and pittsburg-baypoint. bus bridges, though, have been established between both stations in both directions to hopefully ease some of that congestion. plan for big delays this morning. we'll keep you updated. south 101 between candle stack and oyster point boulevard, two lanes are shut down for pothole repair. no word on how long they will be out there repairing that. we are seeing slight delays approaching the scene. how about some good news? we have a nice ride so far on the bay bridge. here's roberta with the forecast. >> good morning, as we are going to go ahead out the door this morning, we are going to see that we do have some clear skies. winds are nonexistent at this particular time. as you step out, if you want to grab a light jacket, okay. we have slightly warmer temperatures that the hour than just 24 hours ago. now, meanwhile, let's go ahead and take a look at the temperatures around the bay area. in the 40s and in the 50s. it is now 50 degrees inland where today's high temperatures will be unsea

there's a delay at pittsburg- baypoint line towards sfo. so that means a lot of folks might be taking it highway 4 and we are now starting to see some good delays as you work your way westbound out of pittsburg this morning. 36 miles per hour in some spots. so sluggish conditions now westbound highway 4. a little slow out of antioch, as well. we are going to check our drive time right now. we are about 10 minutes westbound 4 hillcrest to 242. so about three extra minutes now for your drive time so still bearable but again it is starting to slow down this morning. the bay bridge is not bearable. you are backed up into the maze. metering lights are on. we are starting to see delays now a little slow conditions coming off our approaches. that includes the eastshore freeway and westbound 580. 880 though that's one of our bright spots at least through oakland right now near the coliseum. no delays both directions traffic looks good northbound and southbound. south of there though, that's where you will start to see things really fill in. a lot o

the pittsburg/bay point is report continue meant delay. the bar schedule is looking good with 42 trains in service. we have issues with buses canceled. today is national transit driver appreciation day give your because driver a high five and we will explain more on the cancellations in a bit. mike? >> wish there were more to high five. good morning, everyone, the golden gate bridge shows the fog moved because of the wind at 14 miles per hour. if you are driving into the cloud there is enough moisture you may need the windshield wipers. 44-54 and milder and sunny-to-partly cloudy at the coast and the clouds stay stub on keep you in the 50s, up to 70 by 4:00, and around 60 at 7:00. grab a light jacket. bart riders can expect more bus bridges to get where you need to go. how are the riders dealing with the delay? >> i am catching a bus with the commuters this morning and we are on one of the buses, not is many people headed to pittsburg with three folks headed home or going to work in the opposite direction. the bulk of the people are headed

and pittsburg bay point. commuters are asked to lobby extra usually because it will be more crowded. there you go. stack up to the overcrossing here and we will look at what awaits on the span and it looks great beyond the metering lights with slow traffic from the central valley for 35 minute drive into tracy and over we are green. green is good. we will check with the slower drive times when we run. a game plan from the white house to have the going give supreme court nominee merrick garland a chance. >> you will not believe how fast >> you will not believe how fast this smash-and-grab >> santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> strange to think a balloon did this. look at this video showing a massive flaring of the exxonmobil refinery in southern california. a balloon hit a power line. it resulted in a voltage tip. residents called for the closure of the plant after an explosion in february. >> some san francisco public officials are using a secret app to keep their chats

between pittsburg- baypoint and north consumer report. extra busy on highway 4 because a lot of people are on the roads instead. there's that live shot. this is bus bridges in place to take folks over towards the north concord bart or into oakland this morning. again this is a closure due to the train problems on the tracks. you're going to see some delays there. so 19 minutes for your drive time westbound 4. hillcrest avenue to 242 this morning. eastshore freeway slow-and-go conditions as you work your way berkeley to emeryville. at the bay bridge traffic is backed up into the maze. your carquinez bridge to the maze commute is about 29 minutes now for your drive time. had an earlier trouble spot southbound 101 out of marin through novato that's been cleared out of lanes but still have slow conditions as you work your way out of novato into san rafael. eases up once you get to 580. no delays heading into san francisco. busy westbound 580 brake lights for some spots there once you get over to 680. 21 minutes for your drive time. west 580 a

we are responsing bart delays on pittsburg/bay point with a bus bridge for pittsburg north concord. otherwise we are green. that is what we hike. a couple of incidents, over the weekend we have an old broadway crossing demolished and southbound 101 is closed overnight on saturday and sunday and petaluma we have a closure starting tonight southbound 101 until tomorrow working on the petaluma river bridge project. full road closure. it will be a diversion. full road closure. it will be a diversion. mike has the weather. we are on a tight timeline we try to make up new words as we go along. and next six hours nothing is going on with live doppler hd and we have low clouds, and a lot of areas but for inland east bay and the north bay, marine layer is back, a cooling trend with mostly sunny conditions by the afternoon hours and partly cloudy at the coast the sea breeze will keep us cooler and the cooling trend continues tomorrow but spring starts at 9 pock in evening a chance of rain on sunday and monday and tuesday and light rain. antioch, in the 70s in concord and fremont and palo alto

