live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. at 5:30 >> at 5:30 our developing story the east bay bridge is backed up. video of the accident caused these problems. 2:15. the working crews and heavy equipment are on the east bound of the lower deck of the bay bridge. a big rig spilled 50 t of sand. it took them nearly three hours to get this all cleaned up. fortunately, no injuries. however, commuters are paying the price. all lanes open and reggie kumar is monitoring traffic. he is live from of fulton and fifth. it is moving a little bit. >> finally! fifth street, bryant street and it is backed up but not as bad just a few moments ago. traffic is finally moving to these intersections. and during this area when they get on the bay bridge. and entering this area--and they remain frustrated. however, they're going to take a break. and they're going to get light, have dinner. that driver is amy peterson. >> i've been in my car for 1.5 hours. >> how frustrated? >> pretty frustrated. and because i am a bay driver i know that it is long. >> how long do you should commute? >> 45 minutes. from here to redwood city. >> it is the 1.5 hours already and i've not even move. >> you can see people are moved up. (sirens) will probably remain backed up for at least at least another one hour. live in san francisco, reggie kumar. >> reggie, which can see how bad the eggs are in jacqueline. she is blocking a traffic-bad things are-- >> and hethe read has transitioned from--the red to yellow. and as reggie was mentioning in the standing where traffic and gone to the bridge that is where it is really bad. the back of this all the way back to the 101/280. all the way 1/2 to brisbane. the lower deck of the bay bridge earlier. now, all lanes open will still take some recovery time. a couple of live looks of the james lick. the right side is slow. getting to the bay bridge. that is all the way to the 1 0 1/8 her split. finally,-the split. and how but jonathan blum. he is downtown. that is where it is sex the worse. jonathan? >> -and that is worth it is --actually worse! >> and i was at first and market the last time. no, i'm the first and howard. i of all the gone to blocks in 35 minutes. i've only gone to city blocks and 35 minutes. i've only gone amount of two city blocks in 35 minutes. you can see that if i readjust the camera. it goes all the way back. this backup goes all the way back with city pedestrians are still getting frustrated. and even know it is still recovery, it is lingering in the city. cars are still taking 20 minutes to go one block. behind me? plenty of cars. that light is going to go green, cross the intersection, 2-3 cars for each cycle of the light. you can see that this is a backup that is just never ending. with brake lights everywhere. all the way to the bay bridge. there's no end in sight and plenty of company but a lot of patience. live in san francisco, jonathan blum. >> it is taken three hours to get this bridge open again. with all of these live in videos hundreds and hundreds of drivers got caught up in this mess. this happened at 2:15. right at the start of this evening commute on this thursday and the patience has really been put to the test. >> and restarted our commute at 3:00 we started our commute at 3:00 p.m. and we said joe get a subway! and we said let's just go get one. >> how long did you think it is going to take you to get home? >> at this rate, it could be two hours. >> not fun. >> not fun! however, what can you do? the live picture third >> and you can see traffic of the bridge is moving perfectly. hopefully, those people that we've been talking to, listening to will soon be on their way home and on the bridge. 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(music) >> a live look from our golden gate bridge. clear skies as the sun is setting with chilly conditions overnight. temperatures are going to be falling off quickly. with clear skies. with our evening forecast and tomorrow. tomorrow morning the cooler temperatures. quite cold. 30's. and patchy fog expected in the north bay. afternoon recovery. 60s even low 70's. this warming trend is under way. a lot of 30's out there tomorrow. 36 in napa, 35 degrees in fairfield. 34 in livermore. these clear skies are going to continue for the next several mornings. and 39 degrees in redwood city. 40 degrees and san jose. the afternoon, we are going to see additional warming. five, 10 degrees. 68 degrees in napa. the same in oakland. and upper 60s for the south bay even the 70 degrees in los gatos. if you're going to go to lake tahoe this weekend? from the ski resort the high clouds locally. we will see mostly sunny skies to the weekend and temperatures in the upper 40's tomorrow and saturday. senate, low 50s. we are in february, however, 70's bsunday inland and 50s for the mountains. temperatures will be a bit colder. in the evening and in the mornings. and there is no new fresh powder. alpine meadows = 81 base with 100 runs open. fair valley, also 67 runs open. sugar bowl, 64 base and 70 runs www.snowbomb.com (announcer) roundup extended control is no ordinary weed killer. because it does two jobs... at the same time. one: it kills the weeds you have - right down to the root. two: it forms a barrier, that prevents new weeds from growing for up to four months. roundup extended control - kills and prevents. the reserves announced the big story of who was elected to the western conference. kron 4's vern glenn. >> the warriors? >> we were there, and live. and one of the networks. if you take a look. even the fans did not give the love of a loss. and with some of the viewer polls and players. -alice. and even the final analysis. ellis kevin love got the most votes. and you know what, pam. when you of a dynamic number and a great team. the overall, the team = 20/27. if you are not part of a winning team? if the guardsmen were selected? and karen williams of the utah jazz. and-darren williams-- if