Few feathers, and i dont mean on daffy duck. The unions have said they dont like dealing with him so it is not surprising these past couple days have gone smoother. They should take advantage that he is not here and maybe we can get to a deal. Reporter both sides have been singing the praises of the three mediators who are here including george h. Cohen. He has been in talks with pro football, fee basketball, and pro hockey. Hopefully they will make a difference. At this point, i still cannot tell you whether we will have a strike tomorrow or not. Brian webb kpix 5. Brian, thank you for that. We will check back later. As we have been reporting night after night, people are down right angry about all this. As allen martin shows us, even those wideep connections, there is no denying that. Reporter we spoke with a former member of the b. A. R. T board of directors. While the two may not see cry to eye, they certainly see problems. The angst this is causing, the anger. And it is not the first time. Every single time since we had a lengthy strike in 1979, every time. This is nothing new. So, how do we prevent this standoff from happening again. They say the problem lies partly with the board of directors. What he sees is an unnecessary lair of bureaucracy. There are three elected transsit boards. Two of them are in the bay area. B. A. R. T is one, strike ac transit is tore. B. A. R. T started in the early 1960s. A lot of us leaved that everything was democratic in those days including how you make a train run. It is a place where elected people dont need to be. A lot of places they do need to be. This is not one. I say not the board. I say the structure of collective bargaining for problem transit workers needs to change. The disfunction lies in the fact that you have two parties, unions, and management negotiating when the big impact are on a third party that is the rest of us, the public. And if you think this round is bad, just revisit 1997. I am mad. I am upset. I am dispinted. Just prohibiting transit workers from striking, they do it in new york, and certainly the bay area is no Greater Union than the city of new york. We have alwaysed that same dynamic of going down to the last minute, and that has to end. Now its important to note that b. A. R. T is created by state legislation. So any significant changes to how the board operates or how these negotiations are conducted has to come out of santa clara. It is an interesting concept. He mentioned new york doesnt allow their transit workers to strike. I dont know about muni. I think they are also prohibited from striking. I could be wrong. There is too much at stake. There are too many people at. Well check in live at 6 30 for an update and, of course, bring you any developments live as they happen. You can also find transit alternatives if b. A. R. T does go on strike. Check out our survival bide on kpix. Com. Meanwhile, ac transit is pleading for Governor Brown to accept in before its workers walk off the job this week. Kpix 5s ryan takeo spoke with a labor expert who said ac transit workers are taking a cue from their b. A. R. T counterparts. Ryan. Reporter thats right, ken. The expert says ac transit workers want a better deal in part because of b. A. R. T. Either way, east bay bus riders could be without a ride as soon as thursday unless the governor odes taco bell cooling off period. The ac transit bus line might as well be a lifeline. Its how riders like this waiter get to work. Like many ac transit riders, he does not have a car, and he cant imagine what it would be like without a bus ride. It would hurt loot of people, too. It would hurt loot of his coworkers. Half of the lum staff took Public Transit in today. A lot of money would be lost for people whoa just cant get to work. Obviously, it would be a real mess. Thats why ac transit asked Governor Brown to step in and order a 60 day cooling off period to delay a thursday strike. Ac transit leaders have come to two agreements with 192 leaders, but the rank and file rejected both of those deals. Now we are at a quandary wondering what we will hear from the union next and where we should go from there. Yesterday ac transit leaders said the timing of this strike and the fact it is so close to a possible b. A. R. T strike is merely a coincidence. A strike notice is not timed for the b. A. R. T negotiations. But uc berkeley professor says ac transit drivers are probably reacting to the b. A. R. T talks. I think obviously they are being influenced in some ways by whats going on with the part strike. Both part and ac transit workers face issues. They want safety addressed. You cant blame anxious bus riders worried about how they might get around after shootings. Unlike b there are no backups for these bus. That means im going to have to pay a lot of money to take cabs to work. The labor expert warned that b. A. R. T Union Leaders will then have to sell whatever deal they make to their members that something ac transit Union Leaders have not been able to do twice. New at 6 00, the u. S. Supreme Court Reporter today paved the way from the release of thousands of inmates by rejecting an appeal from Governor Brown. A federal Court Ordered california to reduce its prison population because of overcrowding. The state has fought it insisting it has addressed the problem and is giving prisoners proper medical and health care. The Supreme Court, however, rejected that appeal. The Supreme Court took up two cases dealing with affirmative action, and the outcome will likely be felt here in california. Jeff nguyen has more. Reporter just as the students took part in a rally as the u. S. Supreme court took up the issue of affirmative agency again, ucla says African Americans make less than 4 of the student population. Asians or international students, i see them every where by dont see people that look like me. The case before the High Court