked like last night this is Youtube Video of the illegal commercial fireworks in the sky. It was horrible. It felt like a bomb going through my window. Our house was going sideto side. Reporter this neighbor suffers from Breast Cancer and could not rest because of the noise. She made two calls to the city on the hot line for people to report illegal fireworks. My biggest concern, there are rockets with a whining noise, and they would land on the roof. Reporter neighbors say their calls to the hot line were answered by a dispatcher, but no one came to help. Our dashcam shows what it looked like driving on 880 last night. The city acknowledges it got 200 complaints about illegal fireworks. Police said they were busy responding to violent crimes. Police Responded to multiple assault shootings, one of which was fatal, and a pro test march in downtown oakland. Firefighters put out this fire, and a fire chief describes what it was like last night responding to problems all over the city. This is one of the worst 4th of julys i can remember as far as illegal fireworks in the city of oakland. Reporter police say illegal fireworks is not an arrest they can offense someone for. Citywide, just one person was cited for illegal fireworks. Amber lee, ktvu channel 2 nudes. Investigators believe they know what went wrong at a Fireworks Show in southern california. That wasnt supposed to happen. Thousands of people were watching the show when the fireworks suddenly shot horizontally instead of up into the sky. 39 people suffered burns and shrapnel injuries. It appears one mortar exploded prematurely and knocked over the stand holding the other fireworks. Illegal fireworks are being blamed for the fire at a boat Storage Facility in seattle. It was just before the authorized Fireworks Show was supposed to start. 14 boats were burned beyond repair. Tonight investigators are trying to determine if illegal fireworks are to blame for the death of a richmond couple. They son is in critical season. 50yearold bonkio and her husband mern lee palms were both killed. Their 26yearold son who lived with his parents in the converted garage suffered severe burns. I see these people practically every day, and to come out here this morning, and to discover that two people are dead in my neighborhood is tragic. Fire Officials Say the son, who is said to be mentally challenged was seen earlier last night setting off fireworks in the street and jumping over them as they went off. There were remnants of fireworks and cigarette butts here the doorway. Sheriff deputies are out in force, checking for drunk drivers. This is the check point in san mateo tonight. Some counties are reporting a drop in arrests including san mataeo. Marin county says their arrests are up so far. City college of San Francisco will lose its accreditation next summer if they cannot fix serious financial and administrative issues. Patti lee with what is up next. Reporter changing tires on a speeding car is how some officials describe the schools efforts to meet accreditation standards. Its illegitimate. Reporter heads of the college denounced the decision to pull the schools accreditation next july. Its absolutely outrageous that they could come in and say we are not good enough. Reporter theres only one move left, and that is to appeal the decision. Time is running out. An appeal will be filed by the end of the month. If the administration makes the necessary changes, it could save the school. We are open. We are going to stay open, and we are going to do everything in our power to stay open. We want you to sign up for classes, and we want you to come here. Reporter but the uncertainty weighs on students who say they have sacrificed a lot. If they lose accreditation, they will not be able to get the jobs they want. I have to be able to get my transportation together to get by to come to school every blessed day. Reporter this student is juggling school, a job, and two kids. She doesnt know if she should enroll next term or cut her losses. She just got the news on wednesday and needs time for it to sink in. Patti lee, ktvu news. Caught on camera. A woman beaten and robbed on a bay area street. Im just shocked. Video of the attack, and the specific part that police want you to see. We had a dropoff in temperatures today. Where to expect more fog tomorrow and the warmest conditions this weekend. Usually firefighters are responding to alarms, but now they are sounding one. They say staffing is dangerously low and could get worse. Another Fire District is about to close, the fourth to close in the county this year. The other is on west leeland road. And that is where Jana Katsuyama is live. Crews could not respond to some medical calls . That is right. This entire station, 87 in pittsburgh will be closed. I have never heard a fire chief say that resources were dangerously low, but thats exactly what the contra costa district fire chief told me tonight. Reporter last night contra costa Fire District crews were on the run trying to handle all the calls about fires. We were super busy yesterday, going from call to call. Reporter station 87 answered nine calls, but they are set to close on monday. The Firefighters Union president said the resources are dangerously low. We had to stop responding to medical calls but there were times when there were hours of whole sections of a community had no fire coverage. Reporter we checked with the fire chief to see if resources were really that lacking he said i believe were at a threshold that is extremely dangerous for the community and for our firefighters. The shooting was reported at about 1 30. Police say the gunman came up to a group of people outside a bar and just started shooting. A 24yearold man from San Francisco was shot in the stomach and ended up dying. A 22yearold man was shot in the leg. A third victim was graced by a bullet. An Oakland College student appeared in court and was charged with two counts of murder for a deadly shooting inside a wing stop restaurant. Two employees were killed monday night near lake merit. Police identified gurley. Gurley thought two men were after him and he ran to the back of the restaurant and hid in a freezer. When two restaurant employees went to investigate, gurley firing at them thinking that they were the two men. And a main line broke. That section of diablo road will stay closed for at least a couple of days but according to east bay m. U. D. Water service is now restored to all customers. California Energy Officials today commended all the efforts that people made to conserve power this week. In fact, they say it helped prevent rolling blackouts. Californias independent system operator or cal i. S. O. Says there was record demand for power. But it saw an immediate drop in usage and that helped prevent outages. This is good for the power grid in terms of reliability its good for everybodys pocketbook because theyre going to save money at the end of the month. And these are megaw atts we dont have to put on the grid. Caliso is asking people to download their power grid app. It allows people to track Energy Demand throughout the state. The job picture is improving better than anyone expected. 