to evaluate the project and we look at the noise standards to when the project was complied, st san francisco noise identifies the receptors. the theatre is not identified as a receptor for noise ordinance. the impact is characterized how to types of impact that would occur during construction with regard to during construction impact equipment whether it's the marsh theatre or another use, it's the same physical transmission of noise that would occur. i'm hearing today that the suggestion that the mash theatre is worthy of more detailed analysis in the m and d that it received. we believe that we've conducted the ceqa review that was required of noise impact and was not required that there be the level of noise analysis specifically of impact of construction on the march theatre that is clearly being asked for it today and we think that renders m and d inadequate and certainly renders information that others would have liked to have seen. i understand the point but saying you measured it when you didn't mention it, it doesn't sit well with me. >> if i can clarify with, this identifies entert

st. >>: san francisco board of supervisors has voted to close up the city's more than 2000 parks from midnight.m.. this know what does a little more than make a closing time for all the parks the same across the city. the biggest opponents of the lot has been district 5 supervisor in london agreed. she felt so passionate about her position that she bought a page in the guardian to explain her reasons for being against it. >>: yes we can pass a loss but a loss of that don't affectively do anything are not laws that i really want to pass as a legislature. >>: she says that the law is going to increase the number of homeless to end up sleeping in doorways and of their are not enough park rangers to enforce the ban. she says the city does not have enough money to hire no one's perfect >>mark: a quick update on some of the election results. the turnout was quite low for many measures around the bay area. about a 35% turnout. people in san francisco closely watching to measures proposition and b and c. it would allow construction on eight washington condominium. that project along the embarcadero. t

st. anthony's curbside donation drive in san francisco. cars lined up outside st. anthony's location on golden gate avenue, dropping off turkeys, socks, and monetary donations. >>> more people than ever are hurting this year in the bay area, and not just because of a cut in food stamps. >> we're seeing incredible spikes in rent, a higher cost of living. when that happens to a city like san francisco, the folks who line up at st. anthony's are going to be the very last to see sort of the economic benefit. >> thanksgiving is still three days away. already people are starting to camp out for black friday deals. take a look. abc 7 news spot a tent already up. i apologize, we do not have that now. there was a tent already up in the best buy shopping center. this shopping center in san jose. you can kind of see it's on the right side bottom. big store chains like walmart and kohl's don't expect americans to have much holiday shopping cheer this season unless they see huge discounts. as a result, shoppers are seeing big sales events earlier and more often than in previous

st. francis hotel, which was actually a representation of the evolution of elevators. can you tell us more about san francisco history here at the st. francis? >> sure. st. francis demonstrates well the evolution of elevated technology. and substantially damaged the 1906 earthquake and rebuilt in 1907 or 1908, and extend it again in 1913. then a new tower was added in 1932, so there is all sorts of elevator technology you can see at the st. francis that very much represents the building history of san francisco. >> i understand there is a really old elevator still operating here. >> that is right, the elevator installed in the 1913 expansion. we can go look at that. >> let's go take a look. here we are in a spectacular st. francis lobby. here is the clock. when people say "meet me at the clock in the st. francis." let's look at that elevator. >> ok, let's do it. >> here we are in the elevator installed as part of the expansion, and this is the way it was originally installed about 100 years ago. it has a manual switch just like elevators did back then, and it runs on dc power. this was from a time before elev

st. anthony's in san francisco, which gets its food from food banks to provide meals. >> when people have stamps, they will be here sooner in the month than they usually are, because they will have spent their money sooner. >> food stamp benefits were boosted during the recession, but that was temporary. an increase is about to expire. it means the family gets $632 a month will receive $36 less. >>> employees from several silicon valley companies volunteered to help fix the government website for the affordable care act. the companies include oracle, google, and red hat. the site healthcare.gov had trouble handling signups. the obama administration promised to have it fixed by the end of november. >>> aldon smith could be back on the field next weekend after being reinstated to the active roster today. the 24-year-old was placed on the nonfootball injury list last month. he went to a treatment facility for substance abuse after being arrested and jailed on sus suspicion. he turned himself in to face weapons charges stemming from a house party last year. >> first game to be played at levi

