Greatest art. And more sunshine to finish the day even found a peek of sunshine. I happen bay this morning. Take a look at this view that we have down there. And this is about the sunniest. Its been this early in the morning in a while. So nice to see a little bit of that. We actually did see fog sitting a little bit higher this morning. So less visibility issues and its burning off pretty quickly. Winds are a little calmer than yesterday, which is a bit of a cherry on top tier friday. Temperatures in the 50s pretty much across the board. Brentwood in concord at 59 oakland at 56 petaluma and santa rosa at 53 right now later on today, well get into the 70s for almost everyone except for the coastline where well stay in the 50s to 60s right now. All right, john, thank you for at the time has gone on. A traffic has gradually gotten better and better over time. The 10 minute ride into the city. Now we started off a little slow this morning, as you can see, things are making a stark improve
Now at fivethirty, oaklands mayor says her city is continuing to make progress in fighting crime and shes updating us on the struggles of dealing with homelessness force catherine heat. It is in the newsroom tonight with details on what the mayor had to say. Good evening, catherine. Hello to both of you. And you know that the latest crime numbers in oakland are really very encouraging. If not in all categories. As for homelessness, it is still going up. The mayor talk to us today about both issues and what she thinks is working. More people are accepting housing. The mayor talked about the fact that in the latest count, Homelessness Group by 9 in oakland. Those numbers released just this week, but at least the rate is slowing down. 9 does not sound as drastic. When you consider the citys Homeless Population grew. 47 from 2017 to 2019. And 24 between 2019 and and so this 9 increase is actually a significant success shows that we are, you know, closing some of these homelessness issues.
Just above the bay area. So that does mean that visibility is okay for most areas. I did catch a little bit of drizzle on my way into work. You could very well too. We will be seeing winds pushing in from the coastline today and that is going to continue to make things a little blustery at the coast, but moderating our temperatures inlet now, temps right now are in the 40s to 50s in some cases for a little bit cooler than at the same point yesterday, alameda and oakland sitting at 54 while santa rosa right at 50 degrees later on today. Were in the 70s for both are in london are bayshore cities 50s and 60s at the coast. Rita harvey is standing by with a look at our friday light conditions. Right. Good morning on a friday. If you guys are all taking the roads this morning, traveling into the city to start just an 11 minute ride. Traffic is starting to build settle, even terrible delays on our bridges. 14 minutes, san mateo bridge 80 to 101 year centerfield bridge around 7 Golden Gate Bri
Consider the citys Homeless Population grew. 47 from 2017 to 2019. And 24 between 2019 and and so this 9 increase is actually a significant success shows that we are, you know, closing off on some of these homelessness issues. Of course, theres still so much to be done. I we can walk out the street still see encampments. And so thats our job is never done until everyone is brought inside in our streets. A in clear of encampments. She says oakland is working on making modular housing permanent and that federal housing help is coming in forms that are easier to when i advocate at the federal level for a voucher ys, were advocating for playspace voucher so that its easier for people to redo bc the section 8 vouchers that they dont have to go and find. A land where that would take it, that its attached to housing units. As for the improved crime numbers recently released one number not being celebrated is the fact that residential robbery is up 110 . That translates to 42 home robberies so
Bad. Now we are seeing again, a blanket of the great sitting a little bit higher up this morning. So we havent seen a lot of visibility issues. As you can see, visibility has been holding just fine for most spots. Winds a little bit calmer than yesterday. Still very present, though, and will remain present out of the west pushing that ocean cool there into the bay specially during evening and Morning Hours when the fog rolls in. Temperatures right now are in the 50s conquered sitting at 57 oakland and alameda at 55 later on today into that, sunshine were already getting more and more of daytime highs will rise into the 70s rain. All right, john, thank you for that. A lot of friday finally hitting friday light. Bridge is looking good. Might be a good time to get some things done right now, 13 minute ride into the city. We had some Traffic Building at the earlier part of the morning. Now, look at that. So sailing 14 minutes on the mateo bridge. Richmond, sandra fell bridge just short of