winds we ll get mike to talk about where we are seeing [ unintelligible ] once you put moisture on ground it makes streets slick then you throw a perpendicular wind in and it makes it more scary to be driving around. best radar returns up along the north bay where we ve had a quarter to half anyone s the santa cruz mountains quarter to half inch here, drizzle, light rain around the bay. it has begun. it is going to be off and on rain like we talked about yesterday with the steadier rain moving into the north bay during the afternoon during the morning into afternoon will slide to the south. everybody is going to get some rain and everybody is going to be dealing with the wind fast are gusting up to 40 miles per hour at sfo most of us 15 to 25 mile per hour range coming out of south. let s find out how those bridges are doing. crash in oakland southbound 880 fruitvale car facing wrong way on the right shoulder look out for that chp on i i was no injuries reported. li
warren hellman. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2news at five. good evening. i m ken wayne. i m heather holmes. construction work is going well on the bay bridge. two days into the holiday weekend closure of the upper deck and caltrans said there is a possibility it could reopen ahead of schedule. officials are giving updates on that work that s taking place. let s go head now and listen to caltrans spokesman. we want to thank our partners including bart, ac transit, muni, alameda, golden gate and vallejo ferry, west cat, amtrak, greyhound, oakland, the city and county of san francisco, and the entire bay area for working with us on that. i read that long list to give you an idea of how many agencies and groups had to get together to do this. we also want to thank mcm for putting together a great team and finishing their work early. we want to ask greg allen to come up and say a couple words. greg, allen, allen. i. i just want
hour. bundle up, especially kids before they head off to school this morning. 5:00 thanks for joining us i m kristen sze. i m eric thomas. police warning thieves could bring your next train ride to a halt. thieves cutting cables along the tracks to get at copper not letting trains stop them. katie marzullo is live with more. reporter: good morning. we are just learning there has been a confirmed case of copper theft just in morning. within the last hour or so. we know it was in the oakland area not clear if it was at a bart station or somewhere else along the tracks. that makes three since last friday. two recent incidents police are investigating. within friday, sun sunday. sunday a bart driver [ inaudible ] saw a man on the tracks he yelled at the man the guy was again before police arrived so he got away. these thieves are cutting cables they are doing this on the tracks in some cases. that poses the danger that they could get hit by a train. also an issue within t
right now alert in effect. one lane opened northbound 880, shutting down both northbound and southbound. they ve issued a sig alert all lanes both directions at this point in time. they are asking that you use 580 if you can. they are diverting traffic on and off at 66th avenue. no further details. we are watching this. we ll get back in a few minutes. we ll keep checking back, thank you. president obama waking up in the silicon valley this morning ready for his big town hall event with with linked in. he s on a whirlwind west coast tour talking jobs. amy hollyfield is outside where the president is staying. reporter: obvious, something important something going on here. they blocked off the streets here. a truck is about to get a rude awakening right now to find the city center has been closed down. this is where president obama is staying between his bay area events. he arrived last night around 5:30. politician of local dignataries were there to greet him, includin
minutes at speeds about 75 miles an hour. eventually, he did attempt to exit but was going so fast when he tried to exit at 29th avenue, he crashed into an area just under the underpass. he was ejected from the vehicle. he was taken to highland hospital and died shortly thereafter. healthcare hack has been investigating chp has been investigating the scene and thinks the driver may have been under the influence because they found open containers in the car and smelled alcohol inside his vehicle. in light of this accident, oakland chp officer sam morgan has a reminder to drivers. we always tell individuals whenever you see the emergency lights on a patrol car law enforcement vehicle the drive is compelled by law to stop and yield to the authority of the officer. this type incident could have been avoided had that driver yielded and still be alive today. reporter: chp has given a tentative identification for the victim. they say he was a 19-year-old hispanic man from oakl