Midweek. Daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week as High Pressure strengthens over california. awind advisory 10 this evening until 10 am tuesday for the north and east bay hill above 1000 feet. Winds of 2535mph gusts of 45. a marty this morning we are learning more about the fatal accident saturday at the bay bridge toll plaza. The chp says the driver of a box truck failed to stop and plowed into several cars and then the toll booth itself. Five people, not including the driver and his passenger were taken to the hospital for treatment. One woman a toll booth worker lost her life. Kron 4s Hermela Argawi has more. A caltrans coworker is dead after a box truck plowed into a toll booth on the bay bridge plaza. Vu williams chp spokesman several vehicles at least four or five vehicles that had been initially stopped as theyre waiting to go through had been struck by the box truck that box truck continued on after striking those vehicles and collided into the actual toll b
Week and into next weekend. Nights will be very cool through at least midweek, with freezing temperatures likely in the coldest inland valleys, especially on tuesday night. Daytime temperatures will gradually warm through the week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 robin landing now to our top story this morning. Caltrans says at least four toll booths on the bay bridge are closed. This. After a suspected dui driver plowed into toll both number 14 on saturday. Killing the toll booth worker. And destroying a section of the toll plaza. Kron fours Spencer Blake has more. Sunday afternoonthere was still no toll booth number 14 standing on the bay bridgeand caltrans crews were working on the site around the clock. This is the spot where si si han was collecting tolls
No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. robin in our top story this morning. Wildfires continue to burn in Southern California. Forcing people from their homes and scorching hundreds of thousands of acres. The thomas fire is the largest blaze. It has burned 230 thousand acres and is 10 percent contained. Some of the strongest santa ana winds in recent memory are fueling the fires. And conditions are expected to remain in place through at least the next few days. Kim hutcherson has the latest. Mark brown ca dept. Of forestry and Fire Protection weve experienced some extreme fire behavior on the fire. California officials. Warning that the massive thomas fire is still advancing. And nearby communities must be prepared for the worst. Sheriff bill Brown Santa Barbara county this fire has acted in an unpredictable manner. It has be
4 news. grant another big story were following. A heated meeting tonight over proposed budget cuts within the Oakland School district. The district was initially facing a shortfall of 15pointone Million Dollars. That number has now dropped to nine Million Dollars. Tonight hundreds of parents packed tonights meeting. Pushing Board Members to keep their school open. Labor unions and Community Groups are trying to get school Board Members to reconsider their calculations. They want access to how the budget is being analyzed, so the community can help come up with proposals for the allocation of funds. Those opposing cuts to schools say high paid administrators should feel the brunt of it, but students will no doubt be affected. In a place where they could go into state receivership. Thats where the state would come in and make cuts without asking any questions or hearing public comment. Which is the reason why the board wants to make the cuts themselves. If it passes. Some layoffs will co
They need to make these mid year cuts. Cuts are not something we ever want to see. We dont want to do this, but the reality is we have to make some cuts because if we dont, if we stay in the position we are currently, in all likelihood were going into state receivership. Thats where the state would come in and make cuts without asking any questions or hearing public comment. That could be anything up to and including the closing of a number of schools immediately. Standup those opposing the cuts say highly paid administrators should feel the brunt of it, and the board is saying that is happening, but there will still need to be other cuts in order to fix the deficit. Reporting live in oakland. Ali reid kron 4 news 4 news 4 news pam happening now police are looking for the criminals who kicked down an elderly mans door. Then beat and robbed the victim. It happened in San Franciscos inner sunset neighborhood. Just after 10 00 yesterday morning, on noriega street. Kron4s jr stone joins us