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station with the latest. >> reporter: i want to get straight to a bart spokesman for the latest on the situation with the tracks and when bart trains can start going to is . what is the latest jim on the tracks and is it going to be days weeks months until trains start running? >> we don't know. there's no bart service across the bay until further notice that's what i can say definitively until we do a damage assessment. we are still in the process of doing that. if people need t the bay this morning find a different way. ac transit ferries or get a ride across the bay bridge with friends. >> reporter: this is a major disrum shun 370,000 -- disruption 370,000. >> every weekday 50,000 use bart if get across the bay in the morning that's about the same amount that use the bay bridge. this is a major hit to the transportation infrastructure in san francisco. and east bay. >> reporter: what kind of bus bridge are you able to set up

or anything that you can do to help commuters? >> right now we have not been able to establish a bus bridge. as i said ac transit has transbay bus service they normally do excellent service ferries. right now we are trying to get buses to get a bus bridge. but my advice for people honestly is to find a different way. if they usually use bart to fan a different way if get across the bay. >> reporter: you said people going from richmond to fremont or sfo should be fine. >> richmond fremont line is not affected still running trains in the east bay all east bay stations are connected. all the san francisco peninsula stations are connected to each other. we simply can't get across the bay. which of course is our bread and butter in the morning commute. >> you said damage assessment is still underway? >> damage assessment is being complicated by several factors. we haven't had a chance to really figure out what the

damage is. smoke is still swirling around there, so it is not particularly safe condition. there are live wires also because of poles that were damaged that are sagging near the track. until be safe to get up there and look at it it is -- i don't want to speculate on how long this service outage will last. >> you say it could be days? >> i don't want if get into the business of saying -- i don't want to get into the business of saying how long. stay tuned and find a different way right now. >> reporter: thank you jim. let me show you what caused this. see the building behind me? that used to be a four-story building now it is down to the cinder blocks. this was a senior center that was under construction. a huge fire lit up the night started 2:15 this morning.

this building was under construction it was empty, no one was hurt no evacuations having to take place. all of the firefighters are okay. the fire is out right now they are just monitoring the situation looking for hot spots, they are starting to draw down here at the scene. firefighters describe it as at the time as an incredibly huge hot fire that destroyed construction equipment, burned street signs and cars here in the area here at fifth near the west oakland bart station and of course it burned the bart tracks. bart officials are still up there on the elevated track trying to assess damage and figure out what they are dealing with. how long it is going to take to repair. and how long until they can get the trains running. terry mcsweeney is also here on the scene to help us cover this breaking news story. he's looking at commuters and now is going to impact people. terry what you got? >> reporter: they are showing up here a lot people unaware

that anything was wrong until they get close to the station they see police with their lights flashing keeping cars out of this parking lot because there's no bart service to be had. you can see the bart inspectors track inspectors looking down on the razed tracks. we heard from abdulmutallab they don't have handle on when bart going to be rolling again. look at pictures of a west oakland bart station that should be open for business and beginning to get a buzz going on a usual weekday morning. not this morning. talked to one person and he had no idea until he talked to him what had been going on. >> i don't know what happened. it is closed. i gotta go to my job work. >> reporter: how are you going to get there now? >> driving. >> reporter: as we've been hearing from jim that's what so many people are going to have to do. if you want if get to

san francisco bart this morning is not an option. you can still see smoke coming up over the area them(ç flames from the fire that did possible damage, trying to get a handle on that now. crews coming out here pg&e bart crews all over the place. the entire west oakland bart station blocked off by oakland pd to keep commuters out of the parking lot because there's no reason to be here no bart trains running. that's the story from here. going to be a heck of a commute. let's check in with frances dinglasan. thank you for that. no service through the transbay tube for bart to and from oakland and san francisco. we are going to keep you posted on that could be days we'll let you know. bart is asking passengers to seek alternate means of transportation which means the transbay service on ac transit

could be a good alternate or ferries right now not reporting major problems. i wanted to reiterate what jim was saying to amy hollyfield at the scene west oakland where the fire is no service here between oakland and san francisco through the transbay tube. but he did say trains are running in the east bay. so the richmond to fremont line still running. you can still get if dublin pleasanton out to pittsburg bay point. if you are on the peninsula you can travel between millbrae and san francisco and back. but for folks who are planning to head to the giants game today for the afternoon game you have to try to find another way if get there. it could mean big delays at the bay bridge toll. you may want to consider richmond san rafael bridge or the san mateo bridge. we'll keep track of all the alternates. if you are heading to the u.s. open folks were supposed to head to the colma bart station take shuttles from there.

