All things are back open and things look good in the area. Heres a leave look in oakland at the nimitz 880 near the Oakland Coliseum and oakland airport. No delay if you have a flight to catch heading out of town for the long Holiday Weekend. And a lot of the overnight roadwork is actually cleared. They cleared the macarthur maze. They should have just reopened those left lanes from the incline to the tower at the bay bridge. No delay behind the toll plaza. Once again, you may see some fog and even a little drizzle for the start of your morning commute. This is a live look at westbound 580 near the dublin interchange. Out to the Golden Gate Bridge, also a little drizzly this morning. 14 minutes between 580 and the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza. Three lanes open in each direction approaching the toll plaza. And bart is on a normal schedule. Everything is often time. You may see lighter everything is on time. You may see lighter on this start of the Holiday Weekend. Remember kcbs when yo
A lot of work, michelle. And about 60,000 cars normally use this stretch of southbound 280 but not today. You can take a look right now because caltrans crews have been hard at work trying to replace that old hinge in the bridge and caltrans says its about 50 years old so it was time. The purpose is to make the road safer in case of an earthquake. We do know that this work is going to continue over the next few days. Representatives say they have decided to shut down all lanes because the process of replacing the hinge involves quite a bit of demolition work. They have to demolishing the concrete because the they have to demolish the concrete because the hinges are imbedded in the concrete and then they pour the concrete over the hinges. Reporter the good news for neighbors about the demolition work, they are about halfway done so there shouldnt be too much noise or dust over the weekend. The hope is to be done and reopened by tuesday at 5 a. M. There are still more hinges to be replac
Painkillers now the leading cause of drug overdoses. Two counties in the state blame the drugmakers for touting the benefits of the narcotics and trivializing the deadly side effects, specifically addiction. We have seen increases in overdose deaths. Weve seen babies born with opiate withdrawal. The focus of this lawsuit is on holding the pharmaceutical industry accountable for their deception ensuring that doctors and patients have Accurate Information when decisions are being made about their care. Reporter experts in drug treatment agree america has become reliant on painkillers. But they say taking them away from people who are already addicted will push them to street drugs like heroin. Opiates really are miracle drugs, no doubt. At the same time, they carry risks. Reporter San Francisco Health Department Substance Abuse degree dr. Phillip coffin has no opinion on the lawsuit but he says the real issue is getting lost. We need to not be scared to prescribe opiates when its appropr
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