Cesar chavez 2. 80 heavy out of daly city from highway one through at one oh one split, but no big trouble spots will check more freeways coming up james. All right. Thank you very much rob and a big story this morning weve learned that schools in the john sweat Unified School District are in fact closed today no classes. Officials originally tweeted out the district perhaps might be open this morning but thats not the case. We are. Were also seeing of course the very latest who with the efforts there to keep everything safe at the refinery itself where we saw a huge explosion yesterday fact we have some video to share with you this morning look at this fireball and right there is though top of o refinery tanks literally getting blown off other 2 big tanks of ethanol. That exploded in a do were destroyed in this fire. Forced to shelter in place thats over 80 is open againright now were given very latest from will tran hes in crockett where a press conference just started lets live that
Im car nell barnard, the raiders fair well season in oakland begins tonight and theyve got a lot to say. Bicycle theft victims are taking matters into their own hands. Im in San Francisco. Tonight wild fire victims are outraged. Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. In all honesty its a slap in the face of how small it is. New developments, pg e announced plans to exit bankruptcy with 18 billion set aside for w fir more on this story, kate. Dion, dan, when pg e filed bankruptcy its because they couldnt pay an estimated 30 billion in fire claims. Theyre offering about half of that and fire victims are angry. They offered 16. 9 billion to play wild fire related to claims. The proposal would cap payments to Insurance Companies at 8. 5 building. The remaining would go to wild fire victims. The ceo said we will meet our part to compensate victims. Its a slap in the face for how small it is. Eric smoke to us via skype from oregon. He and his husband lost their home in the
Coast. 70 to 72 to 67 around the bay and even inland neighborhoods arent going to warm up much. 75 at noon to 81 at 4 00 to 69 at 7 00. Going to be another breezy afternoon with below average temperatures. As reggie mentioned it doesnt last long. Here is frances. A Traffic Alert in the byron area. Traffic is jammed through the area, waze is calculating at least 35minute delays, even traffic on the byron highway is jammed as well. And slow before you get here. There is another accident. Thanks, frances. It could be a challenge getting around San Francisco today because there are two major events going on around the same time. The giants are playing at oracle park. Amy hollyfield joins us with how to get around. Reporter hi, kumasi. Ride your bike, they have a bike valet station here where you can park your bike. They want to keep cars out of this area especially since there is a baseball game tonight and a big concert. Another option is you can take b. A. R. T. On 16th street and then c
Some slowing on westbound 24. As were tracking the drive time for that stretch from walnut creek to highway 13 its eight minutes. The slowest is always out of tracy this early time in the morning. Westbound 580 tracy to dublin. Here is a live shot, just getting crowded now but still looking good down to the bay bridge and if youre heading to the Richmond San Rafael plaza, very light and quiet right now. Thanks, frances. It could be a challenge getting around San Francisco with two major events going around the same time. The giants are playing the pirates at 6 45. At 8 00 theres a Dave Matthews band concert at chase center. Thats where abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield joins us live with how to get around all of this. Good morning, amy. Reporter hi, good morning. Tonight is a big test. Two events on the same night. We just want to give everyone the heads up this is happening. We have a couple options. One option to keep in mind you can take b. A. R. T. To san isatio, en you can catch
And we have a large response from cal fire and county task force so about 120 firefighters are assigned to the scene. Reporter the fire started at 12 20 along santa teresa boulevard near bailey avenue. It took cress about two hours to stop the forward progress of the fire. More than a dozen homes had to be evacuated. We spoke to a neighbor as she arrived at the scene. I thought what am i up against. When i saw that our blocks were you know, being protected by police and cars are backed up, i am truly frightened one firefighter suffered a heat related issue. Neighbors thankful for the work of First Responders. That was chris nguyen reporting. The cause confident fire remains under investigation. However, there were initial reports of a vehicle colliding with a power pole in that area. Pg e says up to 1700 customers were witho pow tteoon. Ght ch for hotpoontra coa fe of not gone up yet. Most residents are looking for ways to keep cool. Eric thomas is live in walnut creek with the story.