>> it is aifing if you take pittsburg bay point line with bus bridge between the pittsburg and bay point station so give yourself extra time with less frequent stops and short are trains. we have an accident here reported and c.h.p. is arrive on the scene when 80, and road sensors are not showing too much slowing but through san pablo. we will check back on that and lane three is blocked southbound 101 in the middle lane so slow traffic is backing to highway 37. expect delays. we have bus cancellations. that is ahead. next report. mike? >> good morning, everyone, we will look at next six hours. you can see absolutely dry weather on live doppler hd. we have northeast wind at nine miles per hour. you can see the flag open right side blowing toward the ocean so ill be warm. that and the sun will give you spring fever. minor chance of rain in the seven-day outlook. today, 70 in san francisco and half moon bay and fairfield and antioch and cloverdale and morgan hill 77 degrees. we have to get 80s for record high. tonight, the marine layer develops spilling interest parts of the bay and the no

service and bus service between pittsburg and concord. back to you. >>> if you're looking for a new job or promotion, you may need to head back to school. >> we turn to courtney reagan live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, courtney, good to see you. >> good morning to you both. good to see you, too, sam and laura. wall street looks to add to add to the rally. stocks rising after the feds decide not to raise interest rates and signaling it may only hike them twice this year. previous lly than forecast. rates will continue to remain low. all those favors still won't see much of a return on their investments. look for data today on uneme unemployment. the nasdaq up 35 to 4763. >>> well, nearly all the big automakers are pledging to make automatic emergency brakes a standard feature on vehicles within three years. the systems use sensors including cameras, radares and lasers to detect an imminent crash and warn drivers before engaging the brakes. gm, ford, fiat, chrysler, toyota, volkswagen among those making the pledge. >>> may be t

pittsburg-baypoint line 10- minute delay towards sfo. keeping an eye on 4. seven minutes drive times steady. still very early but it is friday. westbound 4 hillcrest, 7 minutes, 65 miles per hour. the rest of the bay area quiet. no troubles along the san mateo bridge. in fact, if you are commuting out of the east bay to the peninsula, via the san mateo bridge, traffic is an easy ride across the span there. no delays out of marin. everything clear into san francisco along the golden gate bridge. bay bridge not seeing too many delays just yet. just a few extra cars there but so far, so good out of oakland into san francisco. our first look at 580 altamont pass to 680, it is "friday light" through here no there's connecting over to the dublin interchange. and pretty typical westbound as you work your way coming away from 205 connecting over to 580 about 33 miles per hour in some spots. if you are getting out of town heading over to lake tahoe, 80 and 50, no chain requirements right now. traffic is clear but again carry them to be safe. >> we have more snow in t

no train service running between north concord and pittsburg-baypoint. 10-minute delays on the pittsburg-baypoint line. long lines expected for folks using bus bridges. an extra 30 minutes for your commute, expect lines. highway 4 will be busy again. folks will use the road instead. westbound 4 so far, so good. hopefully it stays "friday light." 7 minutes between hillcrest to highway 242. so we'll keep our eye on that. no delays northbound 101 at the peninsula. south 101 at oyster point two right lanes closed for pothole repair until at least 5:30 a.m. elsewhere across the san mateo bridge, "friday light" no delays. it's an easy ride westbound 92 between 880 and 101. 880 itself north- and southbound near the coliseum so far traffic is very light in oakland. no delays out of marin towards the golden gate bridge. foggy there but overall easy ride down into san francisco on the southbound side of 101. looks like the bay bridge no troubles. san jose, you are off to a good start on the northbound side of 101 out of san jose all the way to the peninsula. >>> time now 4:51. defying the stereotype that m

back they will keep the bus bridge between the pittsburg bay section

pittsburg is june. tracy is 50. pacifica is 54. the activity planner shows good day for garden if you do not have allergies. they are watching upstairs in the newsroom today is the best day for swimming. and walking the dog is good. east bay hills camera shows how still and clean the air is, nearly 80 in the south bay. continues are cooler temperature with the wind shifting and saturday i will let you know if the cooling trend continues and the chance of rain. sue? >> we are taking a look at the san mateo bridge for 15 americans from hayward to foster city and reminder of bart, there are delays on the bay point pittsburg lane because of the early program that started yesterday. a bus bridge between north concord and bay spent so allow extra time. we will cover that obviously all morning. we will look at the walnut creek southbound 680 looking great beyond north main to 24 and 24 is good to the colorado tunnel with debris and c.h.p. has gotten that cornered up but we will check in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, sue, ramping up p