if you are driving, you have to drive to candlestick and park there and then you can take a shuttle which takes another 25 to 30 minutes to the u.s. open. keep that in mind. bart no transbay service until further notice. we are still trying to find out if and when they can set up a bus bridge in the meantime take your car get a ride use ac transit or ferries. alternates 880 san mateo bridge dumbarton bridge flowing well no problems on 101. just a a love shot on the bay bridge toll we could have a longer back-up today. right now it is okay. i'll keep you posted on anything i get new from bart. frances you mentioned ac transit let's find out what they are doing. we have clarence johnson of ac transit on the phone with us.

good morning. what are you doing? how are you gearing up to handle the fact that bart isn't running an across the bay? >> right now we are trying to assess what is needed in the meantime we -- o' we are running service from macarthur bart and 20th street bart for bart riders. they can take those buses and won't have to worry about paying us at this point. that's all we can do at this point. we obviously are diverting any service that normally would go to the west oakland bart station, diverted around that area in the meantime we are going to be trying to figure out what more is necessary. we have some extra capacity on our morning buses. hopefully, we'll be able to handle much of the load. we'll be -- >> we are talking extra 100,000 people or so if you are handling all the transbay

bart passengers. do you have that capacity? do you have extra buses or drivers? can you start them earlier to handle this? your normal transbay service on ac transit doesn't begin until later. >> it will be a challenge that's what we are trying to work out to see what we can do. again, what is actually needed. it will be a challenge for us. >> clarence, how many buses would you have running across the bay on a morning like this? how many do you think you can get into service? >> well we have 26 lines that run across the bay bridge. we will still be running those lines. it is just a matter of us trying to make sure that we get as many bart passengers as possible to locations where we can get them on to our buses to get them across the bridge. >> clarence is that bus bridge that is being set up currently or they are efforting on bart is that in

partnership with you guys? >> well typically it would be and we are assuming it will be this time. again, this is stuff we are trying to work out as we speak. we'll know more shortly. >> clarence johnson with ac transit, that you very much for the information. they are trying to put on additional capacity to handle the tents of thousands of people who will need -- the tents of thousands of people who will need a ride into work who can't take bart across the bay we are covering alternate routes stay with us for more on this fire that has shutdown transbay bart service and what is being done. let's talk about a topic, happier. giants fans still buzzing after witnessing history last night at home. matt cain pitched the first perfect game in the franchise's 130 year history. here was the final out. >> announcer: on the ground

from deep center got 'em! and that's a perfect game! >> look at that hug look at the teammates jumping in. so excited. cain retired astros' pitcher pinch hitter i should say for the game's final out. you can see he was mobbed his wife happy cain struck out a career high 14 tying sandy kovax for the most strike outs in a perfect game since 1900. >> it felt like the world series but it almost felt a little louder crazier. every strike they were going nuts for. it was truly amazing. i've never had that much excitement in every pitch every strike every swing. >> cain becomes only the 22nd player in baseball history to pitch a perfect game. giants beat the astros 10-0. the two teams are back in action this afternoon at

12:45. one issue other than the excitement and the energy is fans getting to the ballpark. >> absolutely. too big sporting events in town bart service shutdown not a good res -- not a good recipe. live shot from amy hollyfield's point of view. folk there is assessing the damage there is near bart west oakland bart station due to this earlier fire near the bart tracks. let me put it here on the bart map. basically, no service between oakland and san francisco. no transbay service at this point. again bart has almost 400,000 daily commuters quite a few taking the transbay tube. from jim, the public spokesperson from bart we did hear trains are running just not through the transbay tube.

