Bridge. There is activity with emergency crews. I am flashing lights loan the flat section but not a lot of slow traffic approaching the highrise. We are looking at 18minute drive from hayward to foster city but no reports of actions there. Richmondsan rafael bridge is lit to marin county. And westbound highway 4, two vehicles are partly blocking a lane. Kristen and eric . A bay area lawmaker is making a big push to ease the commute for drivers who travel between the north and east bay pushing to open a third lane on the richmondsan rafael bridge by the end of next month. The state says that is too soon. Amy hollyfield is near the bridge with the specifics. Amy . Yes, lawmakers say the writing is too crowded especially during the afternoon commute. He said something has to give. His idea is to fast track opening a third lane on this bridge. He wants to do it as soon as possible. The third lane is being used as an emergency lane. And the council said just payment a new lane. He has prop
You know, weve got wind out there. That is normal for this area. It comes up in the afternoon like this. Yes. That is true. Im sure theyve been getting gusts out there. I dont have wind speed for you but this is just one of the areas where the wind gets on it and it just pushes flames to the ground. Okay. Thank you very much for coming on and updating us once again. We appreciate it. Pam. And if youre a safe distans from the fire and have photos or video youd like to share with us, you can post it with hash tag abc7 now. This fire has grown to 500 acres. No containment at this point. One structure burned, others threatened. Well stay on top of it for you on our website and on our twitter feed. In the meantime, good evening, im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. We have a late word tonight that three firefighters have been killed fighting a small fire in washington state. Its called the twist fire, only 50 acres but threatening 20 buildings. And there are new evacuations in a fire burning east o
As you move east of livermore you have climbed into the a mass, and you can look at the winds, gusting to 35 Miles Per Hour from the southwest so we have all of the Wind Turbines because of the wind of the as far as the wind this afternoon, add ten Miles Per Hour to this, the forecast for livermore and as we get higher we will get up to around 21 at 6 00, dropping down into the teams and we will be in the my 20s with gusts into the my 30 as we head into the afternoon hours. For the rest of us, we are starting off with clouds and the marine layer is back with the day planner mild, upper 60s to 66 to 80 with total sunshine other than the coast and mainly cloudy at the coast. Now, the commute. Leyla . Hello, as we look are our emeryville camera to the eastern span of the bay bridge you can see how quiet it is. That is how we like to start. Traffic can be seen from the east bay, and still, just a trickle use leave the east bay heading into San Francisco. We do have an accident, however, an
Hom homes this afternoon. Weve just learned the fire more than doubled in size, now up to 500 acres and structures are now burning. Take a look at flames that crept close to homes along tesla road. Cal fire brought in a big plane to drop fire retardant from above it. The fire started just before 3 00 and going to 500 acre as cording to cal fire. Joining us now on the phone is Fire Prevention specialist pam tennerman. At 5 00, cal fire had 0 percent containment. How are things looking now . Unfortunately we still have no containment on this fire. Its over 500 acres with two heads on it moving south and southeast. The haft update, at 20 minutes after the hour, the carnegie motorcycle park, a state recreation park had been evacuated because the fire was moving into the park. We have no injuries reported but as video is showing unfortunately, it looks like weve lost a building out there. What are the weather conditions out there . It looks like its windy just from the smoke moving on the l
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