195,000 jobs were added last month and more people found work in april and may than previously reported some 70,000 more. The Unemployment Rate started at 6 because more people started looking for work. People not actively searching for jobs arent counted. Nasdaq was up 35, investors seemed to shrug off concerns. We have developing news tonight involving the americas cup. We just spoke with the italian team within the past hour and that team is pulling out of sundays first race. The italians are upset with rule changes and have set a new runner regulation helps the american team. So much for starting with a splash. Even tonights time trials were kapbs ltd. Cancelled. A uc davis man tried too break up the day for disappointed race cup daises hoping to see the big boats. High winds meant the vessels could not come out to participate in an offshore parade. Many spent the day just lounging on the ground. Be prepared for quite a show. Reporter Race Organizers and skippers meanwhile waged an on shore battle and attempt press council. If you dont turn up, you will not get points and you will not win the race. We have nothing but to say that a tenure rule one week before the event. Sponsors want to see these boats sailing. At one point you have to think that sponsors are not going to pack up and go home. Reporter still, people say they are disappointed. Its like cutting off your nose without your face. Reporter an international t the dispute. David stevenson, channel 2 news. Were talking about all these triple digits for fairfield and livermore. Look at the temperature drop for the inland spots for today as weve increased low clouds and the clouds will be a big part of our forecast for tomorrow morning. As far as more temperatures from this afternoon, the official highs lower 60s right near the immediate coastline. Mid80s in san jose, santa rosa 84 degrees. The shallow marine layer is deepening as a result, supporting that cool marine air all the way to the inland spots. So here we go tomorrow morning at 6 00 and 7 00, lots of cloud cover out there near the coast. Near the bay and even a few patches well inland. Coming up well highlight the warmest day on the upcoming weekend and the timing of our next warming trend. Bay area hand glider got the scare of his life recently when something went terribly wrong with his equipment. The line was hooked to a towline. He says all was going well until the towline would not release his plane. Ryan and the glider started hurdling toward the line. He had to let his leg go with both hands to reach his parachute. Thank goodness it deployed but he was able to get control of the glider. And at the last minute, the towline breaks and the glider lands safely on the ground. A woman robbed in San Francisco by a group of men but its what one of the men did next that is so startling. You kids should count yourselves lucky. We didnt have uverse back in my day. You couldnt just. Guys. There you are. You know you couldnt just pause a show in one room, then. Where was i. You couldnt pause a show in one room then Start Playing it in another. And. Im talking to myself. [ male announcer ] call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. San Francisco Police hoping a Surveillance Video will help them find a man who robbed a woman then kicked her in the head while she was on the ground and knocked her out. Ktvus cara liu obtained a video and we want to warn you here, it is very graphic. Reporter this heavily traveled area near Market Street and dolores is where a violent attack took place just before 2 00 this morning. Surveillance video released by police shows what happened to a female victim after a group of five people robbed her of her purse and smart phone. Yeah the victim is down on the ground already. And then you have the suspect coming back and kicking the victim. Hit her in the face so violently it knocked the victim out. Reporter the victim is recovering at home. We showed the clip to folks in the neighborhood. Thats not acceptable. The best thing i can say is, once again, just make sure you are watchful and careful. It seems like the sort of thing that happens but you dont hear about it that often. Especially not right on the Market Street. In this part. Its too close to the castros, im very shocked. Reporter three people were arrested the morning of the crime. It appears some people are acting as look outs possibly. Theyre pacing back and forth looking around to see whos around, maybe the police are coming. Reporter authorities still need help identifying the personal who delivered that final kick. Officers want to hear from any additional victims. Cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. A San Francisco veterinarian suggests that stricnine is the poison placed in meat balls to make pets sick. Laced meat balls have been found in cold valley, the lower hatte and green park. Its very dangerous for dogs. The poison is used to kill gophers. It causes seizures which is very dangerous. Reporter oscar the datsun that ate one of those meat balls is expected to recover. Nelson mandela offered a tribute. Some sang outside of the hospital. A fire brigade also marched in formation. One of mandelas friends from his days of the apartide fight said the noble prize winner was responsive earlier this week. He said there is no reason in his opinion to remove the machine that is helping Nelson Mandela breathe. A day of rage, violence in egypt turns deadly. But first b. A. R. T. Is back. The warning and the consequencing facing anyone found hassling a b. A. R. T. Employee. The b. A. R. T. Strike is over and trains are running but the two sides still have to strike a new deal on a new contract and have only 30 days to do so. Ktvus Deborah Villalon asked b. A. R. T. And the union if they can reach their destination without another work stoppage. Reporter its what b. A. R. T. Customers have been waiting for. The sounds of normalcy, the chance to step on to a train once again. A happy fourth of july now. Last night i saw it on the news. I was really happy. Yeah. Reporter are you worried its going to happen again . No i think its going to be good. The job is now done. Reporter with a truce both agree that they were not close at all to get off the picket line. We have with staoad the attack by b. A. R. T. On our members. Reporter the new clock is already ticking. You could strike again . We could, this is not a cooling off period. This is a period to let b. A. R. T. Know they have 30 days. Still passengers we talked to would rather savor the moment than stress about the future. This is huge. This is huge. This is a good sound to hear. Go b. A. R. T. Reporter and workers they are paid docked the past week seem relieved too. Its great to be back at work. Yeah. Reporter everybody smiling

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