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st. anthony -- san francisco st. anthony's foundation will continue to collect turkeys for their annual dinner. they will be accepting donations at a curbside dropoff through thanksgiving. the foundation hopes to collect a thousand turkeys so they can meet the goal of surveying 4,000 meals thanksgiving day. >>> 7:40. raider fans watch in moror as a woman jumps from the third deck of the oakland coliseum. >> i yelled at her, don't do it. don't do it, about ten times. >> coming up at 8:00, how a good samaritan risked his own life to save her. >>> yes, lines are already started for those black friday specials. why some people say it does not spoi their holiday tra -- spoil their holiday tradition. >>> we're looking at a commute that's getting busier as you can see on highway 237. coming up i will show you how highway 4 is getting slow. >>> well, clear for most. it's cold this morning. at least it's dry now. i will tell you if there's any rain in the forecast. >>> u.s. stocks are higher as the deal between the u.s. and i

st. anthony's in san francisco's tenderloin knowing neighborhood. >> pam: say and will serve a special mealchris was the organization is still collecting donations today. st. anthony's is trying to reach a goal of collecting one pelton turkey and other items to give those items and to give to those in need >> pam: so just how much turkey are concerned on things could be day? the national turkey federation of which no turkeys are actually members said that 80 percent of american stubble of >> reporter: if you are feeling guilty about telling down tomorrow and i'm not sure why you would be. here is a thought rick for the truck before the bird lot of trust the up the bay area tomorrow morning. we have mapped out a handful of them perished in san francisco. when starting at the polo field and golden gate park. another starting at 80 and t part. and downtown san jose people begin at santa clara and market street this is one with which your option. the mount turkey trustor's at piedmont high school parent in north bay turkey and north a marriage version begins at india dollars college in the bott

st. peter's school in san francisco's mission district gave bright blue 13 shirts to the students. san francisco police sawed the third and officers raised -- police saw the officers and returned the money. >> daycare providers failed to protect their children. the action they took in the wake of a recent criminal trial. an east bay city sees a surge in car theft. new numbers have authorities expressing alarm. the specific type of vehicles thieves are targeting. >>> and in weather right now, mostly cloudy skies across most of the bay area. coming up when the clouds move out of town and with showers chances resurface on the five-day forecast. >>> the former stanford player received words of praise today from jim harbaugh. jonathan martin played for harbaugh at stanford for three seasons. he hasn't spoken to him, but he supports him. >> i know he's a fine person and his family. great contributor as a student and an athlete at stanford. he's a personal friend. >>>. >> the teammate that was accused has been suspended. >>> and a daycare worker in the south bay are pursuing damages in a

nbc bay area is live at san francisco's st. francis memorial hospital where fliesh man is being treated. sglaen. >> 18-year-old is lith listed in stable condition here at the burn unit at st. francis memorial hospital. according to the family web page, he had surgery on his leg today to treat severe burns. and oakland police are looking into whether hate was a factor. luke fleischmann season your average teenager. when he's not study, the high school student spends his free time volunteering for vintage rail cars. the director of the alternative maybeck high school in berkeley says fleischmann is popular on campus. >> he's a wonderful, exceptional student. . >> her child often wears skirts and identifies as general dral neutral. they're trying to determine if that's what led a 16-year-old to set his clothes on fire as he slept on an a.c. transit bus on thursday. the oakland police chief says the detectives are examining several possible motives, including hate. >> we're looking into that possibility. >> he's at the st. francis

st. gabriel's elementary school in san francisco. we've had a great time together. if you guys love the weather? >> yeah! >> yes and i love it too. that's the latest if here guys -- from here guys, back to you in the studio. >> do they love the weather man? that's the question. >> yeah, there you go. >> i'm sure they do lawrence. >> he's not asking. >> i'm sure they do. well, what is the -- tallest building in the u.s. after months of heated debate, we finally have an answer to the question. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, trade center tower will be >>> today an international panel of arable texts announced the -- architects announced the new world trade center tower will be the world's tallest building. the key question was whether the needing at the top can be -- needle can be counted. it's a spire if therefore it's a permanent part of the building. that means one world trade center is exactly 1776 feet tall. a number signifying the nation's founding. when it's done the new building in new york will replace the willis tower in chicago as the nation's tallest skyscaper. >>> wha

