Expected before the road reopens tomorrow. From the bay station, youre watching kron. Noon. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im noelle bellow. Our top story today as folks head back home from the Labor Day Holiday. I80 does remain closed. Its expected to reopen early tomorrow morning. Kron 4 Charles Clifford joining us live from hercules with the very latest. And theyve been working on 80 since this summer. Whats the latest going on there . Charles . Well, right now, contra costa county, thats 80 behind me there. To be clear, were only talking about the westbound lanes. The eastbound lanes do remain open. Theres not a lot of traffic at the moment and that is because folks are still on holiday. But later today as people start coming home from a b from tahoe or sacramento, there could start to be a backup. Lets going take a look at some video here now. The westbound lanes of 80 between 7. 80, in vallejo and highway 4 here in hercules contra costa county. That was shut
Really inexcusable, especially for an elected official. Thats the message Republican Assembly member billa say lee hopes to sent to fellow lawmakers with his proposal. Hr 51 should go into effect. Any member of the assembly who is arrested and charged with dui will lose the privilege to operate whats known as a pool vehicle. A government perk provided to lawmakers to help them easily get from place to place in sacramento. Most people dont even know we get a taxpayer. Funded car. Its a state vehicle. The state pays the tax. The state pays the gas for the car. They take care of it. And i think thats a privilege. And so when you violate that privilege and you violate the trust of the public. You shouldnt be driving your car. So its a very simple measure. The rule would apply to lawmakers until their cases result. But if a member is found guilty of deal, why hr 51 would prohibit that lawmaker from driving the pool called for a minimum of 3 it comes just months after state senator dave min
Causing headaches for drivers heading home after the holiday. Were checking in on the progress. From the areas local news station. This is kron. 4 news at 3. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 3. Im noelle bellow, a slowmoving rush to leave Black Rock Desert as burning man festival goers try to escape the muddy mess that left them stranded at their camps for days. Kron fours rob nesbitt been speaking with bay area. Burners stuck in the mud. He joins us now live with what theyre dealing with. Rob. Noel burners were finally able to start leaving today, buses, trucks and large rvs able to get out. But the Burning Man Organization said in a Statement Today that people should delay leaving until tomorrow to avoid congestion. This is what the mess look like all weekend. Deep, murky mud that more than 70,000 people were dealing with anyone who did try to leave. The playa got stuck in the mud and cars even caught on fire. According to those i spoke with today, one person died over t
News station. Hes calling 2. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im noelle bellow, Justine Waldman has the day off. We begin this afternoon with our top story for the past few days. The westbound lanes of i80 between solano and contra costa counties has been closed. Caltrans expecting to reopen them tuesday morning. But those returning to the bay area today will face a detour around the roadwork kron. 4 Charles Clifford has an update on that work being done. Charles . Yeah. Caltrans says that they are on schedule to reopen westbound tomorrow morning. However, we are starting to see some backup on the detour which goes through benicia and that could get worse as we head into the evening hours. Westbound lanes of interstate 80 between 7. 80, in vallejo on highway 4 in hercules were closed down last thursday evening on friday, caltrans tore up several miles of the westbound lanes. And then over the weekend they poured fresh concrete. And now on monday, they are waiting for th
Warmest of the Holiday Weekend today were warm things up a few degrees. And even though it is deceiving, lee cloudy right now, we get a solid dose of sunshine for really the remainder of the day where youre looking in San Francisco coit tower here. Yeah, that the sunniest just yet a few holdouts in the north bay to. But we are working our way toward some sunnier conditions. Now, current temperatures are in the 60s to even low 70s out towards pittsburgh fairfield and brentwood right now as we make our way through the afternoon, youll notice that warm up compared to the past couple of days. Some of our inland areas rising back into the 80s. Well, 60s and 70s for the rest of us. Back to you. Thank you very much, john. 10. 0, 1, is the time and labor day today has activists routes and this holiday, its especially visible. We have unions across the country challenging how their workers are treated. Yeah, this year theyve seen an emboldened labor movement. So here in the bay area weve seen.