Southbound lanes. Fire trucks there by the side of 101. All of this happening on snow drive near samuel elementary school. The flames were so big and produced so much smoke, the smoke could be spotted from all across the city. Crews are still there making sure there arent any flareups. Investigators still trying to figure out if the fire started on the grass or at one of the homes. One of our Traffic Cameras caught pictures of the smoke when it was at its peak. You can see the smoke billowing into the air. Lets bring in meteorologist rob mayeda. What firefighters are dealing with in terms of the dry. Yeah its very dry and breezy. Temperatures not too bad. Average highs should be closer to the mid80s. 72 right now. San jose not all that bad. Humidity levels not too bad either at least for the humidity that is in the air. Not talking about the vegetation on the ground. Got those onshore winds bringing in relatively more moist air across the bay area. But the larger perspective, of course
Commute. Chuck, what did you think of that new road . Its amazing. It really is. I mean for a brief moment we felt as if we had that corner of the city to ourselves. Then the gold rush came. But at first traffic was pretty light. I dont think a lot of drivers expected it to open when it did. This is a view from the first vehicle behind Highway Patrol officers as they reopen doyle drive from the Golden Gate Bridge into San Franciscos presidio happening at 9 00 p. M. Eight full hours ahead of schedule. I got a little tears in my eyes, actually watching the first cars come off through the tunnels and down these intersections. Its been a lot of work. Reporter the drive into the city offered the line of Drivers Behind us sweeping drews of the parklike presidio two lanes ss near the palace of fine arts. Since late thursday night, construction on the mile and a half roadway kept about 300 crews busy around the clock. The major arteries around the city challenged the city and tourists to get a
Ill double check to make sure there are no incidents there. Reports of deer that was injured northbound 280 around alpine road. Im tracking this area, to let you know if there is a traffic break. One rider is worried about that deer. We are concerned as well. Back to you. Thank you very much. An alarming report on bay areas skyrocketing housing cost. Half of renters are struggling just to pay to have a roof over their head. Kris sanchez joins us from the news room with a closer look at the survey. This comes as San Jose City leaders talk rent control. You might be thinking, why dont you tell me something i dont know . We have been reporting on it. The survey shows the depth of the misery for bay area working families. According to a survey by apartment list, 25 of renters are spending half of what they make in income on rent and half of renters are spending a third of what they make. That doesnt leave a lot of money for other things. Take a look at the numbers and see if this is what y
Into the north bay. Grab the jacket if you are out early, 7 00, partly cloudy, 40s and 50s, look for temperatures approaching 70 by noon time. We will have plenty of hot clouds throughout the day. We look for the numbers to range from the 60s at the coast and 70s inland. Check it out, we are talking a few more showers ahead. Details coming up. Passengers at sfo come to the defense of a tearful mother after they say a Flight Attendant baby with a stroller. In this case, there was a much quicker response from the airline involved over what could have been an international incident. A Mother Holding her baby openly wept in front of a plane full of passengers waiting to leave sfo. Passengers came to her defense attendant violently grabbed her stroller, hitting her and just missing one of her children. Shes very upset. She pulled it. Violently yanked it and stormed off the plane with it. Reporter he took the video and this picture which appears to show the woman and her children being escor
Wallet. He turned it over but went on to chase after the suspect who then fatly shot him in the chest. The suspect, 28yearold eddie ruiz of san jose, has been charged with robbery and murder. A number of tips came in showing ruiz in the area of the attack which eventually led to his attack on august 7th. He will enter a plea in late november. I dont know what he do to bring our family so much suffer. Especially my two young daughters. They need their dad so bad and miss him and love him. Reporter she wants to focus most on what she loved about her husband. He funny. He always talk. Make me laugh. Reporter but a family still devastated and absolutely heart broken over their loss. In san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. A 19yearold man has been charged with murder in the death of an 88yearold woman in san jose. Prosecutors say zachary broke in to an East San Jose home on september 12th and severely beat her. Miss flow died from the injuries after fighting for her life for weeks. His finge