80 to the altamont pass. A little bit of a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. And if you have fast tracks, no problems. Heading to texas this morning to get a firsthand look at the flood damage. Its raining in and around houston and it isnt expected to let up any time soon. Three people are dead and there are reports of several more. Officials expect the number to go up dramatically as they survey the area. Theres so much damage its impossible to know how many people are trapped or missing. Don champion is in houston. Overnight in the houston area, heavy equipment normally reserved for hauling rock and soil instead saved lives. Residents were packed into haulers and driven to a walmart parking lot where they were picked up by loved ones. Were going to my sons house. Harvey could break a u. S. Record for the the most rainfall from a tropical system with 911 call centers and the coast guard inundated with pleas for help. Some flood victims are taking to social media. On facebook i seen
There it is. Traffic is slow onto the bridge. Once you make it onto the span, its not too bad but we do see crowded conditions on the span driving into San Francisco. Its crowded on the bridge but slow at the toll plaza. Also looking at the san mateo bridge. Westbound 92 is moderately heavy. We have been looking at highway 4, its low over the hill from concord to pittsburg and through bay point. 680 looks good from the benicia bridge to walnut creek and 880 is slow. Traffic is flowing on northbound 101 in san jose. 280 and 85 look pretty good into the west valley. A scary story out of san leandro. Investigators say someone was pulled over by a teenager impersonating a police officer. Christien kafton is in san leandro with more information and some advice. Reporter we will get to those tips about what you should do if you suspect youre being pulled over by a fake officer in a moment. The victim in this case said they were driving in san leandro and someone tried to pull them over. They
Roads. And really the star of the show today, mike nicco, bringing us such a sweltering, miserable hot day. That makes me the star of the show. Some people bring doughnuts. You brought a miserable, sweltering hot day. The breeze out there, its almost nonexistent on live doppler 7. That sets the stage. Yesterday, i went out of the house, just gorgeous. This morning, i could feel the heat radiating off the side of the house as it kept a lot of heat from yesterday. Heres a look at san jose, not everybody in the south bay has air conditioning, but find somebody who does. Youll be in the upper 90s to low 100s today. A look at the 12hour day planner. 57 to 72. Warmer than yesterday. Well stay in the upper 60s at the coast. Look at the mid to upper 80s around the bay and upper 90s to low 100s inland. Still pretty warm at 7 00 from 63 at the coast to near 90 inland. It is a spare the air day also. Heres alexis. A great day to take mass transit. Were not seeing delays with any of our mass trans
You. Well talk about the Senate Healthcare bill, Oakland City Councilwoman kaplan will be in here to talk about the homeless situation and a 14 million injection in to the city regarding that. Ivan rabb. Thats right. I hope he goes in the first round. Dont forget our friend derek carr. What do you think . I think raiders fans are happy. Without derek carr, the raiders go back to being the battled raiders. Hes been a franchise changing quarterback. In case you didnt hear this, five years, 125 million. Thats from the nfl networks ian rapaport saying the raiders and he agreed on that amount. That makes him the most expensive quarterback in the league. Most well paid quarterback in the nfl. Jason applebaum joining us on the phone. Youd think the organization couldnt pack up their bags and go to vegas without their main man, derek carr. Hes going to be going with them now. You hit it right on the head. Hes the type of guy you want for the fate of your franchise. They needed a guy like that
Right there lookg at some fog out there. Yeah, mike nicco says much of the bay area will still see warm temperatures today. As katie shows us, south bay residents are making an extra effort to help those most vulnerable in the hot weather. Im lucky today. Homeless advocates set up shop at st. James park in san jose handing out cold water and snacks to anyone in need. Just something so they can be okay to survive the heat that weve been having, and so we dont lose any more people to death from heat. At least two people have died from heat related illnesses in san jose this week. One a homeless person in a car. Santa clara also had homeless in mind when officials decided to open county libraries to pets. Matthew and his mom had been taking turns staying outside with their dog queen until now. Its great. Its very wonderful to be able to have him, because shes still very young. Its a Health Concern throughout the entire county right now. So its nice to do a Little Something that makes it a