>> a local city is accuses of shutting down an animal shelter to make way for a car dealership. >> easing the commute when officials will reveal new details of the new h.o.v. lanes long interstate 880. happy friday. thanks for joining us. >> it is almost the weekend. i am reggie here for eric thomas. it is friday, october 16. how is the weather looking? >> sprinkles. good morning, everyone, the same area running along concord boulevard out of clayton to concord and toward martinez and it could be going across hercules and over the next three hours it gets us into the end of the morning commute with sprinkles possible. so far, leyla is say there is not much happening as far as affecting the commute. sutro tower shows

the heat is retreating. >> good morning, everyone, at 6:00 a.m. and if you taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza you will notice it is looking busy. right now, if you are headed between the east bay and san francisco the drive is 16 minutes normally at this hour, tell minutes. it is busy and metering lights turned on this morning. the bay bridge toll plaza show as few clouds are collecting to pay the fare to get across the bridge. now we have word of a big rig accident on 680 at highway 24 the big rig was seen swerving. we will find out more information coming up. we have developing news the main connection between northern and southern california is closed this morning flash flooding on the portion of speaker state 5 known as the from vine caused dangerous mudslides and we learn about the terrifying ordeal and the efforts to clean up the mess. >> a sea of mud rushing cross

southern california. >> everyone up here is landlocked by the debris. >> the massive mud flow swallowing cars including drivers in danger. >> i cannot move. >> we are stuck. >> this were severe thunderstorms and flash flooding. behalf as the mud furiously sweeps away this car right into this because. >> it shut down a 30-mile stretch of interstate 5, one of the california's busiest highway. >> next thing you know boulders were coming down the pound at the same time >> it was crazy. it happened quick. it was scary >> the truck flipped. >> it was coming down fast. >> crews helps the driver digging out of the thick mud. >> she is waste deep. >> this woman trudged through

the flood waters and abandoned the car. this truck driver finded refuge by climbing on top of the semi. >> paramedics scoured the landscape from above in helicopters. >> it is a big catastrophe. >> that is could take 24 hours to on the grapevine. >> it could take until next week for crews to repair a sinkhole in the middle of a union city intersection. it is now at least four times larger than it was open wednesday when it first opened up. workers are digging 10' below alvarado to figure out what caused the sink hope and suspect it could be a leaking water main. the street should be back tuesday. >> a controversy in palo alto over a plan to find a new operator for the animal shelter, and a group of supporters say the city is planning to shut

done the shelter. our reporter is in palo alto with the details. >> i checked the petition change.kgo and in the past hour it has gotten 50 new signatures but according to the city of palo alto the information is not true on the petition. in a post "save our palo alto animal shelter," los gatos resident said that the palo alto city manager is on the brink of taking it all away. the 121-year-old animal shelter will be sacrificed for the dollar pause the city wants to expand business and retail in the area. this petition is getting traction with people in palo alto and the city has issued a press release to combat what it calls misinformation. it is untrue and threatens to undermine the progress of a new service model for the operation of the animal shelter. the past the friends of palo

alto animal shelter said "we look forward to continuing our partnership with the city and fining a future service provider that can help fulfill the mission of our community shelter." it started two days ago and now has 3,100 signatures. >> it seems that napa has a rodent problem. according to the napa valley register pest control officials say they are seeing an increase number of called of mice in homes, farms and wineries much the problem is blamed on the drought and wildfires and getting rid of food and water sources that attract the mice and screening open pipes will reduce the problem. >> and a transfer and potential sale of six daughters of charity hospital at public hearings held this week the measures urgeed california attorney general to include preserving existing jobs

and safeguard patient care. the new overseer will invest a quarter after billion in chain. >> a sacramento map would helped stop a terror attack on a train is out of hospital. expense are stone posed with caregivers year. he was stab three time protecting a friend from a file. step and two trend friends stopped a terrorist attack on a train headed to paris in altogether. >> a missing 6-year-old man, albert jacobs was last seen eight days ago while 59 his sister's house. he could be disorient whyed. he is believed wearing a plaid shirt. he drove away in a blue 1996 shot suburban. the license plate is on the scene 4rxc492. >> the compute is going to be