. >>> there is a 20-minute delay on the pittsburg-baypoint line in the pittsburg-baypoint and sfo directions on bart due to track inspections. they are running a train shuttle between pittsburg- baypoint and north concord. that train runs every 15 minutes during commute hours between 4 and 9 a.m. they have bus bridges standing by in case they need them. bay bridge so far, so good no delays out of oakland into san francisco. right now we are seeing a nice ride across the upper deck heading into san francisco as you make your way on 101 things looking clear, as well. northbound 880 at 23rd avenue. it's out of lanes but it's still there off to the right side of the roadway. chp and tow crews working on getting the vehicle cleared off. we are not seeing any troubles as you work your way north 880, 238 to the maze only 16 minutes towards the bay bridge. no delays across the san mateo bridge, 13 minutes between 880 and 101. and if you are headed to 101 and you have an early flight to catch at sfo so far, so good. everything in the green. 19 minutes north 101 from 92 to the 80 split. no delays alon

getting to pittsburg from concord, ten minutes, heading back twice as long. the time with the added transfer and wait is cause frustration. >> they are not doing their job and we pay for it. >> it could take 22 weeks to order the parts to fix the damaged trains but bart has no idea weapon the service will resume between the two stations. [ inaudible ] >> we just checked with bart and they said that they do have experts now looking at the tracks between the pittsburg/bay point and concord and martinez hoping to get it fixed and up and running as soon as possible. again, no timeline on when that will happen. >> we have gone from mouth to hope you understand how big of a problem is for bart. 58 cars have been damaged on the pittsburg/bay point. adding that to the other 80 damaged in the similar issue in the tube on for a total of 138 total damaged cars so there are only 689 cars in the thomas fleet so one in five cars is out of service. if you think this is centering around electricity problem that kills power to the power. engineers are working to try to find a

. >> good morning, reggie a bus arrived here from the pittsburg/bay point and emwere frustrated. they want to know when it will be back to normal. bart has not said. they showed up progress they made over the weekend they are looking at a test train on the trouble track between pittsburg and concord. it appears to run smoothly. they brought this an expert from the east coast but this word on when it will return to normal. riders handle it as best they can. >> a little surprised. pore hopeful it will be done in the next couple of days. britain and bear -- just grin and bear it. >> the bus bridge is adding time to the already long commute. when they are on the train they are crowded because the trips are shorter with 50 cars knocked out of service last week because of power subject the we expect a progress report from bart today and maybe this morning. the word is, expect crowded trains. the bus bridge is still in affect. no train service between pittsburg and concord. >> you can join the conversation by posting social media #dear bart. we are looking for video or messages you want

pittsburg-bay point line in both directions, dealing with about a 10-minute delay this morning and pittsburg-bay point to north concord we are still dealing with shuttle trains during commute hours there so plan for that this morning. bus bridges have been suspended. jumping to the freeways right now here's a live look at conditions along 880. so far, so good no delays north- or southbound right now traffic clear as you head past the coliseum there later on though tonight you have the warriors in town. they are back home hosting the clippers tonight so you might see some extra busy conditions along 880 this evening. so keep that in mind that tip- off is at 7:30. traffic is moving okay on the bay bridge westbound into san francisco. drive times will be steady off the eastshore freeway. not seeing any troubles as you work your way 80 carquinez bridge to the maze. and 19 minutes right now so that's an easy commute no delays coming out of 580 or 24. san mateo bridge easy ride so far if you are making that trek towards foster city. no delays between 880 and 101 right now. 13 minutes to make your way

bus bridge between pittsburg and north concord. i had only two lanes coming in to morning for 3:15 when i was driving by. now there are four lanes northbound and two southbound waiting for the zip are truck to give you four lanes southbound. san rafael is fog free. a good drive. from novato. 20-minute drive time into san francisco. traffic is light. we hope to keep it that way. we will have a road closure over the weekend. southbound 101 on saturday and sunday. to demolish the old broadway overcrossing. mike? >> thought we would start with the drought, the latest information focused on the darkest red where the exceptional drought is, at 35% from 46% when we started rain and down from 40% a year ago. live doppler hd shows all is quiet this morning but for the marine layer and the arrival delays at sfo. you can see the fog shooting through and taking over sfo. it will be mostly sunny and mild this afternoon, spring starts tomorrow with cooling trend and that will bring us a chance light rain sunday and monday and tuesday. the temper

i drove to the pittsburg bart station on friday. good thing you don't have to pay for parking right now and just jumped on the bus, came here, friday was out here, they gave us snacks while we waited on the bus. so awesome. >> reporter: keep in mind bart is still trying to recover from that surge in the system when the system went down a couple weeks ago in february when they lost a couple dozen cars so there's a lack of cars from that, plus now this is a whole lot less cars than they are used to dealing with and they will continue to try to figure out what exactly caused that power surge later on this morning. from north concord bart station, jackie ward, kpix5. >>> pretty serious accident at the west end of the dunbarton bridge, multiple vehicles involved and it is blocking lanes, backing traffic up onto the bridge as a result so give yourself a few extra minutes. you might want to use the san mateo bridge as an alternate. it is getting busy between 880 and 101. >> you're done. i'm ready. >> yes. >>> the weather out there, we've g

