A few isolated showers possible today. On the cool side with a lot of 50s. We do have traffic that is busier. One 580 we see some of that stop and go traffic. 580 westbound as you dr. , tracy and to livermore. You can see traffic is moving along okay from livermore to dublin. Driving into the bay itself. Hayward 880 north and southbound is looking good. Interstate 8 880 near the colosseum it looks good. No major problems getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. Once you get to the topaz that there is a backup and the cash flames. Fasttrack claims are looking good. There have been no problems reported. And about four hours for might now the Oakland Police department will officially get a new police chief. And kirkpatrick will take over a department that has not had a chief for more than 7 months. She says she sees herself as an outsider who will step in and cure the department away from some of his past problems. Many observers say that is what they need. The department was in the spotligh
Warmer. It should last until friday. 50s on the temperatures. Things are okay. They are getting crowded at the moment. Were going to start with the east bay and look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Westbound if youre trying to get into San Francisco. It is one of the biggest commutes in the bay area. It is backed up or it can15 minute 1015 minutes. On the other side of the peninsula traffic looks good. A little bit of slowing near 380 both directions. 280, 101, and 380 are doing okay. No trouble at on highway 101. 280 northbound 280 looks good getting onto highway 17 with no major issues. A fire at an apartment complex in hayward forest 31 people to evacuate. It started before 1 am at the tiki garden apartments. Firefighters say 7 people were had to be rescued. No one was hurt. Firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading. Other unit did have a water damage. The electricity and gas at the building were affected. As of now the cause of the fire is under investigation. All but
Interstate 280 near westboro avenue. The chp tweeted heavy hail was causing some delays and they told drivers slow down, reduce your speed. That mix of wild weather was seen all over the bay area. Want to show you some video from orinda which was where i was caught in a sudden burst of hail over there. Just like that. I was on highway 24 going to orinda and all of the sudden i had to stick my hand out the window. I said that cant be hail. The sound is unmistakable. We were in Castro Valley yesterday afternoon, Steve Paulson, when we got a brief hail storm. My kids were delighted. They thought it was snow. Made heck of a noise too. That 280, that took the honors if you will. We still have some rain going through, possibility of more hail. When we get these sun breaks, a little afternoon heating, certainly would not be surprised if we get a little bit more. Cold air is in place. We should see drier air coming in here. Radar shows there is still some rain moving through. Some of this is m
Not much cooler. With this south breeze in place, look at that going bonkers. Mainly san jose to sfo and their version of that. That will make for a mild and muggy day for some with a winter storm watch out. That will go from tonight into wednesday and look for incretion clouds throughout the day with the highs in the 60s to near 70. Rain starts later on though today and tonight into tomorrow. All right, now from out of the gate, you have been, well crazy busy. It has been busy. Things are improving a little bit, steve, but we still have slow traffic. Things are getting slower through the peak of the commute here. Not quite too much yet. This is a look at the commute here. I skipped the east shore. This is the east shore freeway as you can see traffic here is backed up for a 27minute drive between the bridge and the mcarthur mays. Now you can go to the bay bridge another 20 minutes or so before making it on to the stand. Traffic will be busy as you drive through. Highway 4 will continu
Redwood estates 68. Oakland airport 54. Im pretty sure i saw last night near alameda 60 miles per hour. There is still a winter storm warning out until six there is still a winter storm warning out until 6 am on saturday. Snow will start to come down if youre heading up there. It was very windy yesterday. System is moving off towards the central valley. For us theres a little rain to the north but not a lot. There are strong and dynamic jet streams. As the system gets closer it is enhancing that. Well have cooler temperatures. There will be a little breeze. Not any wind warnings. But there will be blustery conditions. By later this afternoon. When will start to rotate in. But we will have more rain friday night into saturday. 5 02 am. Anything on your screen. I was expecting it to be worse. But maybe we lucked out with the morning commute. Lets start if youre coming in on 580 out of tracy. This is looking better than it did 20 minutes ago. Things are calming down. As you head towards t