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reporter mike sugerman is live at the transbay terminal francisco... >>> good morning. 7:26 on your monday. i'm frank mallicoat. bart trains idle this morning. kpix 5's mike sugerman live at the transbay terminal in san francisco with the latest. >> reporter: frank, buses can't pick up the entire slack of the system but they are doing their best. bart hired dozens of charter buses and ac transit buses are trying to pick up the slack, too. but at most, they can maybe pick up 1% of bart's 400,000 daily riders. the shuttle buses left from walnut creek, el cerrito del norte, dublin and fremont and arrived here at the temporary transbay terminal. it's a free ride, but the buses and ac transit not that full. the ride back will start about 3:00 and end at 7:00 and i got to tell you everything has been going smoothly here and people are enjoying the buses. some saying they're finding a new way to work maybe they will take these buses the rest of the time. >> thank you, mike sugerman live in the city. traffic and weather coming up. farmers presents: 15 seconds of smart. so you're worried abo
reporter mike sugerman is live at the transbay terminal francisco... >>> good morning. 7:26 on your monday. i'm frank mallicoat. bart trains idle this morning. kpix 5's mike sugerman live at the transbay terminal in san francisco with the latest. >> reporter: frank, buses can't pick up the entire slack of the system but they are doing their best. bart hired dozens of charter buses and ac transit buses are trying to pick up the slack, too. but at most, they can maybe pick up 1%...
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. at the moment, everybody is accounted for and in the hospital. >> all right, mike smug -- sugerman reporting we live. thanks. >>> a strange breaking story from the north bay. police are on the lookout for a stolen golden gate transit bit. happened this afternoon. someone apparently -- transit bus. happened this afternoon, we are told. police probably won't need a description of the vehicle this time. the second stolen bus we have had in the bay area in the last week. we will keep you posted on this story. >>> the bay area's gourmet ghetto is gearing up over a battle to raise the minimum wage. kpix 5's don ford explains why some don't feel their waitors should get another raise. >> this time this battle is over wages and the berkeley commission is recommending increasing minimum wage from $5 an hour to $10.50 an hour. a lot of folks like that idea. >> we that is a fabulous idea. the city of berkeley is expensive. it is expensive to live in the bay area. >> i have a masters degree but i totally support the working class. >> i think that would be awesome if they raise the wage, if we
. at the moment, everybody is accounted for and in the hospital. >> all right, mike smug -- sugerman reporting we live. thanks. >>> a strange breaking story from the north bay. police are on the lookout for a stolen golden gate transit bit. happened this afternoon. someone apparently -- transit bus. happened this afternoon, we are told. police probably won't need a description of the vehicle this time. the second stolen bus we have had in the bay area in the last week. we will...
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bartless commute tomorrow. >>> kpix 5's mike sugerman has been out among the commuters for 12 hours. hard to say who is the worse for wear you or them right now. >> reporter: well, i'd rather be standing than sitting in traffic. we were here an hour ago and showed you the streets that lead to a street that leads to the bridge. it's not better. it's worse. we showed you the line that leads to a line that leads to the ac transit buses. it's not better, it's worse. we showed you the line to get on the bart shuttle buses that will take you across the bridge. it's not better, it's not good. it's worse. it's been a day of not better but worse. can they jam these buses any fuller? >> i know it's hot but if we can move as far back as we can to accommodate all these passengers, please? >> reporter: they can't. they just missed it. >> i know. >> reporter: which means another half hour wait for little isabella and her mother on top of the half hour they just waited to get on the ac transit bus. at 2 p.m., three hours before the commute typically begins. you're here an hour early. >> because th
bartless commute tomorrow. >>> kpix 5's mike sugerman has been out among the commuters for 12 hours. hard to say who is the worse for wear you or them right now. >> reporter: well, i'd rather be standing than sitting in traffic. we were here an hour ago and showed you the streets that lead to a street that leads to the bridge. it's not better. it's worse. we showed you the line that leads to a line that leads to the ac transit buses. it's not better, it's worse. we showed you...
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resulted in a sharp decline in law school enrollment. kpix 5's mike sugerman reports that law schools are losing money and laying off teachers. >> here is a indictment call your mother. tell her the serious do you want your becoming a lawyer. >> it would cost more than a dime these days, but there is more and more serious doubt of young people become lawyers. >> it is about half of what it was back in 2002. >> that's the number nationwide of law school applications. >> you see those doors over there? they are a lot easier to get into these days, but are you sure you want to? >> overdares of the last four or five years, the number of jobs in the legal community has dropped substantially. >> about half the number of last year's law school graduates had law jobs six months after passing the bar. >> years ago we decided to shrink the size of the incoming class in order to provide better opportunities for our graduates. >> that sent shock waves to to legal community. >> when i graduated in 1979 you could walk down the street and get so offers. >> this attorney ran the state's unemployment
resulted in a sharp decline in law school enrollment. kpix 5's mike sugerman reports that law schools are losing money and laying off teachers. >> here is a indictment call your mother. tell her the serious do you want your becoming a lawyer. >> it would cost more than a dime these days, but there is more and more serious doubt of young people become lawyers. >> it is about half of what it was back in 2002. >> that's the number nationwide of law school applications....