more slow traffic coming up and over the hill over toward concord from pittsburg . more people are on the road than normal because of the bus bridge that barked -- bart has set up. >>> traffic looking good i-80 southbound, and at the bay bridge, backed up to the macarthur maze, a 20 minute delay. >>> today's weather, rain is coming. >> that is correct. we should make you do a one- page report. and if you were there, did bruce springsteen play "code of silence." let me know if you were there. we have some pockets of fog, mostly clear to partly cloudy, especially south of san francisco. rainfall pretty good app in the cazadero, when inch of rain, occidental coming in just shy of that, and send the lena had three quarters of an inch, mill valley .39. after the north bay, it was rather quiet. except for ben loma, .91. concord .08, san francisco .09, and for some it was okay. one more system has to come through, early afternoon rain developing, and already up north. rain will eventually move south, and weakening, but everybody will get in on the rain by later this aftern

that is frustrating if you ride a bus from pittsburg/bay point or pittsburg to concord. >> it is difficult. i get open at bay point and it is should down i have to get this earlier, more traffic, and it is difficult. >> people are saying taking the bus bridge is adding a lot time to the long commute. when they are on the train, the trains are shooter because 50 trains were knocked out of service because of the power surge. we expect a progress report. the word now is to expect more included trains. and the because bridge. no trains between pittsburg and concord. >> for first time since 1928 an american president is visiting cuba. president obama has a jam packed schedule. here is what he is expected to discuss with the cuban president. >> the historic first moment a united states president arrived in cuba for the first time in thoroughly 90 years. president obama and the first lady cigarette staff at the recently re-opened united states embassy. the weathered building and the vintage american cars signed of the stagnant economy. the cuban government has relaxed limits on the internet, cell

>> : this train is leaving pittsburg and heading to concord. it's a test. so far mechanics say they haven't had > >kate:most of these sleepy passengers had no idea the bart train was a test. >> : i just want to get back to san francisco so i hope it doesn't break down. > >kate:it's that worry.and a mysterious issue.that has bart telling passengers to leave early monday morning. >> : try to be patient with the workers and wait it out > >kate:reporting in concord. this city have not yet to pinpoint the cause of all the damage--a say they have kate cagle. kron 4 news. >> vicki : make sure you download the kron four mobile app. so you can get bart and traffic alerts anytime and anywhere. the kron four mobile app is a free to download. for i-phone and android devices. a brothel busted in dublin. two people arrested for pimping and pandering. the f-b-i are involved in the investigation which spans several bay area cities. kron four's philippe djegal reports from dublin, and shows us where search warrants were served. sex trafficking in dublin just a stones throw

with speeds of seven miles per hour and 40-minute drive from pittsburg to concord. back in a few minutes and check on the bay bridge toll plaza where we had an early accident. next, apple is asking the feds for answers in their encryption case. >> forget the neck technique patches and how social media can help the smokers kick the habit. >> first, ginger zee on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> coming up on "good morning america" donald trump is under fire, hopeful refusing to become down after the campaign manager was charged with bat friday. video releaseed shows top aide corey lewandowski grabbing the report are's arm. up trump is joining us to up trump is joining us to discuss >> brussels airport is delay the re-opening, the man who runs the airport said it will be months before the airport is fully re-opened with pirs hoping to re-open parts of it by today. american airlines said they are canceling all flights to and from brussels until april 7. a total of 32 people died week at airport and tran station. >> 3,000 more security workers at the european champions

estamos viendo muchos viajeros apresurados esta manana take vo la estacion de pittsburg bay point esta cerrada y los pasajeros han tenido que recurrir a un puente de autobuses o autos privados para llegar hasta la estacion de concord / martinez y viajar hasta oakland o san francisco.... take sot take map y este es el mapa de la linea amarilla del bart - .. la falla electrica que se suscito ayer y causo el cierre de dos estaciones y dano varios vagones del bart / esta afectando solo el ultimo tramo que sirve el noreste del condado de contra costa entre el norte de concord y pittsburg bay point... paola on cam la buena noticia es que su viaje a la ciudad sera gratis para compensar por el inconveniente el bart no esta cobrando el peaje.... cuadrillas estan trabajando contra reloj para reparar la falla :01 (quick) :05 pregunta anchors for paola paola, esta falla est generando demoras en otras estaciones? qu dicen los funcionarios del bart al respecto? respuesta debido a que varios vagones de vieron dañados hay menos trenes corriendo de lo normal asi que la recomendacion es que salga con t

service between the pittsburg/ bay point station and north concord. is now shut down indefintely. bart still has not been able to has already taken 50 -cars out of service. kron 4's philippe djegal spoke with frustrated passengers. but we begin. with kron 4's charles. bart says, service >> reporter: 50 train cars and have been damaged normally use a blunt belsen bowl selection decision the third rail to power electric motors for unreasons the third real power man respected as high of 2000 votes on wednesday more power than the cardinal. the power spikes and damaged the out pocket-sized switches takes 22 weeks to get new ones and for that reason damage car could get a service for recent months. they're looking for alternatives butter sold sooner. for what's causing the problem in the first place they're working on it. but a logical engineers experts try to speed up the process. >> pam:bart passengers are reallyriders have been jumping on and off the bus bridge. from the pittsburg- bay point station all kron 4's philippe djegalhe has reaction from passengers this. but, yes, the frus

