Looking really light right now john but turn on those car heaters right chilly out there right now. Youre looking out to folks coming out of macarthur maze right now trying to get into a San Francisco across the upper deck just under 10 minute drive time for you the span into San Francisco getting to that fremont street heading over to the san mateo bridge looking well were definitely seeing a more cars on the road on the right hand side, your screen thats the commute side. But hey nothing in your way its going to be a smoother ride over to the peninsula. And im clocking in at about 12 minutes for your westbound 92 right ill be back with the richmond san mateo bridge or the Richmond Sandra fell bridge rather and the golden gate coming up back to the news. Thanks a lot. It is 5 oh one and our top story more than 2,800 people died of coronavirus yesterday with a new record of more than a 185,000 new covid infections here in the bay area Santa Clara County is seeing record covid cases and
A very good wednesday morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Were halfway there through the workweek, the day before thanksgiving. Mike has a look at the commute. First that forecast. Meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. How is it looking, kari . It looks pretty good. We are all quiet across the bay area. We started out with Cool Temperatures and patches of fog particularly in the north bay. A live look in dublin, it will be cooler but comfortable for the middle of the day. We do have some cool mornings ahead. The dry weather does continue. Well talk about that in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking driving through some of those foggy areas . Yes, folks might have trouble looking around them. The bay bridge for a reference, very light traffic flow. The note as we look at the north bay 29 to highway 1 up to healdsbu healdsburg, thats that warm amber blob where the fog has registered. Lower visibility there. Really no slowing on this map. Back to you. President
Antioch, as well as morgan hill. A look at the rest of the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Looking great right now. We have a little different pattern for the week. Golden gate bridge, no problems on the span. How very light the traffic flow is and as we look at the map ive circled the area where the sensors are slower heading towards the bridge. Theres a crew that should be clearing right about now right on schedule so i think that should be shortlived. Ill doublecheck and let you know if anything is going on there. No slowing for oakland. I see changes in the trivalley. Well have that coming up. Mike, thank you. President elect bidens transition is now official with the green light from the Trump Administration to get to work. Here is a live look at the white house. This is where, despite the new development, the president is not giving up his fight against the election results. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us with the very latest. Good
First we have to talk about these cold temperatures this morning. It is a downright cold morning. It is and weve had to bundle up. Some of us had to turn on the heaters this morning. Some cool afternoons as well with a lot of sunshine. The rain has moved out. Im watching these freeze warnings that we have in effect for parts of the north bay and frost advisories. So the plants need to be taken care of. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, its looking great. Were looking at no problems on the big map as we showed you. The dumbarton bridge got wind advisories from chp saying they got gusty conditions overnight an issue for folks driving over i80. Marcus you have an issue some of my drivers might see. Breaking news, mike. This is a live look where firefighters are in the midst of battling a fire at the Georgia Pacific paper plant. Crews are pulling out what they can. That thick cloud of smoke and you can see there the waterspout right there. Smoke has cleared. New cardboard box
Commute . Overall, kari, the commute looks great. We take a look at the big map and you see green sensors except for one spot. Well zoom in on it. Tough to see from this view. Its over in brentwood. Highway 4 is closed because of im not sure. Its either a headon crash between a car and a big rig or a car that hit a guardrail. A big difference there. No big injuries reported but you can travel along the eastern side of the golf course to avoid the closure. The bay bridge is just fine, completely clear. Back to you. Thank you, mike. A live look at capitol hill for you this morning. President elect joe biden pushing for lawmakers to reach a deal on new covid relief package. He is turning to National Security experts as the Trump Administration continues to block the transition of power. The president elect still not receiving classified Intelligence Briefings but today is expected to meet with defense experts to get him better prepared for day one. Today in the bays tracie potts to explai