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have team coverage tonight. mike sugerman is in san francisco with some horrific backups right now. ryan takeo is in oakland where both sides are resuming talks right now. ryan. >> reporter: liz, both sides just got here within the last 10 minutes. they are really only here because of political pressure from sacramento. two top state mediators are here to jump-start negotiations. this is the first time they have been holding talks since sunday but any talks are better than nothing. >>> reporter: today was another day of frustration and stop and go and helplessness. >> kind of sucks. >> reporter: althea just wants to go to work to try and land that promotion. >> i'm doing everything possible to get to work and not to stay home because i want my job and i want my boss to know that, you know, i'm serious. right now it's like, oh!! >> some people were unprepared and thought there would be a resolution at the final hour which did not happen. >> reporter: for betty, today's co
have team coverage tonight. mike sugerman is in san francisco with some horrific backups right now. ryan takeo is in oakland where both sides are resuming talks right now. ryan. >> reporter: liz, both sides just got here within the last 10 minutes. they are really only here because of political pressure from sacramento. two top state mediators are here to jump-start negotiations. this is the first time they have been holding talks since sunday but any talks are better than nothing....
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national park. a tree fell on the mess hall there. one person died, others were injured. mike sugerman reports. >> reporter: 20 people were injured. we don't know if that big tree fell or not. the tree fell on the mess hall at camp towanga. it's in a town called groveland but it's in the hetch hetchy valley next to camp mather the city camp for the city of san francisco residents. but camp towanga is a jewish camp. kids from all over the country there. it's rustic and relaxing. there's no cell phones. a tree fell on at least one person, we think it's an adult. up to 20 people may have been injured. we are trying to confirm that at camp tawonga in the hetch hetchy valley. and that really is all the information we have right now. frank? >> okay, mike. i must say, some of the video that we just saw was from the camp itself, not from the accident. mike sugerman live in san francisco, thank you. >>> today and tomorrow i have to be in early. so i'm going to be definitely irritated. >> frustrated commuters looking for a break from the bart strike. bart and union representatives will be back at the ba
national park. a tree fell on the mess hall there. one person died, others were injured. mike sugerman reports. >> reporter: 20 people were injured. we don't know if that big tree fell or not. the tree fell on the mess hall at camp towanga. it's in a town called groveland but it's in the hetch hetchy valley next to camp mather the city camp for the city of san francisco residents. but camp towanga is a jewish camp. kids from all over the country there. it's rustic and relaxing. there's...
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the ferry. we have team coverage tonight. mike sugerman is in san francisco with some horrific backups right now. ryan takeo is in oakland where both sides are resuming talks right now. ryan. >> reporter: liz, both sides just got here within the last 10 minutes. they are really only here because of political pressure from sacramento. two top state mediators are here to jump-start negotiations. this is the first time they have been holding talks since sunday but any talks are better than nothing. >>> reporter: today was another day of frustration and stop and go and helplessness. >> kind of sucks. >> reporter: althea just wants to go to work to try and land that promotion. >> i'm doing everything possible to get to work and not to stay home because i want my job and i want my boss to know that, you know, i'm serious. right now it's like, oh!! >> some people were unprepared and thought there would be a resolution at the final hour which did not happen. >> reporter: for betty, today's commute went better than yesterday because her workers were not surprised. but she is still upset
the ferry. we have team coverage tonight. mike sugerman is in san francisco with some horrific backups right now. ryan takeo is in oakland where both sides are resuming talks right now. ryan. >> reporter: liz, both sides just got here within the last 10 minutes. they are really only here because of political pressure from sacramento. two top state mediators are here to jump-start negotiations. this is the first time they have been holding talks since sunday but any talks are better than...
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stealing from a pile of unclaimed luggage after the asiana airlines crash. kpix 5's mike sugerman is at the airport with the story of the couple who authorities say tried cashing in on the tragedy. mike. >> reporter: well, liz, yeah, the timing couldn't have been worse for the people who losses their luggage and some who may have tried to take it. after the asiana crash, bags piled up at sfo. they made it here. their people didn't. they had been diverted to some other airport. most got their bags, eventually, at least four did not. >> through surveillance footage we saw him rifling through bags. the footage also showed the bags being passed off to two women, one of them being his girlfriend. >> reporter: sean crudup and raychas thomas have been arrested. he works for united airlines as a baggage handler charged with handling the bags in a very illegal way. the charges grand theft and burglary. >> the items went to -- some of them returned to nordstrom's. our victim is well known in nordstrom's. the person who returned them had no association with the victim. >> reporter: in other words,
stealing from a pile of unclaimed luggage after the asiana airlines crash. kpix 5's mike sugerman is at the airport with the story of the couple who authorities say tried cashing in on the tragedy. mike. >> reporter: well, liz, yeah, the timing couldn't have been worse for the people who losses their luggage and some who may have tried to take it. after the asiana crash, bags piled up at sfo. they made it here. their people didn't. they had been diverted to some other airport. most got...
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trying to stop it? kpix 5's mike sugerman got a surprising answer. >> reporter: at the net stop internet cafe on mission street, you can send a fax, print a resume' -- i just won $100 -- or play vegas style video slot machines. i won $100. ha ha! gambling? out in the open in san francisco? isn't that illegal? >> no, it's not yet. >> reporter: people who run it will tell you it's not gambling. >> when you buy computer time, they're also given points. the points you can play are promotional games and possibly win cash prizes. >> reporter: like i did hitting a king high straight flush in spades. it sure looks and feels like gambling. how do they get away with this? >> all the prizes are predetermined so the games are just there for your mental stimulation i guess. >> hard to catch in the act. >> reporter: net stop in supervisor john avalos' district as are at least four other such internet cafes. didn't seem too hard for me to catch them in the act. >> we have been talking a lot with the police departments. we have heard a lot from residents who have been concerned about what they see as ga
trying to stop it? kpix 5's mike sugerman got a surprising answer. >> reporter: at the net stop internet cafe on mission street, you can send a fax, print a resume' -- i just won $100 -- or play vegas style video slot machines. i won $100. ha ha! gambling? out in the open in san francisco? isn't that illegal? >> no, it's not yet. >> reporter: people who run it will tell you it's not gambling. >> when you buy computer time, they're also given points. the points you can...
