In effect. We are expecting a busy commute this morning especially for marin county commuters. Very quiet now. There is construction at spencer plus we have reports of a new accident in san jose. All right. Sounds good. And speaking of, right now, doyle drive in San Francisco shut down. Drivers should get ready for a rough commute. Anne makovec is at the larkspur Ferry Terminal where commuters are opting for Public Transit this morning. Is if you are not going to start early like 4 30 consider Public Transit. They are expecting an increase in ridership today. Heres a look at doyle drive before it was closed. This is the main San Francisco approach to an from the Golden Gate Bridge. It is now closed crews working to connect the roads and tunnels to the presidio parkway. They shut it down at 10 00 last night. It blocked the drive to the doyle drive approach. Traffic is being reviewed. When it will be reopened cars will go from the marina to the avenues on new connect years those were clo
Bomb. There is no count of how many potentially suspect structures exist in the city. How many such structures are out there . How many occupants are out there . This type of tragedy may occur tomorrow, in a month. Berkeley city councilman also thinks the current proposals fall short. Its become clear that we do need more regulations to ensure balcony safety. There are more steps we can take as a community. The current ordinances would require mandatory ventilation and inspections every five years. Beyond that eric wants notice to residents that dont use steel in their structures but the family of one collapse victim wants to go further. Attorneys wrote, quote if the city wants to prevent another tragedy, these required inspections should be done at minimum, every year. Whatever the final forum if approved tonight it would go into affect immediately, requiring initial inspections within six months. In berkeley abc7 news. A bill that would have let regulators keep an eye on Construction
Richmond police are investigating several shootings that left a man dead and four injured including a teen. It happened in an area known as the Iron Triangle a man was shot and kill at an apartment complex and a teen wounded. Hours later three more were shot. Investigators hope to talk to witnesses to determine if they are related. His say they are not apologizing to the victims in the kidnapping they called a hoax. The 38yearold Mathew Muller has been arrested. The f. B. I. Took over and said the second man is behind the vallejo kidnapping of denise husband kins and a similar case in dublin. An f. B. I. Affidavit revealed evidence including items seized from mullers storage unit in vallejo. Janet o has more on what investigators found in the storage unit next half hour. The city of san jose and the police and fire unions have until the end of the day to negotiate a deal on pension reform and avoid going to court. The two sides have been meeting privately to settle disputes over measur
Say it is prime day. Amazons big shopping day. Leyla gulen is here and meteorologist mike nicco talks about the warmup. Especially inland. Be ready. Live doppler 7 hd shows a few runs. The radar is bouncing into the hills over san jose and the wind farm north of antioch. Maybe some drizzle along the coast. Back toward San Francisco you can see it is cloudy. We are starting off at 56 to up to 82 and sunglasses needed. 90 inland. The heat will linger in the profit and an update on the chance of a thunderstorm this weekend. On the road this morning we have word from c. H. P. They are going to shut down a road because of a big rig on its side. The macarthur maze shows an early crash when 80 to eastbound 588 and it is cleared. We do not have lanes blocked. In walnut creek, southbound 680 is showing the traffic still light away from pleasanton truck. Police want the publics help for an articled robbery that held up a popular most come to buy baked goods but an Armed Robbery held up the two c
Barrier. Two lanes are now open. You can see where the stein is supposed to be. Crews removed it before 5 30 but the scene is dangerous for drivers. Southbound 101 lanes are open. And its now expected to reopen at 8 00 tonight. You can see traffic is slow and backed up in that area. Good evening thanks for joining us. Im matt keller. Im ama daetz the Berkeley City Council is poised to pass strict new guidelines tonight for the construction and inspection of apartment balconies. This is followed the collapse that killed six students. Some think the guidelines dont go far enough. That meeting set to begin here in about an hour, theyre looking at a series of ordinances urgency ordinances theyre calling them, to beef up construction here in the city. Some think that more needs to be done incding the family of a young victim from the north bay. Theyre a ticking time bomb. There is no count of how many potentially suspect structures exist in the city. How many such structures are out there .