Spot on interstate 580 right in the heart of the Macarthur Mayes. This is between the 580. A motorcycle accident is blocking the to righthand lanes. The biggest impact is on highway 24 coming down from the tunnel. The back up is now reaching childrens hospital. This means that there will be light traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. We are starting this friday off with a a live look from walnut creek. The temperatures are in the upper 60s. The fall that we see right now will be quick to clear. The temperatures will reach the upper 80s. I will have full details of what to expect. Another instance of thieves in disguise tricking older residents in to letting them in their yards. This time they posed as Tree Trimmers in hayward. Kron 4s will tran is live near the home that was hit. This time they pretended to be Tree Trimmers. The other day they were pg e workers. We are not sure if they are the same people. I will show you the exact, but it was on this neighborhood. This one and not on
Show the readings from a series of sensors monitoring what is called turbidity or cloudiness in the water supply. Most show a 0. 2 reading the same as before the fire. Managers would only become concerned if the reads increased to a 5 if the readings increased to a 5, or 25 times higher than now. The concern is ash deposition on the surface of the reservoir. Reporter while the sf puc owns and manages the hetch hetchy system, it serves 2. 6 million customers throughout the bay area in San Francisco as well as alameda, san mateo and santa clara counties. But during a tour of the fire zone today, Governor Brown says water clarity could still be a significant concern long after the fire is out. The concern is it as the months go on, that winter comes and the floods move all the ash and loose debris on the water and the water gets contaminated, thats bad. So whatever the firefighters can do to prevent that were doing. Then after the fire is contained, then more action will be taken. Reporte
Fire is still burning along both sides of highway 120. That road remains closed outside of groveland. Crews are making significant progress though on the southwestern edge of the fire. But it is still moving to the north threatening the town of Tuolumne City. Cbs reporter Teresa Garcia is there with the latest. Reporter the rim fire near the Yosemite National park has been designated the number one priority for the Forest Service. A lot of firefighters here trying to get ahead of it. Reporter more than 3400 firefighters are battling the blaze, which has consumed more than 20 structures and scorched nearly 144,000 acres. Look how deep that is. Reporter pine needles and dead leaves have created a bed of kindling on the forest floor. We are inside the firelines. This is whats being called a First Priority zone. Its an area where the most resources are bring dedicated and this is because the blaze has been spreading most intensely along the eastern side of the fire. To the east of the fire
Span. And for a while, they even threatened to postpone its opening. This is a serious issue and its being taken seriously. Reporter but its not over. Our snapped bolt will now be cut up into pieces and taken to a lab for more tests. The fact that they broke after nearly 5 days at the highest possible tension means that at least initially these bolts could last a very, very long time. Reporter still, not everyone is slapping high fives at least not yet. I think were still looking at, oh, i would say several months worth of additional testing to have an absolutely clear picture of where were at and again, thats the long term. On the short term basis i think we know where were at. Reporter wheres that . Were into good place. Reporter and that place may be the opening one week from today. On treasure island, phil matier, kpix 5. With no traffic going over the bay bridge, officials expect more activity certainly on the Golden Gate Bridge. Theres concern those drivers may not be up to speed
Died and it was supposed to be those teens first day of school. Instead, they will be mourning the loss of one of their own. The accident happened just before 9 00 last night. You can see just how badly this car was damaged. Danvilles police chief says the car was going northbound an el capitan drive in a well lit area when the driver lost control and hit a tree on claridge drive. Too early to tell. Theres no obvious signs of anything. Thats what our investigators will be working on to make sure that they can pinpoint speeds and other things. Theres nothing obvious such as cans of alcohol or anything like that. Reporter the teen killed was a passenger sitting on the right side of the car. He died at san ramon regional hospital. The driver and the other passenger were taken to john muir medical center. Police say they are in critical condition. Officers say all of them were males. The teen killed was 16 years old. The driver and the other passenger were 17 years old. The cause of the cr