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. >>> kpix 5's mike sugerman shows us why one place vandals hit is causing some to tune out the demonstrators' message. >> reporter: miles best is working on a story about very current events. >> my story is about my perception and my perspective on the whole trayvon martin case. >> reporter: he didn't have to go far to get an eyewitness account. >> they got us a gift. >> reporter: brandon mcfarlane has lived through this before. oakland rioters broke the windows of youth radio during the oscar grant riots and last night in the wake of the trayvon martin case. the story of the attack on youth radio drips with irony. this is exactly the type of place nonprofit youth oriented that is working to make this community better! who would want to attack that?! >> i wouldn't call them community activists. that's a pretty liberal use of the term for the folks that are vandalizing things. >> reporter: vandalism never makes sense. but this is even more senseless. >> it means so much to me just like a second place to call home a safety place where we can come and be ourselves. we are able to
. >>> kpix 5's mike sugerman shows us why one place vandals hit is causing some to tune out the demonstrators' message. >> reporter: miles best is working on a story about very current events. >> my story is about my perception and my perspective on the whole trayvon martin case. >> reporter: he didn't have to go far to get an eyewitness account. >> they got us a gift. >> reporter: brandon mcfarlane has lived through this before. oakland rioters broke the...
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official kickoff into the summer of racing in san francisco. kpix 5's mike sugerman was there all day watching the action unfold. are they still hooking forward to the sunday louis vuttn cup race? >> reporter: absolutely. could not be better. thousands came out to check it out. it is the first day of an event that had anything but smooth sailing through the years in preparation. after three years of conflict, complaints, politics and one death -- >> welcome to america's cup park opening day. >> reporter: america's cup park opening day. stephen bartley is the face of the cup so he has to put on a face. if you think that there are only but a rich guys, here is mark passek. >> it's like taking heroin. >> reporter: >> you go out, get on the highway, lower your windows down and stick your head ounce the window. feats like you're getting shot by a b b gun >> reporter: rules, first round racing starting sunday pits three challengers against each other to win the right to race the current champ. >> there are two oracle boats. that's the two u.s. teams. >> that's owned by a billionaire. he
official kickoff into the summer of racing in san francisco. kpix 5's mike sugerman was there all day watching the action unfold. are they still hooking forward to the sunday louis vuttn cup race? >> reporter: absolutely. could not be better. thousands came out to check it out. it is the first day of an event that had anything but smooth sailing through the years in preparation. after three years of conflict, complaints, politics and one death -- >> welcome to america's cup park...
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. just last year. kpix 5's mike sugerman on how cyclis want the city to stop the hemorrhaging. >>> a new epidemic is it hadding san francisco, bicycle thefts. $4.6 million in losses just last year. kpix 5's mike sugerman on how cyclists want the city to stop the hemorrhaging. >> reporter: eric marr has had three bikes stolen. >> my first was a middle school student first day of class. >> reporter: it's a common story. >> i had three bikes stolen. >> reporter: she grew up to be the head of the city's bike coalition. eric was a member of the board of supervisors and while i probably knew they just found out officially they are not alone. >> the bike thefts are up 70%. and i think that's over the past five years. >> reporter: last year more than 4,000 bikes were stolen. you hear a bunch about iphone theft epidemic but bicycle thefts? three times higher! >> the san francisco bicycle coalition has been trying for many years to encourage the city to pay more attention. and actually do something about the bike theft problem. >> reporter: what can the city do? >> 75,000 people use bicycles to --
. just last year. kpix 5's mike sugerman on how cyclis want the city to stop the hemorrhaging. >>> a new epidemic is it hadding san francisco, bicycle thefts. $4.6 million in losses just last year. kpix 5's mike sugerman on how cyclists want the city to stop the hemorrhaging. >> reporter: eric marr has had three bikes stolen. >> my first was a middle school student first day of class. >> reporter: it's a common story. >> i had three bikes stolen. >>...
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them as our mike sugerman shows us. >> don't forget, the americas cup is that way. >> the hype, the publicity. >> why is nobody here? >> doesn't appear to be many people here. >> you see many people? >> it would be nice to have more. >> that is the sound of one boat racing. this is the result. >> we have three beautiful big springs where you can watch live coverage and commentary. >> i was here yesterday. there were no races. it looked like this. today is race day. this is what it looked like today. don't come hungry. most of the food stands are closed. plenty of places to buy cocktails. >> you have a race that is a preliminary with one boat going around the track. >> head of external affairs for americas cup is quick to point out that even with no competition sunday with the italian boat protesting proposed rules, they got 30,000 people. not so muched to on this first weekday of racing with new zealand again racing itself. >> i think as we get further into july and august we will have more and more people coming everyday. >> that may be, but for those who were counting on crowds to
them as our mike sugerman shows us. >> don't forget, the americas cup is that way. >> the hype, the publicity. >> why is nobody here? >> doesn't appear to be many people here. >> you see many people? >> it would be nice to have more. >> that is the sound of one boat racing. this is the result. >> we have three beautiful big springs where you can watch live coverage and commentary. >> i was here yesterday. there were no races. it looked like...