the warriors could just turn this around? and if a player gets injured between now and the 20th. and again, the nba commissioners choice out of there. and they're going to go with the big man to fill up that will stir. >> this is such a disappointment-roster-- >> and he said the all-star is right or wrong this wife's birthday-writer around his wife's birthday. the and you must have a visa card. to get a pre-sale ticket online and available on a first-come, first- served basis. only will supplies last. and there will go on sale saturday morning. a live look outside. live pictures. the right side it was the bay bridge. east, west both moving well finally, some progress. traffic at bryant /fifth. kron 4 news at 6:00 p.m. is coming up next the very latest on the developments. (music) dry dock >> dry dock. that big ship has arrived and with it dihigh hopes, >> and want to get a job working on it. >> that, of the 6:00 p.m. >> higher ticket sales, less stations. what caltran was to be asking for for less service. >> the egyptian uprising. add soldiers in the streets trying to keep control and fights break out in the middle of the road. and many suffering and injuries. >> how you tube is organizing all the latest coming out of egypt. live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news with a developing story at 6:00 p.m. >> we start with a developing story. the major traffic of belothe lower bay bridge, with east bound closed. caltran heavy equipment, went into action. the backup was inevitable. live at bryant and fifth. one of the men locations for the ramp are still dealing with major backups. many locations--and clogging and several roads. many drivers are moving at a snail's pace. complete coverage with kron4's kate thompson. >> and san francisco the traffic backup is absolutely massive fulton-1/3. towards the bay bridge you can see- third street in fulton, where commuters are stuck in this. no word ago, slowly going and i could move the camera and show you how bad this situation deaths. closer, you can see how this gets--people are just waiting to get onto that ramp. it is just on the right. reporting kate thompson. >> and now from kate thompson to reggie kumar his love and san francisco. the danville? >> , many of these seven waiting for over one hour. you can see it is still waiting but it is backed up and not as bad as one hour ago. it caused streets to the entrance to the bay bridge backed up with frustrated ccommuters. and they just want to get home. one of these drivers was a loss of johnson. she said it is going to be a late night. melissa? >> crazy! 30 minutes, for only 2 and it is going to probably take a 1.5 hours to get home. >> and people are going to say that it is going to take a long time and they're hoping the clues for soon. live, reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >> and how traffic is being impacted with jacqueline? >> you can see from reggie the bay bridge is pretty bad just getting on the bridge. however, once you get on the bridge, it is not quite as bad. the yellow is indicating that speeds are a bit better than about 20 minutes ago. this backup is intense! it goes all the way past to the 1 0 1/80 split. from city streets, and at 4:50 is one this started. 6:03, this is still backed up. >> in cairo, egypt anchor is rising. with the number of dead, injured anchor--and with more than 10 people dead ancho the anchothe anger a- hosni mubarak had been been speaking journalists. this ongoing crisis is saying that now he cannot give up power before september. as kate thompson reports his refusal to leave sooner will likely meet the protesters are also not good to give up. >> the derrik feature up. the battle lines are brougdrawn. -the barricades are up. foreign reporters say that thugs have been hunted them down and reporters in their offices and hotels. several were arrested. >> this is a violation of international norm. >> foreign sources are getting a workediff interpretations. and this woman quit her job after 20 years choose deputy. >> i could not keep going. bill and mobile phone users were being impacted by the government. with text messages saying that please be aware of rumors and listen to the sound of reason. with criminals, to protect or purchase egypt. >> hosni mubarak he is blaming the opposition and he is held up in the presidential palace are round are armed guards. he said it to abc's christiane amanpour that it believes now? it would be worse. christine connolly. >> and thousands of people of taken to the streets are interested in democracy, not religion. >> what is exciting what is happening in egypt is that these are young, secular democratic civil society groups. they're really trying to have democracy. thicken have elections, freedom of speech, freedom of speech and freedom of the process. they can have--the things that we perhaps take for granted. >> and a real time web page have parted with you tube. kimberly? >> and the air toward the harbor, there are sifting to all of this to make it easy. they're going be-hard work. that extra collected 100 raw videos from major demonstrations. sorting them out, and through tuesday, gen or 25th. and we are going to show you that- january 25th. throw rocks at what looks like police. and out of nowhere, a trucker barreling through. several people and came protesters are picking up rocks off the ground and throw them to people on the other side. some of them actually of slingshots. with shields and at one. a medic with freeing protesters. >> our egypt uprising continues of blood with up to the minute details. >> www.kron4.com and our extended forecast with temperatures pretty mild. and tomorrow, even more warm conditions towards your weekend well above average with the 70's. will talk about your see your forecast and the warming trend. stay with us. and your sierra forecast the internet on a plane! are you from the future? 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