What happened was this tractor trailer around 3. 35 collided with this overpass and the the cement wall and then collided with a white sedan its unclear if that tractor trailer collided with a white sedan before the crash. After the crash but chp is certain that this tractor trailer ran into the overpass cement wall and then caught fire, there is smoke and soot and flames that could be seen and again there are chickens aboard this tractor trailer. They believe estimate of 1000 chickens more on this tractor trailer now the driver of the bigger a half has been transported to the hospital with minor injuries. They say hes going to be ok. He got out out of the the big truck. You got out of there before really caught fire and hes ok but you didnt need a little bit of medical assistance and now chp in Contra Costa County. There are still here on scene and theyre making sure you know that the fire is completely i just saw them put some water on some of the tires tires the tires in the back. C
Roadways. No major issues slowing you down here at 5 00. The were going to start with a look at your travel times where only one is in the yellow. For those of you headed westbound out of the tracy triangle that is a 31minute drive. The accident in the eastbound direction. So the non commute direction has now been cleared. Even better there. Highway 4 still clear 101 coming out of the south bay. Just a second ago out of the altamonte pass. Metering lights are not yet on at the bay bridge and you are really starting to get stacked up in those cash lanes. If youre a fastrak customer good luck to you you have pretty much the whole roadway to yourself. Thats not going to be the case for long. Looking at the san mateo bridge as well also getting busier here at this hour. We are not seeing delays or crashes or anything slowing you down once we get across the bridge. Eastbound is good to go and clear as well. The Richmond San Rafael bridge looks the best out of all the bridges. Not even on th
Of oakland sent notices to residents that soon there will be no Street Parking allowed on either side of Heather Ridge. Its not just oakland. This is the greater bay area, marin county, sonoma county. When things start moving quickly in relation to fire, people cant get out in a timely manner and we cant get in when theyre trying to get out. Reporter a typical fire engine needs 14 feet plus another 6 feet if a car is paukd 07b9 street. A recent survey at Heather Ridge found some spots is barely 14 feet wide and less than 20 feet in most places. Its too much. Reporter still some es are dejts sabaning Street Parking entirely is overkill. You see that theres areas where i think a fire truck can pass its kind of going a Nuclear Option is kind of a middle ground. Around here theres lots of streets with similar parking difficulties, and maybe this is just a start. Theyre going to go through parking everywhere. I dont know where the cars wind up. Reporter another site disastrous, Oakland Hill
As these low clouds do push in across the bay this morning visibility as you can see here on our visibility map isnt really affected. So your drive on into work this morning or to take those kids on in the school should be just fine besides obviously traffic issues that you may encounter, but more traffic out the now that people are back out for school, 60s 70s, and 80s for todays daytime highs are last day with seasonable conditions in those aboriginal and highs in the 80s, ive got more info on that warm up that we do have just around the corner still to come stay with us well john speaking of warming up right now its starting to warm up a little bit at the bay bridge just during your weather hit. It went up from 10 minutes to 12 minutes if you need to go from the macarthur maze across the span and down into San Francisco. 12 minutes, good thing is at least the wheels are rolling, but we expect its a start to stack up as the morning commute starts to build up 12 minutes also hayward t
Boarding it up . Its absurd. Boarded up . In some sense to hide it from our view, art has to make us feel uncomfortable. The responsibility of art, the fear is uncomfortable. With this alternative, there are folks on both sides that wont be happy with it. I hope what we ultimately end up deciding is that well put up art that inspires students instead of dehumanizes them. Reporter the mural was funded in the 1930s and was meant to show George Washington in a critical light as a slave owner and leader of a nation that killed native americans. The debate is raging on here tonight. The School Board Meeting just started and outside before it started, there were people with signs very express sieve signs one. Well bring you the latest online, on social media and right here at 11 00. Back to you. Thank you. A fiercely passionate debate. Kate has tweeted about this story and will continue to tweet updates. Follow her at kate abc 7 and look for her live report tonight at 11 00. New at 6 00, San