Great to see you guys. Well check in with mike in just a minute. But, what, lets talk about the heat wave. We are in fall now, right . We are officially in fall, the first full day of fall. We are definitely heading towards hotter weather this weekend. Lets enjoy today while its still nice and mild and our good air quality that continues as well. We are going to see that continuing today for all of our microclimates. Spend some extra time outside. I know i did yesterday afternoon. Were going to see our temperatures reaching into the low 80s in the south bay and up to 83 today in napa. Mike, do you have a Traffic Alert going on . Yeah, kari, this changed in the last ten minutes. We have a crash in fremont. Lets show you on the map were looking at the east bay northbound 880, the nimitz. As you travel past the connection over toward the dumbarton bridge everything seems fine except for dakota. Closures for all lanes suddenly. The map marks it farther north than i would like. All lanes ar
Weekend. Now a major disaster declaration from the president california has requested 375. Fire engines and crews from out of state. Good evening, everybody thanks for being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan in for Vicki Liviakis thank you for joining us tonight at 9 oclock. The governor says that at this time last year there were 4200 California Wildfires they burned 56,000 acres. So far this year more than 7,000 fires have burned one 0. 4 million acres and most of that within just the last week. The largest fires in the state are burning here in the bay area will begin with the scu lightning complex system that is burning in Santa Clara Alameda contra costa and san joaquin counties. Flames there have burned more than 360,000 acres. Containment is at 15 5 people have been injured. 12 structures destroyed and more than 20,000 other structures are still threatened tonight, the lnu complex those of the fires burning in Solano Sonoma napa yolo and lake counties have ki
Outside in palo alto, few clouds overhead and more clouds throughout the day. The temperature trend doesnt go straight up like previously. Kind of flat through the day with a slow warmup headed our way. Highs in the 60s today which is seasonable for march. So well talk about this. Mike, youre hear being a crash in san jose. North 101 at tully. We dont see slowing for the last 10 minutes but there is a crash reported in this direction. It sounds like everything is moving off to the shoulder and no major injuries. Looking at a smooth flow of traffic there. Along the peninsula, the east bay is great. Slowing like southbound highway 13. There are road crews there and reports with someone with a flat tire mid span from the richmondsan rafael bridge. And light rain. But if it is mid span, it is narrow and dark through the area. So well bring you the follow up but no problems comes into the north bay. Back to you. We begin with the latest on the coronavirus. Test kits passengers on the cruise
Even at the bay bridge there is hardly any backup. Well track it because it is friday. Back to you. Now to Live Team Coverage of the coronavirus outbreak. Today in the bay pete suratos is in richmond awaiting word about the cruise passenger test results and we just spoke with a passenger on board. Kris sanchez answering your questions in our Crisis Center but first to tracie potts live on capitol hill where the government is working to ramp up testing. Tracie . Reporter good morning. New this morning, President Trump is not going to travel to the cdc. The white house said he doesnt want to interrupt their mission. Their mission includes trying to figure out how to get people tested. But the government is short on test kits, that is something Vice President pence has admitted and now trying to figure out how to deal with that. We dont have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. It is critical that we get the tests back quickly to move patients th
See the emeryville area. So on the deck where you are driving, it is okay. Low clouds are drifting around. Getting off the lower deck, it sounds like the solve raoffram blocked by a big rig. And the berkeley curve, we may have a car fire off on the shoulder. Ill get more updates on that. Highway 4 shows slowing near the bridge but south of there is just fine. Election results are coming in, here are the top headlines. The San Francisco District Attorneys race is too close to call because of rank choice voting, only about 240 votes separate the top two candidates with suzy loftus bchesa boudin. Could be days before a winner emerges. Mayor breed is leading with a 68 of the vote and claiming victory. Im excited but im also anxious to continue to get the work done. I want them to be proud of the decision that they made, i want them to see a difference and be happy about the conditions of San Francisco. And that will take a lot of work. San francisco voters also decided some key proposition