cheers and applause who is a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, which i think is apropos for today. You know i have to i have i have one job and its a Pretty Simple job. I come in, in the morning and we look at the news and i write jokes about it. And then i make a couple of faces, and like a like a noise like a rer. And then its just chaching and im out the door. laughter but i didnt do my job today so i apologize. I got nothing are you in terms of like jokes and sounds because of what happened in South Carolina. And maybe if i wasnt nearing the end of the run or this wasnt such a common occurrence, maybe i could have pulled out of the spiral, but i didnt. And so i honestly have nothing other than just sadness once again that we have to peer into the abyss of the depraved violence that we do to each other and the nexus of a just gaping racial wound that will not heal, yet we pretend doesnt exist. And im confident though, that by acknowledging it, by staring into that and seeing it for what
These were the last cars doyle drive in San Francisco individually shut down. We are now one hour into the 79 hour closure of the approach to the Golden Gate Bridge. Good evening. Closure is part of the Presidio Park project. 1. 4 billion dollar renovation that began in 2009 this animation shows what it will look like when it is finish. Katie is live at richardson and looip with more on the project and katie some advice for drivers. Yes. They are going to need it. But you can see its all quiet here. The road is closed. What that means is that you can not get on to the Golden Gate Bridge this way on to doyle drive again until monday morning. If you think you know a short cut. Maybe long christyfeld or through the presidio tomorrow morning. Just know that you should expect a lot of company. It is very nice. I would rather not spend 2 hours in the car. Molly lives in San Francisco and works in sausolito but she wont have to deal with the doyle drive closure. We were asked if we would like
Yes. Maybe he means it felt like five days. This is project manager. Its not easy. No. This takes a lot of planning. We can have been planning this for months. This is just tons you cannot build. So enter plan b, c, d, and e for commuting. This morning along the ferry carried a thousand more passengers than usual. To keep up with demand at midnight, all weekend. What have you heard about doyle drive . Disaster. Traffic remained light, they tell us. That said dont get too comfortable. Were experiencing heavier delays now and expect major delays. But those will not continue, after this work ends, the work goes on another year but wont be on the roadways. This will be covered up to look like the natural landscape. Its part of a natural park so long term it will look at land. That is the work that will not interfere with traffic assuming everything goes as planned. Live above doyle drive, Wayne Freedman abc7 news. To get through traffic, be sure to down load abc7 news app. Its free from th
Now upon didding news out of vallejo. A vegetation fire burned fences and portions of homes. The fire broke out at about 10 30 and was under control a half hour later. Crews will stay at the scene until there no more hot spots. Sky 7 was above a 45acre fire a mile away at georgia street. Firefighters it from reaching nearby homes. A scary story out of the east bay. There is a fake officer complete with an official looking suv stalking people. An employee at Lawrence Livermore laboratory was followed all the way to tracy by what appears to be a Livermore Police suv. We have the story. The yean why they know it wasnt one of their officers is because the Livermore Police department only uses fort explorer suvs. They have black and white paint with police decals on the side and thats not the vehicle that was following the employee. The white has to be what she described as a tahoe or chevy suburban. They had a police like bar on top and unlike real patrol cars with police lettering, the le
Area. Of course well continue to monitor that stand off for you. At this hour much of the bay area seeing some summer rain. We are tracking this complex of showers thats been going for about the past six hours. Now its passing right through the mid peninsula. Lets get a closer look. Youll see right here throughout the 580 and 680 corridor. This is all moving off towards the south and likely holding on over towards the peninsula. We do think we will get something coming up in the full weather report. The bay area legend on and off the football field is gone tonight. The firstever superbowl title has died. Headquarters in alamedament its been more than 35 years, but fans still remember him as that quintessential raider. Yes, they do. Raiders owner, mark davis, says that kenny stabler personified what it meant to wear the silver and black. Hes a force to be reckoned with on the field but one of the good guys off the field. Theres some other pictures of kenny right here. One of the hangout