easier because caltrain will announce the opening of a three mile of h.o.v. lane on 880 southbound in oakland. other h.o.v. lanes around the bay area, the new one on 80 will run beyond oracle arena extending the existing car pool lanes three miles south all the way to the marina boulevard exit in san leandro. >> cannot say we do not warp you if you are driving through daly city part of the effort to improve pedestrian safety the police department is going to conduct a six-hour pedestrian safety enforcement operation. they will focus on drivers who fail to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians. >> volkswagen said they expect to submit a proposal to 96 emissions problem on thousands of cars correcting cheating software on 930,000 of the 482,000 impacted vehicles and the fiscal year must be approve by the government before the epa will allow volkswagen to issue a recall. volkswagen has been underpressure to fix the issue

after admitting cheating government smog tests. >> lamar odom is in critical condition in a las vegas hospital. officials are retracing his 75,000 visit to a nevada brothel to try and figure out exactly what caused him to become unconscious. >> the investigators say several drugs were found if his system. staffers at the love ramp said he was there for four days drinking and taking at least ten tab lets of legal but unregulated herbal viagra. they say one of the girls this is telling them he used cocaine prior to the arrival at the ranch. >> warriors head coach steve occur will join the steve on the trip to southern california for three pre-season games and does not know how much he will be involved in practice but it is a good sign as he recovered from

back surgery. the warriors play lakers on saturday before going to los angeles if -- for two more games. >> warriors are without the center for part of the trip because he suffered a broken nose just before half time last night in the warriors present victory over houston. >> rockets guard attempted a dunk and he got his nose on the follow through and will have surgery today or tomorrow. he will try to play with a mask on for the final pre-season game in anaheim on thursday. >> now, right to leyla for the breaking news on the commute. it sounds like it is really bad, the walnut creek? >> yes, we have breaking news, our traffic is changing and you can see from walnut creek camera, southbound side, flashing lights are emergency crews holding to highway 24 and reportedly we have a big rig reportedly we have a big rig that has exploded at

area at least six or seven vehicles are involved as well as the big rig and we have debris everywhere with fluid leaking from the big rig and it could be a haz-mat situation but, certainly, with lanes blocked, the traffic is already willing up and using our exclusive waze app you can see folks are reporting major accidents along the stretch of 680 leaving the san ramon valley headed to walnut creek so as you can see we have a major accident and slow traffic 11 miles per hour down to single digits at seven miles per hour near castle hill road. this is going to affect your commute. and this is now a sig-alert. as you saw they are headed to the john right now. again, just updating you northbound side 680 at highway 24, a big rig has exploded and fluid is leaking, debris is everywhere and multiple vehicles are involved affecting northbound and southbound

commute with the debris in the southbound lanes. now, a couple of wet spots on at atherton headed to novato and redwood boulevard and wet weather possible at the golf course and, then, you can see 880 and 680 coming from the sunol grade and the parkway, 237, aural potentially wet this morning. here is a look at bow oh and 80 if san jose and now it is dry. 79 to 84 is inland east bay it will feel more comfortable than yesterday with a few more low clouds along the coast at 64 to 69 in san francisco, as we head around the bay it is closer to average, 70 to 9 degrees. sprinkles this morning and more sunshine this afternoon. the weekend forecast is coming

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>> daly city city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. a picture from our sister station in los angeles. this is the pass where interstate 5 is closed in both dresses through the grapevine. from three miles away from the junction of highway 99. there is a dough tour but good luck. there are going to be major delays. until it is re-opened.

they have been work on this all night long. it will add so many hours to the drive. now, a warning for parents of a popular brand of apple sauceening recalled, saying they are repauling apple sauce with "best before june 30, 2016-july 26, 2016." it does not pose anality health risk because the mold is found on fruit but can cause an unpleasant taste. take you pouches back to the store for a full refund. >> the white house is banning gray converse therapy nation wood for minors can was introduced in congress after a new report from the substance abuse and mental health services administration. the report including a concepts us from psychiatric and medical groups which say that such treatments are dangerous, opponents of ban say it violates free speech and the rights of parents to make medical decision

