Former San Francisco mayor willie brown told us this morning that mayor lee died of a heart attack. Employees at a Safeway Store says that the mayor collapsed in the store last night. Ed lee became San Franciscos 43rd mayor. The first asianamerican mayor in San Francisco when he was appointed in 2011 by the board of supervisors when Gavin Newsome resigned to become lieutenant governor. Ed lee won election in 2011 and reelected in 2015. The Mayors Office released a statement saying, quote, it is with profound sadness and terrible grief that we confirm that mayor edwin lee passed away on tuesday, december 12th, at 1 11 a. M. At zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. His family, friends and colleagues were at his side. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife anita, his two daughters, brianna and tania and his family. The board of supervisors president london breed is now the acting mayor of San Francisco. London breed was sworn in early this morning. She was elected to the board of
Much live from berkeley. We brought you an update from the usgs in menlo park and they said there has been one aftershock reported after the 4. 4 hit this morning. The geologist said the earthquake was relatively small but many people do not describe it as such. He said this could be a force shock of a larger earthquake and that is something agencies are on alert for in the coming days. More information coming throughout the morning. The impact on transit was minimal. Bart says there is no damage to any tracks after the earthquake. The first trains out of the gate were delayed as conductors moved slowly down the tracks as an extra precaution. They inspected the tracks and found no damage. Initially there was a 20 minute delay but things are back on track. This is the scene at the airport, the Train Service was shut down for a while. Trains were stopped inside of the terminal as crews inspected the tracks to make sure there was no damage from the earthquake. Runways were also checked. O
Mountains just be patient everybody is in on some decent totals. The wind advisory starts at noon for the severe Winter Weather advisory but it is mainly rain into late tonight. Over four inches are certainly in the forecast. We have steady relight rain and when the first system moves through it will drop off but the front comes tonight and the rainfall will pick up. And does not matter if you are northeast or west everybody near the coast everybody is a in on the system. This is the best system by far this season. We have not had anything like this since june. Mendocino and lake county will be included. The burn areas, if they get too much rain too fast too soon it will produce some issues even though the ground will suck up a lot of this last week the ground got enough moisture. The stage is being set for a rainy day. You can see the line stretching from Half Moon Bay over to redwood city into san mateo and that is why they have so much rain. 40s and 50s not budging but the wind will
At cesar chavez. One lane getting by. An accident on 580 in oakland westbound near west grand. Theyre pushing the cars off at west grand. You can see the slow traffic leading up to that. Once again, green on your map means rain for your morning commute. Its going to be a wet one out there. As lisa suggests, lots of time. The Government Shutdown stretching into day 3 now. Lawmakers worked late into the night to hammer out a deal but came up empty handed. A key test comes later today as the senate is o voting on a short fix to fix things before a few weeks. Arlet about 800,000 furloughed federal workers are waking up this monday morning to a closed government feeling the first major impact of this shutdown. The Government Shutdown heads into day three and congress is still at a standoff. Lets stop bringing it to the brink and victimizing the American People and get back to work on their behalf. Democrats objected to a latenight vote on a plan to reopen the government. These talks will co
Agreement, what happens . Theres no reason why there cant be an agreement. All were lacking is the political will to do so. Weve seen the iran the issue become resolved. Our issues are not more complicated than that. Well be here as long as it takes to get it done. Reporter could be here overnight overnight. Absolutely. Were not planning to leave until we have a deal. We have counsel members on Council Members on vacation. Reporter James Gonzalez of the poa saying things are not going well but they plan to stick it out. We also spoke to mayor sam liccardo. My experience has been as a litigator for ten years that every single day in this country there are cases being settled on courthouse steps as people are ready to go to trial. Reporter now the Police Department says it is just watching and waiting to see what happens tomorrow but says the start of any litigation process wont impact the police force, at least not right away. And even though the city council is on summer break, they pl