Temperatures are very close to that dew point and thats why the fog is to the north. Heres our visibility map. We are starting to see a little bit snaking around the bay but thats it just over the water. Not impacting visibility at all. We are doing just fine at 10 miles but over in santa rosa 1. 5 miles. Napa just improved now were at 8mile visibility so not bad. Wind speeds are calm by about 7 00 this morning well start to see those winds picking up especially in the napa area. So thats a look at our current conditions. Over at the bay bridge we have seen a lot of activity already for the start of your wednesday morning commute. This is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. And you can see traffic backing up in some of the lanes already. Were also seeing a lot of flashing lights over on the right side of your screen there. Emergency crews and tow trucks this is all from an earlier crash that they just cleared on the eastbound side of the bay bridge as you are approaching the toll
And a world war veteran. Were standing in front of that home on 2300 block of eagle avenue in alameda. Whats left of this home following that morning fire. The house going up in flames and crews finding that man deceased inside. Lets show you some video from our nbc bay area skyranger. According to alameda fire, theyre saying their fire started roughly before 6 00 a. M. Started seeing smoke coming out of windows and basement areas the crews were able to knock this out in 30 minutes, but they found the elderly man inside pronounced dead on the scene. He lived here decades, mostly by himself. He was a world war veteran and folks the this tightknit neighborhood described him as a fine man. Their worst fears were confirmed when he didnt come outside. Here is one of the neighbors i spoke to speaking about her neighbor this morning. He was old and we would all try to pitch in and help. And, you know, he would come out and sit on his porch every morning and everybody, you know, would give him
Damian is tweeting the latest developments on the traflt been. He will revib join on the 6 00 newscasts for more reaction from travelers and airport officials about the Supreme Court ruling. After winning an acquittal on nearly all charges in the kate steinle murder trial, the Defense Attorneys for jose zarate want one more. They are planning to ask the one charge he was krkted on be dismissed. You may have watched our live coverage of the verdict on all the jury found Garcia Zarate not guilty of murder, manslaughter and assault but but guilty of felon in possession of a gun. Within the past few hours, the public defends office told nbc bay area it will file an appeal to try and railroad reverse that charge. Its claim the jury may not have understood the judges instructions. The attorneys plan to follow the appeal following the december 14th sentencing in supercourt. A tragic accident at the bay bridge toll plaza over the we could. At this this hoir one lane and toll booth remain close
Individuals. A number of postal truck break ins san jose jumped from 5 last year to 16 so far this year. Many of the crimes happened within a onemile radius of this station near st. James park downtown. The thieves are breaking into the back of locked trucks while the carrier is out delivering mail. Its surprising. I mean maybe it needs security to follow them around. There needs to be better locks on the mail trucks. Maybe an alarm or something. Reporter the Postal Service says both packages and letters were stolen. And so far they have had no reports of identity theft. But again we just had another break in last thursday. And now the Postal Service is looking at doing some type of security upgrade to make it more difficult for crooks to get into vehicles. Reporting live in san jose, marianne favro, nbc bay area. President trump is getting his wish. Today the u. S. Supreme court gave the green light to his revised travel ban. The specifics still unclear. But there is plenty of reactio
Catch you, were going to let you go. Its ridiculous. Reporter the San Jose Police officer association are talking about new guidelines regarding arrests. They are being told to give out citations for lowlevel, nonviolent crimes rather than making an arrest. I guess you have to ask the community if its okay that we dont arrest people who drive under the influence or under the influence of narcotics or who assaulted someone on the street. We just want to continue to let them go. Reporter Officials Say thats not what they are doing. Gary herzig says a dui or weapons offense do not qualify under the guidelines. It could be petty theft or possession of stolen property, it could be possession of drugs, it could be drunk in public. Reporter the county new guidelines advises police to cite people who commit misdemeanors with bail amounts below 15,000. Under the old guidelines, the bail amount was under 5,000. It didnt make sense to keep lowlevel criminal defendants in jail when they were relea