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The weekend forecast is next. Alexis . We are looking good with traffic. Good shot of the bay bridge with no major issues westbound across the bay bridge, only 10 minutes and we are in the green. We are in the green everywhere so far this morning, westbound 580 if we had delays it would be between tracy and dublin at 29 minutes, southbound 680 at the trivalley and northbound 85 is okay in the south bay. A minor issue in oakland and we will look at that next. Happening today, there are big changes at sfo this morning. It affects not only those who travel but those who drop off friends and family. Our reporter is at the airport this morning. Matt . Good morning, i am by myself at sfo at terminal one. Yesterday, southwest, down this terminal, can you see a lot of people were dropped off not realizing now they have to do a big walk down to where the southwest terminal is now. That is one changes. A lot of other changes are coming to terminal one. What should you expect . Boarding areas are
Alexis . If you are getting going i have great news, we do not have major problems on the roads. The Central Valley on our traffic maps shows westbound 205 to 580 leaving tracy to the Altamont Pass we are 23 Miles Per Hour. And 20 Miles Per Hour you can see it is darker red. No major issues. We dont have anything blocking. Huge difference from years commute. We will look at the south bay next. Happening right now, big changes at sfo affecting not only those traveling but those dropping off friends and family. Matt is at the airport with the detours and what to expect. Do i likely an airline employees . I have had a lot of people ask for help. I am standing behind a ticket counter. It used to be for southwest airlines. I help them. I fell them to start walking that way and you will get where you want to be. A lot of change is happening at sfo. Here is video we shot the past hour. People getting dropped off where the Old Southwest terminal used to be and they walk quarter of a mile to ge