richmond to fremont fine dublin pleasanton to oakland and back towards pittsburg bay point running. also on the peninsula trains running between millbrae and san francisco and back. they just can't get through the trans bay tube due to the fire in west oakland. a lot of folks were planning on taking bart to the giants game you have to think of alternate means as folks heading to the united states open this going to be a disaster if this continues for the next few days. alternates are ac transit and then you just heard clarence talking how they are going to possibly provide additional bus service. also ferries. if you have to drive right now traffic is fine we'll be keeping you posted on the back-ups. san mateo dumbarton, bay bridge richmond san rafael bridge all alternates right now light at the bay bridge toll. busy morning. we'll have a busy weekend as far as the weather goes. enjoy the calmness of this

morning and the coolness good morning here's live doppler showing clear sky over the bay fog developing along the coast that is going to move inland a little the next couple of hours clouds around the bay pretty much clear inland in the 50s breezy and just like that by noon most clouds are gone mid 50s at the coast mid 60s bay mid 70s inland nice during lunch hour same temperatures 4:00 maybe a degree or two warmer this evening upper 60s inland mid 50s at the coast you may need a jacket there especially when you factor in the breezes which could get around 15 to 25 miles per hour today. here's where the weather gets dangerous, especially inland over the weekend. say you have a son in the baseball tournament playing three games in the mid 90s to 100 yeah you gotta be careful this weekend. our time is 5:15. coming up, we'll continue to following breaking news

that west oakland fire that has resulted in the cancellation of bart service this morning. more on that. also a warning to parents an app for teenage flirt goes off-line after a series of sexual assaults. next the bay area company

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. breaking news from the west oakland bart station just getting possibly hopefully better news right now. you know there is no transbay

service now west oakland station closed because of a fire nearby at a building unconstruction this morning. i'm just seeing an amy hollyfield tweet just a second ago, breaking news from bart telling her the electrical system seem damaged but the tracks look okay. may take a few hours to fix bart not making promises but if they are talking hours possibly to fix as opposed to days which is what we were hearing earlier that would be huge for commuters. especially with all the sporting events in the bay area today and coming days. we'll check back with amy and terry. frances with more updates on bart service and your alternates. you want to stay with us for all of that right now 5:19 this morning a site for teenagers run by a san francisco base social company is suspended because of concerns about safety. scout began as a flirting app

for adults it then expanded to include a space that was suppose today to be teens-only. police say a 24-year-old man posed as a teenager then raped a 12-year-old girl he met on scout. the app has safeguard including parental controls. a police inspector says many parents are not aware of what their kids are up to online. >> they won't have these applications unless the parent has paid. they won be able if go on social networking cys if the parents block the sites wind chill >> scout's phoner issued a statement -- emphasized the importance he uses on safety. two days after apple introduced new macbook pro the computer has sold out. the computer sports high resolution screen analysts love it appears consumers do too. it started shipping monday after the developers'

conference. as of this morning you have to wait three to four weeks before it ships out. very popular. 5:21. let's find out what the latest is on bart. trans bay service is shutdown now because of a -- a fire that affected the tracks. >> frances says the tracks are not damaged, great. good news the tracks are not damaged. we'll let you know as soon as we here hear with the electrical -- huge impact for commuters. ac transit the way to go if you need to take mass transit or ferries if you have to drive alternates fine across the san mateo and the bay bridge toll plaza light as well. here's the bay bridge toll things are looking great if you need to head into your car also i wanted to mention that if you are taking bart just within the east bay it is

still running from richmond to fremont and out to the other lines. trains are just not running right now from west oakland through the transbay tube into san francisco. if you are heading to the giants game from the east bay think alternates or from the east bay out to the u.s. open. if you are just planning on taking bart between the peninsula and san francisco at this point you are still okay. we'll let you know as soon as they set up some bus bridges. good morning. let's take a look outside. clouds along the coast as we look east from sutro also a lot of haze hopefully that will clear with the winds picking up during the afternoon. live doppler showing clear sky no wet weather other than maybe a touch of drizzle along the coast three mile visibility half moon bay everybody else doing okay just hazy this morning. still 64 antioch the rest of us in the low to mid 50s

