All northbound lanes were blocked along with three of the southbound lanes. No word on the identity of the person killed in the crash. All lanes on the 101 reopened in both directions. We are hearing a caltrans crew is due to come out sometime between 7 30 and 9 00 to begin repair work on the Center Divide. We are on standby waiting for chp to arrive to give us more details on the accident as the investigation progresses and to also give us a sense on how traffic has moved this morning with the rain. A reminder for anybody no matter what direction youre going the rain is sporadic so if it is not raining now it could be in five minutes or it could have rained five minutes ago so there will be slick roads. The reminder for everybody is give yourself more time for your commute and take it slowly. Christien kafton, thank you. Im glad i left early this morning because we had slick streets. Yes, it does not take much. Even though the downpours have moved out have scattered rain and we could
The house. They have the best seats in the house that honors them and gives them a little bit of a reprieve and night away. Its so exciting. I didnt realize i was going to come here until a couple of days ago. My friend invited me. We got the ticket for free. Im grateful to be here now. Just really cool that all these artists get together and raised all this money for people in need. Were here on a thursday night. We all have to get up at 6 00 for work tomorrow. But we are here for home in county reporter again, 100 of the proceeds from tonights band together bay area concert going directly to help low income communities hit hardest by the fire. I dont know if you can hear behind us, but it sounds like rafael sadiq just took the stage. The music hasnt started yet. But if you cant come down, you can live stream it on youtube and twitter. Test, the you can donate online or on twitter. Thank you. On ktvu. Com we have posted a link where you can watch tonights concert live. Just click on t
Gear cleaning lots of debris. Its such a big job, we noticed many lots are now being covered with plastic tarps and straw barriers to keep toxic ash from washes out of lots into drains during the months of winter storms ahead. Rebuilding is another matter. Its going to be three to five years for most of the rebuild. Reporter full recovery predicts keith woods of the north Coast Builders exchange will perhaps take a decade. Every contractor i know in the area was busy before these devastating fires hit us. And this is going to put a real strain on capacity of local contractors. Reporter making matters more complicated, theres a serious shortage of labor to work for those contractors. We do not have anywhere near the capacity, the number of contractors to even come close to rebuilding the homes that weve lost up here in the tragedy. Reporter licensed contractors from other parts of the state can work here as well as from a few neighboring states where we have reciprocal agreements. But i
Hinojosa and i told you that i was going to do this, because as one journalist to another journalist, its hard to kind of sum up, because you have interviewed every major rock and roll and pop musician and country musician that exists, i would day. Okay. Well, youre overstating it, but ill take it. Hinojosa overstating a little bit. If you had to choose your like, top mostmemorable interviews from this huge history, what would it be . What would it be . You know, maria, i have forgotten them all, actually. Hinojosa laughing every, single one even elton john. Mick . Mick who . Hinojosa laughing well, you know; sum it up. Yeah, its a tough choice, but i would say that quite often, it was the behindthescenes stuff that goes on that builds to a story that makes it memorable for me. For example, one of my favorites is ray charles, because at the time that i suggested the story, he was not really on the charts and getting the kind of acclaim he shouldve been. Hinojosa what year was this, ben
Agencies responded. And here is tampa fire rescue. They had divers in the water the past two hours. The divers are now out of the water but they are continuing the search. A coast guard helicopter is here as well. It is still an active scene and they are still actively looking for this man who went under while pushing a boat off the sand bar right off the Courtney Campbell causeway. Thank you paul. A grim situation out there. We will stay with you and get side investigation, safeguarding your vote. Are elections safe and secure or ripe for the picking . A Hillsborough County woman believes someone tried to commit Election Fraud using her personal information. When we did some digging we found there is not much being disown to stop it. Steve andrews joins us now. So, whose job is it to prevent Election Fraud in the first place . Reporter apparently, it is now, the Hillsborough County supervisor of elections relies ton state to weed out phony applications. When i pressed them, i realized