Optimizationing. Californias deal is with the following automakers, bmw, volkswagen, honda and ford. Governor newsom got them to agree to boost the fuel economy standards to new cars to about 50 miles per gallon by the year 2026. President trump proposed freezing the standards at about 37 miles per gallon by the year 2020. These numbers according to dan kaman, professor of energy at uc berkeley and former climate adviser for the Obama Administration are a compromise. They said we will back off a little bit on our annual improvement numbers and give an opportunity for the u. S. Epa to get on board with this. Reporter and in the long run benefits consumers. If anything a price to depress gas prices because overtime well see more and more manufacturers taking on electric vehicle targets. Members of the Republican Party along with big energy have been quick to fire back. Tom pyle, president of the American Energy alliance provided this statement to abc7 news saying in part these four autom
Them. They took on way too much. Reporter now they are under criminal investigation by the california contractors state license board, and it faces an avalanche of suits from homeowners who say the company owes them a combined 3 to 4 million. Attorney richard freeman. I have a half dozen clients from whom money was taken and not one thing was done. Not one piece of earth moved. He absolutely took their money as late as april of 2019 and gave them nothing. Morally despicable. Reporter last may, pam defended the companys motives. Were not some fly by Night Company and we didnt go up there as ambulance chasers to go up there and do Something Like this to almost 100 people is just, just unconscionable. Reporter thats carol. She estimates they owe her 90,000. Since then shes hired another contractor and filed suit. It will be finished when i see the contractor in jail. Thats when it will be finished. Reporter so the next question is what happens with the Sonoma County district attorney. We
During the garlic festival. Always happens, doesnt it . Seems like it. A look at the cloud cover. Today closer to average. A little more sunshine this afternoon. Were starting off cooler and with more clouds. Watch out. Theres a little more fog for the morning commute. Beam me up, scotty. The temperatures will be hitting the mid 70s to mid 80s under sunshine except for at the coast at noon. By 4 00, 77 to near 90. 60 at the coast with the lingering clouds. Hey, frances. Good morning. A few minor problems. Here is a live shot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Weve got very thick fog for drivers heading through the waldo tunnel and across the bridge into San Francisco. Give yourself a little extra time. But another look in the east bay shows traffic flowing well. Southbound 680 on the righthand side. That is looking good as you make your way out towards walnut creek and towards highway 24. Well check out drive times. A few brake lights on northbound 880 from 238 to the maze because of road work
Overcrossing at the tolls right now. Some usual slow and go traffic on westbound 580 from tracy to dublin, 33 minutes. Elsewhere, pretty quiet. A nice drive through the dublin grade to mission boulevard in fremont. Northbound 85 looking great from highway 101 to cupertino in the sbai. We have new details this morning on changes sfmta is making after that deadly crash on taylor and ofarrell streets in San Francisco. Sfmta met with Community Leaders in the tenderloin to discuss Traffic Safety concerns. Three weeks before the crash, sfmta reduced Taylor Street from three lanes to two and added white buffer zones. There are also plans to widen the crosswalks. One neighbor suggested changing the timing on the lights. Reisdey. Ard it is to walk in a crosswalk, by the time you get to the middle, its already red. Thats not right. Sundays crash killed benjamin dean, and his wife kelly is still in serious condition. The driver Kelsey Cambridge was arrested. For more on this story, you can go to
Otherwise, increasing clouds across the bay. 504 to 62 at 7 00. Sunny everywhere. At the coast, 60s, 70s and 80s. 60s, 80s and 90s as the temperature increases today inland. Still going to be in the 70s and 80s at 8 00. Getting reports of a rollover crash on southbound 242 on the concord offramp. It sounds like just one vehicle involved there. It did flip over. Several vehicles are stopping to help out. Theyre not sure what they hit that caused that initial collision. Weve got emergency crews heading to the scene right now and a little delay on the mainline of southbound 242. Well come back with a few more details. A quick check of drive times, foggy golden gate bridge, dense fog advisory in effect. Not slowing you down. Six minutes. 13 across the bay bij. 12 minutes westbound 92 across the san mateo bridge. In the east bay oaklands mayor says her office is looking into a report that federal immigration agents used the citys airport to deport tens of thousands of people. I. C. E. Purpo