clouds even minor case of drizzle around the monterey bay and low to mid 50s. this afternoon, sunny breezy this weekend triple digit heat inland, dangerous weather to contend with if you are going to be out. relief from the heat next week. u.s. open today at the olympic club 50 this morning drizzle 58 partly cloudy this afternoon winds pick up 15 to 25. in the south bay mid to upper 70s 76 san jose 65 millbrae low 70s the rest of the peninsula. mid to upper 50s along the coast. low to mid 60s downtown and south san francisco north bay valleys 77 san rafael mid 80s deeper into north bay 79 dublin everybody else in the low to mid 80s. same around gilroy morgan hill, 71 santa cruz 59 monterey. giants game 12:45 first pitch

warming up to 68 breezy with a lot of sun wear your sunscreen. friday saturday sunday near 90 around the bay saturday. 5:24. we continue to follow breaking news in the east bay. a fire has disrupted bart service. no service going across the bay now. frances dinglasan will have the latest in just a minute. the big party los angeles is throwing today for its hockey royalty. have a great day, everybody.

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tonight lebron james and the heat will try to even the finals again the thunder. the thener won the first game of the series tuesday night. abc7 news at 4:00 and 5 will be 30 minutes long today. world news will air at 4:30. 5:30 coverage of the finals begins with a tip off at 6 p.m. right here on abc7. this afternoon los angeles kings celebrating their first stanley cup championship. parade at noon in the downtown l.a. area between the staples center and l.a. live expected to last between a half hour and 45 minutes followed by an hour long championship rally at the staples center. the kings knocked off the devils monday becoming the first eighth seed ever to win the stanley cup. major breaking news following for you.

big headache for computers. no bart service between oakland and san francisco because of this massive fire in oakland. we'll have live team coverage with reaction from bart officials and commuters and frances dinglasan will have your alternates.

>> announcer: right now abc7 news begins with breaking news. that breaking news is no bart service from oakland to san francisco because of that massive fire you are looking at right now. several structures have been damaged. thousands of computers are being told to find different ways to get -- commuters are being told to find different ways to get across the bay. good morning i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze we have live team coverage. frances will have more in a minute. first amy hollyfield is live

at the west oakland bart station with the latest. >> reporter: bart officials have gotten a look at the tracks they've assessed that it is electrical damage looks like the tracks are okay this is an initial assessment. at this point they think it will take hours to fix not days. let's join in with jim allison to tell us when the tracks will be fixed. >> because of this cal damage bart service will likely not resume across the bay for the rush hour in the morning. we'll just have to wait and see to get a more detailed picture what is going on up there to talk about the afternoon commute and the days ahead. >> how many people does this affect? >> there are 370,000 daily riders every weekday that use bart. 50,000 of those use bart to get across the bay in the morning, during the morning rush hour. that's as many peep as drive across the bay bridge >> reporter: what information -- can you give us about bus

bridges and helping people? >> ac transit added buses from macarthur bart station and from the 19 street station in oakland to get people across the bay. our friends at ac transit are helping us out. >> you can still ride bart in san francisco and the east bay. you can't cross. >> that's correct. all the east bay stations are connected and the san francisco peninsula stations are connected to each other. many people of course want to use bart to get from the east bay into san francisco and we can't did that. >> reporter: how did the damage stack up to your estimates is it worst than you thought, not as bad? >> it is still too early to say where it stacks up with what we thought was going on. we do know that as many as two dozen electrical insulators are damaged. that's a labor intensive protest to replace. -- process to replace. it is not something where we

