Its thanks to a new law that requires car dealers to issue temporary license plates before a car hits the road with numbers that can be tracked. Good evening, im julie haener. And im frank somerville. The bay area total authority says new data shows the state law is working as it was intended with a dramatic drop in the number of cars passing through the toll gates without paying. It was a ktvu investigation that drew attention to the problem six years ago. Prompting peninsula assemblymen kevin mullen to craft a new law. Ktvus Jana Katsuyama was the reporter then and shes at the bay bridge toll plaza tonight with a closer look at the positive impact of the new law. Reporter frank and julie, when we first reported on this, california told authorities and Law Enforcement officers had no way of catching these drivers. Thats because these generic dealer placards were so common. Now this initial data shows more drivers are paying their fair share. At toll crossings more money is rolling in
Say is concerning. A racist message left in the bathroom of the Bay Area Community college and students say it is becoming a trend. And E Scooter Company getting their way and you may soon see many more of them on the streets of San Francisco, possibly thousands more. Good evening, i am veronica dellinger delacruz. If you are thinking of going for a hike this week and you need to stay away from one popular spot in the south bay. We are at the Rancho San Antonio openspace where some mountain lions have moved in. Park visitors first spotted the family of mountain lions, a mother and three cubs last week. Reports came in that the caps cats werent afraid of people so park rangers decided to close a small portion of ranch in san antonio. Ultimately deciding to close the entire park today. That is not the only concern. The cubs are at an age where they will soon separate from their mother. We had a video taken by a preserve visitor last week fairly close to this family and that they were non
Good news to report. It was moving very quickly. They got a lot of crews in there to get a handle on it but lets took a look at chopper 5 you can see the backup. To the nimitz freeway. The damage is already done. This is very close to livermore the roadway is not clear of and along the ultima pass but debris the good news is that cars are moving. Is that the fire is out. Back to you. As before they were at a. The northbound direction. Last call for a popular this is a much better situation east bay pub. Than it was five minutes ago we the latest local business closing up shop. Left to take another live have to update this information look outside from our Treasure Island camera. Looking at San Francisco. A multicar accident felony low clouds to start on this southmont approaching the san monday. We will be right back. Right now, earn 60,000 bonus miles mateo bridge looking at issue. The san mateo bridge itself looks pretty good to go once he hop on a and are passed the thought him. Let
Moon. Nbc bay area is here sergio quintana, a lot of history on that ship. Or of that first moon walk four days after is when those astronauts returned to the earth. And it was the mission of the crew of the uss hornet to go and retrieve them from the pacific ocean. Its one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind. Reporter as Neil Armstrong said this now famous phrase, the uss hornet was rehearsing for their role. It was seven days a week until they called us to retrieve the dozens of other crew members for tonights celebration dinner aboard the hornet. The 900 foot long back then was come along the tiny space capsule and safely pluck the crew out of the ocean. Bruce johnson was the copilot of the sea king helicopter that picked up the crew. It was a very quick recovery from the time they touched down. They splashed down at 5 20, and we had them back on board before 6 00. Reporter tonights celebration is a moment to celebrate the historic moment what seemed impossible. It remind
A subtle change is expected with temperatures ranging in the afternoon, upper 60s at the coast, upper 80s for our inland cities. We are starting out with just a little bit of patchy fog out there and partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. A better look at the Current Conditions, the afternoon highs for today and what you can expect for the rest of the weekend coming up. All right, rosemary, thank you. Well, the parents and the brother of a man reported missing here in the bay area have flown from new york to San Francisco. Now to search for him. Just two weeks ago, the missing 22 year old man started a new job at netflix. Jana katsuyama tells us about evidence that the family says was found at a popular land park in San Francisco. Im heartbroken. Johannes cadens family is terrified. His parents and older brother joseph flew in from new york wednesday after they suddenly lost touch with the 22 year old. They say johannes had just graduated from cornell in may and was starting a