Meeting in crocket wednesday to address some of the concerns. The toxins that are seeping into the bay. It could take years before the real cleanup begins. The disruptions are piling up. Striking clerks in Santa Clara County forced Traffic Court to nearly screech to a halt today. A high profile murder trial was put on hold. Robert handa is live to show us how the problems are mounting. Reporter it seems to be that both sides are gambling this week as the strike enters its second week. So far, the strike has caused mainly inconvenience. But some looming Court Problems cant be pushed down the road. The striking Court Workers came out strong today, returning to the hall of justice in san jose and shutting down the clerks offices there. The strike led to more court cases being pushed down the line, including a high profile murder trial. The trial phase started last week only to be delayed until today and now it has been moved to august 17. Its frustration, even though it looks like were pa
Everybody is here. 100 of our Small Businesses rely on delivery trucks. Reporter ironically, the central subway, which is killing union square means to get the cars and trucks off the street, which is just what the walkway would do. More inviting, safe, exciting. Reporter but for pack, its about business as well. We have 54 empty storefronts. Reporter supporters say the issue deserves a city debate. Is this open to negotiation . I dont think traffic stoppage is open for negotiation. Reporter if the closure goes ahead wait until i have blockades and see how they like it. Reporter what are you talking about . We have thousands of trucks and blockades blocking city hall and mta for one week. See how they like it. Nobody could get in and out. Thats a promise, not a threat. Its a reality. Reporter threat or promise, its real. Rose pack has a history of delivering, making a show of it. On the other hand, the mayor has a lot of merchants thats a we have been living with this for years. Got to
So where you want to begin . I want to start off with a live pictures of in earlier deadly accident. This is the scene now. It looks like there has been quite a bit of clearing. They have moved the activity to the shoulder. Two trucks got into a deadly accident about 2 am now, theyre just getting rid of the trucks but the traffic is not affected anymore. Chp is still there until the entire scene is cleared but for the most part we do see traffic moving along well. Also looking at the tracy super commute. Traffic is going to be okay if you are driving through the area as a matter fact problems getting into livermore or dublin. Lets go to the san mateo bridge. A quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza. At 5 01 am, lets go back to the desk. We begin with breaking news from sacramento county. There was an officer involved shooting one man is dead in the city of citrus heights. This is new video just coming in. Police were called out about 10 30 pm about a man with a gun in a neighborhood.
Jobs and the economy as well. Clinton toured a brewery ahead of a rally in florida today where polls there still show a very close race. Its really outrageous to me that somebody who claims to be so successful has done it by stiffing hard working americans. Clintons Campaign Says shell counter trumps economic plan with an address of her own later this week. In washington, fox news. A group of young californiaens rallied in sacramento today for more education funding. Students and youth advocates gathered on the steps of the capital building. For the past 30 years spending on prisons has gone up three times faster than spending on education. They want state lawmakers to redistrict money spent on encourse rating youth and immigrants to educational programs. Theyre really here to talk about california, the way you spend money is the way you prioritize us. When you spend money on prisons, youre not prioritizing us as young people. Lawmakers met with youth activists to hear their concerns.
That is where youll find the accident on the northbound lanes. They do have two lanes open one lane, the far right lane is closed they are trying to move that boxcar we are told that the holdup is trying to get a second tow truck to come in to remove that truck. But, they said that they hope to have the other lane open within another two hours. Right now, northbound 880 traffic is going to be light. So, even though that lane has taken away, we do not have a huge backup to the area either northbound or southbound as you can see. This is where the accident is. It is causing a huge delay. Another live picture further up the road, it does look good from oakland all the way to heyward. No major issues. We are taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza thats where traffic is going to be light getting into san francisco. Thank you. We do have a pretty good day here. We have the north when that came down, and thats wind that came down wind that came down. There appears to be a stronger breeze.