Rid of these tollbooths. Why the heck does it take so long . John grubb, the council coo, says tollbooths at the plaza have been in place since the 1950s and dont fit with the way people drive now. He says caltrans and toll authorities should have removed the tollbooths as soon as they stopped being used. And the impact is can be really catastrophic and tragic where someone is dying, you know, crashing into tollbooths. Following mondays crash, he says they should remove them immediately. Caltrans says they are currently evaluating how to fix it. Were still waiting to come up with a game plan of how we can remove that damaged equipment and replace it. But the toll booths arent the only issue. According to grubb, the way the traffic is jammed leads to an increased risk of car pollution. Its now the largest source of pm 2. 5 emissions. These are really harmful chemicals that get into the lungs of people is from the morning backup, he says. The state needs to make changes to the bridge or
130 this morning in mountain view. The chp didnt share a more specific location, though. Wu was driving a blue 2018 ford escape with a missouri license plate reading vb 9v1w anyone who may have seen the vehicle or the wus is urged to call 911. Moving on to the north bay now and the high speed chase ending in a spectacular fashion, police say a driver trying to race away from officers topped speeds of 110 miles an hour on highway 101. The driver tried to take the exit onto petaluma boulevard and couldnt make the turn. The electric car crashed over the barrier and landed in the marsh, sending flame chunks of car battery flying onto the road. This is not something we normally deal with. This is probably the first crash that i came out to where there was batteries in the road on fire, and so its going to be an evolving uh training, i guess, and evolving as we go. And learning more about these vehicles. The chp says the car was so hot they couldnt even move the crashed car. They had to call
A crash near San Pablo Dam road has traffic backing up towards highway 4 in hercules. So just under a 30minute ride for drivers heading along the eastshore freeway right at 6 00 this morning. And richmond parkway if you would like to use that as your alternate, keep in mind a lot of people have the same idea so thats slow in both directions. Well keep you advised of when those lanes reopen but in the meantime, do expect a slow, stop, go kind of wednesday morning commute. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Jaclyn, wish we could cue the music and bring in a little bit of here comes the sun by the beatles from 1969 because check this out sun is making an appearance right now at mount vaca. Sun is just beautiful not a cloud in the sky there. Were socked in, in San Francisco at 58. Its overcast in oakland. A few clouds now in livermore and santa rosa overcast in the 50s. Seasonal summer day today. 60s at the coast with partial clearing except daly city and colma. Otherwise, foster c
Kpix 5s Jessica Flores went back to the scene today. Reporter a year later theres a memorial here at webster street where the two men were killed. Their murders are unsolved. Oakland police dont know who shot and killed the 22yearold and the 20yearold. But investigators and the victims families are hoping someone in the public comes forward with information to help solve the murders. Somebody knows something. All we ask is that you just come forward so, you know, we can have justice for these boys. Reporter the two victims, Berkeley High school graduates, were shot and killed after an altercation at an Art Gallery Party in downtown oakland. Police say around 1 a. M. On august 14th, 2016, craig was shot defending his girlfriend, who was being harassed by a group of men. Craig stepped in to let them know that, hey, shes with me and as a result of that, he got jumped and attacked by this group of individuals. And ultimately it cost him his life. Reporter the shots fired inside then spille
Application for Public Safety reasons if the event raises such significant Public Safety concerns that Law Enforcement cannot manage the event. So it appears that they do believe Law Enforcement can manage the event. They are expected to be out in droves. We also know a handful of businesses have chosen to close on their own because so many roads will be closed inside of crissy field on saturday. We know that list includes house of air, the presidio ymca, Sports Basement and the bowling center. They are choosing to close. The city didnt force them to. Live at crissy field, susie steimle, kpix 5. We also have a list of the roads that will be closed for saturdays rally on our website, click on the Patriot Prayer story on cbssf. Com. Two rallies in two days for President Trump on the left yesterday in phoenix when he went off on the media, and on the right, todays appearance in reno where he got a huge crowd of veterans all pumped up. Cbs reporter weijia jang on the president s striking t