Today they came together near the asap center in san jose to emphasize that point. Nbcs bay area Marianne Favro joins us live. Marianne, they do not want to see the same thing happen here. Reporter they certainly dont. Thats the point they are trying to make this afternoon. About 120 people came out here to ga wad lieu pay river park and they are pro it testing because they dont want any oil trains to roll through san jose. No. No. Oil trains nowhere in our town. They explode and they pollute, we say turn them down. Reporter the raging grannies sang songs encouraging people to jump on board the protest against oil trains. Specifically they are against a proposed phillips 66 refinery expansion that would turn the Union Pacific railroad which runs through san jose into a route for oil trains. We are saying no to further oil Oil Development and we dont want the dangerous form of carbon to come through san jose and endangering our citizens. Reporter San Jose City councilman ash colrod join
At the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights have been on since before 3 00 p. M. The lashing approximate pur ferry ran 11 trips to San Francisco instead of the usual four with more trips still to come. Each ferry killed with 200 to 300 people. The parking lot at larks spur was not full but that will likely change as ferries to tonights giants game begin service. As for construction itself it is on schedule in the presidio along doyle drive. In fact, one section of asphalt being laid has been completed faster than expected. We started this morning around 9 30 the immediate wran curb, which is the followup activity. After that we still have to do barrier rail and striping and some minor electrical work. That area is really i would say ahead of schedule. Reporter so is far construction crews are sticking to their estimated schedule completion time of 5 00 a. M. Monday morning. Reporting live in albany im chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. Lets take a look at traffic right now. Where y
Bridge traffic finally eased after an afternoon of slow and go across the bridge. But alternative modes of transportation have done well. The larksburg ferry, for example, made three runs for the city that is not even counting the special ferries taking passengers to the giants game tonight. Bottom line crews expect to have all of this work done and doyle drive reopened. Chuck, thank you for the update. Now, for a fullest of closures as well as alternative routes if you need them head to our website at nbcbayarea. Com and click on the road closures at the top of the page. And two College Students are behind bars after the shooting of a prostitute on july 2nd. Investigators did not catch up with the santa rosa College Students until yesterday. Police say threadgill hired the prostitute last week and for some reason shot her, his accomplice helping him. The woman shot is still not well enough to talk to investigators. They are fighting to prevent deadly train accidents like one just over
To lincoln boulevard to get to the west side of the city. Very slow going for them. Everyone else passing by the exit is going to take highway 1 through the presidio and into the heart of san francisco. Lets go live to janet with an update. Reporter drivers say the understand the work needs to be done, doesnt make it any easier navigating through the mess. Drivers are being redirected to old mason street and then lincoln to get on the Golden Gate Bridge, as construction continues on doyle drive, the main road between marina and the bridge. The closure began monday teening allow the workers open the presidio parkway. Crews are filling in the cement, paving, striping and installing medians and much more. Drivers in the meantime face traffic backup. Were hearing up to an hour delay on highway 101 and highway 1. Tourists were among the most confused which de detour to take. We took a detour just to get away from the traffic and hopefully the traffic wont be so bad in a few minutes when we
Santa Rosa Junior College football coach lenny wagner cant believe sipply and another of his students could be involved in a homicide. Ronnie and his roommate are charged in the shooting of a suspected prostitute. Minutes after the shooting Police Stopped both men in a car near a Fast Food Restaurant and let them go. Until pictures surfaced, showing the suspected shooter ne crime scene. Shortly after they see a subject running away from the hotel and get into the same vehicle. Investigators tracked down both men and arrested them. The coach never thought either would be involved. Hes a good students, does well in his classes and hes eye very enjoyable kid to coach. His own father was executed in 2013 by the state of texas for murder. I had talks with him in the past when he was dealing with his fathers execution, and referred him at one time to Student Health services. Both men were taking an offseason Training Course to get them ready for football tryouts in august. A motive for the s