Encounter a somewhat raised its a slight chance for showers later on today by 2 00 is to be fairly dry were selling some shower activity for the coast toward down by 5 00 this evening for the ride home generally partly to mostly cloudy conditions it will build the increases posted to my tomorrow could be dead for some was heading to work and vita fox to hold on to call the condition because of the cloud will be sent temperatures well below average from a special the inland today and tomorrow. Rebecca this is a major injury accident of van overturned the three left line to block the emergency crews from same time to clear this accident if your commute takes to to the bay bridge this morning make sure you leave your home and the time out for five meant to our committee relies return on this after 530 this morning traffic backed up all the way into the macarthur maze this is born to be a reversal ride is a dup of San Francisco. Mark were following this story getting more information and w
Goodrich. Im brian hackney. We have a live look at doyle drive or whats left of what was doyle drive. The construction has been going on for six years. Now its in the home stretch. Crews are racing to get the work done by monday morning. Right now, they are pouring concrete and paving the roadway. The concrete is a quick set variety and if all goes as planned it will be cured by tomorrow morning. Workers also need to install medians and striping along the new parkway before they can open it up to traffic. It will happen in different stages. But that will be sunday before we really see any striping. We may even wait until its already done. Work is still on schedule even after rain. A big crowd made it to the presidio for a special ceremony today despite the doyle drive closure. Mayor lee and other dignitaries broke ground on the new korean war memorial. It will be built at lincoln and sheridan. The project has been years in the making and the presidio has a strong connection to it. More
The city. If youre trying to get between sf and oakland theres an lter gnat. This is so workers can repair the old track. That means no service between west oakland and the station here in the city. The other option and its not much better but this is an alternative. Bart is offering what theyre referring to a lifeline bus service the agency could take one to two hours more than the train would. Theyre doing this for this weekend and the work that has to be done on the train tracks thats so extensive and theyll be shutting down labor day weekend. Reporting live here in the San Francisco news room, live in the bay. Thanks, bob. As bob mentioned a lot of folks hopping in cars and driving over the bridge this weekend to get across the bay. Maybe they wont be hopping. Maybe theyll be sitting there trying to get through. Bob continues coverage of the major shut down. Yes, the bart system will be under the water. Over here we just saw the train leave. A reminder, the rest of the bart system
Starting their weekend early. Speaking of traffic, weekend bart riders the transbay tube will be shut down all day saturday and sunday so crews can make track repairs. Anne makovec is at the embarcadero station in San Francisco with more on why bart is doing this and how you can get around during the closure. The most important part, right . Reporter this is going to be the end of the line. The embarcadero station here during the closure. So we are hoping people got the message. This could lead to some real traffic troubles including delays of one to two hours for buses to cross the bay. The transbay tube is between San Francisco and oakland. Its going to be closed at the end of bart service tonight. So it will be running tonight. No trains then will run through the tube saturday or sunday. Bart needs to do some major maintenance and repair works on the tracks. Transportation officials have been planning for this for months. We assembled a Public Transit dream team of Bus Operators wit
Just madly out of control. Reporter we got half a tank. Reporter jim came back to his house after he thought it was safe. As we drove back, the flames were still, um, spotty here and there. Within an hour or two after i got to the house i realized i shouldnt be here. Reporter firefighters from all over the bay area and Southern California in the air and engines and on foot furiously fighting the flames but Mother Nature fought back. This fouryear drought dry vegetation made for some serious spotting across the lines. Reporter despite firefighters best efforts, the wind picked back upbringing new life to the fire. Under the scorching sun triple digit heat, new flames ripped through hundreds of more acres. I have never seen flames so tall. 200300 feet. Reporter lake county with dry brush and rugged terrain makes it one of the worst landscapes for firefighters. Theres nothing stopping it. Its very rugged territory and impossible to be put it out. Reporter so far jims home is safe. Everyth