50s to start and 78 at noon. Mike, youre taking us back to the altamont. I am, 580 westbound we have your typical volume of traffic from this shot from dublin. We had early problems getting here out of the altamont pass. The first crash cleared at north flynn road and the paving work down to just one lane but the crash at grant line road involving two trucks are the only issue. Back to you, marcus. Just in to our newsroom, theres one less contender in the race for president , in the last few minutes new york city mayor bill de blasio announcing is he dropping out of the race. De blasio actually made that announcement live onmans morning joe. Hes shown badly in the polls and taking a lot of heat from new yorkers about dividing his attention between the needs of the city and the race many believed he just could not win. Now to the explosive whistleblower complaint from inside the Trump Administration and the controversy is only getting bigger this morning. So its about a phone call betwe
Was drunk or Something Else was going on. There are two other people who witnessed this wrongway driver as they were headed north watching this driver head south, but their phone calls to 911 didnt come in until unfortunately after this fatal headon collision behind me. You can hear the sound as the Fire Department is using a saw to try to cut through the metal of that suv, trying to remove that one body of the person who was the wrongway driver while the other one has been removed. The estimated time of reopening is 6 00, though the sergeant told me that was, he was trying to be conservative, maybe theyd have this open a little bit sooner, so again, northbound 85 youre told to get off at evelyn in Mountain View until the scene is cleared. Reporting live in Mountain View. He was live in Mountain View. You just saw the horrific mass of metal there, must have been a been monitoring this as well with the maps. This is going to be a huge problem. Its a tragedy and a huge problem. Tragedy,
That wrongway driver was headed down northbound 85 when it collided headon with the driver of the honda civic, roughly at the central expressway overpass this occurred. We know the driver of the honda civic was a 35yearold man from american canyon. The suv registered in Mountain View as i mentioned it caught fire and we have learned that driver was a woman. What do you expect was going on with the wrongway driver . Why were they driving the wrong direction . Its hard to say. Wrongway drivers are typically caused by impairment. It can sometimes be confusion, but based on the time of day, it could have been anything right now. We dont have anything firmly indicating that, but in general, wrongway drivers do tend to be impaired drivers or those who are kind of confused. Reporter chp says at least two other drivers avoided hitting that wrongway driver but their calls to 911 did not arrive until after this accident again which was around 1 00 this morning. If youre commuting in the south ba
Temperatures up to 88 degrees in antioch, while oakland tops out at 76. So well talk about all of our microclimates and the forecast leading into the holiday coming up. Mike, youre expecting a lighter commute this morning. Its only 4 31, were seeing it but the bay bridge toll plaza the less amount of cars. As we discussed yesterday midday folks made their way to the sierra valley, a lot of folks make thursday their getaway. Friday morning well see a lighter volume of traffic. Be careful. There are crews in palo alto north past willow. You see the flashing lights still working on the Center Divide here and also in patches through oakland and well let you know if we see problems for closures and traffic breaks coming up. Back to you. Thank you. Breaking news out of the south bay, there is damage to at least three business this is morning after an overnight fire in downtown los gatos. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live in los gatos this morning. What do you know, kris . Reporter
San francisco low 70s, with some low 80s in the south bay. Well talk more about whats going on this weekend. Mike has a look at that morning drive for you. Well, easy drive. Look at this, the bay bridge toll plaza this is great. This is a live picture its 6 01 and we see a smooth flow of traffic, no metering lights, no pausing even for the cash lanes. You have to pause to pay, you pay cash but everyone else flowing smoothly through the fastrak lanes. Contra costa county looks great. A little blip shows up north of the benicia bridge. There may be an issue. There say crash on the shoulder 242 at grant, and a couple of crashes here 680 around capitol expressway and montague, both out of the roadway but look the at the Speed Sensors are all green, guys. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Breaking news this morning, out of the south bay, there is damage to at least three businesses this morning, after an overnight fire in downtown los gatos. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us live from the sc