The accident was weather related or not. The big rig is in the process of being towed at this moment. If you look at the bottom, that is what is left of the power pole that it crashed into. It is pretty it pretty much obliterated the power pole there. The intersection was temporarily closed. Its open. However, there is no working traffic light. Now, luckily no one was hurt in the accident. But pg e estimates that it could take more than an hour to fix this and restore power. Currently more than a thousand people are without power. Now, we did want to show you the driving conditions out here in fremont. This was interstate 880 this morning. We were coming from san jose to fremont. You can see the weather conditions there. It is still coming down about the same right now. It is a light rain. But it is coming down pretty steady. And on the highways, with all of the traffic that were seeing, its being kicked up. All the water that is pooling on the ground is being kicked up. You definitely
Airport in honolulu and chartered a plane to maui. He made it through tsa with a fake id be a chose san jose because it was the cheapest ticket in to california. He landed sunday night and took a cab to a motel. I couldnt believe i actually made it. It was surreal. Reporter saito spent time looking to buy a car in san jose. But unable to do that he took another cab to stockton, an area hes familiar with after spending three years in nearby lodi with his family when he was a teenager. After spending three nights in stockton with one trip to walmart to buy a phone, he decided it was time to move on. A cab driver agreed to drive him to reno wednesday. When they stopped for gas on the way out police swooped in and arrested ato. Police officers converged on me. Reporter the final question, why did he escape . After 37 years in the psychiatric hospital, saito says he had an exemplary record with no violence or drugs. He said this escape was his chance to prove he was not a danger to anyone a
This truck carrying roughly 6,000 chickens overturned and kept part of highway 121 in Sonoma County closed all day. A rollover accident backed up traffic in the daly city area, flooding temporarily closing the northbound 101 connector ramp in San Francisco. And a big rig in fremont crashed into a power pole at auto mall parkway. He cause is under investigation. The message is always going to be slow down, right . Thats the biggest thing. Slow down. Build in a little extra time and be patient. Reporter and another word of advice. Remember to increase the distance between your car and the car in front of you. And another reminder, chp says if your windshield wipers are on, your headlights must be on. We say it all the time but a lot of drivers forget. Cristina rendon at the bay bridge toll plaza, thank you. We want to take a look now at our live drive time traffic map. The red is heavy rain and the boxes are crashes or hazards. A live look at the conditions on 80 on berkeley on this thur
Department of public works, the department held a prequalification round for contractors in which five general contractors applied and were approved. The department advertised department and received only one bid proposal on october 25, 2017. The bid was submitted by construction in 8,252,300 with alternate of 15,000 in total of 8,267,300. Now the base bid was 1,930,840 above the projected engineer estimate. Now, there are several reasons for the high bid. We are an incredibly impacted construction market. There is limited and overloaded subcontractor market and space constraints with the site relationship with the rail yard that provide complication. So based on the reason, staff does not believe rebidding project would result in a lower bid, so the review has been completed and the Department Recommends approval to award the contract. Is there any Public Comment on this item . Good afternoon, jim salinas, i hope as we deliver these type of contracts and i appreciate the fact that we
The conservatory has benefitted from the installation itself, in terms of membership and attendance, bringing people to the park in the evening for a nice fun activity. We support this and hope to see you on december 7th. President buell thank you very much. Is that it . Is there anyone else who wants to make Public Comment . Public comment is closed. Commissioner mcdonnell general manager. I wanted to follow up on katys point. This is probably the best opportunity we have to do a quick reflection on the lighting installation during the summer of love. Since it went live on summer solstice daytime visits are up 40 , membership increased 20 . Were seeing real energy and attraction at the conservatory as a result of the exhibit. The goal here is to keep it going. President buell makes one wonder, if you put lights on the zoo, all right. Commissioner mcdonnell i find it interesting that nighttime lights are driving daytime visiting when you cant see the lights, but whatever works. Im happ