Can see that speeds are down to 7 and 14 miles per hour. Thumbs up though because everybody has been moved out of the way. As we bring in a live look, you can see the backup there. Metering lights came on earlier than usual, 5 23 this morning. So it will be a while before you can getting across the bridge. Developing news in berkeley and emeryville, roads are still closed this morning because of several major water main breaks. Possible overpleasure ri pleasid 11 lines to break. And some streets are still closed because of damage that makes them unsafe. There are crews working over nit overnight. And happening today, a Court Hearing that could lead to uber and lyft shutting down in california. A bay area judge says the San Francisco based companies have to consider their drivers fulltime employees. And both companies are fighting backing. Lauren martinez is live for us at uber headquarters. Reporter uber and lyft are appealing judges order. But if that appeal fails, ubers ceo says they
But look at that, quick sunshine, 60s at the coasts, 70s and 80s. Well be back into the 70s by 7 00. Well talk whenabout a cooling d before we get back to above average temperatures. And were focused on how to bill build a better bay area and were looking at education. And Distance Learning is beginning in oakland, although students wont see much of their teachers today. Lauren martinez live in the newsroom to tell us why that is. Yeah, the new year will start with an hour of daily live interaction. There is still 23450 agreement on more than the instruction. Two main issues are the request for Small Group Instruction with substitutes used as a way to help out. And Flexible Work day schedules. I thought that last week we could come to an agreement just because what were poping, ite t reasonable and l. A. Unified came to basically an agreement that is similar to what were proposing around using substitute teachers for targeted Small Group Instruction. And the superintendent sent this le
Stay cool are closed because of the pandemic. Yeah, scary situation. We need to make sure we check on those without air conditioning. Because lows like this do not help when we dont cool down during the overnight hours. Were in the 60s and 70s, some record warm low temperatures. It doesnt allow those areas that dont have air conditioning to clear out like we normally would have with the marine layer which is nonexistent. Free air conditioning is off and temperatures this morning up to 14 degrees warmer than they were this time yesterday. Lets see where we end up this afternoon. The asterisk is a record tying or record setting high temperature. And it starts in San Francisco and goes all the way into our inland neighborhoods from 86 there to 108 in fairfield. And this heat will complicate life during the taantsadoivobusinesses are Outdoor Dining and now they are making more changes to try to keep people cool. At least one restaurant in walnut creek installed a sun shade. Sushi is kind o
In the cloud cover. Notice from noon to 4 00, we have dont warm much at all and that is the winds keeping the temperatures down even though well see more sunshine today. Weekend forecast coming up. At the live desk, a new poll shows that across the board americans are still very appreseap pre apprehensive about participating in a number of activities. Among those a majority are willing to do, 54 say that they would eat at a restaurant, 51 say that they would stay at hotel and 78 say they would go to work. But only 27 are willing to go to a bar and 22 a sporting echtsd and event and 33 are willing to fly on an airplane. And the politicization of reopening the country is reflected in this new poll with republicans showing a far greater willingness than democrats to do nearly every activity, but the only activity democrats are willing to do more is attend a protest. Very interesting. No mask, no flight, no exceptions. A number of airlines are now cracking down on Face Covering requirement
60s and 70s and 80s by 4 00. A few 90s in the east bay valleys and a comfortable evening on the way. We are following a sigalert in pleasanton involving a big rig and two other cars that appears to be causing a pretty extensive backup. Sky 7 is on the way. Injuries have been reported, at least two lanes are blocked as we bring in the maps so you can see what we also are hearing is that the caltrans has called up a street sweeper it looks like we have sky 7 now. So we have the between block blocked. And i know an ambulance was called. Two two lanes blocked. And i know an ambulance was called. As we zoom out, you can see that it is slow. So it wont slow down too much coming out of livermore, but once you make it the Halfway Point along southbound 680 westbound 580 before 680, that is where the issue is. So again, westbound 580 before the 680 connector, heads up to you. And a Public Health officer is apologizing to local businesses that had to close under the states orders. He believes th