Thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia. Breathe a sigh of relief. Well check that commute with mike who is back today. First, kari, tell us what is in store for us with the forecast. Why does it seem like the nice days are so few and far between. We are going to enjoy some great weather today making headlines for us as we are going to have a quiet weather pattern settling in across the bay area. It will be a little bit warmer than normal, but i think well take it and this weekend looks pretty nice as daylightsaving time ends. Well see our high temperatures reaching into the low 80s for some of our warmest spots in the inland valleys. Well talk more about that coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . You said fall back, right . Thats good news. We get an extra hour. But well talk about that later. Looking over at the maps the bottom of your screen you have green and lets zoom down to southbound 17 just before you get to bea
Country. And as kpix 5 shows us, some of the marchers have stories of painful loss. Reporter they march to bring attention who what organizers call an epidemic of gun violence in the u. S. 33,000 people a year are killed by guns. Reporter and the protesters wore orange tshirts matching the Golden Gate Bridge. Walking through a dense fog this morning. Nothing in my life prepared me for my son being murdered. Reporter many came for deeply personal reasons. But this woman says she wanted to honor her son william who was savagely beaten and shot to death in november. I would say as a mother, you know, hug your kids, and you know, when you see them, and let them know that you love them, because you never know when Something Like this is going to happen. The bay areas antigun rally was one of 500 similar events in cities across the country. And inspired by the sandy hook massacre, and organizers say they are taking aim at common sense legislation that they believe would reduce gun violence.
Visibility fine in the south and east bays. We have visibilities problems in petaluma, though, right now where the reporting station is less than 1 10 of a mile. So just a few hundred feet visibility there. You might find dense patchy fog around the bay today. The fog has filled in around the bay. Headlines for today a chilly morning with patchy fog, cool and dry for your thanksgiving. North bay showers beginning friday. The rest of us seeing it by saturday. So heres our rain futurecast showing rainfall totals. The colder system will have less moisture with it. Well see low snow shower levels by sunday. Saturday half inch of rain for most spots, more in the north bay which sees showers friday but overall not talking a big soaker. Here we are futurecast thursday notice we do stay dry through this evening. Well time out the rain for you coming up in just a bit. In the meantime, back to you guys. Sounds like something out of a movie about two inmates have escaped from the santa clara main
Good morning, coming up on action, i am natasha zouves. I am reggie aqui. You made it to thursday, february 4. We start with meteorologist mike nicco on the weather and traffic. Mike . Weatherwise we made it to the hardest part with the rain and nothing go on right now so get ready to ease on here to a weekend of warm weather and we will start with the day by look at the roof camera with the flags light on the ferry build ing. Lights dancing across the bay bridge and temperatures are in the 40s but we will hang out in the much 50s at noon and nearly 60s with increasing certain shin at 4 00, and low 50s, grab a coat this evening. How is the commute . Moderate. We have closed traffic, tracy and over the Altamont Pass interest livermore, into dublin, and antioch to concord, highway 4 is looking good, and we just saw a live shot of san rafael, and it is only 17 minutes so under 20 minutes interest and San Francisco. No metering lights on the bay bridge and a good ride to the San Francisco
7 news has more from the larkspur ferry listeneding to explain whats behind this the then,000 commuters affected by this strike thats the number of people who use the ferry on daily basis. Golden gate transit buses will be available. But those buses will be on highway 101 and on the bridge along with thousands of cars. The reason they are going on strike is because of the contract dispute between the bridge district and coalition of labor union which include the ferry captains. District offering work ears 3 percent Salary Increase over three years. But is asking them to contribute more towards the health care. Round after round of negotiations have not resolved tonight a fair contract for our workers. We try to strike a balance between our rate payers bus and for ri fare and employee. Fliers were left on the ferry boat letting people know that the larkspur sausalito and the Ferry Building terminal will not be operating tomorrow from 4 30 in the morning to then in the evening. Bad news