Causing a commute nightmare. Traffic reporter george rask tells us things are still affected even at this hour. Indeed they are, michelle. And for those of you who may have been with us during the kpix 5 morning news, youre aware that we had this big rig that overturned at 3 a. M. On 880 southbound right at a street. It managed to block lanes until 10 a. M. And even virtually shut down the northbound lanes of the freeway. Now all lanes are open finally. Lets take a look, though, at what the chp had to contend with this morning. Heres a look at footage that was shot by chopper 5. There you can see not only the big rig, but the large freeway sign. The overhead sign that was anchored in the center divider, thats one of the things that got knocked down and had to be picked up with a crane. The chp tells us how this accident occurred when we spoke with them earlier this morning. So we got a call of a vehicle stalled here on the freeway southbound 880 just south of a street. And we heard a c
Ride around 80 to 83 degrees to the perception is by the bay shoreline by 3 00 this afternoon the schools closing down and this class are wrapping up the kids about the home is going to be out once again 93 to maybe even 95 degrees the tunnel were you are for some of the house and in schools to commit a digitally ron the bay shoreline the matter when you are is one to be worn our continent and the club will hold on to their forecast maybe into tomorrow attempt to start to come down to traffic. George south the hot spots continue to back up the ride through san jose on 101 in the northbound direction and accident here at mckee oakland road jamming of the ride down and creating this break the north of the incidents leading up to 88101 and to change that northbound drive time continues to grow here 34 and up to 38 minutes now for the northbound truck leading up for the capitol expressway if a trip time to to all the way into santa clara the bridges are slow this morning and these are the
Half if their crews are expected to be back on the fire later this morning will make sure the fire doesnt skip the containment lines were in the thing is burning on this fire is a if entirely in case we do give any kind of weapons out of the self. Soldiers maintain this area. So well just maintian ain this area. The socalled butts fire is northwest of Lake Berryessa. About 15 miles north of saint helena. Along butts canyon road, as well as the berryessa estates area. We spoke with calfire about how they plan to keep the fire from spreading this morning. And take a look at this video from our camera on mount tam. Weve sped up the video so you can see the smoke plume grow. That is the smoke plume a letter on this afternoon when there are expected tuesday call. there is 97 degrees expectedookt will be clear skies in terms of. In least in terms of the wins and cheviot terms of sound in use. Here the condition of around bay area we have low clouds of falcon nests and drizzle. Faugh for the
Caught the yule tide log earlier. We have the weather to talk about. It is very important on Christmas Day. Especially if you have a bike or skateboard. Erica . Absolutely. You can ride around your new bike and put on your sweater as well. We are talking about significantly colder weather. Some have dropped town by 11degrees. In napa, vallejo. And oakland at 46 and 47. Out the door in downtown San Francisco. Into the afternoon, we will maintain try weather. Lots of sunshine. Highs in the upper 50s. And low 60s. This is the eastern pacific and we are going to we are not going to see wet weather for at least seven days. Hold onto the pattern of cool air and frigid mornings. We have a complete look at the forecast in 15 minutes. Merry christmas. And to you. There is no commute today and nothing in the way of traffic or delays. Quick look at the ride of the bay bridge and westbound drive as it is. No back up. No delay. Dont expect to see metering lights and we will see unusually or perhaps
Grace cathedral a few minutes ago, as a gorgeous. And there are colored streamers coming down from the setting, everyone is just out. We just about an hour away from Midnight Mass that will be held here. Tonight pope francis said mass at the vatican for his second christmas as pope. Eight thousand people were at st. Peters in rome. And thousands more watched from huge screens outside in the square. The pope had personally requested a performance of mozarts mass in c minor. The music director of the pittsburgh symphony conducted the event. Thousands of christians have gathered in the biblical town of bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations. This is video of Midnight Mass from the church of the nativity. Its been a difficult year in the region. Peace talks between israel and the palestinians collapsed last spring, and israel fought Palestinian Militants in the gaza strip during a 50day war over the summer. A brief and blustery Christmas Eve storm brought rain and wind today as it blew t