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Transit. Then we need to give them relief through another venue. I believe the sales tax is the very best way to do that, that is a tax that every new jerseyan pays. All right so you hear from the governor there, but this is not a done deal just yet. The senate will vote on this on thursday, of course also there are plenty of opponents of this plan. Youll hear from them at 6 00. Gray, all right all eyes on that vote. Atlantic city casino workers are getting ready for a possible strike. Union members spent the day making picket signs at the unite here headquarters they trained on how to manage picket lines along the boardwalk. Workers from five casinos say they will walk off the job this friday if they cannot reach a new contract. John rawlins has an update coming up at 5 00. We have a change in the Weather Department as the humidity dropped off even as the sunshine stuck around. Meteorologist, adam joseph, outside now with a check of the forecast. Its like a weight is lifted off of our
Than usual. Normally at this time at this day, 20 minutes is the usual amount of time. Right now, we got a couple of reports of fender benders and maybe they are on way to San Francisco. C. H. P. Has not updated us. The drive along i80 is slow coming through hercules. There is an accident blocking the lynn at pinole valley road. In san leandro, a frightening crash right into a house sent two people to the hospital. Amy hollyfield has more. Amy . Yes, look behind me at the tarp, that gives you an idea of the huge hole that the car left behind. That is where it crashed into the garage which was convert the into a bedroom and a woman was sleeping in the room where the car landed. Here is what it looks like last night, the car planned in the garage of the it was her bed program. The 25yearold woman was trapped under the car. This happened at 10 30 if san leandro here is what police know. The witnesses stay the vehicle was traveling at a high rate and collided with another vehicle and conti
Hot. This cloud cover will begin to work its way toward us, and it will get into south bay, and mostly cloudy in humid day. This could bring us some showers, and it will take a while. The water temperatures are getting warm, 62 to 65 off of monterey. We have lows in the 60s. A few 50s to the north, san jose in the 50s and everyone elses in thes asked his. In the 60s. Our loads are beginning to punch in. Patchy fog is out there and 80s and 90s and 70s near the coast. We get on the air at 4 am, and we were talking about the all the fog on the golden gate, and we will start off with some of the commutes. The bay bridge has been slow, this is a normal commute, 20 to 25 minutes before you make it onto the bridge. Were looking at some slow traffic on parts of 880. A little further south between hayward, union city and fremont, we can see that the traffic has slowed down as you drive in thes pockets down to fremont. The Altamont Pass is one of the worst commutes, and there was an earlier acci
Nations a happy 70th birthday and talk about issues in search of solutions. Moscow has made a move to fight the islamic group. Russia has reached a deal with iraq, iran and syria to share intelligence. It comes amid concerns by the u. S. About build up in syria. Iraqi military officials revealed the agreement on sunday. They will face the groups threats and clear out their strongholds. A spokesperson said an Ad Hoc Committee will be set up to share and assess information. Representatives from the four countries will take part. Russia and iran support the syrian governments of president bashar al assad. Leaders in russia increased their military assistance earlier this month. Russian president , Vladimir Putin called american support for antigovernment forces in syria illegal and ineffective during a recent interview. Translator in my opinion, provision of military support to legal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law, and the United Nations charter. We