I say draft day because here in the bay area a few years ago there was a young man playing High School Football and jared goff could be the number one pick in this years draft. The kid from nevada who played at mc. Well talk about that a little bit later in the newscast. A lot of sports going on here in the bay area including the san jose sharks. Also want to let you know were doing Something Different here at ktvu. Were Live Streaming behind the scenes at ktvu. Com. We also have a link on facebook and twitter for you. You can also ask us questions during the hour. This is supposed to be an interactive experience if you will. So if you guys want to go to the live chat box when you log on to ktvu. Com, you can ask a question and there are no stupid questions. I want to reiterate that. If its something you want to know about, let us know about it on ktvu. Com. That question will get to us. It will also pop up a link on ktvus facebook and twitter page. The link will take you for ktvu. Com
101. This is a look at that. You can see traffic is starting to pile up here. 101 in san honorjose northbound. To get a better visual, there is an accident. 101 at alan rock and the backup just looking at the cameras right there and looking at that thoroughfare there. As you get towards that scene, keep in mind it will slow as it does every single day monday through friday. Over towards the suno grade car fire earlier. Sig alert around 5 30 and dropped that around 5 40 and working very quickly to get this out. You can see that car fire still causing some backups even on 580 hopping over to 680. Metering lights are on at the bay bridge. Keep in mind, slow going there. Good advice, thank you, anthony. Governor brown is expected to announce a tentative deal that would raise californias minimum wage to 15 an hour over the course of the next several years. Today in the bay Stephanie Chuang joining us from our newsroom with details on a potential pay raise that would put california into rare
Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Their numbers may not be big, but their influence may be huge. A small group of bay area voters might just have a big say in which republican pal candidate wins the nomination. Im eric thomas. The Gop Convention wrapped up and it left Republican Voters something to cheer about, a growing influence in this years race. Lilian kim explains. California republicans especially in the bay area are reel law gated to the sidelines, but that wont be the case in the primary where 172gop delegates are up for grabs. Candidates donald trump, ted cruz and john kasich made an an appearance in burlingame. They have all since left the state, but volunteers know they will be back. With the hunt going down to the wire, get out the vote attempts are going out. Typically we havent had influence on the outcome of the nominating process and this time it is an out sized influence. We have every reason to be excited and
Good time to commute into work, dont you think . Best time ever. 4 30. Thank you for that. State lawmakers struck a tentative deal with labor unions that could raise the states minimum wage. They hope to boost californias minimum wage from 10 to 15 an by 2022. Others worry it might back fire, forcing businesses to hike prices or even lay off some of their employees. An official announcement from the governor could come later today. This afternoon the minds behind californias highspeed rail project are getting grilled by state lawmakers. The hearing will center on the new Business Plan that would change the trains route and delay the start of service by three years. The proposal has the rails first 250mile segment going from shafter to san jose instead of the original goal starting construction in southern california. For now, the project has a 64 billion price tag. A remarkable rescue in oakland where a teenaged boy got stuck when a house caved in. Yeah, lucky boy. Kpix5s joe vazquez o
Southwest flight 2010 was only in the air for a brief moment last night when the pilot declared an emergency and returned to l. A. X. With Law Enforcement waiting on the tore mack. The pilot told air Traffic Control why he did it. Southwest 2010. Flight attendants called and we have two passengers that are in a physical altercation so we need to get itemed around back to l. A. X. Law enforcement removed a man from the flight. A passenger named christian posted this photo of an officer on the plane. Another passenger named mariah said witness this dude physically harassing the woman in front him over a chair reclining. All 136 passengers changed flights and arrived five hours late at sfo an end to a frustrating flight. She tweeted i want my next flight to be free because being delayed at l. A. X. For three hours and coming back to los angeles is nonsense and a waste of time. Man removed from the plan was questioned and detained by the f. B. I. He was released. The f. B. I. Said they sti