Upper 30s right now not quite as chilly as we had been the past couple of days, but definitely cool enough for that extra layer if youre outside for more than just a few minutes, sun shining down in walnut creek and as we make our way into the afternoon areas like walnut creek holding on to the low 80s just barely most of our inland areas backing off the 80s, falling into the 70s to kick off the weekend on a cooler note. Robin thank you john major residual slowing on highway 4 after an accident in concord was tying up traffic blocking several lanes so the crash is gone, but the drive time is still very high, especially for friday, a whopping 42 minutes for west for from antioch over to concord because of that crash which is right before they 6. 80 looks good the nimitz trouble free and one oh one easy 31 minutes from san jose heading to menlo park. The bay bridge commute into San Francisco fantastic for friday delay free we havent had any major issues so far 9 minutes for you average t
Of our mornings in a whole lot brighter than weve been as well. Air quality has improved because of an ice, a sea breeze that has pushed steadily in the past few days we are seeing low clouds at the coast. So do watch some foggy spots out there, but dont have to watch so closely air quality today as we see good to moderate conditions all across the board only a couple of moderate pockets remaining so get out there and enjoy what will be a very nice one for definitely breathing easy 50s and 60s for your current temperatures with 67 right now in oakland, San Francisco and berkeley in the low 60s, little cooler up in the north bay im talking what to expect today and for the weekend ahead of us to still to come. Robin. Thank you john its quite busy on some of our bridges the bay bridge 80 west, its recovering from 2 earlier crashes so its still quite slow. Its still backed up through the bottom of the maze so just get out there early if you plan on heading into San Francisco because youre
The only spots on the map that arent lit up in pink or immediate coastline and San Francisco today. As for a chance of thunderstorms that really drops yesterday we had some in the north bay obviously sunday, it woke us up and carried us through the morning. Today we take a step back from that. Just keeping the hot temperatures around todays daytime highs in the 70s 80s at the coast. 90s in triple digits, further inland. Ive got more details on what to expect this afternoon where youre at still to come back to you. All right, lets get back to the big story which are the fires for large wildfires and you can see pictures of all of them here on your screen the burning in the east bay and in the north bay and they were likely sparked by lightning, lets zoom in on the fires and look at them on a map james yes, those begin to the one for this to the south a marsh fire burning near sunil in the regional wilderness area there in Alameda County. Right along santa clara border broke out sunday.
Be changing of course were going to be anywhere from mild. So even warm in some spots not hot though were going to be very below normal for this time of year. So i will get to all those details in just a few minutes now back to the news okay. Thank you very much were back at 6 oclock weve got update you on the latest with the coronavirus pandemic. The u. S. Is set to very soon now pass. Another grim milestone with a 141,000 americans dying from the virus across america nearly 60,000 people are currently hospitalized with infection. The cdc now forecasting more than a 157,000 americans will be killed by the virus. By august 8th, and now Health Officials and government leaders are pushing for americans to where masks. Our decisions not our conditions are decisions that will determine our fate and future as it relates to the spread of this virus. Months after the cdc first recommended doing it President Trump is now also telling americans that its necessary to wear masks in fact tweeted a
Continues to grow as i zoom out you also have to work your way through some slowing on the morgan hill side northbound one on one. Johnson said martine up to cochran right here thats the usual and then heres your hot spot up ahead so 26 minutes and growing because of that crash blocking those lanes the bay bridge traffic is slow but it looks normal do expect a backup that stretches all the way through the maze all connectors are solid, but no problems on the upper deck james. All right. Thank you very much rob and happening now we have a group of homeless mothers refusing to move out of a home that theyve been in for a little while now in oakland, even though a judge ordered them to get out cover Sarah Stinson is live in front of the home and explains this controversy. Sarah. Well the crowd just continues to grow and grow outside the oakland home, the home where these mothers and their children have been living illegally for the last couple months these people said theyre prepared to b