shuttle buses in place between pittsburg-baypoint and north concord. trains will run every 15 minutes during commute hours so a little relief for bart out of the east bay. the rest of mass transit is on time. no delays on the golden gate bridge. here's a live look at conditions as you work your way out of marin this morning. drive time an easy 14 minutes south 101 from 580 down into san francisco. and a first look at the san mateo bridge. 13 minutes between 880 and 101. and traffic is clear on 101 along the peninsula. sluggish from 205 eases up at the top of the pass and no delays on the dublin interchange where traffic is clear making that connector over to 680. frank? >> all right, jeans. thank you. >>> 4:39. president barack obama's historic trip to cuba ends today. the president will deliver an address to cubans in havana today. the white house says the president will call for the expansion of human rights on the island. the subject came up at a rare news conference between the president and cuban leader raoul castro who denied his country is holdi

back they will keep the bus bridge between the pittsburg bay section and the concorde station, still trying to figure out why they are having electrical surges on the track. they need to get those 50 cars that were damaged rolling again, and bart randy test trains -- randy ran the test trains yesterday, and they for now will continue to use the bus bridges. you can see how long the line was, and we have our commuter driving highway 4 westbound, and this commute is taking a beating. here is a live look at the commute right now, so if you leave soon, you will have pretty clear conditions. you can see the moon in the distance. we are talking about that area we just saw, and here is the map, and that bus ridge is putting more people on the road. going to the bay bridge toll plaza, pretty light in starting off well for the morning commute. >>> another round of wet weather bringing dangerous conditions to the coast, a high surf advisory has been issued from 3 pm this afternoon until 9:00 tomorrow night, and some areas could see waves of two 220 feet or higher. during that advisory, avoid t

delays between pittsburg and north concord. that section of the trains still not in service so do plan for bus bridges, give yourself a few extra minute to make the bus bridge this morning. 10 minute delay on the pittsburg base point line headed in the sso direction. the rest of mass transit is on time this morning. first look at conditions on the altamont pass westbound 580, your drive times looking good out of the altamont pass 680, no delays once you hit the dublin interchange. >>> firefighters found a body in front of their station in the east bay. kpix5's mark kelly on the gruesome discovery in oakland. >> i have never seen anything like this in my 15 years here. >> reporter: firefighter ross says when he reported to station 93 in oakley, he saw an unsettling scene in the driveway. >> i saw the police cars here thought maybe somebody crashed into the station. >> reporter: but ross says it wasn't a crash and this red car was a male victim dead with blood on his shirt. firefighters first saw the body when they were leaving o

there is no train service from the concord and martinez station to pittsburg/baynt. bus are run between both stations if both directions. yesterday during the commute many were frustrated because of the long delays and they say they did not know how long it would take to get where they needed to go. [ inaudible ] >> 28-minute delay the first train. crowded. >> it was crowded yesterday. this morning, people are holding out here to the bart station. up and early. earlier than expected. they want to give themselves plenty of time. if you are headed tout bart this morning, expect shorter trains on some routes and longer delays i checked on bart's relative time departure and currently there is ten minutes delay on pittsburg/bay point line. >> look at your screen: 58 cars have been damaged on the pittsburg/bay

more people are in the car, it seems, in pittsburg because of the problem between pittsburg and north concord. as a matter of fact, the traffic is going to be affected by this outage we are just about to talk about. look at highway 4. it is backed up well back into almost anitoch. this is one of those communities that's going to be really busy on highway 4. 680 is also a little bit slow from concord to walnut creek. we are also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. that is backed up all the way out to the macarthur maze. that's a 20, maybe a 25-minute delay. it's pretty thick there. san mateo bridge also have a lot of slow traffic and it's very crowded on this bridge getting over to the peninsula. so we have just a lot of slow traffic. hasn't been a great traffic day today so far. 7:02. let's go back to bart where some trains, as we said, this morning are not running because of an electrical problem that knocked out service on a section of the tracks in the east bay. christien kafton is live where a bus bridge is set up. >> reporter: yeah, sal, you're looking at the bus bridge in acti

pittsburg-bay point 10-minute delays in both directions. they are running shuttles for the commute 15-minute trains pittsburg-bay point line to north concord. so plan for that. that may ease traffic congestion on 4. southbound 880 starting to bog down just a little bit. looks like we are seeing some slower speeds as you work your way coming away from 28 on the southbound side. 11 minutes as you head down to highway 84. so still bearable cutting across 4 out of antioch slow and speeds around 41 miles per hour westbound 4 near pittsburg. it's going to be a beautiful day today. here's elizabeth. >> it is. we have a ridge of high pressure and it's going to stick with us through the next several days, in fact through the end of the week. it looks like nice springtime temperatures. temperatures out the door right now kind of widespread as you can see here. upper 30s in places like livermore we're seeing upper 40s even some low 50s around the bay. so a little chilly to start but then, yeah, lots of sunshine. here's that ridge of high pressure this

a section of the pittsburg line is closed for a second day. sky 7 is over the bus backup at two east bay stations. bart is flying in experts to figure out the mysterious power surge problems. i am natasha zouves. >> i am kristen sze. bart has discovered this morning twice as many train cars were damaged than originally thought. they work on a fix they run buses to transport commuters between the north concord and pittsburg/bay point station where tracks are shut down. tiffany is concord with the latest. >> kristen we are through the bulk of the morning commute and buses are arriving from the pittsburg/bay point and a lot of the passengers getting off are not that upset simply saying it has had ten minutes. >> sky 7 had two bart stations that looked like bus terminals. >> leave early. still down. but, the parking is full already, too early for this. >> a power subject between pittsburg/bay point and the north concord martinez stations took 50 cars out of service yesterday. bart set up a bus bridge to ferry passengers between the stations last n