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around the crash and the two have bailed themselves now out of jail. mike sugerman kpix 5. >> san francisco police have a division dedicated to stopping baggage theft at the airport. >>> we are just a week away from another bay area commuting nightmare. the bart strike deadline is sunday. no signs of compromise today. phil matier on how union workers ambushed a bart leader. [ chanting ] >> reporter: this was the scene this morning when bart workers shouted down bart general manager grace as she was giving a speech before the american public transportation association. it also gives you a good idea of the tone. bart negotiations. >> workers are angry. >> shows how much is at stake in labor negotiations. emotions are high for everyone. >> reporter: with another strike looming the two sides are still far apart on key issues. >> mark had a laid back approach to it which makes us suspicious of bart's intentions. >> reporter: according to a recent analysis by the bay area news group a bart union worker earned on average about $76,000. bart has offered a 5 to 8% raise on that. but only i
around the crash and the two have bailed themselves now out of jail. mike sugerman kpix 5. >> san francisco police have a division dedicated to stopping baggage theft at the airport. >>> we are just a week away from another bay area commuting nightmare. the bart strike deadline is sunday. no signs of compromise today. phil matier on how union workers ambushed a bart leader. [ chanting ] >> reporter: this was the scene this morning when bart workers shouted down bart...
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. tonight, kpix-5's mike sugerman says sub-culture >>> just hours after it was announced that unidentified juror b37 from the george zimmerman trial had a book deal, the agent dropped her. tonight, kpix 5's mike sugerman says a sub culture of twitter called black twitter is taking credit. >> reporter: why did the trial of trayvon martin get to be such a big story? >> and black twitter is simply responsible for the story of trayvon martin taking off in the manner in which it did. >> reporter: black twitter? check the hashtag black buzz feed which it's also called to find frivolous tweets. not to trust white people's potato salad. 15 family reunion pictures that look like a tyler perry movie poster. but some serious ones, too. >> there was no mainstream media outlet that had the story before black twitter had the story. >> reporter: and it kept pushing it. social media specialist kimberly ellis goes by the name dr. goddess and is writing a book on the black twitter effect. blacks make up almost 10% of the u.s. population, they make up 25% of twitter. >> there's an overrepresenta
. tonight, kpix-5's mike sugerman says sub-culture >>> just hours after it was announced that unidentified juror b37 from the george zimmerman trial had a book deal, the agent dropped her. tonight, kpix 5's mike sugerman says a sub culture of twitter called black twitter is taking credit. >> reporter: why did the trial of trayvon martin get to be such a big story? >> and black twitter is simply responsible for the story of trayvon martin taking off in the manner in which it...
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a while. these folks really looking forward to the day off tomorrow. kpix 5's mike sugerman boots on the ground at first and harrison tonight. and drivers handling things any better? >> reporter: better than yesterday, allen, i can tell you that. but let me tell you how bad it was yesterday. it took 45 minutes to go 1.2 miles from battery and broadway to get to here. this man is james watts. he is a parking control officer. i'm calling him the most powerful man in the bay area now. he is just changing the lights. it's up to him when the lights change you get on the bay bridge. we have some blocking of the box there. it hasn't been that bad before. that's the worst i have seen. we have traffic moving on the bridge from first street. but if you look down, it's all the way past broadway. that's at least a mile. this guy is trying to get change. he has a lot of time to talk to people. let's see if we can talk to someone at a red light. let's go over here. sir, how long it take you to get here? >> maybe 45 minutes. >> reporter: where are you coming from? >> oakland. >> reporter: oakland.
a while. these folks really looking forward to the day off tomorrow. kpix 5's mike sugerman boots on the ground at first and harrison tonight. and drivers handling things any better? >> reporter: better than yesterday, allen, i can tell you that. but let me tell you how bad it was yesterday. it took 45 minutes to go 1.2 miles from battery and broadway to get to here. this man is james watts. he is a parking control officer. i'm calling him the most powerful man in the bay area now. he is...
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transbay buses to get to san francisco from alameda county but kpix 5's mike sugerman explains, this transit alternative may not last long. hey, mike. >> reporter: well, that's true, brian. can't get there from here if you took bart -- you can't take bart. ac transit? it wasn't as bad as you might have thought. but they put off a strike just for a day and we don't know what's going to go on tomorrow. >> the only ones that are running in the morning right now are the s, o, z -- >> reporter: new bus riders learned the ropes quickly. >> i don't know where i'm going. >> i'm at a loss. >> reporter: no one was bart- ing under the bay so they bused it over. sometimes in much more comfort than they were used to. >> looks like a limo! comfortable seats in there and you're going to have the whole bus with three people. >> reporter: gordon lowe's counter-commute san francisco to concord on a west cat links out of hercules comfortable but time-consuming. >> i only spend an hour, hour 45 minutes commuting from door to door but this way i'm spending going to be closer to 3-plus hours, maybe 4. >>
transbay buses to get to san francisco from alameda county but kpix 5's mike sugerman explains, this transit alternative may not last long. hey, mike. >> reporter: well, that's true, brian. can't get there from here if you took bart -- you can't take bart. ac transit? it wasn't as bad as you might have thought. but they put off a strike just for a day and we don't know what's going to go on tomorrow. >> the only ones that are running in the morning right now are the s, o, z --...
