Limited sunshine first thing early in the morning between the mid50s and mid60s. Typical temperatures this time of the year. By noon, we have a slow clearing from the coast. You have the clouds and sunshine , and upper 50s to mid90s. That is weather. Alexis . We are light. Looking at our traffic maps, zooming in to the only red we are see on the traffic flows, it is inbound from the Central Valley, and 205 cut over to 580 through the altamont pass, using the speed indication tool, it is seven miles of heavy stop and go traffic but not blocking. Remember the major pothole yesterday . I got new information on that. All coming up. The fiercest fire in the western United States is keeping people in southern 8 00 on their toes growing noun to 25,000 acre s and chased thousands from their home. Jessica has more. Yes, matt, it is going to be no easy tack. The fire is burning out of control and another tough day ahead for firefighters in San Bernadino county. Right now, more than 82,000 people
Intact to guide the force for a search with the new cop. Reporter the announcement that Michael Meehan was stepping down may have come as a surprise to some well others on the police force say it is not that unexpected. 6 1 2 years is a long time. Reporter Michael Meehan posted this dated september 20 on his twitter page, it says thank you to berkeley and goes on to say that he plans to resign effective october 14. Where there is no good time to leave an organization that you have respect and admiration for him he believes the right time is now after discussing with family. Reporter captain. Andrew greenwood has been named as acting chief. Hes a good guy and a capable eye who has been here for 30 years come hes a member of the community and his kids have gone to the school. Reporter under tran3s leadership they trained officers in Impartial Policing with an effort to reduce bias in law enforcement, they also implemented crisis intervention training to better prepare officers to deal wi
Over the sanford Sexual Assault trial. He says he will no longer hear criminal cases. This a voluntary move. Nbc bay area rick boone joins us on how the recall guest the judge is very much alive. Rick. Reporter thats right, raj and peggy. Peggy and raj, what a great explanation to explain the whole setup, why this case is so controversial. Im outside the courthouse here in palo alto where right now persky works but not for long. As you say, his critics are delighted by this sudden move but not enough to them. They want a lot more. In fact, they want this judge off government payroll. These crimes against women and sex crimes are not treated by this judge like theyre felonies. He treats them like their minor misdemeanors. Reporter not letting up now that the judge decides to step out of the courtroom. The womens group ultraviolet says the judge needs to be completely ejected from the legal system. His record is what it is, and he is accountable to the voters for his record. Reporter per
Its going to be nice. What were looking at today an saw for yesterday is what were going to be eing for the weekend. Temperatures below average and cooler than where they should be. Yes, a nice way to round out august. In fact, the last full week is upcoming week so just get ready. September is right around the corner. That means fall and spice pumpkin lattes. 61 . San francisco. 60 in the south bay. 60 in the trivalley approximately later on this afternoon, youre going to feel the difference. 60s and 70s for most of us. And there will be a few of us that let into the low agencys for today. Cooler for the weekend and next week we will have details in ten minutes. Lets toss things over to mike. Easy driving right now. All around the bay. We had earlier crashes. Those mostly have cleared except for the activity after the fire off the ashby avenue offramp from westbound 80. Slowing past the offramp which is still reportedly closed. The bay bridge toll plaza has your metering lightses on.
Alecia police have gotten a number of calls from people that believe they saw the suspect. Woman told police she believes the same man approached her, but she was able to run away. Police say he used the same phrase on both women. Which was are you talking to me . Natsot Mark Weinberg lives nearby i saw him sitting on the steps right here yesterday. I live across the street. That would make it 4 days after the attack. Neighbors say they saw the suspect wearing the same clothing as he did when surveillance cameras caught images of him viciously pounding a woman. The victim tells police it was unprovoked. The suspect, wearing a dark green zipup sweater followed her from Lafayette Park saturday evening sot its troubling then punching her in the face once they were on washington street. So many times, that its now broken in several places, and shell need surgery to repair it. Sot i cant see any excuse for that. Now police are investigating claims from a second woman that says a man that fi