Coliseum. The fedex truck crashed with another car, and one of the drivers was killed. All lanes are closed. Cars are being forced off the freeway at the 66th avenue exit. Were trying to divert all traffic off and then they can get back on south of 66. If this is your commute i would highly recommend finding a different route. Reporter authorities havent released any information about the victim. They dont know the cause. I asked if alcohol was involved, they said it doesnt look that way. Speed may have been a factor this is all under investigation. At 4 30 we were told this would probably be shut down for a couple of hours. At least possibly more. Live in oakland, Amy Hollyfield, abc 7 news. Amy, thank you. All right, sue hall is tracking how to get around this, sue, is 580 an option here . Thats what were recommending this hour. No delays on 580 at all. Big rigs are also advised to use 580. The shutdown, lots of slow traffic here as the chp officer said they are diverting off and bri
Memorial. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze in for ama daetz. Today in chinatown people gathered to remember the mayor who got political start in that community. Held their own event because felt not represented at public memorial. More than 1,000 people attended but only asianamerican speakers were ed lees two daughters. Alyssa is live. Some offended by how a prominent speaker described late mayor. Reporter talking about his smile and squinty eyes, and lot of people took great offense with. Some people in asianamerican Community Say that was insensitive, especially at his Memorial Service and tonight theyre honoring him in chinatown with a candlelight vigil. Chief of protocol Charlotte Schutz recalled his laugh. Wonderful laugh with swingely wetwingel twingely just like the picture, squinty eyes. Reporter deeply offended. I was shocked. Am i hearing it correctly . Everybody felt uncomfortable but didnt know how to handle it. Reporter retired judges spoke at different Memorial Service for
Warnings all over the bay area. One of the colder spots will be right where we are now. Concord, we are here where people are making the most of the cold weather hitting the ice rink and you can see people bundled up in hats, scarves and jackets. You will want to put on extra layers concord is expected to hit the very low 30s overnight and some other areas will be even colder tonight. This is the first day of winter, winter solstice is bringing the cold air with it. We will talk more about how long the cold six around and can we get another chance of rain before the year ends. Bay area investigators believe they have the man responsible for a mail bomb attack. Andria borba tells us about the break. Reporter it was a dna sample that linked the suspect to the mail bombs. The Common Thread between two mail bombs that exploded in less than a month, and arctic king air conditioner box. The first exploded on october 19 at a home in palo alto. A father was injured opening the box that was add
Most of the time it is inland and everyone else stays above freezing. Everywhere except for the immediate coastline will drop to the mid20s to low 30s tonight and even the coastline under a frost advisory. The only exception is San Francisco. Livermore 28 degrees, fairfield 25, napa, santa rosa 20s redwood city below freezing and oakland 37. San jose 32 degrees which is the first of the season and the last time we were below freezing and san jose was 31 degrees, that was 348 days ago. Kristin is reporting from concord. Reporter the National Weather service issued freeze warnings all over the bay area. One of the colder spots will be right where we are now. Concord, we are here where people are making the most of the cold weather hitting the ice rink and you can see people bundled up in hats, scarves and jackets. You will want to put on extra layers concord is expected to hit the very low 30s overnight and some other areas will be even colder tonight. This is the first day of winter, wi
Reporter charging drivers to use an express lane help traffic through this area which can be pretty bad. They havent gotten far enough to talk about how much it would cost you but people can use the express lane in the hopes of keeping people moving at 45 miles an hour. The possibility of carpool lanes. There are none on 101 or 280 north of redwood city. That has evolved into talk of express lanes. Now there are questions where would the money go. Would this cause congestion and push traffic on to neighborhood streets. In some sections of the freeway they would repurpose existing lanes. And another section they would use the shoulder to add a lane. So the idea may go before San Francisco supervisors in february. Would you use it . Would you pay to go a little faster. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Happening today chp will hold a bell toll tribute ceremony for the officer who died in a crash in hayward on Christmas Eve leaving behind a wife and three children. The ceremony to honor Andrew