Kpix 5 joins us live from the port of oakland where a strike could happen any day soon, or a walkout. Brian . Reporter things rup and running at the port of oakland but it is not busy. And we came here used to seeing long lines like we have been seeing during the bitter contract negotiations but the negotiations are at an impasse and it looks like a ghosttown around here and a longer lockout or strike could be days away. I dont know. Once we wake up out of this nightmare, i dont know where we are going to be. The nightmare has dragged on for six months for miguel and he told us 25 Truck Drivers were told to stay home, because he wasnt sure the port would be open. No loading or unloading happened this weekend because labor talks remain at an an impasse. Months of complaints port workers are deliberately working slower and he says the delays are taking a toll on the business. It is a 60 decrease in the business. It is business that we just cant do. Reporter it is not just a problem in oa
It is balmy, the numbers stacking up into the 50s and into the 60s. Meanwhile lets go ahead and take a look at this. Its our High Definition Doppler Radar and for the most part this storm is out of here. We still have some leftover lingering showers in through the Santa Cruz Mountains and streaming on into las gatos this morning. Otherwise this is what you can anticipate, the initial front is out of here, but behind it we have an unsettled air mass like right here. That will trigger a few showers thout the day today under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. It will remain on the mild side and its going to be breezy as well. The southerly winds kicking up 10 to 20 miles an hour. We have more rain on the way and i gotta tell you, anne, were going to talk about that the next time around. Thanks, roberta. People living in Higher Elevations arn the bay area are keeping an eye on the winds this morning. Mark kelly live in the Oakland Hills. Mark, hows it looking it . Reporter well, anne, weve rea
The difference is its much more stable. Its a combustible liquid instead of flammable and that doesnt cause some of the volatility issues that we would have with gasoline. Slippery . Yes it is. Is that big concern out here . Well, it certainly can burn. The temperatures are out today and it makes it more difficult to ignite. So its a very slim possibility if you have an ips dent like that. Well its not something they want people driving over. Thats why the cleanup, most of the spill was in the area where you see the work crews right now. What theyve been doing is putting down absorbent and trying to stop up as much of it as they can. That process will wrap up at some point fairly soon and theyre going to get all four lanes open. But at this point, this is still an area to avoid. In Laurel Brad Bell abc 7 news. All right. Thanks. And as you know this mornings accident really made trips around town a lot longer for many drivers who were stuck in that miles long backup. Our diane cho spok
Imagine youre on your way to work you pull onto the highway. You come to an abrupt stop and all you can see is a sea of brake lights. So you sit there. And you sit there. And you sit there. Thats what it was like for drivers here on southbound 95. This man said he missed three meetings. What was it like down here . It was brutal. Brutal. About two hours and i finally got off and i dont know where the heck im going right now. Thats why i got my gps. Reporter this man was running on empty. What did you do . I had to make a uturn to, you know take another road and im running out of gas. Without gas i cant do anything. Reporter and this man had a twohour bonding experience with his car. It was unbearable sitting in traffic for a couple hours. My first thought of course was when i saw a gas tanker sideways was, i mean whats going to happen. Reporter all three drivers caught in the middle of this humongous traffic backup on 95 in laurel. The cause, this 7,500gallon tanker truck overturned an