>> yeah, mike, you know, if you're traveling between north concord to pittsburg bay point won't be a bus bridge and a number of commuters using that bus bridge this morning. an electrical surge that affected the tracks, damaging several cars. if you're going between both of those stations, you'll have to use a bus bridge and we spoke to one person who hopped on the bus bridge bus and he was a rush. here's what he had to say about these delays. >> early in the morning and not trying to take the bus here. i have to go all the way up to fris. got to get the money, right? get to work. >> i want to point out if you are at this concord station, you can still get to oakland and san francisco and at this time the fare is free, as well as parking here at b.a.r.t. a good idea to get here early was you expect some delays. >> pete, thank you. as this story continues to develop, we're going to stay on top of it throughout the morning, both on air and online. just head to nbcbayarea.com. for updates and download our flee nbc bay area app. >>> seaworld announcing a huge change to one of its most po

if they're going all the way to the city of pittsburg they have to get off the train and then get on a bus to keep going. >> this is because of an electrical problem between the north concord and pittsburg bay bart station. >> cristina rendon is live in concord where she got to see some of those damaged cars firsthand. cristina. >> reporter: hey, mike and keba. we are inside one of four bart shops. these are damaged trains under repair. this is a 24/7 operation because so many cars have been put out of systems. this right here is called a side wrister. bart is telling us this piece of equipment is what is getting burned out, receiving that high amount of voltage. this little part is about $1,000 to replace and can take up to 22 weeks on order. joining us now is bart spokesman jim allison. are you guys any closer to figuring out why this is happening? >> we are closer in the sense that we have located one spot between north concord and pittsburg bay point where this is occurring. it's not intermittent. it's virtually every train that goes over that spot soifnlt that sense we are close

bart travelers between pittsburg-baypoint and north concord will have to board buses like these. bart says add a half-hour to your trip. bart shut down a track after power surges damaged 50 train cars on wednesday. bart engineers still don't know why. passengers are at their mercy, in the meantime. >> sometimes incidents like this, i'm not aware of the situation, i'll be late to work and, you know, my boss, you don't want to hear the stories. >> reporter: so 50 cars were knocked out of service this week. 80 cars were benched two weeks ago because of a similar mystery surge problem in the transbay tube. bart is running shorter trains so they are packed with people. and that's affected trains systemwide so bart is ordering parts for these cars that normally takes about five months for the parts to come in so bart is trying to work with the manufacturer to make that a little bit shorter amount of time so they can get these cars back on track. it will cost up to $100,000. let's check in with gianna franco in the "kcbs traffic" center for the latest on your friday morning commute. gia

they opted to shut down part of the pittsburg/ bay point line in hopes that affected. >> we can't have anymore train cars get damaged we are already extremely crowded and to lose another train car is not an option. >> reporter:two weeks ago 80 bart trains were damaged near the west oakland station. those with bart say this appears to be the same problem in a different location. riders tell us they don't care what went wrong. they want it fixed for good. >>workin' all day, get on bart, they don't say nothing on the loud speaker.that's what they need to stop doing. return to index of >> reporter: those with vs one train is being used during the rush hour from here to the station at the bay appoint his burke stopped is not being used right now. it could be used tomorrow morning on the coming if, this changes or this is still the situation. j.r. stone, kron 4 news. >> pam: principal in berkeley. is warning parents about an attempted child abduction a few days after a man allegedly tried to lure a little girl into a van. >> pam:this comes just months after reported in the area. tonight, kro

the bus bridge will take passengers from north concord to pittsburg and passengers from pittsburg to north concord. the entire system is involved in a slowdown right now. and this will continue for probably until the evening, may into the morning time. we'll have an update on how long this problem will persist at 6:00. reporting live in concord, i'm cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> cheryl, thank you. obviously problematic for so many commuters throughout the day and into the night. and from what it sounds, we could stretch into tomorrow morning's commute as well. live pictures from our nbc chopper. this is the north concord b.a.r.t. station. we'll stay on this story throughout this evening commute and we'll be updating our digital platforms as well. >>> the nine-day man hunt is over. police say they've arrested the man responsible for crashing a stolen car into a seriously young boy and injuring him. daniel morris fled the scene of last week's crash and was on the run until police caught up with him. elyce kirchner joins us from vallejo. you just spoke with the boy's grandfather.