for their children. >> santa barbara is moving taught with an effort to bring actor randy quaid and his wife back to california after they were released from jail. they were arrested last friday while crossing from canada to the united states. both are wanted in santa barbara on vandalism charges for squatting in a guest house of a home they previously owned. however, the judge said there is not enough proof of unlawful entry to hold them. >> today, uncle jesse is headed to court, actor john stamos will face a judge on d.u.i. after can he checked into rehab. he could face six months in jail. >> last tie we saw leyla she was checking on a major crab the how does it look? [ inaudible ] >> we are following up on breaking news with big rig explosion in walnut creek. this is northbound and southbound 680 at highway 24. you can see how traffic in a

couple of minutes has come to a complete standstill. as you leave pleasanton hill up to highway 24. as you can see we still have flashing lights and some emergency crews and c.h.p. and ambulance and fire department all are now returning to the scene. they are stuck in heavy traffic. we hear the big rig was traveling along northbound 680 at highway 24 when suddenly something exploded and that affected track on the southbound side causing crashes involving six or seven other vehicles with lanes blocked northbound and southbound. we hear we have fluids that are leaking from the big rig possibly fuel. we do have a haz-mat situation, as well, so the clean up will be underway when they cleared the accident. with the fire burning fully engulfed we have brush catching on fire off side of the freeway and now c.h.p. as we look to the south, c.h.p. is trying to do a

traffic break to get the emergency vehicles through. we will keep you updated. follow me on twit twit twit. i will have the latest vehicles. >> sfo is reporting arrival delays averaging 55 minutes because of the cloud cover and temperatures on the peninsula in the upper 50 to let - 60s. over to benicia, toward crockett, possibly vallejo, another light shower rolling your way and a stronger shower on the easton edge of -- eastern edge of danville across shadow creek and black haul will continue heading off to diabolo and middle school and over to san ramon. if you are heading out that way. we have light rain, possible around the parkway and headed down 680 and 880 and across 237 skirting santa clara to

sunnyvale at twin creeks. our moist layers are 12,000 to 16,000' and just like that is a dry layer so the showers look impressive but they are not dropping much rain as we are getting virga because it is evaporated. >> no low clouds on the golden gate bridge but it could increase through the day as the sea breeze becomes more prevalent in the forecast. morning sprinkles and cooler afternoon and you will need the sunglasses. last chance of showers is tomorrow and sunny and warm next week. the area of low pressure brought the devastation to the grapevine and the flooding there is potential for flooding although most of the storms are heading into the high desert and the sierra. the morning sprinkles will give way to dry air and more sunshine and we will town our attention to the cold front that will roll in tomorrow morning with a

chance of showers. as far as our temperatures today we are looking at 60 along the coast and 70's around the bay and 80s inland east bay neighborhood. our best chance of sprinkles now there 2:00 if you are headed out friday evening have football or kids have other activities, do not worry about getting wet. tomorrow morning, drizzle and a chance of a shower. that is offer by noon well see breezy conditions on saturday afternoon and that will keep us cool on sunday and it is try and calm and warmer next week. an active friday. guys? >> fire department from across the state are now helping local firefighters impacted by the valley fire. >> an urban legend in texas a real life mystery, the unusual sighting that has an expire town -- an entire town talking. leyla gulen is watching the big leyla gulen is watching the big rig crash.

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>> breaking news following up on the big rig explosion in walnut creek, sky 7 is flying there now. you can see the backup the accident has caused with debris all over lanes northbound and southbound direction. traffic is at a standstill with alternates at walnut creek

camera i can show you what the packing hot shows southbound tail lights leaving pleasant hill up to highway 24, particularly if you need to head into the san ramon valley, traffic is not going anywhere. over the last few minutes we have seen multiple emergency vehicles and we hear there is a brush fire, too, and we will keep you updated. kristen and reggie? >> it is worse and worse. an incredible sight in texas where a white deer was captured walking through town. residents say there have been sightings of a white animal for year and no one was able to go a photo for now. they thought it was albino b it is more likely from europe or shay. >> google has teamed up with yosemite to allow people to explore and learn of the park from the computer. google maps launched new images of the groves and sequoias

muir park. >> fire department and charities are coming together to help firefighters would lot their homes in the wildfire >> the goal is to have an entire department adopt a firefighter and provide immediate necessities. the foundation in oakland teaming up for the unprecedent the project holding a news conference this morning to let people know how they can pitch in and we will pass information along to you. >> 6:26 the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> the bay area top water users. >> a shocking amount of water that some bay area neighborhoods are using and a homeowner said "wait, it is not my fault." it could be more difficult getting away town if uber.

