Bart is ripping up 5000 feet of track and replacing it. That means bus bridges and 40 minute delays. It is going to be pretty bad. Reporter the two eastbound lanes of highway 24 closest of the track will also be close. Those lanes will accommodate a crane to lift heavy track in swiss switching boxes. That should be a nightmare. We could not think of another way to do this anyway that is safe and allows us to complete the job in a timely manner. More than 30 minutes on highway 24 one of those lanes will reopen. Slowing repairs. If we have to go down to one lane we are not going to be up to use the crane at that point. It is going to take time to redeploy that equipment. Reporter is 10,000 feet of train control cabling six switch boxes and 3 Million Pounds of rock getting installed. That is a huge left. It will provide a much more stable ride for our writers. Reporter is a bitter pill they will have to swallow for better service. More frequent trains. Im all for it. I write bart. I dont
Mike is standing by with our weekend forecast. Well start with whats going on outside right now. Weave got a lot of low to mid 60s out there. There are separations. Morgan hill, fremont, 59. Weve got san ramon at 58, along with 59 at napa, santa rosa. 59 cloverdale and ukiah. This afternoon you can see clouds along the coast. Temperatures upper 60s there and into San Francisco. The most sunshine and the warmest temperature around santa cruz. You know it will be busy. Parking can always be troublesome. Temperatures mid to upper 70s around the bay. Low to mid 80s until you get to santa rosa, towards antioch. Here is frances. We have a new crash just reported in the pittsburg area, east bay 4 willow pass. Its blocking a lane. A live shot of interstate 80 as headlights move through berkeley, emeryville, looking good to the bay bridge toll plaza. Well take you down to the south bay. No problems, no delays in san jose. Headlights are northbound on 101. Thats 880 running across your screen. J
We can get arriving flights from being delayed today. 59 to 62. Most of us a little cooler this morning. A little thick dew also. 62t 4 and 7 00 at the coast. The bay a little warmer, 75, 79 and down to a comfortable 72. 72 it will be very nice no matter where you are during the evening hours. Here is frances. Lets find out about the commute this morning. Lots of green out there, but were tracking a couple accidents in the east bay. Here is a look at one northbound 242 at grant. The offramp is blocked because of a big rig accident. It might be out there for a while. You may want to consider clayton a an alternate. East bay 4 at san marco boulevard. An accident to the righthand side. Traffic flows well, southbound 242 looks good. Southbound 680 on the righthand side here. Elsewhere weve got friday light traffic. No delays at all at the bay bridge toll plaza. Thank you very much, frances. New this morning, a person has been injured in this house fire in los gatos. The fire broke out at a
There could be patchy fog in the north bay valleys and along the coast. Mid to low 60s this afternoon through this evening at the coast. Then weve got mid to upper 70s bay and inland at noon. 79 to 88. A little warmer this afternoon. 72 to 81 with dry air as we head through the evening hours. Here is frances. A live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see traffic is super light right now. No metering lights. There was even a hitandrun at the tolls, no delays at all still. There are a few problem spots out there, one in concord, although the countercommute direction. A big rig crash northbound 242 blocking the grant street offramp. You can see traffic flowing very well through the area. Clayton is an alternate for you. Also, as we head farther south, theres an injury crash southbound 85 at blossom hill. I put in a little speed sensor there. Traffic moving at 76 Miles Per Hour past the accident. New this morning, a person has been injured in this house fire in los gatos. It broke
This is mornings on 2. Good morning to you. Its thursday, august 22nd. Im claudine wong. Im dave clark. Did you know that steve is off i did notice. Did you know that kyla is here i noticed that. I dont look like steve. Not quite. No. Well. You know. Such a sweet guy. Is he. I hope he is having a lovely vacation. Im sure its warm. I know pam is enjoying the dayoff too. We are warm here. This morning. Very humid. 945 humidity right now in oakland. Look at the clouds that have rolled in and that is helping keep us warm this morning. You know usually you get a clearer sky and the heat of the day escapes. Whats happened here is these clouds have rolled in. We had such hot temperatures yesterday and keeping that heat from escaping. Thats why we are seeing some very impressive numbers already this morning in san jose, its 70 degrees at six in the morning. 62 San Francisco, we have his 60s in santa rosa and napa. Thing also get bet america to the after and we will see the temperatures. Its no