Says a law of 209 says race cannot be a factor in college admissions. It went into effect in 1988. Mercedez is applying for grad school at ucla and says getting in should be based solely on credentials. I wouldnt want that person with the lower requirements to have more points over someone that might be better call fid for the program. Here at ucla, the prop 209 caused the admissions rate of under represented minorities to drop between 1996 and 1998 bring nearly half. I think were still ham strung by this law. Dr. Hunt is a former chair of the Admissions Committee at ucla. He says admissions at ucla and berkeley the talk of two campuses has improved the last few years but the gains have been modest. Back in 2006, there was a New York Times article that said less than 100 freshman will be african american. For students like this, getting into a Prestigious University is one thing. What you get out of it may depend on a diverse environment. In Orange County there isnt much diversetism here at ucla, that is why i love it because there are so many different backgrounds and it is fun to meet everybody. At ucla, jeff nguyen. A rash of truck thefts has companies watching their backs. Patrick cedillo has more about the target for thieves. This the probably the second time in the past two years we have had a large loss of commercial type vehicles. Reporter a different type of crime rate is hitting. The large increase in the theft of predominantly ford, f 250, f 350. Some of the 450s. Someone is shifting work trucks. Not to sell on the black market but for their paid load. Taking the vehicles to another location and then stripping the vehicle of all the tools and equipment. Whoever stole this truck didnt even think to look under the hood. These parts are worth thousands of dollars, but they wanted something they could take and sell easily. Work tools, drills, grinders, anything that is not bolted down on the vehicle itself. Monday morning we came in to work and my guys were here ahead of me. They questioned me. Adam buchanan went to work last week to find this truck had vanished. He thought he would never see it again. Three days later we got a call from a local gas station that says please come pick up this abandon truck. Everything was left intact on the truck. The tires alone are worth hundreds of dollars. Thieves ended up with nothing. But it had a load of trash in it. They didnt need it, guess. For many, the tool there is a are stolen are priceless. These are tools they have accumulated not over the last couple years. Some over a lifetime. Patrick cedillo kpix 5. Police tell us about a dozen commercial vehicles have been stolen over the past two months. Maybes jolted out of bed as the feds surprise Mexican Drug Cartel suspects. The bus that went down right next to a day care. This is a unique fix to a unique problem. Remember those broken bolt on the bay bridge . Now we are getting a closer look at the fix designed to protect us during an earthquake. Highs for many brought another frosty night. Frost advisory for the second straight night. We will talk a cool down and how chilly the temperatures will get in my 7 day coming up. Im sure there are 40 fabulous people that we want to meet. A sweet job opportunity for bay area chocolate lovers, and the hiring process is anything but traditional. , look at them with that uverse wireless receiver. Back in our day, we couldnt just move the tv wherever we wanted. Yeah, our birthday entertainment was a mathemagician. Because if theres anything that improves magic, its math. The only thing he taught us was how to subtract kids from a party. Lets get some cake in you. I could go for some cake. [ male announcer ] switch and add a wireless receiver. Get uverse tv for 19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. At Kaiser Permanente weve reduced serious heart attacks by 62 , which makes days with grandpa jack 100 more possible. Join us at kp. Org and thrive. Up to the sound of fbi and swat agents raiding their neighbors homes. As kpix 5s don ford reports, one suspected mexi as some east bay communities woke up to the sounds of fbi and s. W. A. T. Agents raiding their neighborhood homes. As kpix 5s don ford reports, one suspected Mexican Cartel drug member was bust near a day care. An fbi s. W. A. T. Team raided this house before dawn. Inside they captured 47year old huer save gonzalez. The feds say he is mart of a Mexican Drug Cartel. The subject in this case is considered around and dangerous sew our agents used extreme caution when entering and making those arrest. Before sunrise, six search warrants for served across the east bay. Two more in antioch, one each in oakley, pittsburgh and concord. We consider this location location number three. Here rat this site delay found cocaine and methamphetamine, but no weapons. When agents couldnt open a safe, they hauled it away for a lock smith. Neighbors were shocked to wake up and learn a Mexican Drug Cartel member might be living next door. Yolanda braggs offer rates a childrens day care. It makes me very nervous because drugs comes with violence and things like that. Wow. Only yards away is Martin Luther king junior high. I am glad they caught this man. Hopefully they can clean this stuff out of here. We dont need it. The fbi says its been a good day. As a result of todays open ration we were able to arrest four individuals, search six locations, seize drugs, and process these sites all in relation to a drug cartel. The fbi says the suspects will be taken to downtown oakland where they will be arraigned in u. S. Federal court today. In antioch, don ford, kpix 5. Other bay area headlines tonight. An autopsy has been completed in the death of that british sailor during the americas cup training. Andrew simpson died when his boat capsized in the bay back in may. Medical examiner reports say simpson suffered extensive trauma to his head and neck