can flip the switch and get back running we have to do some work to do that. >> reporter: at this point bart doesn't want to officially say how long the fix will take. they thought it would be hours. let me catch you up on what happened. there was a fire that happened about 2:five -- about 2:15 this morning, a senior center under construction caught fire a huge hot fire it collapsed the building it is now just cinder blocks. no one was inside it was under construction no evacuations, no one is hurt. all of the firefighters are okay. you can see it is smokey now. that doesn't mean the fire is flaring back up. firefighters tell me they are just changing tactics and how they are using water on the fire and that changes how the smoke behaves. they feel like they have a handle on this situation. they are just tackling the hot spots. now getting to work on their investigation at this point they don't know what caused

this fire. the building was under construction. it not only damaged the tracks and this building also construction equipment and cars and street signs in the area. the big story is the impact of this fire and that is the fact that bart trains will not be going from the east bay to san francisco. what a headache for commuters. to talk to them and cover that angle we have terry mcsweeney standing by at the west oakland bart station. >> reporter: good morning. assessment of the damage going on right now. pretty good angle of folks looking down on the tracks where the fire did the damage. how much damage they are trying to figure out right now. really good news from amy. hours not days to get this repaired. it wasn't soon enough for some people we met this morning. >> he was not alone. a lot of people turning up

here had no idea that bart trains were not running between san francisco and oakland and oakland and san francisco they showed up ready to go they weren't going anywhere. we tacked to one of the gentleman -- we talked to one of the gentleman a personal trainer. >> oh wow going to mess up my morning. i guess it is one of those things that happens. >> reporter: what is plan b at a time like this? >> get on the cell phone. call my ride back and call my clients right now so that i can let them know i have to drive in i guess. >> reporter: pictures of the fire department cooling-off the hot spots. a lot of the people i talked to their first thought is get back into a car. a gentleman is saying if you take your bart ticket to 14th and bring you can get on the ac transit bus for free that's the word from the bart station out here little comfort to

those who are completely blown away by the fact that what they expected to be a normal thursday is anything but. fire department still doing its thing. inspectors still looking at the tracks that were damaged by the fire. really good news from amy about the fact that it going to be opening in hours, they are hoping not days that was the initial fear. for the morning commute it is not going to do anybody any good no morning commute using bart we'll find out how that will impact traffic. for that we turn to frances dinglasan. i wanted to show you the bart map again. terry is at the west oakland bart station. no transbay tube service now on bart because of the fire in that area. what we also heard from public information officer ac transit is that they will be picking up extra passengers from the macarthur station and

also the 19th street station. then just from we heard from terry that one of the passengers was told to head to 14th street, another the 12th street oakland city center station you can take the ac transit bus across into san francisco. also keep in mind that bart is still running that richmond line out to fremont and also from pittsburg bay point to dublin pleasanton and right now still running between millbrae and san francisco. there could be extra traffic there morning at the bay bridge toll here's a live shot now things are quickly backing up for the cash paying lanes. the practice is over. some of the best golfers in the world will tee up in a couple of hours at the u.s. open in san francisco. huge tkpwral reese at the olympic club are expected to -- huge galleries at the olympic club are expected to follow woods mickelson and watson. tee time 7:33.

14-year-old andy zhang is expected to attract the crowd. the teen from china gained a spot when two players withdrew due to injuries. if you can't attend the open you can see it on espn beginning at 9 p.m. and 2 p.m. this afternoon. 5:38. at&t park just quieting down this morning. our hearts are still an flutter after a truly electrifying night. what happened? >> giants pitching ace matt cain rewrote history with the perfect game the first in franchise history. >> katie marzullo joins us live there was an emotional reaction. >> reporter: indeed. this happened late last night maybe you were there maybe you saw it in person watching watching at home no matter so worth watching again and again the moment a perfect game is achieved. >> announcer: on the ground

from deep third got 'em! and that's a perfect game! >> reporter: doesn't get much more emotional than that. matt cain the first pitcher in 128 years of giants baseball to pitch a perfect game only the 22nd in the history of all of baseball. diving catch in the 7th inning kept the as tress hit count at zero. well -- kept the astros hit count at zero. well done. cain struck out 14 to give the 10-0 win. 1965 dodgers sandy kovax threw 14 strike outs against the cubs. >> this is incredible now starting to settle in now a little. will celebrate with the guys in the clubhouse a little. >> people were standing up everybody understood what was going on. it was like one heartbeating in that ballpark. he was tough as nails. >> reporter: cain's wife

