Once the sun comes up will see nothing but overcast conditions. Temperatures will be on the cooler side. In fact we will the dip below as we head closer to wednesday. For details on what to expect with their afternoon highs and 7 day around the bay forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. James we will get to george in just a second. But we want to get to our big traffic story. A second bart strike is on hold, for now. Late last night, governor jerry brown issued an order for an investigation into the contract dispute between bart management and its unions. That means there will not be a strike for seven days and that trains will be running this morning. First youll hear from bart management and then the president from one of the unions. The board is required to report back to the governor within seven days, and all parties are prohibited from any strikes or lockouts while the inquiry is in progress. Lets go live now to kron fours will tran. Hes at the west oakland bart station
Possible terrorist attack will keep 19 at u. S. Embassies closed, this week. More on the threats that prompted the closures. We are keeping an eye on bay area weather and traffic. Here is a live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. We are waking up to areas of drizzle right now. It is a foggy start for most of us. You will see nothing but great skies until the sun comes up. The fog will make a comeback later on tonight. It will not be too windy as we approach the evening hours. I do want to talk a bit about satellite and radar because we have an area of low pressure that is 400 mi. Away from San Francisco. This is what is keeping our temperatures and below average. Not only today, but for the next couple of days. With that you can expect deeper and more showers. The warmest spots will probably be in antioch would a high of 84 degrees. 67 degrees for oakland and 684pitch your 7 day around the bay highlights temperatures will be cooler as we pushed into the middle of the ho
Tonight. Charles . Reporter according to the california Highway Patrol, around 5 45 monday morning, a big rig truck coming off the bay bridge in San Francisco got a flat tire near the fremont street exit. The driver pulled over to the right hand side of the road and got out to check the tire. He then noticed smoke coming from the engine and within minutes the truck was engulfed in flames. The Highway Patrol says the driver acted accordingly. He did nothing wrong. He actually did what he was supposed to do and pulled over onto the right shoulder out of the lanes. Reporter the San Francisco Fire Department arrived shortly there after and put out the fire. The Highway Patrol had to shut down 2 to three lanes of west bound 80 during the morning commute. That caused a backup on bridge that extended for miles into the east bay. As a result, some drivers saw their normal commute times triple. Taken me about three hours today and this morning. It has been very backed up. Reporter crews were fi
And lets start things off in the Traffic Center where weve been following this fire and how its affecting the morning commute. Theyll initially estimated that it would be 8 00 a. M. Before they would start to clear the lanes. As we looked at the scene there only have two lanes of traffic is getting by. Thankfully the fire has been extinguished. You can see the cab here and arrest of the rig that is left over. Kron4 jackielate last night, governo sissel has will e scene. They have shut down on the traffic it because they have to bring in more equipment. They continue to put water on this truck. The two right lanes remain shut down. I talked to another driver and he stated that it is completely burned out and there is no way they could get this towed away. They would have to put this on top of Something Else to get it out. It may be a lot longer than 8 00 a. M. Before this cleared. Heres a look at the impact to traffic. It is backed up all the way to the toll plaza. Noticed the 880 appro
Erica good morning everyone and happy tuesday. We are starting with a lot of cloud cover this morning it will be very stubborn mostly sunny skies but temperatures are on the cool side. Hayward checking in at 68 los 70 slated for fremont and their extended forecast a 7 day around the bay shows temperatures could drop even more as we head into tomorrow so again very chilly weather for this time of year. Temperatures well below the seasonal average. Some spots almost as much as 12 degrees cooler the where we should be pre release to that pattern of morning fog at afternoon sunshine permit really no warmup and cypriot looks like we will be continuing with this pattern for the next week possibly more. In terms of traffic around the bay area we do have james a statewide amber alert has been issued for a pair of siblings who Police Believe were kidnapped by a their mother and burned down his home. It happened in San Diego County. In the community of boulevard. 44yearold Christina Anderson was