Pretty good about that. Very mild start as the temperatures moving into the mid60s into san jose. 65 livermore. Clouds giving way to sunshine but you get the idea a few high clouds with a southerly component ramping up the humidity this morning. A muggy day outside. These temperatures around seasonal maybe slightly above in some spots inland. 88 in concord, San Francisco 68 spot on average. Well have more on the weekend forecast in a moment. Heres liza with the traffic report. We have light traffic all around with no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza where westbound traffic is light across the upper deck into San Francisco. The dublin interchange leaving the Altamont Pass no brake lights so far approaching grant line road you can see a lot of folks in the commute direction but theres still room on the freeway. So westbound 580 still moving at the speed limit leaving the dublin interchange heading counsel the grade there. Highway 92, san mateo bridge is troublefree. In fact, all of th
This is kpix5 news. In just two weeks, the bay bridge will close to all traffic. How crews will get the closing to get the new span open once for for all. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. The bridge will close both directions august 28 and reopen can with traffic on the new ian span 5 00 a. M. Tuesday september 3. Sue quan tells us what it will take to get traffic off the old span and onto the new. Sue . Reporter it will take careful coordination and delicate demolition of the old span next to it. Steel shins are ready to be installed. The temporary fix is expected to be relatively quick and possibly done in a day. Westbound lanes will be created for the new bridge approach and i80 will be connected to the new span. Workers will be focused on paving and striping to guide drivers off the new roadway. All of this while demolition begins of the relic built in 1936. 5billion overbudget and 10 years later than planned, in the home stretch with one more period of waiting. Here is what driver
Cops keeping an eye on 100 demonstrators. We got the number up to 50 but that was bringing in patrol from all over. Reporter how long did that take . It took better part of half hour to get everybody down here. Reporter are you happy with that kind of staffing . Not at all. The difference between what happened on saturday night and sunday night is largely as a result of staffing. Reporter as she surveyed the damaged oakland mayor jean quan offered her own opinion of what happened over the weekend. Only 30 demonstrators and then the people in San Francisco came over and thats when the trashing started and it was very quick. Reporter it begs the question from occupy to the Trayvon Martin verdict, why does it always seem to go bad in oakland . Good question. I i dont know. I mean, uhm, part of it is the fact that we have staffing constraints that limits how effectively we can police a large crowd whereas, you know, San Francisco with 1500, 1700 cops, they can put together a much larger po
Reductions and where housing should be located. Reporter protestors have greeted planners at a series of public hearings held all around the bay area. Many concerned about targets for new housing including Affordable Housing and the numbers are substantial. Santa clara county tops the list with over 59,000 units needed in the next eight years. Alameda county needs 44,000 units. And San Francisco nearly 29,000. The plan calls for 188,000 Housing Units around the entire bay area. So even if youre in a city thats been built out like saratoga or corte madera, you still have an obligation to plan for a development in your area. Reporter one person said it was racist. We expect larger number of asians and hispanics in the community and they have shown a preference for living in multi family homes and less likely to own vehicles. I took major exception to that. Reporter tonight both the boards of the metropolitan Transportation Commission and the bay area governments are meeting to vote on th
Running towards the police. It started when someone reported the suspicious man and when police questioned him, he drove away after driving over spike strips. The suspect tried to ram an officer with his car, who jumped out of the way. This is the citys second deadly officerinvolved shooting in less than three weeks. New details about the deadly plane crash at sfo. A 16yearold girl who died was actually alive when she was run over by an Emergency Vehicle. Thats what sources tell the San Francisco chronicle. Last week, San Francisco police chief greg suhr told kpix 5 the girl was hit. However, it was not clear at the time if she was still alive. This morning, the San Mateo County coroner is expected to say the victim was killed by an Emergency Vehicle. The coroner met yesterday with her family and families of two other people who died after that crash. Developing news out of southern california. Huge flames in the mountain fire rage southwest of palm springs threatening idylwild and nea