Sometime in the last day, but its still not clear if that was weather related crop wars harry joining us live in studio now. And you actually talked with someone who stuck out there. How are they doing tonight . She says burning man was phenomenal. At first it was great weather. Then the rain started to come in, but she says shes still trying to make the most of her time in the desert. Its a different experience now, but its still great. Heavy rains have left thousands of people stranded at burning man, including San Francisco, pride executive directors whose and fort i was going to leave yesterday i hope i hoped i was going to leave today, but it rained again this afternoon. So im probably not going to get out here till tomorrow night. Maybe the desert was hit with about 2 to 3 months worth of rain in just 24 hours between friday and saturday morning. You can see in the video that created a thick mud, difficult to walk or drive through. Event organizers closed the roads but some peopl
Expected before the road reopens tomorrow. From the bay station, youre watching kron. Noon. Thanks for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im noelle bellow. Our top story today as folks head back home from the Labor Day Holiday. I80 does remain closed. Its expected to reopen early tomorrow morning. Kron 4 Charles Clifford joining us live from hercules with the very latest. And theyve been working on 80 since this summer. Whats the latest going on there . Charles . Well, right now, contra costa county, thats 80 behind me there. To be clear, were only talking about the westbound lanes. The eastbound lanes do remain open. Theres not a lot of traffic at the moment and that is because folks are still on holiday. But later today as people start coming home from a b from tahoe or sacramento, there could start to be a backup. Lets going take a look at some video here now. The westbound lanes of 80 between 7. 80, in vallejo and highway 4 here in hercules contra costa county. That was shut
Up in the north bay where youre sitting under that gray currently as we move into the afternoon today, its going to be our first afternoon of widespread 80s. So a warmer one than what we saw yesterday for sure. All of that full breakdown. Still to come right i that what we have a very light morning could be for you. The bay bridge, no major traffic there. 8 minutes, san mateo bridge just under 13, traveling across towards peninsula. Richmond center fell bridge about 6 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls. 18 minutes. Well, labor day is today, as we know and the activists roots of this holiday are especially visible this year. Weve got unions all across the country challenging now how workers are treated. Yeah, this year has seen an emboldened Labor Movement right here in the area. Weve seen. Teachers, city and Airline Workers all in the picket lines. And its the same story across the country. Experts say nation why we are in an environment its way closer to the air or fr
Us here on kron. 4 news at 5. Im noelle bellow. Caltrans shut down the westbound lanes thursday night for repaving. They tore up several miles of lanes on friday and poured fresh concrete over the weekend. Their original plan was to reopen those lanes early Tuesday Morning because they had to wait for that concrete to harden. But the work wrapped up early and the lanes reopened 13 hours ahead of schedule. Also new tonight, drivers will be able to check out new lights that were installed along. I80. From the buchanan street exit in our bunny to the carquinez bridge. 2 big story were following. Wet and muddy conditions forced people tending burning man to shelter in place all weekend long getting in and out was impossible until today. Kron fours rob nesbitt spoke with some burners from the bay area about their experience. Hes joining us live in studio with more rob. Well, what a mess burners were finally able to start leaving today as the driving ban at black rock city has been lifted. B
You are definitely going to be needing that. As skies clear out, weve got the fog this morning, but it doesnt last outside from the east bay hills, very fogged were seeing some especially low visibility for parts of the north bay. Were in the process of seeing it lifting and burning off, though, and more and more into the afternoon. Its going to get brighter and a little warmer today than the past few days. Daytime highs will be warm enough to maybe even hop in the pool. If you are in 50s 60s for our current temperatures. Still cool morning. Need that light jacket for now. Later today we get up into those mid 80s for the first time this holiday weekend. And temperatures are going to be trending warmer and warmer as the days go by. Ill be breaking it down as we go, all right, john, thank you for that. Traffic still pretty light on a monday morning. 8 minutes into the city right now. Meteor lights are off san mateo bridge 12 minute werl to sandra fell bridge 6 minutes and the little gate