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into the surveillance game. mike sugerman shows us how retailers are keeping tabs on us. >> reporter: in the movie minority report, tom cruise has a chip in his head tieing into sensors at futuristic stores. that is just science fiction right? >> we are a lot closer to this than anybody realizes. >> here is what you might see around a department store. here is what others see. >> the comprehensive solution for gathering performance data. >> you come in, can tell what you are looking at. >> if you are not looking happy and they can see you tracking chocolates comeing in the store at a certain time of day, they can send a coupon to your phone saying hey, feeling down? how about some chocolate? >> reporter: retail analyst fred phillips say the technology is there, but it might be a while before it is ramped up. >> creepy. >> i don't think it's creepy. i think shopping in general is changing. >> reporter: they track you online, of course, when you shop, they know what you bought, when you bought it. how much you spent. should it be that much different for brick shopping? dav
into the surveillance game. mike sugerman shows us how retailers are keeping tabs on us. >> reporter: in the movie minority report, tom cruise has a chip in his head tieing into sensors at futuristic stores. that is just science fiction right? >> we are a lot closer to this than anybody realizes. >> here is what you might see around a department store. here is what others see. >> the comprehensive solution for gathering performance data. >> you come in, can tell...
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monitor it. back to you. >> thank you. mike sugerman talked to commuters in san francisco who have a long road ahead. not a lot of happy campers out there, are there? >> reporter: allen, let me show you beale street. this is a street that leads to a street that leads to another street to get on the bay bridge. you see that line down there? that's a line that snakes around to another line to get on ac transit buses across the bridge. this over here is a line for the bart shuttle buses that they have set up to get across the bridge. you know what they call this? this is a cluster of bad things. and people have been trying all day to get out of town. can you jam these buses any fuller? >> as far back as we can for more passengers, please. >> reporter: they can't. just missed it. >> i know. >> reporter: which means another half hour wait for little isabela and her more on top of the hour they already waited. at 2 am, three hours before the commute typically begins. you're here an hour early. >> because the bus is going to leave at 3:00 because i have to go to oakland, get on another bu
monitor it. back to you. >> thank you. mike sugerman talked to commuters in san francisco who have a long road ahead. not a lot of happy campers out there, are there? >> reporter: allen, let me show you beale street. this is a street that leads to a street that leads to another street to get on the bay bridge. you see that line down there? that's a line that snakes around to another line to get on ac transit buses across the bridge. this over here is a line for the bart shuttle...
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. kpix 5's mike sugerman shows us which car is running over its foreign competition. >>> reporter: slamming doors, kicking tires, even salespeople don't seem to mind here. look at the back space here. you can fit three bodies in there. at stewart chevrolet in colma, the salesman is a comedian, but with 16 feet in the trunk, he's not kidding. >> for one lt, you get a lot of bang for your dollar. >> reporter: selling the 2014 impala may not take much selling. >> this is something we're very proud of. it's completely redesigned from the ground up. >> reporter: they had been scoring at the bottom of the class like this 1994 model but in the latest consumer reports, the 2014 scored 95 out of 100. number one best new sedan, the magazine tested. >> god's in the rebuilding business, right? and he pretty much rebuilt gm. >> reporter: general motors makers of chevys received a $50 billion bailout in 2008. taxpayers still own 14% of the company. >> close to the high 30s, low 40s, right? and again, it has more horsepower than its major competitor. >> reporter: it went from worst to first over
. kpix 5's mike sugerman shows us which car is running over its foreign competition. >>> reporter: slamming doors, kicking tires, even salespeople don't seem to mind here. look at the back space here. you can fit three bodies in there. at stewart chevrolet in colma, the salesman is a comedian, but with 16 feet in the trunk, he's not kidding. >> for one lt, you get a lot of bang for your dollar. >> reporter: selling the 2014 impala may not take much selling. >> this is...
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fun. kpix 5's mike sugerman there for the big summer racing kickoff and things still looking good for sunday's louis vuitton cup race? >> ahoy, matey! well, yeah. it does. originally 14 challengers, we're down to 3. a half million people a day watching? that's not happening. it's been anything but smooth sailing but as you say the day is finally here. after three years of conflicts, complaints, politics and one death -- >> welcome to america's cup opening day. >> reporter: the america's cup park opening day. steven barkley is the ceo of america's cup so he has to put on a good face but for all of you for all who think this is a bunch of rich guys -- >> i'm addicted to the america's cup like taking heroin. >> reporter: he is not a rich snob. mike just knows sailing though know one knows what this is like. this is the first time these 72- foot honkest have raced. >> you get on the highway, roll your window down stick your head out the window. >> reporter: first round of racing starting sunday pits three challengers against each other to win the rights to race the current champs. >> ther
fun. kpix 5's mike sugerman there for the big summer racing kickoff and things still looking good for sunday's louis vuitton cup race? >> ahoy, matey! well, yeah. it does. originally 14 challengers, we're down to 3. a half million people a day watching? that's not happening. it's been anything but smooth sailing but as you say the day is finally here. after three years of conflicts, complaints, politics and one death -- >> welcome to america's cup opening day. >> reporter:...
