Bart is ripping up 5000 feet of track and replacing it. That means bus bridges and 40 minute delays. It is going to be pretty bad. Reporter the two eastbound lanes of highway 24 closest of the track will also be close. Those lanes will accommodate a crane to lift heavy track in swiss switching boxes. That should be a nightmare. We could not think of another way to do this anyway that is safe and allows us to complete the job in a timely manner. More than 30 minutes on highway 24 one of those lanes will reopen. Slowing repairs. If we have to go down to one lane we are not going to be up to use the crane at that point. It is going to take time to redeploy that equipment. Reporter is 10,000 feet of train control cabling six switch boxes and 3 Million Pounds of rock getting installed. That is a huge left. It will provide a much more stable ride for our writers. Reporter is a bitter pill they will have to swallow for better service. More frequent trains. Im all for it. I write bart. I dont
Plus, a public defender says the man accused of attacking a San Francisco woman is getting the help he needs. A Vallejo School vandalized the day before school is supposed to start. Tonight, begging could soon be banned. Good morning. That is a port of directors gets her way. Is in walnut creek with a push to end panhandling. One part director behind this ordinance says amongfromit get consistent negative fe. Reporter of someone who writes bart, help big of a problem is panhandling . For me, it has been a good majority of my rights. I ride once or twice a week. The majority i see is people reporter it is a complete that Deborah Allen says that she gets from writers on a weekly basis. She plans to introduce the topic this week to the board. What the panhandling ordinance would prohibit is people asking for money, and that would have to include the street performers that, or the train performers who ask for money after they perform. But, it also inthe mewho walk a with infants in slings.
The cool side along the coast. Also in the city which was only 64 yesterday while others were in the low 90s. Were looking for talking about barry. It is picking up intensity, 50 miles an hour. Not a major wind producer but it is moving so slowly and picking up a lot of moisture that it will be a big storm surge producer. It is a lowlying area and also Copious Amounts of rain look to be in the forecast. Southcentral louisiana maybe gets to 70 miles an hour, just shy of hurricane strength. But it is expected to move in tomorrow. Temperatures will be hot for us inland, 90s for summer on the bay. It will be 60s except for santa cruz which is on the warmer side. 73 at mount diablo, smashing the fog. We have dense fog with High Pressure in the four corners. A monsoon moisture sneaking up the spine of the sierra so watch out for that. Fog will be reluctant to the barn back. It will stick and stay as we say. Inland temperatures will warm up. 50s and 60s on the peninsula. A few low 60s and i d
Winds today with clear skies and above normal temperatures. Dry weather will likely continue through the weekend. A passing system may bring rain chances to the bay area late next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya our top story this morning. Reaction continues to pour in this morning following the death of San Francisco mayor ed lee. james kron 4s will tran joins us live from city hall. Will. will people around the bay area are still in shock. After the sudden death of San Francisco mayor ed lee. The mayor passed away suddenly yesterday morning. A small crowd gathered to watch San Francisco Police Escort the late mayors body who was taken in a coroners van. Many saw mayor lee as an advocate who was truly dedicated to the city of San Francisco. Homelessness all the big aspects of the city that we focus on on a daily basis will a Memorial Service hasnt been announced. And Funeral Services are still being planned by the family. james
Thursday. 1 Million People came for the warriors celebration two years ago and more are expected this time. This lady dressed and where your courier color sensor hurt chose recommend people get here early and pick a spot. We have the luxury of having done this two years ago. This will be even better than it was two years ago as far as the number of hydrating stations, porta pottys, the firstaid stations and lost children stations. All of that is very well organized this time around. Bart is planning to have perhaps its biggest single passenger day everywhere. And will be running more trains downtown it may close other stations if it gets too crowded. Passengers should take the 19 streator 12th street train as well. Were asking people to be patient with each other and with us. We will get them where they are going. Its just the system was not designed to carry five or 600,000 people per day. In the heart of the parade route the celebration figures to be one of the biggest busiest days.