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breaking news. >> a big rig caught fire on 680 near the highway 24 area and this is causing a huge mess of the commute in both directions. the big rig is burning. now to leyla with the latest. >> good morning, everyone, as we look from sky 7 you can see this is the big rig that caught fire. it looks like it is a possible dirt gravel carrier blocking all lanes. the fire caught the pressure on fire, too, and all lanes northbound coming up to highway 24 are blocked. southbound traffic is blocked but for one lane. you can see the other vehicles are involved because when the big rig spread it sent the debris flying into the

southbound lane and we have multiple vehicle accidents in northbound and southbound side. i show you how it looks in walnut creek as you come from pleasant hill traffic is still. you are trying to leave pleasant hill to get to highway 24 and the lanes are moving slowly but in the men valley the drive is stuck. you want to use alternates. we have main street as a possible. it is the best way to get around this. this is in from solution around this accident but what we do have are melt pull armies on the scene keeping you updated throughout the morning with thing is alert in affect until further notice. plan ahead accordingly. >> devastating. >> good morning, everyone, we will tack about sprinkles and live doppler hd shows they restating on the north side of the low from east to west and retro grade. if san jose at 101 and 880 it is

dry although we had radar runs and you can see the brakes in the cloud cover and it should be colorful. you can see them on #abc7now. we are in the mid-60s to mid-70s at the coast and inland by noon with increasing sunshine and dry air. 60 at the coast and 70s away the bay. this evening, take a coat, we will all fall into the 60. >> if you head to southern california this weekend, watch out, a major mudslide has closed a main artery between important and southern california. janet is in the newsroom. janet, they have been working on this all night long and into to morning. >> we are hearing that c.h.p. is not sure what time i-5 could re-open. both directions remain closed through the grape vine a 30-mile stretch. the closure is affecting a lot of people and there are major delays an the area.

crews are trying to remove dozens of sugar landed cars stuck in several feet of mud. it started yesterday with severe thunderstorms and flash flooding triggering a massive mudslide. roads turned interest rivers and drivers seen abandoning vehicles and moving through the water to get to safety. 100 cars were trapped. after the mud is again there is potential for other dangers. >> come out to inspecific the hillside to make sure they are stable and safe with a lot of rap you get a lot of saturation and the slides do not happen the first day but they happen later. >> they will make sure there no further threat which is why it is taking so long to get the i-5 open. there are no reports injuries despite all of the day office. >> presidentially ben is among the top water users in the

county after we requested water use records from east bay mud. they are penalized for using more than a thousand gallons a day. the average customers uses a quarter of that. look at the top water users former chevron vice chairman averaged 12,600 gallons a day! over secretary days. he said he had a leak at the rot^. second was developture capitalist mark pine at,000 gallons a day. three, the a's billy bennett used 6,000 gallons a day and temperatures our media pan he has tried to cut back but he had a large yard. >> san francisco police are planning a townhall meeting to release days of a deadly police shooting that happened at 8th and market street. it started at noon. a construction worker flagged down two sergeants. he said someone was flowing glass bottles at the site.

the safety concern was more drastic weapon the officers attempted to handcuff the man. the chief said a violent struggle happened and the sergeant on the ground yelled at at the man because he had the gun the partner shot and killed the hand and the two officers are in the hospital in stable condition. >> we told you of the market street closure after a punish alert with breaking news alert on roar phone, tablet or apple watch. use the app story. >> a charter school? sunnyvale accused of seeksually assault an eight-year-old student is headed to court. the 18-year-old worked part time at spark charter school and was arrested after the girl came forward. the investigation revealed the school opened without completing employee background checks and then the school shut down. >> san jose police are saying they are hoping the only

