Drought. An area of the bay area has decided to ban green lawns in front of new homes. Good evening im ken wayne. And im heather holmes. Debora villalon live in American Canyon with that citys new ordinance and what it means for new homeowners, deb. Reporter if you have your lawn you can keep it although watering is restricted as it is in most places. But new construction here on American Canyon will have to forgo the grass. Its a sound we dont hear much anymore. Water keeping a lush green lawn alive. Its ours. Its ours. Reporter the homeowner put it in 20 years ago. We think its very precious to us. We have seen other lawns come up around here and we cherish what we have. Reporter in American Canyon and across the bay area. Front lawns are endangered. Torn out and tarped, stressed by too little water, too many weeds. Were not requiring anybody to do anything other than in new development. Reporter now comes the zero front lawn ordinance. The last new construction here before the marke
Cyclical look at another perspective are camera looking out the Golden Gate Bridge for the north bay. Those clouds over had a slight breeze in the area you see on the right hand side stopping in a land and we expect for aware throughout the day Storm Tracker day par4 crest Early Morning hours 7 a im showing spot for a third is mid40s right now with cold temperatures at the moment in the north by. By name time looking for slightly milder weather with a high by the bay right now mid60s to. Look for the seven inland valleys as well by. Three this afternoon the some sunshine upper 60s low 70s temperature range were inland locations. I expect the get even warmer as we head into tomorrow. Talk a lot more that bandito extended outlook in 15 minutes. Quick update on your commute and flat hand over george. George looking at a hot spot in the south bay we have this x then recorded on line connecting ramp guadalupe parkway highway 87. On to 101 in the northbound direction and then we noticed all
Santa rosa all will have fog 47 to 50 are temperatures at 7 00 this morning. Up to 72 at mean and 62 to 76 at 4 00 and mid70s during the evening. No record highs. Still, warmer than we should be. How about the roads . One accident in oakland. On the nimitz. It does not appear to be causing problems in the center divider. There is fog, though. The Golden Gate Bridge shows mike is telling us half mile visibility so use the low beams. On the bay bridge you can see the shallow layer is moving offer the toll plaza and it is thickening moving south into the east so be careful and traffic is manageable from the east by to San Francisco. We have breaking news from the east bay rescuers are trying to find a woman would ran her car off the road. Our reporter is on the scene. This is an incredible story of the c. H. P. Not giving up. Their ground crews could not fine the woman who crashed her car. It took them a helicopter from above to find her and now you can see why look how remote the car is.
Temperatures in the 50s and sick not so warp as last night. Several traffic challenges and on the peninsula . Indeed, a stall vehicle on 101 and a possible fire burning on the shoulder near woodside on 101 so a limit activity and here is a look at the bay bridge with traffic is pretty heavy and we do have metering lights turned on and traffic is stacking up away from the macarthur maze and in san jose, 280 by contrast is clear drive copy are moving at top speeds there but there is congestion building and cupertino. It is now 6 01 with breaking news from pittsburg a Public Health advisory has been lifted following a chemical release at the dow Chemical Plant in the east bay. It happened before 3 00 this morning as the facility in pittsburg and dow said they issued a shelterinplace but the Contra Costa County Health Department issued an advisory for the public warning them of possible problems like watery eyes and sore throats and hazmat is on the scene and so far there have been no repo
Could be an important clue. I will something she will do whatever it takes to clear her name. An attorney representing the vallejo woman who police say faked a kidnapping for ransom speaks out. Tara moriarty is in vallejo following the latest twists and turns in this case. Coming up, she will tell us what attorneys are now say happening today good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Its march 27th. Friday. End of the month. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. We thank you for joining us. Lets check weather and traffic. Steav, still a lot of steve, a lot of fog out there . A lot of fog out there. On the other side of the caldecott i saw it. Yes. Recordsetting day. Temperatures soared. Whats new . Some of the records coming in. 85 in san jose. 90 in gilroy. Vuz, 89. Mountain view, 84. Downtown oakland, 83. Today, 83. Oakland from that record setting 83 to 72. Conrecord 28 to 76. And san jose is 85 to 78 degrees. The has come back. Theres still very warm air aloft. Its kind of shall local. It