Chief meteorologist bill martin has the forecast along highway 17 tonight. Azenith . Reporter well you can see the mud slide behind me. Caltrans is using the heavy equipment to stabilize the hillside. Chp is hoping to open one northbound lane tomorrow morning. Commuters heading from santa cruz to san jose. Theyre advised to take alternate routes just in case. Caltrans crews are working to remove rocks and mud covering the northbound lanes of highway 17 near lion hill road. Its the largest hillside this winter. Thats about 100 dump truckloads somebody decided to dump over the hill all at once. Caltrans plans to bring in a specialized excavator tomorrow to safely access the slide and remove debris from the top down. We are dealing with the fact it is still raining, the slide, the terrain, the traffic. Reporter at 10 00 in the morning the mud slide shut down highway 17 in both directions. Half of the Mountain Side came crashing down filling up the northbound lanes and spilling into the so
Election so early. Monty . Reporter at this point there are no other candidates in the race. Schaaf tells me she just wants a chance to finish what she started. We have not only seen tremendous reduction. Reporter without any fanfare, oakland mayor libby schaaf met us out in the rain in front of city hall to share the news she is running for a second term. I wanted to announce early because i dont take anything for granted and i want voters to be very clear i am in this for the long haul. Reporter theres still 568 days until the election, but schaaf who is a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton says Donald Trumps first few weeks in office pushed her to make up her mind. The election of donald trump as our president is so disconcerning to me and many oaklanders. So i wanted to send a clear message that i am in this not just for the basic things oaklanders want done like getting the potholes filled, but also i Will Champion our values. Reporter she has her supporters. I just think shes go
They have now identified 35 of the 36 victims and have notified 30 families. Katie is at the scene with more. Katie . Reporter that state of emergency the city declaration is an effort to get federal funding and state funding to help in the aftermath of this disaster. Meanwhile investigators are turning their focus to causes that may be electrical in nature and tonight we heard a promise from the fire chief. We will be out here until we can definitely say that we have searched that entire structure and there are no more victims within it. Reporter Oakland Fire Department appears to be getting closer to completing its search of the ghost ship warehouse. Alameda county Sheriffs Office says 35 of the 36 bodies recovered have been identified and they are in the process of notifying victims families. By the time i got the doors open it was just flames were starting to engulf my space. Reporter residents tell us navigating the warehouse was difficult as smoke and flames engulfed it. I only s
As you get into your afternoon today, temperatures will be quite nice. Mostly sunny. 70s around the bay. For our inland communities. Temperatures just touching 90 degrees. Im talking antioch and brent wood. I will put a few more numbers on your screen. 88 expected for concord. 74 in oakland. 81 redwood city. Mid 80s in santa rosa with mostly sunny skies. Partly cloudy in San Francisco. Again i think i may see the low clouds jumping in. Sal is not here today. Lucky guy. But we are still monitoring the traffic. Traffic really not going to be a major problem today. Looking good on highway 4 this morning. As we go to the south bay, interstate 280 also looking good this morning. Could be more traffic later on as people head to the fire works show and parades. We will keep an eye on things this morning. We certainly will. Happening today the fire works shows obviously happened this evening and dark but many bay area towns and cities will kick off the fourth of july with parades this morning.
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