beelined to the dug-out for a post win kiss laterhey took pictures and workers collected the dirt for the hall of fame. giants play again today at home at 12:45 again against the astros. 5:40 now. >> cain was so gracious. so amazing. >> total team effort. >> one of the issues this morning bart problems. let's check in with frances. i'm crossing my pfingst there's bart will resume service through the trans bay tube before the game. in the meantime without that service bay bridge toll quickly backing up especially for the cash paying lanes almost past the west grand avenue overcrossing. metering lights not on yet once they do you will see the back-up grow quickly especially with a lot of folks

possibly having to drive this morning because of no service through the transbay tube. bart trains not running between oakland and san francisco. ac transit your alternate you heard from spokespersons for bart and ac transit to head over to one of the oakland stops either the macarthur or oakland or oakland city center stop ferries also a possibility. i wanted to check quick alternates. if you are driving later on you might want to consider san mateo bridge depending on how badly the bay bridge toll gets backed up. richmond san rafael bridge also flowing well at this point. no major problems on bay area freeways. good morning. live doppler clear other than a little fog along the coast into the southern sections of the santa clara valley. some of the fog try to push into the bay over the next hour west wind 12 to 15 miles per hour along the coast

through the san bruno gap. temperatures mainly in the 50s. by noon clouds mainly back to the coast packets of sunshine developing mid to upper 50s into san francisco 61 in land, upper 60s to low 70s most of the bay shore mid to upper 70s inland for your lunch time temperatures 4:00 in the 80s barely in the valleys even mid to upper 70s around concord and live more down to san jose mid 60s to near 70 afternoon the bay, 57 half moon bay 56 at 7:00bb oakland low to mid 60s around the bay shore upper 60s to low 70s inland comfortable maybe even jacket weather during the evening. chick out what happens starting tomorrow, especially end land mid 90s upper 90s saturday 100s out there, -- please be careful saturday afternoon, warm again sunday with mid 90s around the bay near 90 saturday low 70s at the coast. >> our time is just about

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you by mancini sleepworld. good morning. you are looking at a live picture over the scene of that fire right by the west oakland bart station. firefighters putting fire you can see smoke rising and that smoke and those flames have affected bart service this morning electrical damage to station rails appear fine this means no bart service across the bay right now west oakland bart shutdown as workers continue to try to repair that damage. we have insulators down.

a spokesman tells us that will take a few hours to repair. frances dinglasan will get you the latest on your alternates. complicated by the fact there is a new crash westbound on the bay bridge. a lot going on. we'll check in with frances and amy and terry, coming up. this morning alameda police are asking for the public's help in catching a bank robber. take a look at four photos they show the same man alameda police say he robbed the first community bank inside the nob hill grocery store on may 26th. a week and a half later the same suspect hit the u.s. bank inside a safeway. police believe this man has been involved in other bank robberies in the bay area. civil grand jury in the south bay agreed with san jose mayor about the need for pension reform the report released yesterday finds pension reform is necessary to avoid interfering with city services and calls the cost of

pension as unbearable burden. the mayor says san jose has seen pension costs increase from 73 million to 245 millions in the last decade. he says other cities will see increases if the system is not modified. -- modified. services will be cut pay for benefits we've seen that in san jose. >> contrary to what has been portrayed we pay into our pensions for everything we pay for 50% of our retiree health care and we don't receive social security this is our only form of pension. >> last week san jose voters approved measure b which requires current city employees to pay more to keep retirement benefits or switch to a more expensive option. police and fire unions filed lawsuits they say the measure violates the state's constitution. 5:48. as we've been telling you all morning, mass transit problems affecting bart primarily. no transbay service right now.

