Canada or texas in a blue nissan versa. 6 wcu 986, california license plate. We have breaking news in San Francisco. Crews are fighting a brushfire burning near the San Francisco national cemetery. The fire was first reported around 2 00 a. M. And continues to burn at this hour. No threat to structures. We will have a live report for you at 5 00 a. M. Now ac transit workers could go on strike tomorrow. Christine reports drivers have been without a contract since the end of june. Kevin has been driving a bus for 13 years. He says its a dangerous job. Last month ac transit drivers in their own labor dispute kept driving even as the bart trains came to a halt. Ac transit is threatening to strike as early as wednesday. Im gladly fighting for us. We need it. We havent had a raise in over 8 years. Reed makes 26. 65 an hour. Nearly the maximum a driver can make. Ac transit offered the union a 9 raise over 3 years and wants workers to pay 10 for medical. The unions want 10. 25 raise and resisted changed. Reed believes closing that gap could mean adopting bart workers tough tactics. Its how you play. Its a 50 50 shot. Kpix 5. Christine has been covering both. The tone of the talks differ in there has been no fighting or finger pointing in the case. Bart contract talks are on hold for now. Governor brown ordered an inquiry into the dispute. Unions are preparing for that. The board of inquiry will have a public hearing tomorrow. It will give the governor a report on negotiations. Then the governor will decide whether to call for a 60 day cooling off period. Heres a look at who is on the board. Jacob applesmith. Micki call callahan. And robert balgerorth. 4 33 now. Bay bridge traffic should be back to normal today. A far cry from yesterday when a fire caused a major westbound back up most of the day. Lanes at the accident site were closed for more than 9. 5 hours. Joe looked at why it took so long to clean up that mess. A big rig that crossed the bay bridge burst into flames. Ten hours later, the heat of frustration was still boiling over as these folks got out of their cars and into each others faces. For most of the day, westbound traffic was at a standstill backed up for miles. Its crazy. Some drivers couldnt hold it and ended up using the bathroom on the freeway. Many others ran out of gas. The cops declared the crash scene clear around 4 00. Ironic, on the very day the bart strike was averted. And even with bart, theres still a traffic jam. I get it. Its funny but its not funny. What took so long to clear the scene . Chp tells me it took a while to put the fire out and let the wreckage cool down. Then they had to bring in a huge tow truck. Then they had to bring in heavy equipment to clean up the debris. The chp had to conduct an investigation which included taking pictures and measurements. Cal trance had to spend time kpix 5. Still no word on what may have caused that fire. The truck driver pulled over because he thought he had a flat tire. Next thing he knew the ring was engulfed in flames. Now been fixed. The problem originated with a disitem Many Airlines used for registrations. American, alaska, jet blue and Virgin America were affected. The outage started just after 830 last night. 50 with alaska airlines. All Computer Systems were restored by 11 00 p. M. The white shirt, memo went out. Red kind of compliments. One of the primary colors. Hows it going . We look like one of those fancy cup cakes. The most accurate forecast you can do is a forecast of persistence. That is whatever happened yesterday is going to happen today. Seriously. Thats what were going to do. Nothing is ever going to change. We have fog and low clouds and the drizzle. The temperatures this morning is starting out in the 50s. 54 at concord. 55 in oakland and 54 in San Francisco. 58 in san jose and santa rosa 52. About where we were yesterday and this looks the same as well. Fog and low clouds have packed in through the coastal valleys and spilling into the 680 corridor this morning. And we continue cool. Numbers as much as 13 degrees above average. Santa rosa around 82. Well manage only 70 today. 13 degrees below average. Were going to continue with the cool regime. If you knew what yesterday was like, you have a beat on today. Thats weather. Lets hope traffic is better today. Traffic is better today. Yeah, we had a lot of hiccups yesterday. This morning it is smooth sailing. If you are crossing the bay bridge, overnight road work on the upper deck. A lot of it should be picked up about now. It is from the s curve out towards the first exit, the fremont street exit. The toll plaza, no delay. Out towards 880. This is one of our hot spots. Northbound 880 ride. There is lanes blocked due to the overnight road work. If you are coming through the pass, the westbound 580 commute continues to move well all the way out towards the dublin inter change. And checking mass transit, bart systemwide on time, muni, cal train and ace train all on time. 4 38. A corrupt San Francisco politician is back in town after doing time in federal prison. A former supervisor is now at a Halfway House in San Francisco. Its a story youll only see on kpix 5. In 2007, 6 months after jew took off, raided his offices, his flower shop and homes in San Francisco and burlingame. Accepting to shake down the chinese immigrant owners in the sunset district. After being suspended from office, jew pled guilty. Also accused of lying about living in San Francisco when he ran for supervisor. He and his family actually lived in burlingame. He says that under the rules of his program, he is not allowed to do any interviews until his sentence is fully served. That will be sometime next year. In San Francisco linda yee, kpix 5. Jew will remain at that house for a couple weeks and be at a house of detention for the rest of his sentence. The driver accused of plowing his car through crowds of people in venice beach board walk is scheduled to be in court today. A memorial is growing with candles and flowers honoring victims of saturdays crash. 