And pfizer says the covid19 vaccine appears to be 90 effective, sparking hope the outbreak can be brought under control. Joe biden warns of a dark winter ahead after the infection count in the u. S. Passes 10 million. A ceasefire is in effect after armenia and azerbaijan reached a deal to end the weeks of conflict in the disputed region. The president says he assigned the agreement with armenia and russia. The armenian Prime Minister was first to announce the news on facebook. He described the decision as painful but one that had to be made. Armenian forces have lost control of the major city not far from the capital. Vladimir putin gave more details on the ceasefire. The Azerbaijan Republic and armenia will stop at current positions in the corridor. Russian peacekeeping forces will be deployed. Internally displaced people and refugees will return to areas under supervision of the high commissioner of the United Nation for refugees. They will be an exchange of war prisoners and exchang
Mike is keeping his eye on the commute. First, meteorologist kari hall and the beautiful shot behind you. Whats that, kari . Well, just a fake background of san jose. Lets talk about whats going on for the bay area for today. Now we will have some hot weather in the valleys and also the north bay wind gusts will be pretty high today. Were worried about the high fire danger as well for today and the next several days as our winds could pick up. Hotter as we take a look at our high temperatures for this afternoon. 83 today in palo alto. Mike, whats the update on the commute . I have real monitors behind me with real Speed Sensors showing you actually changes for oakland. Lets take that up. Well zoom in to the nimitz. The northbound side got the all clear saying they are clear. The southbound side the last two minutes have speeds back to the green level. That construction is cleared heading to 23rd away from the bay bridge. In a couple minutes well show you what things are like and why th
Going to have that high fire danger for the north bay. Were continuing to monitor that as well as whats going to happen the next few days with a few more bursts of high winds that could affect more of the rest of the bay area. Today were up to 85 in san jose. 86 in martinez and San Francisco will reach 70 degrees. Were going to once again have some warm weather but a cooldown in the forecast and ill have more on that in a few minimum. Heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute . Well, kari, not as bad as we sometimes see on a tuesday. And by bad im talking about the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. The middle lanes very slow but the outer lanes, you can transition off the berkeley curve but off the 880 overcrossing we do have to stick it out for the middle lanes that are coming off the overcrossing. A look at the map, a smooth drive. Ive circled the traffic break that has now cleared 880 south down to 66 should improve quickly over the next few and san jose slowin
Warning. Really watching the gusty northerly to northeasterly winds throughout the entire workweek. Looking at the daytime highs in to the mid80ss. Low 09s for concord and the mid to upper 70s to low 80s for around the bay and looking at mid to upper 60s along the coast. Hour by hour on future cast as we go through the week tracking those winds coming up in just a few minutes. For now lets check in with traffic. I havent got the confirmation that the meters lights are uno you but we are seeing brake lights as we work westbound into San Francisco. The bulk of the delay around that 880 overpass and up the incline. A slow ride as you head westbound into San Francisco this morning. We have a slow ride on the westbound side of 580 out of tracy in to the pass with your travel times now 40 minutes to go from 205 toward 680. Im tracking brake light as long the freeway southbound near oak port as you head there. We had a trouble spot off to the side and looks like traffic is slow in that area.
In red that is a red flag warning for the north bay mountains. Currently in effect until 8 00 a. M. On wednesday and then our second burst of off shore winds, that will arrive for wednesday evening through friday. That will be for all of our bay area hills and mountains and that second burst could be even stronger. We will talk more about that coming up. Lets again in for a look at traffic. If you plan to stake 580 into the pass that is the slowest spot. Thats how we are starting the drive for the super commuters working on to the 580 connector. Have you brake lights almost to greenville. A slow ride for your Tuesday Morning commute. Thats the good news. 32 minute drive time to go from 205 to 680. East shore freeway off to a good start. They wrapped construction on the freeway. 88o clear. No delays south of there if you are going into heyward and they just cleared road work on 280. Thousands of households and businesses could loose power. This as pg e prepares for potential high winds