bart says it's still trying to identify an electrical problem between north concord and pittsburg. today experts conducted testing on the troubled track and revealed a plan to take even more train cars out of systems. ktvu's cristina rendon live with the latest on all of this. cristina. >> reporter: julie, some of the riders i spoke with are not looking forward to that bus bridge lasting through monday. bart says once it can figure out the issue that's going oniel the track, they can reopen it and stop using those bus bridges. while bart service is closed between pittsburg/bay point and north concord crucial work is happening on the tracks. an industry expert from the east coast who specializes in high voltage systems son board a test train. the train is equipped with measuring tools to pinpoint where the power surge is happening. >> if we can at least identify the exact moment we're having the spike in voltage it will get us closer to cracking the code of what's causing this. >> reporter: bart does not know if the problem is due to an aging. even if it's not, bart director rebecca

running two trains between pittsburg/bay point and north concord until 9:00 a.m. and connect the stations by bus bridge until 3:00 p.m. shuttle service begins at 3:00 p.m. the power problems started open wednesday when a surge damaged more than 50 train cars and took the line out of commission. >> milder this morning. in san francisco. the two cool spots are glen park, friend. bother temporary hill at 49. everyone else is around 50-52 degrees through the ferry building it is 54 and same in the financial district. also, richmond is 54. san leandro is 52. belmont is 51. he'llsburg is 50. everyone else is in the 40s from american canyon at 41 to palo alto and santa clara at 42. a look at san rafael where it is 50. south on 101, a lack of fog. a lot of tree pollen. and the u.v. index is high. prepare yourself for that. walnut creek is friend degrees of the under mainly clear sky. temperatures in the 60 long the cost. the rest of us up 70 today and tomorrow. and mid-70s on saturday. the easter forecast is next. sue? >> we will look at the bay bridge traffic is flowing

the pittsburg bay point stop. trains are not running right now between those two stations. >> pete joins us live from concord and, pete, it's probably a pretty big inconvenience or readjustment for b.a.r.t. riders. >> yeah, definitely an inconvenience for those b.a.r.t. riders and we just saw some of othem using that bus bridge that we mentioned to come from pittsburg bay point and coming here from concord. when they arrive, b.a.r.t. is giving them free rides one way. what we know according to b.a.r.t. this started yesterday morning and an electrical power surge and possibly an electrical power surge damaging several trains that left sidem-wide delays and this morning you can use the for getting between these two stations. now, a similar hap problem to happen two weeks ago that had affected trains going through the transbay tube. >> 80 cars two weeks ago, some of those have been repaired. what the riders have been experiencing the last two weeks, 16 trains are one car short. >> now, you will still be able to board

line between pittsburg north point and we saw more traffic. likely see more folks hitting the road, but a couple days to sort things out. maybe some better alternates and the rest of the bay shows a nice flow south bay peninsula. over here little build and no surprise. i want to show you that live look out there, though. another vehicle that looks like it's cleared. the tassajara stall and just a couple minutes, it's clear now, guys. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> people paying more money at the pump and major issue for folks. >> for more on that and the rest of the news before the bell, look who's back. landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> missed you guys. stocks could start the week in the green and futures are higher and the markets are coming off a fifth straight week of gains following the fed's decision to keep interest rates unchanged. look for data today on existing home sales and on friday the dow raised 120 points to 17602. meanwhi meanwhile, prices at the pump are moving higher. the average price of regu

we still have the shut will between pittsburg and north concord and already getting more golden gate bridge cancellations re-tweeting the departure times so follow me on twitter for departure times that are canceled. ace train is on time at vasco. >> new details in the san bruno iphone story. unexpected twist. after refusing to help hack a terrorists' phone apple is asking the f.b.i. for help. we explain. >> good morning, reggie, troubling for apple. the by file announced they were able to hack an iphone and apple has to figure out how to restore the security of the most popular devices. hacker is giving a reality check for highway safe the device is. >> this will always be a ato get into a device and the only safe device is turned off, meltdown and buried. >> there you go. cam judge officially were doctored the case between apple and the justice department. this is after the f.b.i. said they did not need apple's help to break into the locked iphone that plopped to a intern san bernadino's killer. but "forbes" magazine said an israeli company sold software to the f.b.i. reports show

bart riders being forced to take buses between the pittsburg bay point station and the north concord station because of an electrical. we will tell you about the testing going on right now hoping to eliminate this issue. >>> plus, more rain moves into the bay area today. why the recent rain has some officials rethinking water conservation measures. "mornings on 2" continues. >>> 7:00. a rough bart commute for so many in the far east bay. they have been forced to take a bus bridge between the north concord bart station because they are not able to run trains there in that small stretch. boy, it is adding time to people's morning commute. people are lining up on the bus bridges to make their way to work. >> an update from the north concord bus station. alex savidge out there this morning. >> welcome back to "mornings on 2". monday, march 21. i am gasia mikaelian. >> good morning everybody i i am brian flores in for dave clark. let's get your week started with a check on weather and traffic. steve is here. rain's gonna be coming in later on? >> for most, yeah. as far as the wear, southe

