Tracking the chance for rain returns to the bay area. Today in the bay starts right now. And a very good tuesday, no, thursday. Goodness. Thursday morning. Thanks for joining us, im laura garcia. Im marcus washington. Mike is keeping an eye on that commute and first lets start with meteorologist kari hall with a look at that forecast for today. Kari . We are starting much cooler again now that the skies have cleared and well see a mostly clear sky today and comfortable afternoon. And then by tomorrow evening rain chances go up as a cold front arrives it brings in scattered showers and its all out of here by early saturday morning. We will have a nice weekend ahead. As we check out what to expect for today. Look at for those highs to reach into the low 60s and, once again, that sunshine continuing. Well talk about the timeline of the rain coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the Early Morning commute . Well, things are clear on the roadway for the most part except for road crews. Lets
A budget crisis for the Golden Gate Bridge district. Good evening, im alan martin. Im elizabeth cook. Board directors were faced with either raising the toll or cutting jobs. Don ford on the tough decision made just a few hours ago. Reporter the Golden Gate Bridge is in financial trouble. Serious financial trouble. Today, the board of directors took action. The Golden Gate Bridge is looking at a 48 million shortfall. The bridge says southbound traffic crossing the gate is significantly down. Bus ridership is down by 75 . And is down a shocking 96 . About 155 employees would be laid off. The total number of affected positions is a little over 200 and we have about 840 employees. So about a quarter of our workforce will be impacted. Reporter the decisions were made this morning on a conference call. One of the choices was to raise the total by two dollars, making it eight dollars to cross. That idea was rejected. Our board decided that on ballots, the best thing to do is to strike a bala
Few smaller scattered crashes and well double check on the crash in san leandro coming up. Well check back with you. Thanks, mike. A live look at the white house this morning and we get to hear from the president on Election Results. But this morning, president elect joe biden is lining up his cabinet. The president , meanwhile, doing the exact opposite. Tracie potts live for us in washington. Tracie, growing concerns on what mr. Trump could be doing with the pentagon. Exactly. The changes at the pentagon some are concerned may also be related to his refusal to accept the Election Results and now National Security officials retired generals, retired Intelligence Experts and others are raising concerns, sounding the alarm about the impact of those changes. Mark me down as alarmed. Reporter military experts are concerned about President Trump replacing mark esper and other pentagon officials with loyalists. This is just a tantrum of a president trying to accommodate himself to the outcom
However, our First Priority is always to protect the publics health, and the way that we do that is by preventing spread of this virus. Reporter today really is its bad those news, but it is a call to action. Its our time to act. And i know a lot of people feel like theyve done everything they can. Were asking those who have done everything you can to do a little more. Reporter still at this restaurant, they worried about how to keep the staff, that are like family, and as the weather gets worse, theyre hoping diners will still consider outdoor seating with heaters an option. We need people coming to the restaurant asks dining, and if we dont have that, we will not have that revenue, so it is hard. Reporter the new rules take effect tuesday at 12 01 a. M. Santa clara said they will be in the purple tier not long after, unless they get this surge under control. Contra costa county putting some of its coronavirus restrictions back in place because of a spike in days of virus. 50 team in
You can see clear skies. We are 30s and 40s. Santa rosa is down to freezing. 38 in concorde. 38, livermore. 45 in oakland and 44 four san jose with clear skies. 36 in napa. 38, vallejo. 39 in Mountain View. As we head through the date a little more sunshine. Cool and below average. 61 in San Francisco pick 63 in oakland. And 65 for concorde this afternoon. We will talk about the storm system bringing rain. I will see you future cast in just a bit. Lets check in with gianna and the babe bridge commute is stacking up. I am on my second cup of coffee and you are all good. Hopefully you have your copy lets go coffee. We are seeing brake lights from 880 as you head into San Francisco. Sluggish conditions are forming at the bay bridge toll plaza commute. We are getting first reports near mid span involving one vehicle that hit the center divide. Chp and emergency crews are heading out. A slow and go right into altamont pass. I 39 minute drive time for the westbound commute along 580. The cor