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I start during the holidays. Tick, tick, tick. A lot of people want to know what the weather will be like. The fireworks. Exactly, the fog is of concern. We are tracking the possibility of seeing patchy fog and more in the interior valueleys. Right now in San Francisco, clear skies, 48 degrees. Wind speeds are calm and look at the temperatures throughout the bay area, were at about 41 degrees in san jose. 40 degrees in santa cruz, and if youre anywhere near the santa cruz area within the next couple of hours, were seeing gusty conditions for some of our mountaintop areas, gusts upwards of 40 plus miles per hour. In the lower elevations not dealing with the wind and a quick check of the temperature trend, san jose clear, sunshine, dont have to worry about the rain. Ill go more into detail what you can expect tonight in a bit. Lets send things over to mike. Chilly out there. Also looking over here walnut creek where you could see the light traffic. Nthbound through the area north through
Maybe like a nice sparkly coat . Were in the 40s overnight but it might dip down into the 30s depending on how late you stay out. So right now weve got clear skies over San Francisco, and look at our morning lows, santa cruz a chilly 39 degrees in through san jose. 41 and your microclimate highs if youre headed out the door quickly, heres what you can expect. During the day fine, cool 50s, mostly clear skies. If you go out after you get out of work, take your coat with you now. You get out and go to festivities youre prepared. Ill give you a closer look what you can expect tonight and headed into the first weekend of the new year coming up. Mike . I got to fulfill promise this is year. Behind me i have the number seven, thats how many minutes for highway 84 down value see toe. Its nothing big. Its very small and thats great. An easy drive coming through that section of 84. No problems you saw things are at the limit there from the Speed Sensors and travel times, 16 minutes out of the a
Microclimate forecast doing . Headed out the door here say quick check of your daytime highs, upper 50s, low 60s. Notice the bay area sky, coast, bay and inland a mix of sun and clouds. Ill have an exact breakdown of the temperatures headed into new years eve tonight for inland areas and the coastline with just a little bit, well send things over to mike. Breaking news in the traffic center, you might have caught that as it happened last report. We have more information northbound 880. We have good news. Two of your four lanes are open, but the other two lanes are still blocked, oxygen tanks reportedly fell out of one of the vehicles, involved in a crash north 880 at 29th. Coliseum toward 66th, so its starting at the overcrossing and building. It will continue back toward about 98th. That is a slow section just north of high street is where the lanes are blocked. We show you on the map, you have some options. Because traffic is so very light, west 580 an easy breezy drive over there. W
A bit of slowing as well. Contra costa county looks great. 101 northbound, both of those activities are off to the right shoulder. Theres the rest of the bay, so marcus, right over to you. Thats right, mike. New overnight, a potential make problem cleared before the morning commute. Crews have just reopened the connector to 101 and 880. This is video from just after that crash. Luckily no injuries have been reported. Parents are sending a strong message to the president of the Oakland Unified School district, bob, tell us why parents are so frustrated. Reporter parents in oakland are angry about pending School Closures and possible budget kut. The acting president for the unified school district, she spoke at a Community Meeting at emerson to let parents know tonight the board will be considering 15 million in cuts in order to meet their 3 reserve. This video provided to us by a members of oakland not for sale, a Group Opposed to those cuts. When london finished speaking last night, a