Fortunately, the high winds didnt bring many reports of downed trees. We continue to track it. The roadways starting to see more traffic. More traffic, more reports. Theres something new over here in pleasanton. We track the city and get more details from chp when they arrive. Chp is here, southbound 680. North main. Jams up out of concord. A crash blocking the fast lane. This is a tough time where the commute builds. We have the build at the bay bridge. Lane 14 is closed from the deadly crash on saturday. Theres the back upcoming down the berkeley curve. Its more significant than we see. The good news is the transition off 880 moves smoothly. These folks are headed toward cash lane 14. That may be the issue if that is your route. The slowing on the berkeley curve, you are about a half hour. 30 minutes from highway 4 to the toll plaza. Thank you. We continue to follow breaking news out of Southern California. Take a look at the pictures from overnight. This is from the thomas fire. It
Poorer as you look into the distance. If youre going to be outside today, its a moderate air quality day and that means you should limit your outdoor exposure and no wood burning over the next three days. Our temperatures have been in the upper 50s for the past couple of hours or so, heading into the mid60s and low 70s for the rest of the day. When well see a shift in the wind, thats coming up in just a few minutes. All right, kari, thank you. Oakland city workers continuing their strike for the fourth consecutive day. The mayor of oakland, libby schaaf, is speaking right now. Well go to her live to hear what she has to say. To go back to that fiscal instability. It is not good for our workforce and it is not good for our residents. To be more specific about the raises that are on the table right now in the citys offer, all City Employees over the next two years would receive a 5 Salary Increase, that could be as much as 6 if we hit certain revenue projections. But for some of our lowe
Commuters deal with the tranz bay closure. Lets take a look at these backups here. This is all because b. A. R. T. Says it must complete muchneeded track repairs. Christy smith is live at the Ferry Terminal in oakland. It has been packed with people. Christy, how are they doing out there . Reporter well you know, you caught us in between boats. Its actually looking pretty quiet right now. One of the options that people seem to be liking is the ferry to cross the bay. As weve been talking about, b. A. R. T. Is just not an option in and out of San Francisco. I happened to speak to a spokesperson and hes saying basically travel is up about 24 between oakland, alameda and San Francisco. They are offering up and downed service. Lines are moving, but they are long. A b. A. R. T. Spokesperson says from there the work is going well. Busses are set up around 20th and broadway in oakland moving people in and out of the city. The ride is taking about 20 minutes. B. A. R. T. Is still running, but,
Goodrich. The fire in lake county has now grown to more than 22,000 acres and tonight, its just 5 contained. The fire already destroyed 16 homes, hundreds more threatened. Fire is burning in rugged terrain east of the community of lower lake. Andrea is there. She spoke with one homeowner who lost everything. Hi andrea. Reporter hi, brian. Tonight were talking about one homeowner who did lose everything. You take a look at the hills behind me, its a very rural area out here. People have homes out there and some had to flee as the flames advanced. As you drive along Morgan Valley road, east of lower lake, the acres of blackened hillsides quickly become overwelming. I feel so bad. Theres hundreds of people that live down there that just, their houses are ashes and everyone we know that lives down there, they have nothing anymore. Its crazy. The rocky fire has burned 16 homes to the ground. Among them, amanda oconner. Her home used to stand beyond this area covered in pink fire retardant.
Cristina rendon is live at the bay bridge toll plaza with more. Reporter heather, we are seeing traffic, but its no different than any other saturday when people are trying to get into the city, so this is typical right now, but there is an increase in ridership on the ferries. The weekend weve been warned about is here. Barts closure of the transbay tube means many are finding an alternative mode of transportation. Its why the San Francisco bay doubled routes, already seeing a 24 increase in ridership compared to a normal weekend day and a 6 increase on the route between vallejo and San Francisco. Its working quite well. We have four boats in constant operation at alamedaoakland service. We have three boats on the vallejo service. Reporter they have been at capacity on nearly every ferry leaving the east bay, and with that comes long lines. It hasnt been too bad. I mean, its a longer wait than expected. Weve been here about an hour and 15 minutes. Reporter one family visiting from out