Welcome to mornings on 2 and during this coronavirus pandemic unexpected side effect of the pandemic shut down is getting rid of cash tolls and the toll takers on the bridges. The chronicle reports this has been in the works for some time and efforts to put the plan into action have been ramping up. Leaders from the metropolitan Transportation Commission hope to have an all electronic cash plan to look at. The ultimate goal is to make the switch by the end of the year. We drive across bay area bridges and it will be weird you know to have this Going Forward where we will not have any people in those little booths. I am assuming thises has to do with financial and health. But especially these days, more and more, i seek out human contact and i chose to stand in line at target to be cashed out instead of self check out. So, i think about the people who have been working as toll takers and may look for Something Else to do. You never want someone to lose their job. I remember when the Gol
Running last night . How did you guess . We had a fan in our room and the boys his room, and it was still too hot. Well Steve Paulson is here with what we can expect today. Hang in there for one more day, gasia. We have a bit of fog on the coast, emphasis on a little bit. Theres just not a lot, but there is some, so we might be cooler by the coast. 50s, 60s, livermore, 62, plus 5 livermore, santa rosa, also 4. So today will be warm to high, but by tomorrow, temperatures will start to cool down, we could have a good 20, 25 degree drop. We have 70s, 80s, also 90s. Over to sal now and an update on traffic going on out there. Anything you would like to start with sir . The east bay usually, steve, because that is where all the slow traffic is, the east bay and the bay bridge, of course. That is one of the places where we do see a lot of slow traffic, and we have also seen more congestion on a 80 in oakland. But really it is the bay bridge, i dont think i showed it enough. If you are lookin
Killed in this incident. Our photographer saw several bullet holes in the house and the two women who died at 37 anshot and they are expected to survive and it happened last night. Police have not released any information about a suspect or motive. This is the citys tenth and 11th homicide of the year. The brother george floyd testified as ktvu allie rasmus explains the meetings focus was to examine the issues of Police Brutality and accountability, alley. Everyone agreed there needs to be changes but what they disagreed on was how to do that. Enough is enough. The people marching are telling you enough is enough. Felonious floyd adverbs changes in the weight communities are being treated like police. Hold them accountable and teach them what it means to treat people with empathy and respect and teach them what georges secretary of state is promising an investigation necessary forces and deadly into widespread voting problems. This after people had to wait in line for hours to cast the
Washington yesterday, which means that, for the first time in his life, mitt romney tasted pepper im more of a salt guy. Alternatively, no seasoning at all. Thats right, mitt romney marched in a black lives matter protest yesterday. And wow, he is easy to spot, isnt he its like he is in a Childrens Book called theres waldo. Now you have your answer if you were wondering who kept chanting on the downbeat, black lives matter black lives matter. Former secretary of state colin powell announced he will vote for former Vice President joe biden instead of President Trump, and said that trump has, quote, drifted away from the constitution. Drifted away i mean, he was never anywhere near it. Its like saying the jets drifted away from the 2020 super bowl though, who knows . Maybe when the nfl comes back every time you fumble, you get ten points the rules might change, in which case, theyre closer than i think. While in maine on friday to meet with fishing industry leaders, President Trump criti
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. As we look east the beautiful bay bridge on this friday morning. Good morning everyone, its friday, june 12th. I am michelle griego. And i am len kiese. We have a check of our forecast. Good morning to you. Good morning, we made it to friday, we did it. We are looking at cooler and breezy conditions as we had through our day. Here is a live look and our temperatures as we start off our friday. We are looking at those temperatures that are going to be the the afternoon a little bit cooler. Daytime highs as we had to afternoon in the 50s and 60s this morning as we go through mid60s to San Francisco, 73 and 74 for concord. Below normal for this time of year. Lets check in for a look at traffic, good morning. We start off with a trouble spot at the bay bridge on scene investigating an unfortunate incident. A fatal crash, half a mile past the toll plaza. Three lanes are blocked as where those lanes when we open, we dont have a lot of details on this trouble spo