Bridge, part of an expansion joint repair project. Drivers were warned to slow down, and they did, and so did the drive into the city. Sergio qntana is live in San Francisco with the story. Reporter you can see that there are still signs up, warning drivers that onramps would be closed for a little more two months, until december 12th, for the overnight work, but because of that slowdown, right w caltrans is regrouping, trying to figure out how to get the project done without having such a huge iact on commuters. This is the backup on the top deck of the bay bridge this friday. Crews were working on replacing expansiojoints but the plates crews laid over the area that would ray lou vehicles to drive over the work in progress started a backup on the top deck. En on friday, i dragged on into the lunch hour, this is not the first time caltrans crews used the plates but for so reason the drivers were not just slowing down. Some were coming to nearly a complete stop before driving over and
Virus. Marcy gonzalez is following the developments in dallas. Reporter today, 3600 passengers on a carnival magic disembarking back in texas, their vacations taking an unexpected turn after learning a fellow passenger is a Lab Technician who handled speises minimums from thomas duncan. Very frustrated. Though she showed no symptoms the Lab Supervisor was quarintined, and before the ship could return to the u. S. , coast guard helicopter was sent to pick up a blood sample, which tested negative for ebola. That doesnt do anything to east peoples fear. The blood tests for ebola only works when someone has symptoms. I think that the spread of disease is under control. What i worry about is that the spread of fear of the disease is not under control. In ohio, more than 100 people also believed to be at very low risk are being monitored, including passengers on the two flights nurse amber victim son took between dallas and cleveland the days before she was diagnosed. Today her treatment con
Complete stop before driving over and caused the big backup. So this weekend the plates were removed. We took a look at it and thought, lets go ahead and just suspend the project, see if he have any other options, a better way of doing this without having such a drastic impact on traffic. Caltrans spokesman bob house says the maintenance project on the bridge isnt an urgent stage, not at an urgent stage, but does need to be completed. Caltrans workers are going to meet tomorrow so they can see how to get this project done, what theyre considering right now, im told, is working on a sevennightaweek schedule to see if they can squeeze the schedule to a much shorter completion date. Reporting live, abc7 news. Commuters would like to see that. Thank you. Novato police want to learn more about a crash that may have killed a man. Someone discovered a smashed up Toyota Pickup truck around 8 30 this morning. Police found a mans body inside the truck. It appears the crash happened hours before
Be. Hi, carolyn. Low clouds and fog making an impact this morning. It will create a different story through the afternoon. The temperatures caller and the visibility has been reduced to the north bay. But the good news is the clouds bringing a comfortable start for the nike womens halfmarathon with 60 trees right now in San Francisco. It should stay that way throughout the 7 00, 8 00 hour. Still cloudy and just in the lower 60s. Enter the rest of the day. Here you will notice the low clouds and fog along the short line. Cooler 60s here. And 70s will keep it pretty seasonal around the bay. No 80s to speak of. They are well out into the valley. And tomorrow even cooler and most of you will see some showers. Ill explain coming up. Carolyn. Thank you, lisa. Residents of one union city neighborhood are on alert this morning after a Mountain Lion was spotted in their area. Police had their guns drawn as they searched for the big cat yesterday afternoon after a group of women spotted it near
The top stories that we are following this friday march 8th. Developing news out of the east bay where fire crews in berkeley are on scene of a fire at one of the bay areas most famous restaurants. Two people are on the loose this morning after a violent overnight Home Invasion robbery in San Francisco. We will have details on the attack. Time is up for a homeless encampment in the south bay. Police are moving in on nearly 100 people the good news is that i talked to the chief and he stated that the damage on the end interior is 5. They just wont make sure that everything is okay. The Fire Fighters are in there making sure that the hot spots do not run along the inside of the walls. It is over. It took them about 45 minutes. As far as where the fire started they know that this started outside of the business about 3 05 a. M. This morning. A Police Officer drove pass unnoticed in and then called the fire department. The cause is still under investigation. A shooting victim is in the hos