Good morning, we are looking at San Francisco this morning. Were out talking with commuters, people who are trying to find another way to get to work. And its not easy. Its very crowded out there. Were going to have all of your commuting options, Team Coverage from our reporters this morning. Thank you for joining us. Luckily its friday. Luckily, yes. It is october 18. Im pam cook. Im brian flores in for dave clark. Steve paulson is here. Its going to be sunny today. Psun over the bay and roaring down the coast. Forecast headlines, talk about a cooler pattern today. Sunny inland but fog or sun for the weekend. Looks quite until thursday next week. We could get a little system. Coast and much much cooler this morning. Mostly sunny, nice to warm, a little cooler coast and bay, mild to warm inland. 30s to 40s to right at 50. San francisco running about 9 degrees cooler than they were at this time yesterday. Thats a big change instead of 79 or 80 degrees, 68 today. Theres low clouds and a
Fire it ifapcontained not sure how it stred oarted 98 containment bart riders react to the lack of progress in labor talks. Unions and management apparently making no new walkout. Meetings at all. And a week from sunday. Done before august 4 according to costa county this fire is 90percent contained. At this time, the fire has burned 50 acres. 3alarms path of the fire first started on federal lands of the Concord Naval weapons unto port chicago highway in bay point. No homes or structures in danger. Firefighters expect containment in the next few hours. Alarm brush fire in bay point that has grown to about 60 acres, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection district captain said. Because of the wind, we are extension, fire capt. Robert marshall said. The fire was reported around 1 p. M. At the former Concord Naval weapons station in bay point near the general chemical corp. Plant in the area of nichols road and according to marshall. The fire captain said the federal Chemical Plant was not
Know about these types of things. This thing reached 7 alarms. They have a lot of resources working to try to keep the rest of these homes from going up just like that one just like martins home when he saw his palm tree on fire. Within 30 minutes this is what happened, his garage completely engulfed at the moment. This house is going to be a complete loss. That was steve large reporting from our sister station kovr in sacramento. Well show you exactly where this is happening. The fire zone is along Marigold Drive which is right next to i 80. Eastbound lanes of the freeway were closed as crews tried to reach that fire. And last hour we spoke with catherine a correspondent with the vacaville reporter and she joins us again by phone now. Catherine, does it look like crews are finally getting a handle on this fire . Reporter you know, it really did. Im right en route to try to get to the staging area where they are evacuating residents from the area. Crews are still putting a lot of water
Sure to tune in. Here is your ride on the new span, it is still a great commute this morning although the metering lights have been activated. Light to moderate condition. It is a little sluggish on 580 and highway 4. The only slowing is around the mckee julien. The rest is still looking good. We are just hours away from the closure of the bay bridge. All lanes in both directions will close tonight at 8 00 pm. Workers will then make the transition from the old roadway to the new eastern span. Joining us from Treasure Island is kron fours mike pelton. Were now just six days away. You can say that the lights are turned on combined meat and the crews are not just quite ready to open up to traffic. They will shut down on the bay bridge tonight at 8 00 p. M. And reopen Tuesday Morning at 5 00 a. M. Here you can see the crews are working on the span. They have to do lane striping and paving. They also need to connected. It will have more scenic view and stability. The Holiday Weekend, receiv
In the morning. Good morning. Welcome to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6 00. Were looking live at the san mateo bridge this morning. A little fog out there. It seems a little more crowded than usual. I do not normally take that bridge, though, but we understand there is a new accident there. So that is not good news. Well get you all the traffic news in a moment. It is thursday, august 29. Im pam cook. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Mark is in for steve. Can you find some sun for us later today . Im trying to. I think we will but right now were starting out with a solid deck of overcast that will be part of your commute this morning. In the north bay you can see toward santa rose sarks that vat dough rosa, novato. San francisco covered with the clouds toward san mateo, hayward and san jose and Mountain View at last check. Current temperatures are ranging from the upper 50s. Half moon bay 57 degrees. Lots of 60s for San Francisco, Oakland San Jose curren