Forecast coming up. Lets check in on our main travel times. If you are hitting the roadways here bright and early or i should say dark and early. A 31 minutes ride. No problems there. You are smooth sailing. As well as this morning. Hopefully thats going to hold out for as long as we can. Not so great on the nimmets freeway. That lane closure is going to be in place until 6 00 and all this week weve really been seeing some significant slowing. Youre going need to give yourself about 10 extra minutes regardless of these lane closures. Off to the bridges where there is nobody and no back up at the bay bridge and the Richmond San Rafael bridge as well. We are keeping an eye on that bridge in lake county. At this point it is only 30 contained. Were hoping for an update in cal fire for hours. This is just northwest of clear lake. 19 acres have burned. So thats not huge. You can see the terrain theyre dealing with. It is very steep and a lot of brush and trees there. This fire still threaten
Lets get right to cbs reporter weijia jang who is live on capitol hill. This comes after more than half of frankens own party in the senate said enough is enough. Reporter kenny, there was an avalanche of calls for him to resign after more women came forward. During the speech today he didnt admit to any allegations and i said he knows in his heart he hasnt done anything as a senator to dishonor the institution. Senator al franken announced his resignation from the senate floor where he has served since2008. Even on the worst day of my political life, is i feel like its all been worth it. Reporter multiple women have come forward accusing senator franken of sexual misconduct. Radio news anchor Leann Tweeden claimed franken forcibly kissed her and placed his hands over her chest during a 2006 tour of the uso. He apologize and said he would take part in the investigation against him. Reporter some of the allegations against me are not true. Others i remember very differently. Reporter we
Solve it, but other than that fans might have to toughen up to live up to the emergency kerr 49er faithful moniker 49er faithful. If green bay fans can brave a10 degree day, why cant 49ers fans brave a 90degree day . Theres absolutely no reason why not. Kpix5s emily turner at so he snow kpix5s emily turner at sonoma shows us how the heat is affecting the wine harvest. Reporter winemakers say they have not seen a season like this ever in the decades upon decades theyve been working here. So while they may have fewer grapes this go round, they say after the year theyve had theyll certainly have an interesting wine at the end of it. Its been a wild ride weatherwise for the bay area this year and no one feels the effects of that more than the people who rely on Mother Nature for their bounty. In Sonoma County the winemakers there have had their hands full and their harvests a little less so. I have never seen a year like this year. It is the whackiest year without exception. Reporter this
Unseasonably warm to hot weather in our inland areas. We all pretty much agree its been a hot summer away from the bay. Today the triple digits will continue in the yellow highlighted areas. So its not all nine counties here in the bay area. Its pretty much away from the water and we have had no recovering overnight. Very little. Its still near 80 degrees at the top of mount diablo after realizing a High Temperature yesterday, 106 at the base of mount diablo. Heres sunrise right now over mount vaca. Boy, haze in the air, but it is not a spare the air day. Temperaturewise, anywhere from the 50s to the 60s after realizing 101 in livermore on tuesday. Its now 69 degrees. Going up to a High Temperature there today again, 101, 102, hottest locations will top off at 104 degrees towards the delta. Full forecast is coming up at 18 minutes after the hour. But right now, lets send it on over to michelle. This intense heat wave is forcing many in the bay area to find somewhere to cool off. And on
Standing up for science, call to action planned to coincide with earth day. Kpix 5s jackie ward, protesters hope donald trump hears their message. I think the answer is science. Reporter as part of a movement that happened all over the country today, these bay area rizdants stood residents stood together in the name of science thousands of people met at a rally at Justin Herman plaza to oppose cuts that threaten scientific research. There is a proposal that would slash the epa budget by 31 in fiscal year 2018. I am not okay with trump defunding science. It is, you know, we are a culture that has moved forward because of science and it is a big step backward. Reporter despite a lot of antitrump rhetoric, event speaker and inventor, adam savage said the need to protect science isnt conservatives verses liberals. Science is a politics, or ideology or law, it is bias and bias is everywhere. Science is the rigorous elimination of bias. That is a good thing. University of cincinnati took a r