survival of a street race crash wakes up and maybe they can figure out band -- happened. investigators are looking for a driver of an acura who took off. the 15 year old who survived is in critical condition. he was involved in a street race on tuesday. three teens died when the honda spun out-of-control and slammed into a tree. >> we want to get back to leyla after the sig-alert in walnut creek. >> in is a look from sky 7 you can see in the darkness this is a big rig possibly a dirt hauler northbound along 680 with all traffic stopped and something happened, it exploded as it was traveling southbound of highway 24. when it exploded, it sent the

debris flying into the southbound lane causing a multiple vehicle crash with many agencies on the scene, fire, maps, c.h.p., assessing the situation. there are no injuries involved on the southbound side. we are waiting to hear if anyone was injured in the big-rig truck. it veered all the way to the other side of the freeway and that sparked a brushfire. as we pan up from sky 7 you can see if both directions, northbound and southbound, traffic is at a standstill. again, all lanes northbound and southbound are closed south of highway 24. what does it mean for folks try ing to make it up to highway 24 safety? i suggest taking highway 4 to i-80, you will be stuck in this and surface streets not going to be good enough. right now we have a few cars that are trickling law and this is going to be an active scene

until further notice. and walnut creek out of pleasant hill near main street cars are parked so they are not going anywhere. this is creating a fluid spill so possibly fuel on the roads which means it is haz-mat situation which will have to be mopped up and c.h.p. has in estimate as to when this is going to lit or re-open. we will keep you updated by following me on twitter with the latest information. we talked about the big rig igniting the brushfire and it was the case and we understand that there were several sneer the while following the big rig explosion and you can see the smoky debris the firefighters are putting water on but, obviously, this is a lot more than just a crash or several crashes in addition to the injuries we are talking about grass fires that have to be put

out and people are trying to get to the bart station, they could be impacted, too, as they try to finality notes. meteorologist mike nicco tweeted you cannot get to the walnut creek bart station from san ramon so use the dublin/pleasanton line which will be with us for sell hours. >> one lane is getting by but it is slow in the northbound lane. leyla, is that right, northbound lane, one lane is getting by? thank you is from sky 7, a southbound lane. that is where the debris flew when the big rig exploded. that debris flew. it took people off guard. by surprise. they crashed as you can see. we heard from c.h.p. one person was assessed and said they did not need an ambulance. the cars are pretty badly smashed up. traffic is stopped up ahead. it looks like the debris field

is quite extensive amount of space so plans are assessing the possible injuries and as far as the big rig driver we did not necessity if that person has been injured. we are waiting on that information. a lost c.h.p. there and they keep the traffic back holing it pack, and not even letting it at the off-ramp to get around because it sounds like this is a lot of debris and investigation that is going on right now. >> you do not want any part of this on 680 this morning. >> i am curious, leyla, at this point do they make some sort of an effort to let people off in the back rather than turning cars around? they cannot be stuck for hours. >> so far, the condition has not updated us with that information. they are keeping them where they are because there is also a fuel spill. the big rig not only crashed on to the side causing fires to be

sparked on the brush so this is a haz-mat situation and they do not want the drivers drying through the scene while they are cleaning up. on the far left-hand side you can see how it veers across the road and it looks like there is a smear of possible chemicals, dirt, early. you can see how the fire -- they are trying to put it out. we can see the white smoke. that is usually if. but as sky 7 moves an we can see the active flames and trying to put a last water on this but at the moment we have a possibility of haz-mat situation so they going to take all precautions and make sure no one drags the chemicals through to other par of the freeway. >> you can see the police are stopping the traffic below the lanes that are affected. hail will continue following hail will continue following this and we will, so, we will be

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>> in sky 7 looking toward northbound and southbound 680, south of highway 24, a big rig shows a dirt hauler suddenly exploded. it went from the far last hand lane all the way over to the right-hand side. it burst interest flames. it caught the brush on fire.