38yearold Nathan Campbell swerved around barriers. An italian woman was killed. Explain what happened and what i feel. So long i want to come back. She was a remarkable young woman. Really bright and shiny person. 16 others were hurt in the crash. 4 40 now. Crews are close to containing a wildfire. It has burned 1500 acres so far. The fire started yesterday morning in the Cleveland National forest. Large clouds of ash covered the sky creating a big brown haze. Oh, yeah i was worried. Nothing i could do. I was stuck on the 91 freeway up the 15. Now under mandatory evacuation orders. No houses have been destroyed. More than 250 firefighters are working on that fire right now. Chevron agreed to pay 2 million in fines for the fire in richmond. Chevron will plead no contest because of a fire that sent toxic black smoke into the sky. 15,000 people went to hospitals. 19 employees were hurt. The fire happened one year ago today. A trio of serial bank robbers may have struck again. This photo shows one of three Men Authority believes are responsible forearmed robberies. Just last week multiple banks were hit in richmond and lakeside neighborhoods. Enthuse men could be behind these men could be behind robberies. The measure passed last night by a 7 to 2 vote. Many opponents call the ban an attack on the citys homeless. 4 42. Coming up. A traffic spins out of control for a Police Officer and the wild ride. Some food could be labeled organic even if its not true. It even knows you by name. Now its easier than ever to experience deep, restful sleep with the sleep number beds dualair technology. At the touch of a button, the sleep number bed adjusts to each persons ideal comfort and support. And youll only find it at a sleep number store. Where right now our newest innovations are available with 48month financing. Camera 4 44. A man in russia thought it was an idea to plow into a Police Officer. The officer was trying to pull over the driver when he found himself clinging to the car. The driver sped up causing the officers hat to fly off. The officer was not injured when he fell off the car. The driver was arrested. Wow. 4 44. The new york yankees Alex Rodriguez will appeal his 211 game suspension by major league baseball. He played his First Major League game since under going off season hip surgery. He will be able to keep playing during the process. A dozen other players were suspended. Their sentences were shorter and none of them are appealing. Strawberry season is in full swing in most super markets give you a choice. Before you pay more for organic, check out what linda yee found out only on kpix 5. Its a summer favorite , strawberries. But theres something about the organic ones consumers dont know. They are actually not 100 organic. Theres a gray area in the rules. Been growing strawberries without any pesticides for decades. But they are not raised from scratch here. He buys starter plants where huge nurseries use toxic fumigants. Federal and state organic regulations allow farmers to buy the nonorganic plants when theres no other choice and still get to call their strawberries organic. Thats what were trying to do is get it to be organic from the beginning. The reality is growing these guys in large quantities without fumigants is difficult. Strith commercial food guidelines say these have to be 100 disease free. Currently the only way we can guarantee that is with fumigants. Researcher new ways to grow strawberry plants without the toxic chemicals. One ongoing experiment involves flooding fields. But admits . Expecting something that is extremely hard to achieve. And its very hard to achieve in a nonchemical way. This conventional strawberry grower says hes tried no pesticides and its more than hard. Its impossible. Economically speaking 100 dead. Doesnt work for you. No. Tried a pesticide on one section with drastic consequences. So far hes pessimistic. I, myself, dont like chemicals. They are expensive. They are a nuisance to use. They have an affect on our environment. But they are necessary tools. Organic farmers disagree. Its really a different ballgame. And you cant expect to catch on to it overnight. The organic farmers are banding together to come up with a solution to close the organic loophole. Linda yee, kpix 5. Even though organic strawberries start off in fume gaited fields shg the berries themselves are pesticidefree. If you love the weather, brian is here to tell us. Its on the chilly side. Its going to be about as warm in maine as some of the warmer parts of the bay area. Agusta is 78. And well hit 78 for most parts in the bay area. Numbers will nudge 80 degrees but a lit of a repeat performance. Around the bay, its cloudy and inland, low clouds right now. Those will burn back inland at least. The clouds will persist along the shore line and partly cloudy and cool side at the margins of the bay. Low is just staying off the coast and its finally going to pack its bags and head inland but not until thursday and friday. Its going to lower the temperatures. Well stay cool to mild today and drizzle along the shore line. But if you do go to sacramento, 88 will do it there. Possibility of dry thunderstorms at tahoe and yosemite. And with those dry thunderstorms, maybe not the best day to climb which i had planned on doing. 