On friday with partly cloudy skies. It looks dry and warmer this weekend with highs in the 50s and 60s. After tomorrow, i dont see any more rain in the next 7 days. vicki we have Team Coverage tonight of storm hitting the bay area. grant kron 4 crews are all around the bay area showing us the conditions out there. Gabe slate is in san mateo. Rob fladeboe is in los gatos. And Terisa Estacio is in berkeley. vicki lets check in with terisa first. Terisa . estacio it is cold and definitely wet out here in berkeley i am here on Fourth Street everyone is hunkered down with umbrellas and rain jackets take vo and everyone certainly has their boots on and their hoods on the rain started this afternoon, late, around 3 oclock the skies were dark hinting at a downpour then all of a sudden it just let loose. Some described it as sideways rain. taylor shoemucker, downpour east bay, i did not see any of the sideways rain, my coworker she went outside to take the boxes and came back in and was literal
Are and nonexistent, it is a spare the air but right now we are okay. In the afternoon we go from 72 to 90 at noon and 72 to 98 with the stagnant air creating the poor air quality. In the evening, 64 at coast to 88 inland. It has been a busy morning for traffic. Sue has the update. We are going first to the san mateo bridge where remark is moving pretty nicely past the toll plaza along the flat section highrise toward poster city and 16minute delay between 880 and hayward and 101 in san mateo. Here is our real problem spot continuing this morning, southbound 680, a fatal accident with a big rig and a motorcycle and the investigation is ongoing and traffic is stacked into danville. I will look at to area and get become to you for the best am not route to get around this. We will have an update in a few minutes. The father of 8yearold murder victim Madyson Middleton plans to rally this morning in santa cruz outside of the courthouse where the accused killer is set toy a pier. Matt keller
So we will talk about when the cool down arrives. Thats for the second half of the upcoming workweek. Details in a few minutes. Breaking overnight, one man is dead and another charged with dui after an accident on 580 in oakland. It happened just after midnight in the westbound lanes near the lake shore off ramp. The california Highway Patrol says a driver careened offer a wall into a Construction Zone where caltrans crews were repaving the roadway, a contractor working for caltrans was struck, he was thrown 100 feet and died at the scene. The driver was not injured. Some encouraging news for middletown residents who had been evacuate frd their homes. They will be allowed to return starting at noon today. Evacuation orders have also been lifted for twin lakes and rancho sun dare row and some people who live in those communities have already made it back. Also lake county Officials Say they will be providing escorts today to areas where evacuations remain so people with k. Check on thei
Broadcast center this is abc7 news. A school in middletown was gutted by flames. But tonight some good news. People who live in the lake county town finally hear what they have been waiting days for. They will soon be able to go home. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im larry beil in for dan ashley. We learned that evacuation orders for people who live in middletown are being lifted effective at noon tomorrow. Evacuation orders were issued for twin lakes. Some people who live in those communities are home tonight. Also thank you tonight, lake county officials will provide escorts tomorrow to residents where evacuations remain so they can check on their animals. This includes Hidden Valley lake , lock loman, cob and anderson springs. This as the fire continues to burn. It has spread to 73,700 acres. The containment is up from 40 earlier today. And schools in middletown could reopen next week. Alan wang picks up our coverage tonight in calistoga. Alan . Many of th
Moments ago fire crews arrived to slow the progress. A threestory home in alamo burned to the ground this afternoon when a fire broke out near lavenal road. You can see the flames rising here and the smoke as well. Nearby tree and crash caught fire. Firefighters arrived and put the fire out. No reports of any injuries. Caltrain is under a heat advisory. Trains are running slower so passengers can expect delays. Were living in hot conditions today. Triple digit temperature readings in some locations. You can see weve got sunny skies all across the bay area and highs so far. These are not the final official highs. 103 in livermore and gilroy. And 100 at fairfield. Look around the base shoreline here. 92 in oakland. 96 at fremont and redwood city and 89 in San Francisco the highs so far. Were feeling a little bit of a cooling breeze here in the city at the moment, but we still have the heat advisory in effect until 8 00 this evening for most of the bay area. Well go to a live view from ou