Could look out the window and see the overturned truck. It was a mess. They were hit pretty severely. Reporter paul ryan was one of the passengers. He was not hurt and updated the president on the accident. Most of those injured suffered head and neck injuries. About a halfdozen people were taken to area hospitals including jason lewis who is undergoing standard concussion protocol. The train returned to charlottesville and lawmakers are being taken to the retreat on buses. We have heard from jason lewiss press people that he is okay, he did suffer a concussion but he went on to the retreat. The retreat is carrying on as usual. The Vice President is speaking tonight and the president will be speaking tomorrow. Leaders are holding a moment of prayer for the victims. Didnt some of the lawmakers have to act as First Responders to help the injured . Reporter they did, there were a number of lawmakers who were also doctors, one lawmaker who used the shirt on his back as a tourniquet. There
Having to slow down and singletrack past the scene of this derailment further north near south hayward but certainly it has been frustrating for a lot of riders. That was the station announcement that was played at the fremont station this morning letting the commuters know about major delays on bart. All of this caused by a maintenance truck that derailed on the tracks just south of the south hayward station at about three deck 20 in the morning. These trucks are designed to drive along the tracks and crews on board do repair work. The accident caused damage to the electric third rail and crews are having to repair the third rail and they are also working to get the truck cleared from the tracks. In the meantime bart riders are running late. My boss was really nice about it. She understands because she rides bart. I might not get there on time depending on the delays. I am supposed to be a juror in San Francisco at 8 00. If i am not a there i am a little bit worried. They might be com
Laura there was a shelter in place for hours. But you have new information on that . Live intro vo sam boxes sam cu lets check in meterologist kari hall on the wind conditions firefighters are here putting out hot spots and take a look at all of this white foam. Theres a lot of white foam here thats blowing around and its probably going to be out here for a while. Now, from our chopper, you can see what the fire looked like this morning. It started around 7 45 and commuters across the east bay could see smoke billowing into the sky. At first, there were concerns that this was the chevron refinery, but it is not and the chevron refinery was not affected. Firefighters say this started as a single car fire and quickly spread to about 40 vehicles. The name of the business is deal auto wrecking, known for its classic cars. Its a familyrun business that specializes in classic car parts from 1930s to the late 1970s. Earlier this morning, the Richmond Fire Department issued a shelter in place
Moisture slip from Northern California to us here at home. In the last 24 hours, far north. Anywhere from 5 to 7 inches of rain reported. For us, we wont see as much but still a healthy amount. Widespread right now green on the screen from the coast all the way inland. Now beginning to approach i80 through fairfield, around American Canyon and it looks like vallejo. The san raphael bridge has been off and on wet throughout the morning. That will continue. For the east bay, even though it looks mainly dry, im receiving reports of drizzle and light rain for the east bay shoreline through oakland, Pleasant Hill, to the south. Actually a little bit of drizzle reported there. Thank you for the tweets. In the sierras, we have rain snow mix. That means you can get over the pass without the chains. What you will need is hold tight to the wheel. Very windy there until 5 00 in the afternoon. For the entire tahoe area. Here at home we dont have an advisory for the winds but they are kicking up at
Thanks so much for joining us along sal castaneda. Mike mibach and gasia mikaelian. Good morning. 1989. Something. I had to youtube it. Something like that. Okay. So we are talking about the rain because its been tough getting to where you need to go. If you have the luxury of staying at home and being cozy, lets bring in Rosemary Orozco to talk about when it will dry up a little bit today. Yes. I think our evening commute should be okay. All of the rain expected to fall between the hours and move out. More to come for the bay area weekend. First things first, lets look at what is happening right now. Storm tracker 2 tracking this first rainfall event. Started in the north bay early this morning. Areas near Sonoma County airport, some of the north bay locations picking up a quarter inch to half an inch of rain here. If we move in closer, i have a threehour time lapse on this. You can see over the course of the last three hours how it is just slipping towards the south. Here is where we