A followup to the crash in the south bay. Looking at your maps here showing you the traffic flow is nicely on the freeways but just off the freeway you cannot exit the freeway here at story road from southbound 101. The details san jose pd had to close story road westbound going this way from knox just before the freeway to philippe, just after the freeway. That will affect the offramp and onramp getting on to 101 through the area. Tully road a little to the south is completely clear and so is the 280 680 interchange, just a little to the north. Again, we have a serious crash sounds like on city streets, story road just off of highway 101 westbound direction is affected right now. The rest of your freeways show a smooth drive, no problems. We have the backup much bigger than yesterday, and much bigger than friday and thursday in fact last week, there are the cash lanes just starting to really build up. Back to you. Thank you, mike. To the latest in the Southern California boat tragedy,
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Trailer end up going down the hill, pulling the whole truck with it, overturning in the process. Reporter the drive escaped with a minor injury but the overturned truck began leaking dpas lean into the soil of the creek bed, causing an army of firefighters from throughout marin county to respond. Its holding approximately 6700 gallons of fuel. Its been contained within the vessel itself which is a blessing on our side. Reporter officials believe a couple hundred gallons of fuel may have seeped out and crews immediately began laying out plastic tarps downstream to create dams to capture and contain the spilled gas. State wildlife Officials Say most of it will evaporate but its possible some residual chemicals could still exist when the rains begin falling. Once the situation is stabilized and we can get cleanup crews down into the creek, well establish cleanup end points so basically its a standard to where we want the spill to be cleaned up too. Reporter meanwhile, back up on the road,
Preparedness and response plan. And it all has to do with updating 911 call center technology. Mayor breed says the Analog Technology is outdated and they are making the switch to digital. So anyone needing help in an emergency does not have to resort to calling it in whether there is a wildfire, or a heat advisory, we want to be prepared. We wanted to respond in a timely matter and we are ready to move forward in making the investments to do just that. Slot governor newsome toward the call center in san francisco. He said the updated technology will come with a fee for cell phone companies. This is a lifesaving fee that will go a long way to making california resilient. More capable and a search environment to do justice to the taxpayer expect and that is to answer the phone in an emergency as part of the new plan ahead of a busy wildfire season, governor newsome has also announced california will hire early for hundred more firefighters just minutes ago, sheriffs officials announced