They dont seem sure about where to begin. The Police Officers Association Says its officers are looking for a new chapter for the city and the department we see it as an opportunity move the department forward in a new direction, Philip Hoffman is a Union Representative says officers are on board with modern policing policies that would improve the department they position us as somehow an impediment to change and reform and to the contrary. We have reached out on numerous occasions to get the ball rolling on these reforms offices of recommendations from 2 City Commission studies are on the table. But so far none of them have been implemented. He says as crime rises across the city, the biggest need right now more officers on the streets. The department though has been plagued with several scandals in controversial shootings in recent years in just the last 6 months the department has faced the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa an investigation that was launched after evidence in that
Good air quality returning much like yesterday all across the region were off to a mild start right now with some 60s oakland at 66 san jose in pittsburgh at 67, San Francisco right now one of our cooler spots. Right at 60 degrees talking more about what to expect today still to come robin. All right, thank you john lets check in on the commute now the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza is growing it spilling beyond the atb overcrossing its all the way out to west grand. So it has reached that point words pretty packed coming in, but you wont run into any problems right now so no crashes no stalls just the fog thats the issue Poor Visibility here from the maze right through the pay gates and as we said before you got any the headlights in the wiper so just be careful dont follow anyone to closely space yourself out when youre dealing with dense fog like this here on 92 are looking good busy but not bad 13 minutes to the peninsula. And just a really quick peak at one oh one theres a st
Are still wrapping up a car fire that sparked excuse me a crash that sparked a car fire. Its just off the nimitz freeway the hakan burger offramp from 80 south. Its still close. This is video from the citizen app that shows us exactly whats going on you see that van right there it crashed and caught fire the driver was trapped inside. This is happening right at that hagan burger overcrossing that goes over the nimitz freeway so its not on the freeway, its at the top of the offramp thats why they close it, which means he will not be able to use it you need to dump off early at 66 or past the continue up to 98th avenue, but theyve issued a Traffic Alert for this and its crawling right now from high street leading up to the give you one more san jose north want to tolley injury crash blocking your drive time on the rise but not bad 31 minutes to menlo park and well check in on the bay bridge coming up in a bit darya james is 9 oh one and the breaking news from overnight weve been covering
Optimistic numbers on the homeless crisis in San Francisco. And that was fast. The push to give fliers automatic cash refunds for certain delayed and canceled flights is now official. But thats not the only change. Just becoming law. Good morning. Welcome to the friendly skies. Its friday, may 17th. Im going to start with drew. Yeah, the sky is quite cloudy this morning. Well take you outside our tam cam. Your moment of zen, shall we say, as that sun has risen over the horizon. Its going to be a Sunny Afternoon. But first, got to get rid of that cloud cover, and for the most part, that fog will break down between 9 a. M. And noon today. And then the afternoon is looking quite nice. A little breezy out there. Temperatures right now, very uniform. Everybody starting out in the 50s right now and most locations are reporting cloudy skies as we get you out the door. Get you going on this friday. So heres a look at the next 24 hours. First, along the coast we do find brighter skies today. Th
This week, berkeleys City Council Unanimously approved the first step of opting in to a new state law, which gives people the ability to buy an adu or accessory dwelling unit known as a backyard cottage. Sometimes theyre as small as 500ft■ s. They can be as big as 1000ft■ s in the city of berkel, but any size of a backyard cottage is typically smaller than a Single Family home here, so we expect the sale price to be lower as well. According to zillow, the average price of a home in berkeley now sits at around 1. 5 million. Thats why rashi kesarwani, a Berkeley City Council member, spearheaded bringing this proposal to the city council. A lot of times its, you know, existing homeowners who had an opportunity to buy a home when they werent as expensive, you know, so we want to give that opportunity to the next generation. East bay realtor shaniqua badger says it opens the door for more essential workers who cant afford to live where they work. Teachers should be able to buy where the