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tahoe. dry afternoon. 60s on the high side today. sal, what do you have? anything good? we have some slow traffic, steve, definitely. we are going to start off with the bay bridge toll plaza and show you the traffic is going to be busy if you re driving through on westbound bay bridge, which is typical, of course, no major issues here, traffic continues to be okay. if you are driving on interstate 880, the traffic is moving along, also going to be okay here. when you get to the toll plaza, you will see the traffic is going to be backed up. golden gate bridge whoops. let s go to the east shore freeway, westbound traffic moving along well. golden gate bridge camera out of commission so frozen on the picture, in case you were wondering. westbound 80 traffic here on the east shore freeway is going to be okay if you are driving through with no major issues, although it is getting a little bit more crowded westbound 80 traffic is also going to be slow as you drive throu ....
much live from berkeley. we brought you an update from the usgs in menlo park and they said there has been one aftershock reported after the 4.4 hit this morning. the geologist said the earthquake was relatively small but many people do not describe it as such. he said this could be a force shock of a larger earthquake and that is something agencies are on alert for in the coming days. more information coming throughout the morning. the impact on transit was minimal. bart says there is no damage to any tracks after the earthquake. the first trains out of the gate were delayed as conductors moved slowly down the tracks as an extra precaution. they inspected the tracks and found no damage. initially there was a 20 minute delay but things are back on track. this is the scene at the airport, the train service was shut down for a while. trains were stopped inside of the terminal as crews inspected the tracks to make sure there was no damage from the earthquake. runways w ....
1/2 inch around oakland and alameda. sausalito with .82 inches, from marin county to the north there are some great totals. some up in mendocino county and russian river, granville two inches. santa rosa at 1.09 inches, glen ellen .83. north never had more that is for sure. piedmont .41 and pacifica .28 but for some it took a while for the system to arrive. to the north things look to be done. there is not a lot left for parts of the north bay. hercules and richmond out to vallejo still a little bit but things are looking to be about done in marin county. contra costa county into santa clara back over to the peninsula as well has not picked up a lot of rain but it is picking up are some into oakland and alameda around the oakland hills as well but the berkeley hills not much. a decent southeast breeze for now. 50s for most temperatures with a few 40s, one more system in this pattern which will be here wednesday and thursday then we will get a break for the weekend. 50s ....
the commute is getter busier, steve. as you know, this is one of the peak hours of the commute. 22 minutes between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze doesn t seem like a long time. it is a little on the light side. by this time we have 35 to 40- minute delay. that is good as you drive in. at the bay bridge we had a crash westbound right near the gore point of the hov lanes. that is clear. one vehicle is still out there but traffic is moving by. it has improved. this is a look at interstate 880 in oakland. and northbound traffic is moving okay. we have something going on the san mateo bridge. a couple of cars may have gotten into it on the right- hand side there. you may not be able to see it behind this pole here. a little bit of activity. traffic on the san mateo bridge approach is slow as a result. that crash was in the lanes for a bit and traffic is slow. dumbarton bridge traffic is normal. 7:01. let s go back to the desk. berkeley has become the first cit ....
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