are just not much better. >> sadly. that is od evening >>nk for joining us. transportation officials just released the list of the worst commutes in the bay area. >> part of the focus of building a better bayng time and resourc look for solutions to deal with the traffic. >> live with a look at the findings. >> we all know what it feels like to be stuck getting better >> as if we didn't already know. we spend too much time stuck in terrible. it's terrible. >> the metro transportation commission new data found the freeway with the most delays is the afternoon commute on u.s. 101. from interstate 80 over the bridge towards treasure island. and in the morning, it's that reverse commute from i 80 westbound. two corridors that made the top

ten list. san jose mayor says he won't advocate for lane expansion. >> we can't build lanes fast enough and don't have the dollars. >> since 2010 the amount of time the average commuter spends in congestion each weekday has increased by more than 80%. those on the commission are reviewing other options to try to alleviate the traffic congestion. like expanding bart. putting in more high occupy si toll lanes. and possibly creating new bus lanes. >> maybe express bus lanes on that. so the buses aren't sitting in the train traffic. and people will start saying i need to move over there. >> we heard from commuters. she says start with lift and uber cars. >> that would limit the cars they have in certain cities. >> others said more people should car pool. >> i have friends that do that. it's a great idea.

somebody that they work with is not that bad a person and they can get in the car and go ahead and ride to work. >> as for mayor, he prefers riding his bicycle to work. >> but not this week. >> not today. because i have a -- i had foot surgery. i'm within a mile. so i can ride my bike. >> we wish the mayor well. so of course, driving from here the across the bridge to the east bay. it's going to be a bear. this is what we'll do. we are going to drive from here in this we'll meet at and here'sha myagues from abc 7 news take other modes of transportation. everybody will introduce themselves quickly. >> i'm tom. taking casual car pool. >> leonard i'm taking the

transit. >> justin taking bart. >> okay. and meanwhile up there, if you can see me sky 7. they'll monitor me as we drive to downtown berkeley from here. we'll time it. all right. ready? we'll go. go. everybody go. throw it back to drew. who will monitor all of this. and keep score. are you a betting man? >> my bet is not on you. it will be everybody knows if you're driving from san francisco into the east bay. it's a nightmare. lee ann is taking one of four routes through the congested areas going from san francisco to berkeley. in fact we have the map. it's 12 or so miles this commute. we're starting at going into downtown berkeley bart station. two of the worst areas right there in the red.

101 into 80 eastbound. that's a nightmare. and then 80 going westbound in the east bay. any time of day it's difficult to get through. we'll monitor everything that's going on with the four participants. they'll be live tweeting. we'll show you lee ann is getting in her car. and going across the bay bridge. leonard is one of the four participants. he's taking ac transit. one side of the way to the other. i invite you go it or home page. we have set up a page to follow all of the colleagues on ac transit, bart, casual car pool and driving. who can make it faster. and we'll keep updating you through the 5:00 news. with who is where and when. we'll have the next update coming up in about six minutes. >> i think bart. maybe the fastest way. >> yeah. not betting on lee.

>> she's lose. >> everyone is using the hash tag better bay area. we'll check throughout the newscast. >> join the conversation about building a better bay area. use that same hash tag. on your tweets and facebook. >> stay with us for the fascinating experiment. the atf arrived at the scene of a massive construction site fire in oakland. >> it broke out on tuesday morning. at a condo complex under construction. live in oakland with the latest. >> i'm at a press con frns here. the sheriffs department just stepped out to the microphone. we'll check in with them. it's a fire a about a fire that many believe may have been the work of an arsonist. >> a team of agents assembled at the scene of thetter. is is a look at the rubble from drone view 7 yesterday. and what the inferno looked like

shortly after 2:00 a.m. tuesday. with just the framing up. the ice house development burned like tinder. nearly half the units in the 126 unit complex were destroyed. >> do you have good surveillance video? >> they have been collecting video. i have haven't been told of any if they had a chance to look at it. >> cities have been on high alert after a video captured a hooded suspect at a construction site. and one in concord. yesterday, a second fire at this construction site in oakland was quickly put out. it already had the sprinkler system installed. where oakland developers think the city could help. >> if they could speed up the permitting process. and get with east bay mud. and allow them to install sprinkle systems. fire wat development? >> no. they increase the cost. they won't put the brakes on it. they increase security.

