It is about to be loaded up and taken away. So for the time being, one lane of traffic northbound on highway 17 is open. The rest of the lanes are still closed. We have heard reports of drivers going through the where they are not supposed to. Be aware if you do that you put yourself in danger and Law Enforcement in danger and because the freeway is closed because they are trying to clear the scene. This all happened around 3 15, 3 30 this morning. But, again, one more instance of somebody getting on to the freeway going in the wrong direction. We dont know why. At this point chp telling us they dont believe that alcohol or drugs were a factor. So we dont know, again, where this driver got on in the wrong direction in the first place. We will let you know. Were in communication with mike inouye to make sure you know when the roadway is open and your commute could get back to normal. In campbell, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Tragic start to the day there. Lets check in with mike now.
Tropical storm dorian coming up emily. All right here at 6 00 lets start with a look at your bridges. We are going to start with the bay bridge. The busiest one of them all those metering lights are on. They are backed up to the foot of the maze and up onto the 880 flyover. Sorry i just got distracted because i just saw there are flashing lights in the approach to the bay bridge. At this point chp hasnt written anything up you can see that right there between all those big rigs. I dont know. In the meantime its going to be slowing you down at the toll plaza into San Francisco this morning. Youre also slow and go across the san mateo bridge to the peninsula this morning. So you might need to give yourself a little extra time there as well. And last but not least the Richmond San Rafael bridge that approach is packed but not slowing you down at this point. Youre good to go northbound and southbound on 101. Im anne makovec at the live news desk and were going live right now to puerto rico
So far, it looks like folks are able to get on the trains without any major problems. B. A. R. T. Says the agency had to move more than 10,000 additional commuters today through the trans bay tube into the city because of the box truck crash that caused all the traffic. B. A. R. T. Did suggest that people leave earlier in the day to avoid huge crowds or wait until later in the evening and leave then. One b. A. R. T. Rider described what a headache it was for him to change his plans last minute this morning once he learned about the bay bridge crash. I left my house out of concord at 8 00 in the morning. By the time i got to lafayette, it was just too backed up. I had to take my car, drop it off at a hotel, then find my way to the b. A. R. T. In lafayette. Reporter were not seeing any major problems but certainly a lot of commuters here at this hour. B. A. R. T. Did tell us that the agency, however, did not add any extra trains for this evenings commute. Reporting live from san bay area
Glove box rifled through freeman pd says they responded out a little before 03 00am but say this break in spree could have started as early as 10 00pm tuesday night. Wednesday, this auto glass repair man had a line of customers, some of the victims were parked right next to each other one had this to say i didnt really expect this to fremont at within the city and heres this can happens pretty frequently but never out here its usually pretty safe pretty quiet. So. And this is really unfortunate. Its not the first time a rash of vehicles were broken into at this complex well 2 months ago we had about maybe 5 to 6 break ins. But not in this use as of wednesday Afternoon Police were still processing all of the incidents and so far it appears not much was taken. They left a lot of valuables behind and the last of those by buddy could to they did not take. Which was kind of odd to me that has some speculating that this might be more about vandalism. Then burglary fremont pd says the only it
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