Hercules all the way into San Francisco, a moderate 45 minutes. Our big problem here remains highway 84, isabel, closed in both directions between concannon and vineyard. No estimated time of reopening and of course thats a big alternate to 680. 680 not looking so good this morning on the sunol grade. Prepare for the grind. At the live desk it is going to be a rough day for Southern California firefighters. Wind gusts 50 miles an hour in some areas and thats fanning the flames of multiple wild first that continue to burn out of control. The rye fire burned 7,000 acres near santa clarita. The creek fire charred more than 12,000 acres. The skirball fire burned nearly 5,000 acres. Near the getty center. The thomas fire has grown more than 90,000 acres in ventura county. John gregory has the latest now from la conchita. Reporter right along the 101 freeway, right along the coast and you can see homes being threatened by the fire. This is la conchita, a very small coastal community, maybe a
Reporter the second lawmaker forced out. Senator al franken from minnesota announcing he will resign. This decision is not about me. Its about the people of minnesota. Its become clear that i cant both pursue the Ethics Committee process, and at the same time, remain an effective senator for them. Reporter the decision comes amid growing calls from his own party. Enough is enough. Believe that it is probably in the best interest of a rotlof people that he resigns. Reporter Democratic Senators have spoken out. The deluge of calls started with prominent women in the senate, one after the other taking to social media. At least eight women have claimed inappropriate Sexual Conduct by the minnesota senator, the first radio news anchor Leeann Tweeden who released this photo and just yesterday two new accusers speaking out. One reportedly says franken t tried to forcibly kiss her and he told her, its my right as an entertainer. Franken called that allegation categoringly not true and preposte
So a cold start but a very nice afternoon. We will talk more about our temperatures and the wide range we will have over the next few days. Mike is tracking transit details. Especially for bart, outside station folks you have a delay out of fremont, about ten minutes, but thats tough in this colder weather. I just heard about this delay for train number 520 thats for our capital corridor line looking at out of oakland there is a 35 minute delay. There was something that held that train up from leaving, should be on its way again continuing to the end of its route. Thats just train 520 right now. Smoother drive on the roadways, you might as well drive through oakland with no major problems. We are looking to san jose with one crash just popped up, now over on the shoulder, quickly made it there northbound 101 at oakland road, that distraction might add to the build as we do have more traffic heading through the area so we will track that south bay commute. Right now Silicon Valley no re
Two nice pictures but what youre not seeing, unfortunately, is some trouble in the east bay. A new Traffic Alert . We have dont have a camera at 84 shut down in both directions, in livermore. Isabel avenue. Thats closed between concannon and vineyard due to an earlier accident. So if you typically take this route into livermore, you will need to use an alternate and continue on vallecitos turns into holmes. At theaccident 580 at santa rita road, 36 minutes from 205 to 680. And a new accident starting to cause some real delays along northbound 101 heading through san jose. The crash right near oakland road on the shoulder speeds below 20 Miles Per Hour and slow to 880. Thats a check of your traffic. Lets check in with neda on the forecast. We have had a clear night and a clear start to your morning and look at the golden gate bridge. Nice sparkling lights but also Cool Conditions in many areas because of clear skies. 41 in concord. Oakland 45. We are a few degrees warmer than this time
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