Its still five days away but preparations are well under way for rally at berkeleys civic park. City leaders are worried it might bring a repeat locally. The mayor and others are asking counter demonstrators to stay away thats been labeled as antimarxist free speech rally. Laura anthony joins us. I will stand against you 100 of the time. Reporter its perhaps a preview of things to come where selfdescribed antimarkist Amber Cummings is calling a free speech. Were not here to cause violence. You show me one prhiemist group that will accepa transgender at any of the rallies. This is not freedom of speech. This is bigotry. This is racism. Reporter the event is prompted berkeley city leaders to stand together with state and National Representatives to urge counter protesters to demonstrate but away from the park. I share with my constituents the need to speak out against bigots and racists as i have my entire life. Reporter much of the fear is based on previous events downtown and at uc ber
Our mistakes. I think people need to be held accountable. Reporter state senator mark is pushing for more information why the bay bridge was ten years late and over budget. He is calling for investigations and criminal charges. There is not a specific crime that i can name right now. The question is we have a lot of unanswered question. Reporter in the hot seat, caltrans and its partners that built the eastern span. Quality was compromised because of time and budget constraints, say reports, and whistle belowers were silent. Safety issues on this bridge were not ignored. A report titled competing against time, and the project manager said they were under pressured to finish it before the next earthquake. This was the eighth hearing on the bridge concerning the construction and it is fair to say there is testiness between lawmakers and the bridge makers. There are challenges and cultural issues brought up. Prudent people disagreed on how to move forward on the bridge at different times
Here this morning. Hopefully looking good for everybody. If you liked warm weather, pretty close being the difference. It wont be as bright unless youre these three. Oh. Lets look at live doppler 7 h. D. Really . Yeah. Mine is in the cleaners. Petaluma quartermile visibility. Be careful driving through there. Theres a look at san rafael. You can see how localized it is. Its slightly cool this morning. 48 to 54 through 7 00. High clouds and sunshine. 5 62 to 70. And the day planner is showing things very warm. By 7 00 enjoy a mild evening. May not need a coat. 60 the coast. 70 inland. Thanks a lot. Youre wonderful, too. How about the traffic . Traffic is pretty good if you have to be out at 5 01 on a friday morning. Toll plaza, light, as you come into San Francisco, perhaps. I dont want to jinx it on this friday the 13th. San mateo bridge, eastbound and westbound picked up. The eastbound has lanes until 9 00 this morning. Westbound roadwork has been picked up there. And elsewhere, in la
More. East bay mud unveiled the new tiered drought rate designed to get water weighs ter to finally turn it off. Excessive use penalty if approved apply to the highest water using household. The household using 4 and a half times or more the average will see a penalty on the bill beginning the enter. It could be more than 100 dollars per month. Lowest water user those using 98 gallon or less increase 17 percent. About 4 increase 17 percent. About 4. 99 per month. Average users 2 46 gallon per day would receive 24 percent increase. About 11. 65 per month and the highest user consuming nearly 15 husz gallon per day rate jump 45 percent. About 119 dollars per month. An amount that includes excessive use penalty. Im not opposed to the idea that perhaps these people should be penaltyize slightly so that i dont have to try to take a two second shower every morning. Saving our shower water. We are using to it water our mrichbility some already conserve dont think the tiered system goes far en
Proximity to the ballpark. Today was one of those days they knew they could raise their prices sky high. No, its not too much. People accept it. These parking garages are not managed by the San Francisco metropolitan Transportation Agency so theyre not regulated. They can charge what they liked. I parked there 16 times last year. Is it ridiculous . Yes i do. But you pay it . What are you going to do . Im already in line. We did find several fans who purchased coupons through an Online Company called park whiz for half the price. They had filled up hours before the game. Furtheror the more sensible fan caltrans was coming from the peninsula. Workers spent a cool 20 getting a ride on a pedi cab. My mom felt kind of lazy but i felt it was really really fun. A lot of this is to get people out. 40,000 people. Crazy. Nonstop. Reporter for a few others riding in on a horse was just part of the job. In San Francisco lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. And that is the way you want to get around town.