As we head into the Holiday Weekend we are going to be warming up. Details on that. Speaking of a Holiday Weekend it looks like that and feels like that on these roadways. Youre not going to need to get up and rush out the door. You might even have time for an extra cup of coffee or maybe even the snooze button. Travel times this morning they are in the green. The altamonte pass 26 minutes. Thats an easy ride in that westbound direction. East shore freeway. A little early for that commute to be popping off. 38 minutes in that northbound direction. The bay bridge confirms it. Theres nobody on those roadways. Clearly the metering lights are not yet on. So you are smooth sailing if you head into San Francisco this morning or out of San Francisco this morning. The san mateo bridge is not quite the same story. Of its a little bit busier although its not really slow. Its lighter than normal. Normally it would be at this time in the morning. You do have plenty of company as youre headed towar
Complaining of feeling faint. Lightheaded. Shortness of breath. Reporter Hazardous Materials teams from san jose and Santa Clara County set up a decontamination area where the workers exposed to the gas were sprayed down with water from a fire hose to rinse off any chemicals, loaded into waiting ambulances and rushed to the hospital. We do know there are liquids on the floor in the room. And on the counter in the room. We dont know if those are mouthwash or if those are the hazardous chemicals. Reporter guests saying on the 19th floor didnt know what was going on an they were told to evacuate. They said it wasnt a fire but didnt say anything else. Reporter caroline says she smelled a strong chemical odor in the hallway. I wasnt exactly a gas smell. I have never smelled that before. It kind of smelled like gas. But not too sure. Reporter hazmat crews did not tell us exactly what type of chemicals they found that is part of the police investigation. They did originally believe it was a s
This is preseason football and Kyle Shanahan will be tapping into the fringes of the San Francisco roster tonight. We know a lot of veterans and injured players wont play tonight, but keep your eye on dante pettus. He could be the top receiver this season. He set the rookie record for most touchdowns in the season. Quite the accomplishment for a franchise thats had a ton of great receivers. Your 5 touchdowns were most for a rookie in a franchise season, did you know that . Yeah, i knew that. Were talking john taylor, jerry rice. That must make you proud. Yeah, man, its pretty cool. It is only a rookie record, but like i thought it was pretty cool still. In defense jerry rice did drop a lot of football in his rookie seasons. He fixed it. If jerrys watching, sorry slam i had to mention that ie rice is not watching this broadcast right now. That he tunes in at 6 00. More coming up on the bottom of the hour including my one on one with 49er quarterback jimmy g. Ken, elizabeth, im jacked ou
Of the balboa station. The plan is to turn this into safe overnight parking for those who live in their vehicles. Seems like you spend a lot of resources to develop this plan. Will it go to a vote of the people . It goes through the legislative process. Reporter shane mcgraph was upset after the Community Meeting. My concern is they will make balboa look like the 24th and mission or 16th and mission where it is overrun with homeless people. Its an open air drug market. Reporter he was one of hundreds who showed up for a Community Meeting with San Francisco police, Homeless Outreach services and city supervisor asha who proposed the pilot program. These individuals already live here. They are living in their vehicles now. And, this is a particular tailored response for our neighborhood. Reporter supervisor safai says the last few years the number of homeless in the neighborhood has increased. And in response, he wants to open a Triage Center with 24 hour security, bathrooms, and social
or we have to recess the meeting. emotions boiling over over a vote to close several schools. details on the controversial decision. a sinkhole nearly swallows an entire mini van in alameda county. what caused the ground to give way. initially, we are missing our second flight. the holiday travel rush is already under way, and we are already seeing problems. the silver lining for some bay area travelers. new details on the high-speed crash that killed an innocent bystander in oakland. katie neilson reports two police officers are now being accused of serious misconduct in the case. reporter: in a late afternoon press conference, the chief said both officers have been stripped of their police powers and are now possibly facing criminal charges. a press conference that was called less than an hour after another media outlet reported the allegations. any detailed information that is released could compromise this very important investigation. reporter: armstron