insurance rates go up. price of housing is up. i'm talking to people saying they double, triple security. >> the developer of the site is spending $50,000 a month. in security. the press conference here is under way. we'll have a full update coming up at 6:00. >> thank you. >> let's move to the sale of wild horses. it's happening south of the oregon border. fight against it took place today. >> reporter: it's personal moments like this. she spent this morning chanting and in protest. they were hundreds of miles from the nearest wild mustangs. in front of the headquarters. that agency has begun rounding

up 1,000 of the horses in a region that they describe over populated and stressed. >> these are american icons. and they'll be bought and kill buyers and trucked to canada for slaughter. >> now a lawsuit in federal court to guarantee the federal government not sell any rounded up horses especially the old ones for slaughter. the forest center said that wouldn't be the intent. >> but. >> it's the last resort. >> the so called poster person. who has 240 of the animals. most in sanctuary. and others. they are national treasures she says. >> really sure footed. and great minded. they really connect with people. >> and protected. so when the department conducts a round up she wants it done different will. >> there needs to be management.

humane. >> keep wild horses wild! >> the federal government wouldn't sell any horses for at least a year. the next move belongs to the courts. still ahead our commuter challenge. four colleagues are trying to get from san francisco to berkeley four different ways. we'll check back in. >> also ahead. giving the gift of flowers. the group hit the streets to

if you commute. you know the bay area can have big traffic tie ups. it can be a hassle. >> we want a better idea of the commute in four trouble spots. in transit. >> they all drew the short straw today. >> about 12 miles total. one person is taking bart. another ac transit and one person is hopping in a casual car pool. >> first let's check in with lee ann. in the car on the road. >> understand everybody is betting against me. i don't know why. funny, isn't it? anyway we started we left kgo. at 900 front street. and i could say we left at 5:04.

it is right now 5:11. we just passed mission street. let me show you the traffic. you can see it. and technically we could have taken the commuter lane. we decided not to. we don't have a become seat. there are two of us. we could have taken the commuter lane. we decided to treat this as if we were here alone. we are just inching away. and maybe you're right. maybe with don't won't get there before the my other three. but we'll see. dean is a good driver. dean smith. so maybe you can fly. >> anyway this is the big commute challenge. i'll throw it back to you. yeah. she makes that right turn off to howard street. that will take forever. we are monitoring everybody's progress. of course we four folks taking four forms of transportation.

right now leonard. he's taking transit. we'll see how far he can go. justin is taking bart. my money is on him. bart maybe the quickest way. we'll find out. i love this tweet. she's all smiles right you can see from the live shot. she's in traffic already. we want you to follow along. we have this site set up. the commute challenge. showing you all four participants. with links how do you get to where you're going? what's the fastest way. the next update we'll see you in about seven minutes. 12 minutes in. and lee ann moved like three feet. >> i hope she makes it by the

11:00 hour. >> flu season is here. a new drug about to come out could make fighting it easier. >> more about that. >> this is kind of big news. fda today approved the first new drug to treat the flu in almost 20 years. developed by a japanese pharmacy company. the medication treats acute flu symptoms in a single dose in one day. it must be taken within the first 48 hours of infection. while the new drug provides an important additional treatment option, it and other antiviral medications are not a substitute for the flu shot. get on it. consumer report out with the list of the ten least reliable vehicles. it's not good news for tesla. the car maker model x suv came

in number nine. problems with the vehicle in car electronics. and called noises and leaks. other vehicles on the list the manufacturers are surprising. the honda odd see. buick atlas. chevy. traverse. and the tesla model x. honda clarity. and ram 3,500. adding three more airlines to the precheck program. the carriers are nor the program known as tsa pre. allows participants to leave laptops and liquid in their carry on. and pass through security. without taking off their belts

and shoes. participants must provide but information, pass a background check and provide fingerprints. 56 airlines are part of the program. available at 200 airports. >> interesting story about tesla. they ranked well in safety. but reliability. >> this is the suv. >> thanks. >> a group of women in the east bay did something today that generated a lot of puzzled looks and smiles. >> we followed the women in oakland. sharing flower power. >> it is an act of kindness that caught people off guard. they stopped total strangers on the street to give them two bouquets of flowers. one to keep. one to share. >> lovely.

>> what a beautiful -- >> we love flowers. >> it's all part of petal it forward. a national campaign by the society of american florist to share a random act of kindness. the owner organized the give away in oakland. >> it's giving back to the community. and seeing peoples faces light up with smiles. >> doing something kind is not always easy. some are skeptical. >> we have to reassure them we're gifing them a gift. and a gift to give to others. >> the flowers were donated by growers from the flower mart. in all the women gave out about 300 bouquets. including dozens to families and workers at the children's hospital. >> it cheers up everyone's day. it's spontaneous. and really random act of kindness. >> who will you give it to? >> my coworker. she had a bad morning.