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congestion. kpix 5's mike sugerman has more now on the long drive home. >>> reporter: >> it's the pits, terrible. >> reporter: lots of things are the pits crowded buses, lines, waiting for carpools, packed freeways. but before you even can complain about being on a freeway, you have to get to a freeway. and generally, that means driving on san francisco city streets. this could be the worst traffic of all of it. how long have you been waiting to get to here? >> probably 25 minutes. >> reporter: 25 minutes? where'd you come from? >> down the road there. >> reporter: that's less than a mile and he was only halfway to the freeway in the middle of the day. that's a good time for this week. >> some people told me it was about an hour, about two hours. >> reporter: that's to travel about a mile. parking control officer nicole chambers said people were treating her pretty well except for the guy who tried to run her over. >> we have complete staffing full complement of parking control officers out on city streets to make sure that we're not only moving traffic but make sure it's moving effici
congestion. kpix 5's mike sugerman has more now on the long drive home. >>> reporter: >> it's the pits, terrible. >> reporter: lots of things are the pits crowded buses, lines, waiting for carpools, packed freeways. but before you even can complain about being on a freeway, you have to get to a freeway. and generally, that means driving on san francisco city streets. this could be the worst traffic of all of it. how long have you been waiting to get to here? >>...
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splitting lanes. >>> kpix 5's mike sugerman live at one of the city's worst bottlenecks. >> reporter: and not on a motorcycle. let's look down there. that's first street. the bay bridge about a half mile down there. nobody's moving. up here is the aforementioned battery street. you can't see it but it goes back about a mile and a half. up there is bush street. that goes back a mile and a half to lower nob hill. san francisco is like a big gumball machine. it's got a lot of stuff around here. it all comes down to here except it's not coming out here too easily right now. >>> reporter: >> it's the pits, terrible. >> reporter: lots of things are the pits crowded buses, lines, waiting for carpools, packed freeways. but before you even can complain about being on a freeway, you got to get to a freeway. and generally, that means driving on san francisco city streets. this could be the worst traffic of all of it. how long have you been waiting to get here? >> probably 25 minutes. >> reporter: 25 minutes? where'd you come from? >> i'm coming down the road. >> reporter: that's less than a mile and
splitting lanes. >>> kpix 5's mike sugerman live at one of the city's worst bottlenecks. >> reporter: and not on a motorcycle. let's look down there. that's first street. the bay bridge about a half mile down there. nobody's moving. up here is the aforementioned battery street. you can't see it but it goes back about a mile and a half. up there is bush street. that goes back a mile and a half to lower nob hill. san francisco is like a big gumball machine. it's got a lot of stuff...
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problem was just getting to the bridge yesterday. downtown san francisco was gridlocked. here's mike sugerman with some very frustrated commuters. that's bush street that leads three-quarters of a mile down to bumper to bumper traffic. this is first street. see that little green sign the entrance to the bay bridge, i can walk faster than these cars are going to get there. >> he wasn't kidding. some drivers said it took them two hours to go a mile on battery street just to get up on the bay bridge. rate now the strike is also trying the patience of commuters trying to take ferries across the bay right now. kpix 5 da lin joins us live from alameda one of the several locations with long lines to get on a boat to get to work. good morning, da. >> reporter: good morning, frank. yeah. we are at the alameda main street ferry right now. you can see down there, about 6 or 7 folks waiting right now. the first ferry to leave this terminal is at 6:00. most of these folks showed up in the last 10 minutes. they want to be here an hour before the ferry leaves so they don't have to wait in a long li
problem was just getting to the bridge yesterday. downtown san francisco was gridlocked. here's mike sugerman with some very frustrated commuters. that's bush street that leads three-quarters of a mile down to bumper to bumper traffic. this is first street. see that little green sign the entrance to the bay bridge, i can walk faster than these cars are going to get there. >> he wasn't kidding. some drivers said it took them two hours to go a mile on battery street just to get up on the...
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because is shut down today. with more on the bart strike, let's go to mike sugerman in san francisco with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, frank. i am at the closed civic center bart station. the escalators are running, but there is a lock on the gate. and no one is getting in on out of that station. let's talk about the economic issues. bart workers' contract ran out last night. they are asking for roughly an 8% raise over the next 3 years. bart had offered a 1% raise. 2% over four years. the 24% raise that workers wanted they knocked it down but it's a large increase. bart says they haven't gotten raises in five years. so that's the reason for the strike on economic issues. there's talk about safety issues after bart agents have been beat up and robbed in some of their stations. the station agents want more protection. but at the
because is shut down today. with more on the bart strike, let's go to mike sugerman in san francisco with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, frank. i am at the closed civic center bart station. the escalators are running, but there is a lock on the gate. and no one is getting in on out of that station. let's talk about the economic issues. bart workers' contract ran out last night. they are asking for roughly an 8% raise over the next 3 years. bart had offered a...
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, our mike sugerman shows how no one seems to be too interested in watching the americas cup from the waterfront, even though it is free. those stories and much more tonight at 6:00. >> thanks so much for watching. the cbs evening news with scott pelly up next. >> see you at 6:00. >> pelley: tonight what was going on inside the cockpit of flight 214? federal investigators give us their first report on the actions of the flight crew in the moments before the plane crashed in san francisco. john blackstone has the late- breaking story. the cleveland women held captive for ten years speak publicly for the first time. elaine quijano on what they wanted to say. >> i'm looking forward to my brand new live. >> pelley: knives, bats and guns. a mobster describes his murders. don dahler reports from the whitey bulger trial. and how did 305 people escape a burning jetliner? they helped one another. anna werner with the story of people who never expected to be heroes. >> as soon as i opened the door, again, i just started saying, we're going to be okay. we're going to be okay. we need to gut
, our mike sugerman shows how no one seems to be too interested in watching the americas cup from the waterfront, even though it is free. those stories and much more tonight at 6:00. >> thanks so much for watching. the cbs evening news with scott pelly up next. >> see you at 6:00. >> pelley: tonight what was going on inside the cockpit of flight 214? federal investigators give us their first report on the actions of the flight crew in the moments before the plane crashed in...