and drowned. Take a look at the car that ran into this salon in san jose. This picture was captured by the san jose Fire Department. This is the aftermath. No win dean a little bit of shattered glass. Two workers were in the store at the time. No one was hurt. That window is now repaired and the salon is open for business. For weeks we have been focused on the threat of another b. A. R. T strike, but remember the bat bolts that threatened to delay the opening of the new bay bridge . We couldnt stop talking about that. Well, crews are now installing the permanent fix for that problem. Tonight, we can show you what it looks like. This is a unique fix to a unique problem. Beneath the deck of the new bay bridge, the permanent fix for those bad bolts is taking shape. Along the way there have been tweaks and revisions, but the Overall Concept has remained the same. The last time we saw this job crews were laying the ground work for the saddle, literally. Carving nooks in the concrete so it could lock into place. Now, about six weeks later you can see that saddle. Thats where the steel cables will be threaded through to secure one of the bridges seismic shock absorbers. If you could see inside, they have litling channels and they will start putting the tendons which will be anchored at either end. Those kind of go up and over and they will be basically tensioned on both sides. That clamping force, that pulling down that will provide that same clamping force as the bolts were supposed to provide securing the cables doesnt end with those steel cases. As you can see, there is quite a bit of rebar sticking out. That is for a giant concrete blister which will enclose the entire fix. One that is done the false work will come down. We are still on schedule to have everything installed by december. And then once every box has been checked and t crossed and i dot 0, then they will start to remove this. Reporter see. You forgot about the bolts, didnt you . Cost of the fix, 10 million. How could we forget about the bolts. Forgot about them. We knew everything there was to know about the bolts. The bolts to the b. A. R. T. But you know what, that is a beautiful bridge. It is. Talk about the commute. Reporter nice when you can look through those tables and see nothing but blue sky. Many beautiful structures in the bay area. The bay bridge is one. Lets take a live look outside at another one, the golden gate bridge. Not a cloud in the sky. No marine layer. You hit 78 in San Francisco today. One of the many warm spots throughout the bay area. Mount diablo as views from dublin. 82 in oakland today. A record low this morning of 45. Then you warm up to 82. Santa rosa, you had a record low of 36 and climbed 44 degrees all the way to 80. 79, the high today in san jose. As i mentioned, San Francisco, 78. Nothing on kpix 5 high def doppler. We will stay dry, but something did happen in berkeley earlier this morning. 1 00in the morning we had a minor earthquake. 2. We had an earthquake in berkeley earlier today. No damage reported. Satellite radar, big circle i put over the west coast because we are staying sunny and dry all courtesy of High Pressure which will keep us dry for the next several days. The high will be moving a bit. Not moving much dorm. Chilly start. Sunny, mild finish is exactly what you will have tomorrow. Thursday, i am seeing a little bit of a change. No rainfall. Rain will stay far away. It will kick up a light on shore flow drop our temperatures down about 3 to 5 degrees. 74234 San Francisco. Cooler than today, but b. Sunny, mild in the city. Concord 81. San jose 80. Everyone running about 3 degrees above average. Oakland, 80 degrees. 83 tomorrow for livermore. Extended forecast, sunshine right on through the you could with. Look at that saturday and sunday. Not as warm but still plenty nice. Low 70s near the bay. Mid 60ed at the coast. 80s inland. Wondering when is the rain going to start . Long range computer forecast models say about a week or two from now. A lot of people have already shut off the sprinklers, kind of thinking. Reporter yeah. Not yet. Soon. Coming up, apple thinks outside the b. Why its putting its face on a woman who made a certain kind of plaid popular. I just want to be able to meet the people behind the paper. A Golden Ticket to a sweet job. The creative way a bay area Chocolate Company is hiring for the holidays. ,,, the Great American novel. So you can happily let life get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. So you can finish the Great American novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. So you can again. The Company Announced its hiring burberry ceo Angela Ahrendts for a newly created position. Shell be senior vice presit overseeing the operation of apples retail and online stores. Ahrendts is credited with transforming the burbey image from stale to chic. She starts work in the spri. Apples also banking on itst generation of ipad models. E company unveiled this colorl invitation to the media forn october 22 event in San Francisco. It reads we sti have a lot to cover. Apple last updated its ipade amost a year ago when it unveiled the ipad mini. A chocolatier in concord is ready to hire its holiday employees quadrupling i staff. Kpix5s ann notarano reports instead of the usual paper resume, this coy wants people to show why te a chocolateir is ready to quadruple its staff. Kpix 5s Ann Notarangelo says this Company Wants people to show why they are the sweetest candidates. This is about as close to being a kid in a candy store as a grown up can get. The companys owner is ready to sweeten up her team. I am sure there are 40 fabulous people we want to meet and they want to come work with us. Christmas is starting early this year with people already starting holiday orders. Rachel is in a time crunch to hire 40 people. Dish washers, delivery drivers, people in shipping, passages, manufact