Went on interstate 80, 27 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maccarthur maze. When you get to the bay bridge you will notice a big back up stretching through the maccarthur maze, backed up with no major issues driving through the area. Looking at interstate 880, traffic is moderately heavy. Looking at the san mateo bridge, everything getting more crowded but no major problems. We have some slow traffic, and we talked about the crash northbound at 880 at the Stevens Creek boulevard, but not causing a big traffic jam. The south bay commute in the main part of san jose and cupertino, sunnyvale, still looking good ahead of the crowd. Hurricane irma is still a category 5 storm with powerful wind, and stronger wind gusting, and so far at least 10 dead being blamed on the storm. They expect that number will rise as this monster storm roars across the caribbean heading for florida. Allie rasmus is live in the studio to talk about how they are preparing. U. S. Territory and island of puer
A certain amount of unvaccinated children that puts them more at risk and we then may have to close school for a while. Reporter medicaldr. Bill anders says thats a valid concern. As a member of society we have a responsibility to that society and that is to participate in the general immunity of our population. To avoid that, to not perform in that way, violates our obligations to society. Reporter the other concern is ethical. Anders says doctors need to be giving exemptions for real medical reasons, not parental concerns, and anything else he said should be investigated by the medical board. Clearly patients and children who have i 9 owe Deficiency Syndrome immunoDeficiency Syndrome would be harmed by a vaccination and it would be ethically inappropriate to vaccinate them. However, to lie and say someone has such a condition in order to avoid their responsibility to be part of the immunity of the culture is wrong, ethically wrong and fraudulent. Reporter to be fair, in our conversat
Reporter kirkpatrick has been a Police Officer for 34 years. She butted heads with the police union while serving as chief in spokane, but pledged to hold opd officers accountable for their conduct. But as an outsider she also said she knows its up to her to earn the trust and respect of her officers. For the men and women of the Oakland Police department i want you to know i have the courage to stand by you and i will. And you have a community that wants to love you and i am going to do everything i can to earn that for you reporter oaklands new police chief has her work cut out for her. Building trust amoung the command staff, Building Trust within the community. And implimenting federal mandated reforms within the department. Reporter dan kerman, kron4news reporter thank you, dan. Reporter with that in mind kron4s Haaziq Madyun talked with some oakland stakeholders who have some advice for the new chief. I am so excited to be here in oakland and to be your chief of Police Reporter t
Pam now at 8. Pam rain. Wind and cold temperatures sweeping through the bay area. Pam steve another round of rain in the series of storms is heading our way. Pam and the next system is set to bring a ton of rain. Steve kron4s Lydia Pantazes is tracking flooding concerns in the east bay. Steve and Charles Clifford is in the north bay bracing to be one of the hardest hit areas. Pam but first. Kron4s meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here tracking the next storm. Brittney well, the bay area will get a bit of a breather over the next couple days as the weather improves temporarily, but by this coming weekend another storm will hit california and it could be a big one. One region that could see significant rainfall is the north bay. Brittney it it were to be a weekend wash out once the rain showers go into saturday. The system moving through will continue to push out of here. By time you wake up tomorrow morning you will see clearer skies and sunshine in the afternoon. Steve thank you, britt
Only on four. Lydia . All of us just ive the someone was burning something and the kitchen. And the whole kitchen was on flames spread. I started yelling for people to get out of the house and i read out and realize my dog was still in there and i had to run in there and get my dog as well. Reporter 4 people were in the bottom apartment and they had to come out for safety. As the flames burned to the building. Heard a lot of commotion inside. I saw windows breaking. People are starting to get out of their homes. If no one was able to get out of the window they could not live. Tonight, we were lucky and got people out. With minor injuries. And that is a good thing. When you have limited damage. Reporter people were taken to the hospital as a precaution. Laurel ought steve tonight at ten as the bay area reels from the last round of heavy rain and high wind. We are tracking an Even Stronger storm on the way. Today the cleanup was underway all over. Francisco a damaged tree right next to a