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can you tell us. 17:01:31:00 "...the camry h come down hayes street... 's bad" mike sugerman, thanks. apple beat expectations when apple beat expectations whe released its third quarter earnings report today... but it also continued a yea over-year profit decline. this was the second straight quarter the cupertino-based company posted a decline... after a decade of steadily rising profits. apple repord earnings of six- point-nine billion dollars.. thanks to strong i-phone sales. sears is going upscale. the department store chain has started offering high-end designer goods. but as k-p-i-x five's ryan takeo tells us.u won't be able to find the n products in your local sears store. made it clear it's not going upscale all-around. sears said it made it clear it's not going upscale all-around. sears said it just wants to give shoppers options. still ahead... a catch-22 in a time of crisis... how a gift left behind for a family -- almost got snatched awaya bank. a grieving sacramento woman says her father just passed,, . . . visit spam.com. . >> closed captioning for this newscast is spon
can you tell us. 17:01:31:00 "...the camry h come down hayes street... 's bad" mike sugerman, thanks. apple beat expectations when apple beat expectations whe released its third quarter earnings report today... but it also continued a yea over-year profit decline. this was the second straight quarter the cupertino-based company posted a decline... after a decade of steadily rising profits. apple repord earnings of six- point-nine billion dollars.. thanks to strong i-phone sales....
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board up broken windows today. and tonight at 6:00, mike sugerman on the irony of protestors attacking youth radio. >>> about an hour ago, ken bastida asked the oakland police chief why does it always turn out this way? ken. >> reporter: yeah, juliette. we had a chance a little while ago to meet with the interim police chief here in oakland, sean whent, who committed that the department was taken by surprise on saturday night. they didn't expect that verdict to come down then and they were completely caught flat-footed on that. sunday he said that more officers were brought on duty and that things were kept much calmer. they were able to control the streets a little bit better. then last night the demonstrators amassed again and things really took a turn for the worse. >> unfortunately, yesterday didn't go quite the same. we had roughly the same staffing dedicated yesterday that we had on sunday night. but we had a different crowd element that arrived yesterday that was obviously intent on more lawlessness than the group on sunday night including going up on the freeway as we
board up broken windows today. and tonight at 6:00, mike sugerman on the irony of protestors attacking youth radio. >>> about an hour ago, ken bastida asked the oakland police chief why does it always turn out this way? ken. >> reporter: yeah, juliette. we had a chance a little while ago to meet with the interim police chief here in oakland, sean whent, who committed that the department was taken by surprise on saturday night. they didn't expect that verdict to come down then...
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war has turned into helping make cold, hard cash. mike sugerman, kpix 5. >> big brother is watching in a big way there. all sorts of retailers including national chains are testing these technologies. they are using them to maximize store layouts and offer customized coupons. >>> 4:50. excitement over beavers returning to san jose has turned into concern. why wildlife experts are running to this animal's help. >> and would you put a snail on your face to keep it from aging? one beauty secret to make your skin crawl is coming up next. >>> we have even more fog and low clouds around the bay area today, drizzle at the coastline, the temperatures now in the 50s. by the afternoon, well below the average. still comfortable inland. you will see some 70s and low 80s in much of the south bay. the east bay also looking at temperatures in the 70s and low 80s. a little cool though if you head inside the bay only about 61 in san francisco. and breezy much warmer weather is on the way. >>> and as lawrence said it may be misty out there, slick across the golden gate bridge, bay bridge and san mateo b
war has turned into helping make cold, hard cash. mike sugerman, kpix 5. >> big brother is watching in a big way there. all sorts of retailers including national chains are testing these technologies. they are using them to maximize store layouts and offer customized coupons. >>> 4:50. excitement over beavers returning to san jose has turned into concern. why wildlife experts are running to this animal's help. >> and would you put a snail on your face to keep it from...
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. >> thank you. >>> i'm mike sugerman in san francisco where buses are emptying. people dazed and confused. and angry. >> this fire was very radical in its behavior. >> it's being called one of the worst wildfires in history. 19 firefighters killed in an arizona inferno. the elite and dangerous job that they were doing. ,,,,,,,,,,,, sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic ends sunday. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus, get free same-day delivery. sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee, interest-free financing, and free delivery? that's the ticket! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic ends sunday. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ you can't always avoid it. but you can always do something nice for your car. chevron with techron. care for your car. workers went on strike at midnight. you can see them picketing on the left side >>> the bart trains are idle this morning. workers went on strik
. >> thank you. >>> i'm mike sugerman in san francisco where buses are emptying. people dazed and confused. and angry. >> this fire was very radical in its behavior. >> it's being called one of the worst wildfires in history. 19 firefighters killed in an arizona inferno. the elite and dangerous job that they were doing. ,,,,,,,,,,,, sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic ends sunday. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with...
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heading for san francisco are advised to use a gps system to guide landings. as kpix 5's mike sugerman reports, there are concerns some pilots have a hard time landing there manually. >> reporter: matthew deprosper row is an aviation enthusiast, comes to the end of the runways on weekends to watch planes land and listen to the control to your. >> clear to push down to 1420. >> reporter: go-arounds weren't known much outside aviation circles until the crash of asiana flight 214 earlier this month. pilots called for one seconds before they crash-landed. it's a do-over of sorts. >> the whole process is to keep everybody alive. >> reporter: he is a former airline pilot and head of a pilot safety committee who, in a three decade career maybe had half a dozen go-arounds total. in a six-week period in which records were studied, asiana called for one six to eight times more than expected. >> they are not efficient. >> reporter: they rely too much on automatic controls and don't have enough training on hand flying the plane because he says they don't get enough trying on go-arounds and visual flying.
heading for san francisco are advised to use a gps system to guide landings. as kpix 5's mike sugerman reports, there are concerns some pilots have a hard time landing there manually. >> reporter: matthew deprosper row is an aviation enthusiast, comes to the end of the runways on weekends to watch planes land and listen to the control to your. >> clear to push down to 1420. >> reporter: go-arounds weren't known much outside aviation circles until the crash of asiana flight...
