Away. Reporter those already using the carpool lane arent so thrilled. Cindy abramson says one of the reaps she bought a prius is so she can ride in the fast lane even if she is by herself. Thats one of the perks. Reporter she thinks the change removes some of the appeal to buying a fuel efficient car and carpooling. Transportation leaders say the reality is building new freeways is in our rear view mirror. They say the road ahead must be shared but you will have to pay up. The average toll is about 2. 60 according to the mtc. This stretch of 680 from san ramon to walnut creek is about 13 miles. It should have the express lanes taking over the carpool lanes by 2016. Coming back here live now the money that they make will go to paying for the other lanes that are planned in the future. Were live in alamo. Im ryan takeo, kpix 5. There is a safeguard built into the plan. If the hov lane drops below 45 miles per hour, then solo drivers will not be allowed in. Road sensors will keep tabs on
As we go through the weekend. Chilly start, cool temperatures, but we are going to see the sunshine around most of the bay area today and there is a chance of showers for tomorrow. Well give you more details on that coming up in a few minutes. Farmers across california are looking for alternate ways to get water to their crops. Water flowing to them from the state has stopped. The state department of Water Resources says the drought is so serious for the first time in 50 years, the state will not deliver any water from state reservoirs. With water levels dropping, the Department Says it needs to preserve what it can and all of us need to help. What this should moon to every homeowner is we are in a crisis here and Everyone Needs to pitch in to help save water. Local Water Districts serve about 25 Million People and a million acres of farmland statewide. The San Francisco p. U. C. Is asking its customers, almost 3 million of them to cut back on water usage. It wants 10 voluntary rationi
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above all, a special thanks to you for voting and keeping this show on top. we ll see you next wednesday at 8:00, 7:00 central. take a look at these faces. your local news is next. good night, america. developing news tonight at uc berkeley where eight protesters just ended their daring protest high atop a building on campus. good evening everyone i m frank somerville. and i m julie haener. the protesters with perched for hours. within the last 30 minutes they came down. ktvu news has been following developments since these incidents began. jana katsuyama is here to show us the latest developments that happened. reporter: thins changed very quickly in the last hour. the steps are empty but they still have the metal barricades. some police officers have been coming out of the building now after a very long stand off that lasted about 7.5 hours. take a look at this video that we took just about 30 minutes ago. when the students that were on the ledge were finally led out.
developments since these incidents began. jana katsuyama is here to show us the latest developments that happened. reporter: thins changed very quickly in the last hour. the steps are empty but they still have the metal barricades. some police officers have been coming out of the building now after a very long stand off that lasted about 7.5 hours. take a look at this video that we took just about 30 minutes ago. when the students that were on the ledge were finally led out. it was a moment where the students were cheering, they were raising their hands in victory. so let me tell you they were up there for about 7.5 hours and it was the end of a very long day. it was about 2:00 p.m. when protesters swarmed the steps of wheeler. students said they were protesting tuition fee hikes, budget cut, lay offs and the university s disciplinary action against protesters. they lowered a red banner over the entrance. i think people are getting pretty desperate for fighting for their