>> more than 450 florists took part in the give away. across the country. >> paying it forward. pick somebody else to make their day. that was just a beautiful give away. here we have beautiful weather. high clouds from the live doppler 7 passing through the region. compared to 24 hours ago. temperatures are up ten degrees. in livermore. up eight in san jose. not so noticeable in san francisco. it is two degrees warmer. we'll continue with the warming trend. let's check out the weekend. who isn't ready for the weekend. here's a look at saturday. mild to warm. mid-60s to the mid-80s. much cooler weather is coming sunday. low 60s to the upper 70s. a live picture. towards ocean beach. we have a few patchy low clouds and midlevel clouds coming through. bright skies for the golden gate

bridge camera. low 70s from san jose to morgan hill. east bay hills camera. the high clouds are pushing out from this view. 75 santa rose. 75 santa rose. napa 71. comfortable weather. i want to tell you there will be a treat in the sky. it's the full hunters moon. full moon rises at 6:51. the time of year it's the second full moon of fall. of october. that the native americans used to use. to hunt in preparation for winter. we're already talking about winter. looking a a beautiful day with a mix of sun and high clouds. areas of fog tonight. warming trend continues tomorrow. and peek warmth will be saturday with a sharp cooling sunday. 12 hour planner tomorrow. sun comes up at 7:28.

patchy fog around. temperatures 40s 50s. prigt sky at noon. bright sky at noon. not too hot. temperatures will begin to fall. as night sets in. tomorrow morning fog will be shallow and exxon fined to the coast. confined to the coast. this is about the only sign of coolness in the forecast. tomorrow afternoon it is going to be a mild one. 68 san francisco. 72 oakland. 80 concord. 7-day forecast. the warming continues tomorrow, friday and saturday. low to mid-80s. the cooling starts on sunday. and takes us through monday. when the sea breeze sets in. down load the app and track the

proposition 10. >> if passed it would repeal state law restricts local government from enacts rent control on certain buildings. >> according to a new poll, if prop ten is approved it would drastically reduce property value. and could take millions in tax revenue away from school districts and government. >> opponents of the measure say some property owners have started selling over concerns of the measure will pass. >> fortunately many property owners are scared now and already getting out. that's a demonstration of the making the housing crisis worse. >> supporters say it will allow local communities to protect tenants from unreasonable rent hikes that continue to push millions into poverty. >> the centers for disease control is reminding parents about vaccination. after a new report found an increase in the rate of unvaccinated children. >> the percentage of children who received no vaccinations by age two, rose from.9% for those

born in 2011. to 1.3% for those born in 2015. the report found that access was to blame. working to increase awareness of a program that provides free vax naxs for some unable to pay. >> stay here with us. another check on the bay area traffic challenge. >> we have four colleagues heading to warning, california. a handful of billionaires have spent over $70 million on campaigns to undermine our public schools.

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we have another check on the traffic challenge. >> we have four colleagues heading to berkeley right now. going through the worst traffic spots. >> let's get a check on the commute first. with lee ann. doing it the old fashion way. >> that's right. we started on the 900 front street. across broad way. at about 5:04. and two or three minutes ago we made a turn right hand turn onto harry son and of course i'll show you what it looks like now. that's what we now face. we just crossed the intersection of spear. i'm not telling you anything that you don't already know. it's really frustrating to be out here and really to see that light change from green and red. and green again. and then red. and not being able to move. so anyway, i think right now i may just kind of take a little

nap. while you tell us how the rest of my colleagues are doing. >> everybody else who is taking some form of mass transit is arriving at their location right now. we have thomas. i love his mustache. our money is on casual car pool. my money is on justin. he's arrived at bart. and leonard is taking ac transit. stick with us. at 6:00 we'll give you the latest. >> she'll get a nice >> our team in traffic. we appreciate your time. we appreciate your time. see you proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11.

proposition 11 "a common sense solution" to protect public safety. it ensures the closest ambulance remains on-call during paid breaks "so that they can respond immediately when needed." vote yes on 11. tonight, the developing news. the acts of terror. explosive packages sent to multiple locations. bombs sent to hillary clinton,

former president obama, to cnn, among others. authorities tonight confirming at least six explosive packages. investigators now fear the intent was to maim or kill. the evacuations at cnn while live on the air. >> we're going to jump in, there's a fire alarm here. >> you might have heard it in the background. we're going to find out what the latest is. >> tonight, abc news obtaining images of the devices. you'll see them here. and amid the heated rhetoric in this country, the president's message this afternoon from the white house, calling it a despicable act. our teams live tonight from new york city to washington, d.c. the other news tonight, a seventh child has now died. 11 more infected, after that dangerous and highly contagious virus.