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year's consumer reports list of best sedans. kpix 5's mike sugerman shows us which car is running over its foreign competition. mike. >> reporter: liz, what is it going to take for me to get you into this fine automobile? this is the 2014 impala. i think you're going to like it. >>> reporter: slamming doors, kicking tires, even salespeople don't seem to mind here. look at the back space here. you can fit three bodies in there. at stewart chevrolet in colma, salesman lex ful gensia is a comedian but with 16 feet in the trunk, he is not kidding. >> for one lt, you get a lot of bang for your dollar. >> reporter: selling the 2014 impala may not take much selling. >> this is something we're very proud of. it's completely redesigned from the ground up. >> reporter: they had been scoring at the bottom of the class like this 1994 model but in the latest consumer reports, the 2014 scored 95 out of 100. number one best new sedan, the magazine tested. >> god's in the rebuilding business, right? and he pretty much rebuilt gm. >> reporter: general motors makers of chevys received a $50 billion bail
year's consumer reports list of best sedans. kpix 5's mike sugerman shows us which car is running over its foreign competition. mike. >> reporter: liz, what is it going to take for me to get you into this fine automobile? this is the 2014 impala. i think you're going to like it. >>> reporter: slamming doors, kicking tires, even salespeople don't seem to mind here. look at the back space here. you can fit three bodies in there. at stewart chevrolet in colma, salesman lex ful...
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so far towards downtown oakland. back to you guys. >> thank you. i'm mike sugerman at the transbay terminal where buses from all over the counties will be coming here because there's no bart. >> and record crowds for san francisco's pride. why same-sex couples had one more victory to celebrate over the weekend. when we come back. stay with us. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for deals for the 4th. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. throw a holiday cookout! thick, juicy new york strip steaks are just $4.99 a pound. get a great deal on arrowhead water, just $3.33 a case. and pick up cheerios for just a $1.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. two build your own chicken wraps with a side of chips. look at allllll that yummyness. how do you put a price on that? oh, four dollars?! i guess that's how. build your own chicken wraps, just $4 on denny's $2$4$6$8 value menu ®. to the little ones and crossed a thousand finish lin
so far towards downtown oakland. back to you guys. >> thank you. i'm mike sugerman at the transbay terminal where buses from all over the counties will be coming here because there's no bart. >> and record crowds for san francisco's pride. why same-sex couples had one more victory to celebrate over the weekend. when we come back. stay with us. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for deals for the 4th. you don't need...
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. >>> the america's cup racing is under way and if you still want to get a good seat, mike sugerman says no worries. there are plenty. >>> reporter: >> don't forget, america's cup! it's that way. >> reporter: even after all the hype, publicity, controversy -- >> no one here. why is nobody here? >> reporter: -- there doesn't appear to be many people here. you seen people? >> a few. nice to have more people out here. >> remember, we've only got one boat here. >> reporter: that's the sound of one boat racing. this is the result. >> we have three beautiful big screens where you can watch live coverage and live commentary. >> reporter: don't come hungry. most of the food stands are closed. plenty of places to buy cocktails though. >> you have a race that's a preliminary with one boat going around the track. >> reporter: the head of the external affairs for america's cup is quick to point out that even with no competition sunday, with the italian boat protesting proposed rules, they got 30,000 people. not so much today on this first weekday of racing with new zealand again racing itself. >> i
. >>> the america's cup racing is under way and if you still want to get a good seat, mike sugerman says no worries. there are plenty. >>> reporter: >> don't forget, america's cup! it's that way. >> reporter: even after all the hype, publicity, controversy -- >> no one here. why is nobody here? >> reporter: -- there doesn't appear to be many people here. you seen people? >> a few. nice to have more people out here. >> remember, we've only...
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helping make cold, hard cash. mike sugerman, kpix 5. >> all sorts of retailers including national chains are testing these technologies. they are using them to maximize store layouts and offer customized coupons. >>> i would be easy to track. they would just find me in the shoe department all the time. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> a retile psychologist. >> can you imagine? >> retail psychologist. that's what you want to be when i grow up? >> i think you need to book an appointment, actually. [ laughter ] >>> we have a lot of clouds around the bay area this morning. it is surging well onshore and boy, even into the delta this morning. so you get the idea a strong onshore push. the temperatures are going to be even a little bit cooler outside. this likely the coolest day of the week. enjoy it. we have much hotter weather coming our way. we even have drizzle out toward the coastline, misting inside the bay this afternoon. it will stay cool again as you approach the coastline. you'll see sunshine inland and some mild temperatures there. low pressure camped out along the coastline and as
helping make cold, hard cash. mike sugerman, kpix 5. >> all sorts of retailers including national chains are testing these technologies. they are using them to maximize store layouts and offer customized coupons. >>> i would be easy to track. they would just find me in the shoe department all the time. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> a retile psychologist. >> can you imagine? >> retail psychologist. that's what you want to be when i grow up? >> i...