Well stay in the 60s at the coast. Temperatures below average and youll need that light jacket this evening, 59 to 64 already at 7 00. Lets get an update with alexis. Its friday. Were expecting friday light traffic. Construction is slowing you down in a couple areas. Southbound 13 also a full closure overnight between moraga through the montclair stretch and we should have that wrapped up within about 30 mi detoured surface streets and thats not causing any major delays. A quick check outside, san jose at 880 and some very light volumes at 4 31 in the morning. A look at drive times up next. This morning Hurricane Maria regaining some of its strength as the storm moves past the Dominican Republic into the Caribbean Sea and there is help on the way to puerto rico this morning. The islands president says that it is obliterated. Fema and the u. S. Military are flying in generators, water, food, and temporary shellers. American airlines plans to fly in. The damage is so extensive it could t
Well stay in the 60s at the coast. About 70 to 73 around the bay and inland. Below average once again at 4 00. Look at those temperatures at 7 00. Nice evening, 59 to about 64. Well take a look at that warming trend up next. Heres alexis. Good morning, mike. And our only slow spot so far this morning and it is starting to improve. 880 a full closure overnight between 23rd and 29th for more work on the 23rd avenue overpass scheduled to wrap up and reopen by 5 00 a. M. And it looks like they got that done a few minutes ahead of schedule. And were looking good everywhere else, too, just a little bit after stack up in the cash lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza on the lefthand side. The metering lights flip on around 5 25. Well look at drive times up next. It is right around the corner, free speech week kicking off on sunday. And berkeley is asking residents to, quote, separate yourself from violence. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield live for us on campus. Amy . Reporter hi, good mornin
Southbound 82 or southbound 280 for an alternate. Hearing about minor issue in the east bay, well check on that up next. Alexis, thank you, uc berkeleys free speech week is kicking off sunday and the city of berkeley is asking residents to, quote, separate yourself from violence. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield live for us on cals campus. Amy . Reporter hi, reggie. These fliers posted calling for them to shut down milo yiannopoulos. The city of berkeley is advising people to stay away. Yiannopoulos is expected to speak on wednesday along with ann coulter and steve bannon. Free speech week starts sunday. The University Officials say the speaker list keeps changing creating planning, challenges, all speeches are set for outside in sproul plaza. Our Laura Anthony questioned organizers on whether this is all really going to happen. If most of your events have to be outside, will milo, bannon, and coulter really show up . From our end we can tell you what they confirmed for us. They have
Power to safely fight the fire. Its a serious concern for firefighters because thats part of the process, once you disconnect power, you assume youre safe from the risk. Reporter they were not safe. Two Fire Fighters suffered from electrical shock because they say the house was illegally wired and stole electricity from pgne. In the course of fighting the fire, two of the firefighters were shocked. One rather severely, didnt cause burns. The firefighters are okay, treated on scene, but it was an injury to the firefighters, and that is a crime. Reporter four adults and four children living in this home, two suffered minor burns. They all got out alive along with their pit pull puppy. Everyones find. They are in a shelter right now. We see, you know, how things go. Reporter the homeowner stopped by to see the damage this morning. Firefighters say they dont know if the renters or homeowner illegally wired the home. They are investigating. The homeowner told us she had not heard about the
Arrested on sunday. Today the das office filed an additional seven charges. That makes it ten felony charges against this brain surgeon as he sits here in jail with no bail. Dr. James kohut look out of sorts for his first appearance in a Santa Cruz County courtroom this morning. The brain surgeon was known for his work in the operating room at Dominican Hospital and sutter maternity and surgery center. According to the District Attorneys Office he was hiding a dark and disturbing secret. Today prosecutors reveal they filed 10 separate child molestation charges against him, involving three different victims. It involves multiple children on different dates. Of the ten charges, six of them involve specific sex acts committed on children under the age of ten. Reporter would others, a nurse at Dominican Hospital and Emily Stevens of arizona were also arrested on several charges for child molestation and one count of manufacturing child pornography. If convicted. All three could face life i