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passengers now stand on the same platform to continue to the pittsburg/ bay point stop. bart passengers have had to deal with shuttle buses between the north concord and pittsburg/ bay point stations for a week. an electrical problem damaged a number of cars. fixing them will take a long time - and could cost roughly 100-thousand dollars. trains will be shuttling >>:they had buses that were lined up back-to-back and if this ever happens again i hope that bart does it again because it was very useful >> catherine : trains will be shuttling passengers from the north concord station to pittsburg/bay point until midnight tonight. then tomorrow from 4 to 9 in the morning. new video tonight shows the immediate aftermath of the deadly airport bombing in brussels. at least 31 people were killed -- and 270 wounded. a second attack happened at the city's metro station. authorities say two of the bombers were brothers.. and now we're learning about potential warning signs that were missed. from our partners at c-n-n. mary moloney explains. >> mary : investigators say two suicide bo

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it has been eight days since a problem shut down the bart station between north concord and pittsburg/bay point. >> reporter: bart continues to cannibalize some of the disabled cars to get enough parts needed to keep the rest of the reduced fleet running. the bart board sat in rapt attention. first up, those mysterious power spikes that have disabled dozens of bart cars. officials say bart has exhausted all technology advisers without a solution so bart is now assembling a so- called tiger team of six or seven new experts to do nothing but find tout root of these problems on the concord- pittsburg/bay point line, as well as strands bay and oakland tracks. this tiger team is fresh but will have access to people and technology it needs. >> a group of engineers, supervisors, managers, a small group from the disciplines involved, primarily maintenance and engineering, the electrical group, and rolling stock and shops. it. >> reporter: so for now limited train service will remain on the pittsburg/bay point line meaning you still to have switch trains to get to or from where you're going. r

. >> the bus bridge between north concord and pittsburg is suspend but the test trains are running and passengers can take a ride. the mystery continues as the board admit there are no quick nexts -- fixes. a team has been assembled to determine the cause of the power problem that knock out dozens of cars. speakers from the east coast are trying to help. >> the group that has been working on it has done, followed every lead, every clue every possible that we could think of. >> officials want the next board meeting to be held in the evening in pittsburg so board member can hear from frustrated riders firsthand. >> marin county drivers dealing with detours have good news because some of closed roads will re-open. a mudslide forced closures on march 11. if you plan on drive on the peninsula, you may want to think of taking an alternate part of united states 101 will be closed in burlingame. you can see some of the construction work taking place at the broadway exit south of san francisco international. they will close all of the northbound late saturday due to re-open at 7:00 on sunday mo

pittsburg/bay point stations, 10, 15 minute delay in both directions on the pittsburg/bay point lines that will slow you down as well. bus bridges, though, are in place this morning. jumping over to highway 4 where we are keeping a close eye on your commute out of pittsburgh this morning, that westbound side so far traffic is fairly light, it's moving along pretty nicely, 63 miles per hour is what we are seeing as we clock in speeds there, so far, so good headed towards the east shore freeway but you might see extra cars on the roadway as a lot of people avoid using bart through that section there. taking a look at traffic through the altamont pass, speeds dipping to about 32 miles per hour in some spots right now, so slow and go there. it's going to be slow as you work your way east of there. a lot of delays around this morning as you connect from 205 over to 580. 580 itself working towards the dublin interchange, so far only a 15 minute ride altamont pass to 680, no delays there and the east shore freeway commute looks good there, westbound 80 working your way out of berkeley and em

this comes as service was knocked own between pittsburg/bay point inconveniencing thousands of riders. commuters are questioning this perk. >> the problem with bart, it needs to be fixed any, because commuting back-and-forth with this problem it is trouble i have friends that commute, that needs to be fixed before the remain employees get a raise. >> bart board member told "san francisco chronicle" the bonus is incentive for employees to work at full exist. in the number of riders bart has had continues through june, employees are is the to get bonus. >>> thank you. if you take bart in the east by today bart is still running limited planes between north concord and martin news and pittsburg/bay point. passengers have to switch to north concord to continue to go to oakland and san francisco. bart is still trying to figure out what caused an electrical surge last week that put dozens of cars out of service. the system has hired outside experts to fix the problem which damaged 50 cars forcing basketball to close part of the line. >> if you have a memorial for part we went to hear it post

we still have the shuttle, and the 10 minutes, every 10 minutes between pittsburg and north concord and you have to transfer. the 7:00 a.m. vallejo ferry is a bust. and the return from san francisco at 8:15, that will be a bust. and look at the golden translations, with more information on our website. here is the san mateo bridge, a nice continue meant drive across the span and that is getting busy and we had an early accident east of the metering lights at the bay bridge and we will see how the commute is in a few. >> worries all star forward draymond green said he used we poor judgment driving 118 miles per hour in the new bmw and posted this on his snap pat -- snapchat but it is deleted. the warriors were aware of this and officials were going discuss it with him after the game last night. his mother is weighing in on twitter saying "relax." and you all have never tried to see how fast your car would go and she tweeted she had not seen the video or spoke ton her son. >> he is on snapchat. >> everyone is. >> i did not get...all the jury in the hulk hogan sex tape reveal new details a