Shes one of the thousands of workers federal employees caught in the squeeze of a government shut down tonight. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. Like hundreds of thousands of others she will not be drawing a paycheck during the shut down. The pain is also being felt by millions of people using our National Parks here in the bay area. Abc 7 news is live at alcatras landing with that part of the story. Heather . The Golden Gate National park service got word at 3 00 in the morning the shut down was real. So, the park police are still working smrks rangers but youll not find rest rooms, Visitor Centers warming huts and parking lots open. The gates swung shut on the parking lot locked by one of the employees kept on the job for essential Services Related to park and people safety. People should realize this is not what the National Park Service Wanted to do this, is not our first choice but were following the law. People passionate about dogs and right to walk them are not
Doesnt look all that bad. Theres a backup, the lights have gone up. Its backed up to the Oakland Army Base over crossing, you may want to get there before it gets worse. No problems on the actual span get nothing San Francisco. Were also looking at the san mateo bridge if you want to get over that crossing, it looks good to the peninsula, to the 101 San Francisco airport. If youre driving on the bay area road, all the roads we check, it looks good except for traffic on the altamont pass. Now, lets go back to the desk, its 6 01. Someone smashed the window and broke in last night, Claudine Wong is there in front of the shop that was hit. Reporter let mow show you where this happened. Were near union square. This is the busiest parts of the square. Lots of lights, lots of activity even though none of these stores are open. Lets take you to where this happened. This is the ice breaker store. This store closed at 8 00 last night so no one was here had this happened. Were not sure at this po
Evening. Today things will be quiet, but theyll pick up later on in the north bay. Were going to for a warmer forecast, napa county and also into Sonoma County. For us clear skies where there is a high cloud deck 40, 50s, 60s, some areas are on the mild side and some cool. Santa rosa got down to 42. Its filtering in, partly cloudy skies, partly sunny. Once this system goes by High Pressure is on its way. High clouds mild to warmer, lighter breeze, higher today. 60s, there will be a few low 8 50s. Heres sal. Traffic is doing well around the bay area. Well look at the bridges, well show you the bay bridge. Its looking good, the traffic looks good coming into San Francisco. The morning commute looks good on the san mateo bridge on the high rise. We want to look at westbound 580, traffic is moving along nicely. Its off to a good start with Castro Valley without any delays. Lets go back to the desk. A scene of a house fire, flames and smoke coming from the attic area that house is located o
Right now, new images today of the dignified transfer of soldiers killed in afghanistan. Their families forced to cover their cost during the Government Shutdown as the American Public grows more tired of some members of congress and whats seen as less than dignified leadership. Do you think senator reid doesnt like our veterans or the va in particular . Im happy to answer the question about senator reid personally, i think he very highly values veterans. As to why we are unable congress is unable to do its business, i will leave to the members to discuss. And developing now, the president set to nominate the first woman to head the fed. Why main street and wall street are relieved by his choice. Police in San Francisco about to release new information within this hour about a body found in a stairwell of the hospital and it is likely a patient who disappeared from her room two weeks ago. Hi, everyone, im tamron hall. News nation is following what could be the lasting picture of this G
Hour ago. The fire has been knocked down. Were down here in virginia. Reporter firefighters are inside the house and doing salvage work. The fire blew out the home. People were inside, four got out without any injuries. It took firefighters 15 to 20 minutes to knock down the flames. He had a prayer room, a small shrine in the attic. He had lights on there, no candles or open flames. He didnt smell the smoke. It was a crackling noise that alerted him to the flames. No smoke, nothing. Then you got up and saw the flames. No, i get up, then i call 911. Firefighters are out here investigating, they say after speaking to the homeowner there was a little bit of a language barrier, but it appears that nothing malicious happened here. Again, most of the damage is in that small attic area where that small shrine prayer room is. Theyre fortunate that everyone was able to come out safely. The red cross has been called out to assist the family. They are hoping to go back inside the home later this