the fire department is pouring water on it until a few minutes ago we saw flames coming from the area. to the far right of the scene that is main street. it is shut down. fire crews are attacking the fire from the street. it is not an alternate if you want to avoid northbound 80. all lanes are shut down northbound. on the southbound side, these vehicles were involved because weapon the big rig exploded it sent debris flying into the southbound lane. that took the drivers by surprise. they ended up crashing and each other and the center divider. the c.h.p. is lighting up with the flashlights the debris, a wide debris field. it is shutting down all lanes on the southbound side. that is causing tremendous traffic both in the northbound and southbound direction as we see from walnut creek camera and it is at a could meet standstill and any cars going through southbound side are getting on to highway 24 and that is still

open. you have complete backup from highway 4. i advise taking highway 4 to i-80 if you need to get into the city. >> we will monitor the situation that now is not only a crash but a haz-mat problem. >> amy hollyfield is on the way to scene and will bring us the latest. we keep you updated with sky 7 pictures and during the commercial break you will be able to seat pigs, southbound 680 where the debris flew over and the cars hit the debris and and the cars hit the debris and now they stuck.

>> sky 7 is over the scene of a big rig explosion that blocked lanes both direction. if you want to know what it is like to be backed up for so long we can show you, amy hollyfield was at scene. what are you seeing? it was unpleasant. i feel bad for those trying to get to work on friday morning dealing with this. her to not moving. this is northbound 680, a picture of people stuck. they just are not moving. we came up from danville and made it to walnut creek.

we took this exit and we gave up. we were moving a little bit. these people are not moving at all. we were clocking about 5 miles per hour here and there and then we would stop as we try to move over to make the exit a lot of people had the same idea so the exit is clogged as people try to get 50 of the highway. that is what you should try to do or avoid this altogether. it was slow going and it took us a while to get from danville to here. we did not make it to the accident scene. we wanted to be able to show you this picture of what you would be dealing with if you have not left the house. here is the advantage, you can get a look at what these people are dealing with and make the decision on what to do. it could be a work from home day at walnut creek. >> people do not have to be on the road if they can stay home,

do it. sky 7 is taking a wider picture so you can see northbound and southbound traffic blocked with one lake in the southbound direction and the northbound direction is where we have the big rig that caused the traffic resting ahead and the vehicles in the southbound direction were hit by flying debris and the debris field is wide and the fire looks like it is out. it was an explosion that caused the big rig to swing all the way over to the right-hand side with the fair department on main street running parallel to 680 on the northbound side trying to get the fire from that side so traffic is shut down to main street. people were thing of using that as an administration not. you can. best pet is to work from home if you can.

bart is another option. traffic is fought moving anywhere. folks trying to get off the freeway, the side streets are stacked and packed. here is a look from walnut creek. we still have emergency crews. they are trying to make it through the traffic to get to the sketch. you have flashing lights. as you round the corner, around main street, the exit, and just ahead a few cars are manageing to get by are getting open highway 24. on our map, solid red, if you need to make it to the city from conquer, for example, use highway 4 and do not bother taking 680. it will be a round about way to get there but it is better. we will let you know when things improve. >> thank you. straight to c.h.p. officer john francis on the phone right now. officer, do you know how the crash started?

>> look like we had a big rig traveling on northbound 680 near highway 24. we are trying to figure out why the big rig lost control and crashed and a concrete center divider wall. it breached through the wall. in the process it sent up concrete debris cascading into both lanes causing self more traffic chicagos northbound and southbound side. we have a report of at least one injury a driver is complaining glass is to her eyes and she is having trouble breathing. we have medical crews en route to her and this is going to be tie up for some time. >> officer, we have literally 15 seconds but i want did find out if the brushfires are all out and number two what did your traffic plan with regard to the cars that are stuck? >> the traffic plan is to get

caltranen route clearing up the debris but we have to get multiple tow trucks to get out the big rig so we are look at at least two-hour delay as far as the fires, why me if they have all the hotspots taken care of but i will try and find that out. >> is the driver out of the big rig? >> i have not been updated on that. i don't know if the big rig driver sustained injuries. that is something else i can find out. >> officer, thank you forgive us this good information. we will take a quick break and be right back. [announcer] through sunday at sleep train, get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train.

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>> in walnut creek, northbound and southbound side we have a few cars that are getting by in this accident when a big rig snowed and sent debris flying into the southbound lanes it caused several other citizens including an injury. we they are sending a caltrain sweeper and they estimate two hours foreclosure. i have seen these citizens before and they take far longer so plan your alternate form of transportation. bart or work from home.: we are waiting to learn what happened to the big-rig driver.

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