70 at mountain view. 73 san jose. 79 pittsburg and 8 0 fairfield. Temperatures in the mid 70s and pleasant along the 680 corridor. Up in the bay low 70s. Cool it down between now and thursday and friday. And by sunday, we might begin to creep back towards seasonal highs. As we struggle to reach the mid 80s, elizabeth is doing a fine drive on the morning drive. Its road work slowing usz down. Check out 880 camera. Unusual amount of delay s. You can see it in the far northern end of your camera. You can see that bottleneck growing. Northbound 880 approaching 23rd. Thats the exact location but were seeing a few flashing lights. Not backed up towards the Oakland Coliseum but give yourself extra time. It is scheduled to be picked up by 5 00 this morning. Southbound 880 if you are heading towards oakland airport, that looks okay. Westbound 92. Kinda bright. Looks okay if you are heading out towards the high rise, 15 minute drive time heading toward foster city and coming towards the east bay. Lets go to our maps quickly and talk about overnight road work. Westbound 580 by hacienda. Slowing now as you approach the dublin inter change. Developing news out of washington. The u. S. State department ordered the evacuation of nonemergency government workers from yemen. A phone call made by alqaida chief and his deputy. And Authorities Say the terrorists have talked about unspecified big attack. The state department issued a Global Travel alert to americans and dozens of embassies and consue lates were closed. A pennsylvania man is in custody accused of opening fire at a township meeting killing three people. Two other people were hurt before others managed to tackle the gunman. 59yearold rocky newel l had a longterm dispute with local officials. Officials suggest the central bank should cut Bond Buying Program next month unless the economy tanks between now and then. Stocks were mixed yesterday. The nasdaq did manage a small gain of 3 points. Watch what you say on twitter. The kind of tweets cracking down now. When you hear what some bay area parents are willing to spend coming up. With mcat breakfast. Ar menu home of the irresistible sausage burrito. 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And right now our newest innovations are available with 48month financing, including the sleep number memory foam series. Sleep number. Comfort individualized. The giants come to town, its buybuy baby. And its breezy and cool. And checking the bay bridge right now, what a difference a few minutes makes. Already starting to see a few delays. No metering lights just yet. More time saver traffic coming up. Thanks so much. 4 54. Weve heard dont drink and drive but how about dont drink and walk. Drinking and walking can be just as deadly. 35 of pedestrians killed in 2011 had blood alcohol levels above the legal driving limit. And of the pedestrians ages 25 to 34 who were killed, half were alcoholimpaired. Fewer 16yearolds were driving these days. Only 44 of todays teens get their license within 12 months of eligibility. 54 of teens get their drivers license before they turn 18. 20 years ago more than two thirds of teens were driving before age 18. One reason teens wait is because they dont have a car. Twitter is cracking down on abusive behavior. Its created a new button to help users report threats and other violence. This is in response to rape and bomb threats tweeted to female politicians and journalists. The abuse button is available on mobile versions of twitter but added on the web and other applications by next month. Parents used to save money to send their kids to college. Now, its preschool, believe it or not. The harker preschool offers a College Campus like atmosphere. The price tag 22,000 a year. Academics are something that are focused on often. But many other things to focus on. And parents are coming to us about questions. Tell us about the well rounded education you are providing. Tell us about the many experiences theyll have. Parents will find out if their kids have been admitted. Set on 8 acres and opens next month. 4 56. Sent fleeing. The latest on a fire burning close to homes. Reporter one strike averted. Now another could be on its way. Ac transit workers are threatening to walk off the job. How these talks stack up against bart negotiations. ,,,,,,, could have gone to another state, could have gone to another country. Statewide amber alert for two children from southern california. Ac transit drivers threaten to strike on wednesday. The tone of these talks being different than the bart talks. Frustration boils over after a ten hour traffic mess on the bay bridge. Three people were killed and others injured when a man opened fire at a municipal meeting in pennsylvania. Alex rodriguez booed as he faces a suspension. Im fighting for my life. The parents are asking for a High Quality Program they can believe in. Bay area parents shell out 22,000 for preschool. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix5 news this morning. Good morning, tuesday is here. Im frank mallicoat. Good morning. Michelle has the morning off. Lets get a look at weather and traffic. Good morning. Were starting out with temperae s in the 50s. The closer you get to the shore line, drizzle out there. 54 in the city and 59 in san jose. Fog and low clouds pulled in over the bay. Take a while to burn back. Near the shore line as we stay 13 degrees cooler than we should be for this time of year. Santa rosa only at 70. Concord upper 70s. The complete forecast coming up. Lets get a look at the road ahead. Thank you. Let o