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Francisco around 5 55 this morning. Again the tsunami watch includes the entire west coast of the united states. robin and this morning the San Francisco department of Emergency Management tweeted this warning saying if you are within 3 blocks of the coast or 5 blocks of the San Francisco bay be prepared to evacuate if needed. robin good morning and thanks for joining us on the kron 4 morning news. Im robin winston. Lets get right to Rebecca Strom in the Weather Center tracking the latest on this tsunami watch. Rebecca. Rebecca look for mostly dry conditions today before a storm system brings widespread rainfall and breezy to locally gusty winds during the day wednesday to the north bay and through the remainder of the region wednesday night. After another period of dry conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the ma
Major hot spot accident in oakland sb 880 at high st slow in both directions. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. Rebecca dry and seasonably cool weather is forecast for today after some initial patchy fog this morning. Next front arrives weds morning or midday in the north bay and then spreads rain southward later weds afternoon into weds night for the bay area into the central coast. Steady rain quickly turns to showers before sunrise thursday. A round of more organized showers is possible thursday afternoon as the upper low moves inland. Dry Weather Forecast friday through the weekend and into early next week. darya breaking news. A 7point9 earthquake hits off the coast of alaska. A tsunami awarning has just been canceled in alaska. But an aadvisory is still in effect. Meanwhile. A tsunami watch has been canceled for the bay area. We have new video out of alaska. Showing people in the city of kodiak trying to get to Higher Ground right after the warning was iss
Rescue operations continue after a 7pointone magnitude earthquake kills more than 200 people in mexico city. Many people are still trapped under collapsed buildings this morning. james and back here in the bay area. We are following several fires that broke out overnight. Youre looking at video from a fire in san jose that injured two people. There was also a fire in oakland and one in San Francisco that caused injuries. We will have a live reports on those in just a few minutes. darya we have the very latest on those stories. But first we want to get a check of weather and traffic. james anny is tracking your forecast and robin is watching the commute. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. anny were midway through the week and continuing to cool down. Morning temperatures are in the 50s and low 60s with mostly clear skies all around the bay. The system to our north that weve been tracking for days will send a cold front across our area today whi
What . All right, thanks, mike. We have one new issue here in the south bay, southbound 17 a rollover crash past glenwood drive, and we will get more details and let you know if thats a blocking situation or off to the shoulder. Looks like heavy traffic on the southbound side around the summit. And maybe a few sprinkles around the san mateo bridge. And then we will look at drive times coming up next. If you ride b. A. R. T. You may have noticed all the fare evaders. B. A. R. T. Says it amounts to millions every year. And abc 7s j live at the b. A. R. T. Station. Reporter they want to catch those cheaters, so no more jumping over the gates or slipping through the emergency exit, and b. A. R. T. Is proposing an 800,000 plan to catch fare evaders. The money would go towards seven fulltime Staff Members dedicated to the issue and Enforcement Teams out at the stations, and possibly electronic handheld ticket readers that would check on the trains. How are you going to stop it . I think they