let's look at the toll if we can a lot of people -- the cause this fire which is right next to the bart tracks in west oakland forced shutdown of service people are looking for other ways to get in. ferry service ac transit cars. you are looking live at the bay bridge toll. you see the back-up there probably added to by extra people driving into work this morning who would have taken bart. two reporters amy hollyfield and terry mcsweeney on the scene. frances dinglasan is hunting down alternates for you. we'll have all of that coming up for you pretty soon.

we've been reporting on our breaking news story that west oakland fire that has resulted in the consolation of transbay bart service because the fire was next to the bart station. electrical system there affected. right now you cannot get across the bay on bart. we've been talking alternates one of which driving. >> of course the tracks are okay at that bart station. but as kristen said the electrical system will take hours to fix. assignment manager jim hadn'ting ton joins us by phone. we can -- we can see the back-up at the toll how was it? how long did it take to get

across the bay? >> good morning. we came across the bridge 10 minutes ago. you can see the line is building. i normally come through at this hour. for the people who pay the line is not normally not as big as it was already twice the size as it normally is. we have not just gotten into san francisco. i got a ride with greg from work so we are coming in early. our morning has already been impacted as have a lot of others. we went to the rock ridge bart station where there's a big sign that says "no train service to san francisco the." one thing important to note trains return running from downtown oakland to contra costa county. if you normally take that train to head to concord or pleasant hill or bay point you can do that. but we got there to the rock ridge bar station i would like to hand the phone to robert he's already had a very

eventful morning he's trying to get to new york catch a flight he's impacted. here he is on the to give us his quick story. >> robert here from vallejo. stayed in rock ridge last night walked over to the station for the 5:35 takeoff and these two gentlemen from abc helped out with giving us a ride to along with two other gentlemen to the -- i'm headed to new york. i'm really grateful. it is a horrible situation but right place right time. thank >> thank you robert. we have two guys who were going to -- jim i'm sorry we have to interrupt you now. we'll get more information from the people you were kind enough to give a ride across the bay to. right now we have to check in with frances for a look at alternates. >> jim just drove across the bay bridge. frances telling us a new

accident possibly involving several cars that will mess things up even more. a lot of folks will be driving instead of taking bart get to san francisco. there was just an injury accident in the back-up. a three-car injury crash. luckily, they cleared it very quickly. bridge crews are going to be on top of that this morning. metering lights are on. i think we'll start to see a back up for the fastrak lanes as well they were turned on 5:50 normally they are turned on at 6:20. gives you an idea everything is going to be a half hour early in terms of the back-up. new problem just came up. stall reported on the incline section, within the last couple of minutes or so. so here we see traffic bagging up on the incline section. it is going to be a mess at the -- mess at the bay bridge toll. earlier injury crash more folks heading to the bay bridge because of no transbay

service on bart this morning. now we have a stall on the upper deck. back-up right now just beyond. the 880 overcrossing fastrak lanes getting through but slow to the metering lights which were turned on early. ac transit great way to go or consider ferries from vallejo or oakland and alameda as well. again, i did want to mention if you normally take bart, go ahead and take bart through the east bay or between the peninsula and san francisco. you just can't get across the bay right now. good thing it is vacation season or we would have more commuters. clear this morning clear sky over the bay and inland fog along the coast even a little drizzle possible around half moon bay other than that 64 half moon bay low to mid 50s for the rest of us. highlights sunny and breezy

this afternoon heatwave dangerous heat inland over the weekend we'll get relief from that heat as we head into next week. today's temperatures compared to yesterday one degree warm in oakland and san francisco the same in santa rosa. cold front is going to bring cooler air in some spots. heading to the u.s. open drizzle this morning 50 mid to upper 50s and breezy with pockets of sun during the afternoon. giants at 12:45 adding insult to injure i -- injury 63 jumping up to 68. near triple digits inland by saturday near 90 around the bay, 72 at the coast. our time is 5:57. still ahead we continue to first lady our major breaking news story. no bart service right now teen the east bay and san francisco. this is why a huge overnight fire near the west oakland bart station. crews checking out the tracks.

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