Plaza, were seeing speeds back up and the backup is over the west grant overcrossing in the cash lanes that lanes that is a check of traffic. City of oakland bracing for a major shut down as thousands of city workers plan to strike. Important City Services that resident they may not be able to access today. Thousands of employees are getting ready to walk off the job. Workers from local 1021 and ifp local 21 represent a range of roles from Public Workers to head start instructors from engineers to building inspectors. Union workers say after seven months of negotiation, they had no choice but to strike. We give them every opportunity to keep us open and they chose not to take it. Main point of contract talks is cost of living increases. The city made a two year offer and the first year of their offer is virtually identical to our one year offer. We said why cant we agree on the year we agree on and come back and talk about the future, and they said no. If we agree to pay more than the
People were shot. So far no word if is this. A suspect is in custody or the extent of injuries. We are gathering more information. Back here in the bay area the foiled Christmas Day terrorist attack has some concerns about security along the embarcadero. San Francisco Police chief assured the public there is no credible threat to the city. He says that wont stop Law Enforcement from being prepared. Live from market street. The crowds are out and i imagine it will be packed on new years eve. Police are asking once again if you see something say something. It seems basic. It could end up saving lives. Reporter San Francisco hopes to ring in new years the way it does every year with fireworks. This year in the wake of a thwarted terrorist attack appeared 39 police will be extra vigilant. We want the public to know there are no Credible Threats. It is important they see officers. There will be officers you wont see. Reporter the department will be collaborating with the fbi but would not s
But were expecting a break in the clouds and we should return some sunshine into play later. Its a little colder this morning though. Were at 26 degrees in trenton, 24 in allentown, 28 in philadelphia, 27 right now in wilmington, 24 in millville. Not a whole lot of wind so when i show you these wind chills were only dropping down about four, 5 degrees below the temperature in most neighborhoods. Does feel like its 18 in allentown, 23 in philadelphia, so coats and a little extra gear probably still important this morning. As we go through the afternoon it is going to be milder and even though we start out cloudy for the most part well reintroduce some sun as the day goes on. By 12 oclock up to about 37 and well get up to about 40 for a high. This model has 41 and back down to closer to the freezing mark by about 8, 9 oclock tonight. Our next big issue is tomorrow morning. Theres a winter storm watch for the poconos. Were expecting some accumulating snow. Theres a Winter Weather advisory
77 in delaware. Ill break it down hour by hour and show you how quickly the temperatures climb in your neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. But first Jessica Boyington has your first alert traffic. Thanks, bill, and were starting off on the blue route. You can still see some lanes blocked here, traffic not backing up onto the blue route right now. We are watching a little bit of a delay, but it looks like its already clear. You could see some actual construction site, but it looks like they were removing that from the westbound side. Coming from south street headed to the vine street expressway we were watching some construction westbound for the schuylkill. By the time you head out the door there it should be completely clear. And Chestnut Street between fourth and second and third street between walnut and market are still closed and youll be detoured around. Breaking right now a violent Home Invasion sends a woman to the hospital. This is west roosevelt boulevard and police say
Say jay ajayi now. I think he can. Lets head to dave murphy and karen. They have your weather and traffic. He cracked me up. Good time. All right, onto the weather sent we go. Weve got more clouds out there this morning. You can see them sweeping in in the overnight hours but theyre not going to be here all day. We think morning clouds will give way to some increasing sunshine. Its a cold start. Were ick degrees in trenton, 25 degrees in allentown. 28 degrees in philadelphia. 27 in wilmington. And its not as windy as yesterday so even though were starting out a little bit colder at least you dont have quite as severe wind chills. Right now it feels like its 22 in philadelphia. 19 in allentown. Winds overall fairly light. Asas we go through the day its going to be on the chilly side. 35 degrees by 11 oclock. 38 degrees by 1 oclock. This model has 41. Im going 40, not much difference and youll also notice how the sun is coming back as the day goes on. Winds not all that strong. We have a