st. anthony's in san francisco. >> we see ourselves as the hands below the safety net. food stamps is a great safety net. but people fall through that and st. anthony's is here to catch those. >> reporter: foot stamp benefits were boosted during the recession but that was temporary. the boost was cancelled tonight. >>> goblins made their way out tonight. the city blocks out cobble avenue and residents host a block party. one woman who grew up on the street says this is the best place to be on halloween if you're in san jose. >> it's so much fun to see all the little kids. all the little different versions of trick or treating and happy halloween and their big eyes when they see their stickers and candy bars. >> reporter: one of the big attractions is the haunted house. and plenty of ghoulish creatures. >>> we will check in on the castro coming up after the break. at 10:45, a contra costa county home described by neighbors as a house of horrors. the alert that triggered a health check. >> >>> happening now the halloween party, some are in costume others are just out peopl

st. francis hospital in san francisco. >> everybody started yelling, fire, fire. i turned around and this guy, he was like jumping up and down. >> other witnesses say the victim was wearing a skirt or a kilt. police say it appears the victim and the suspect did not know each other. friends of fleishman have set up a web page to raise money for his medical bills. as of this morning, they raised more than $6700. >>> we have new video of a raging fire that threatened to destroy an historic building in san francisco's richmond district. a neighbor took this video of the two-alarm fire which broke out before 4:00 this morning in a back building off funston and clement. nearly a dozen people who live next door had to be evacuated. luckily, the flames did not reach the main lie prayer brairie. but the scanning center is a total -- library. but the scanning center is a total loss. >> we'll really sorry to lose the scanning center but it is only one out of many. >> the internet archive building used to be a christian science church built in 1920. luckily nobody was hurt. t

st. francis hospital in san francisco. oakland police tell me they do have an update on the investigation. a spokeswoman tells me she is typing up that update right now. she refused to tell me the update over the phone in time for this report, so stay with abc 7 news. as soon as that update is released, we will of course report to you. so this story looks like we'll be having more developments within the day. >> amy, thanks a lot. >>> is an carlos police are stepping up patrols along the downtown area after a series of smash and grab auto burglaries monday night. the incidents took place between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on laurel street, cherry street, skyway and el camino. police reminding people to keep items of value out of the car. >>> there could be the largest securities fraud case in state history. he's set to plead guilty in a settlement reached last month. we've been covering the case for two years. they were originally accused of stealing $700 million from hundreds of investors. they're now pleading guilty to less

st. francis hospital in san francisco right now. leneed to undergo extensive skin grafting due to second and third-degree burns on his legs. supporters have already raised more than $21,000 for his recovery. live from oakless, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a hearing to review bart's safety rules for workers are now focusing on one policy in particular. sal has been monitoring today's meeting and joins us live. >> reporter: all those this meeting was called before the two workers died, the process of simple approval which is when workers are out on the tracks working and watching out for trains on the road, that process is now under intense focus. as a matter of fact, california state assemblyman says simple approval is in direct conflict with state law. >> california state law squarely puts the burden of safety on employers. employers have to provide a safe working environment for their employees. >> reporter: last month christopher shephard and lawrence daniels were killed as they inspected tracks near the pleasant hil

st. anthony's in san francisco. >> we see ourselves as the hands below the safety net. food stamps is a great safety net. but people fall through that and st. anthony's is here to catch those. >> reporter: foot stamp benefits were boosted during the recession but that was temporary. the boost was cancelled tonight. >>> goblins made their way out tonight. the city blocks out cobble avenue and residents host a block party. one woman who grew up on the street says this is the best place to be on halloween if you're in san jose. >> it's so much fun to see all the little kids. all the little different versions of trick or treating and happy halloween and their big eyes when they see their stickers and candy bars. >> reporter: one of the big attractions is the haunted house. and plenty of ghoulish creatures. >>> we will check in on the castro coming up after the break. at 10:45, a contra costa county home described by neighbors as a house of horrors. the alert that triggered a health check. >>> what we found when we went along with law enforcement in the hunt for guns in the h

st. anthonys in san francisco hopes to check 1,000 turkeys before thanksgiving.ff the annual food drive. they expect the record number of diners this year. the curbside service will accept turkeys and canned goods through thursday. >>> we have a follow-up on the power of social media. a san jose man need surgery to save his eyesight. cheryl jennings shows us how it all came together. >> reporter: it has been a stressful, emotional today but so rewarding for william fleming who underwent surgery to save his sight thanks to someone who donated $18,000 because of a social media request. >> can you see me now? >> reporter: william wanted los angeles eye surgeon brian to perform the surgery for a degenerative eye disease. because dr. brian invented a machine and a procedure just for this disease. he has a ten-year track record of successful william's fiance watched nervously nearby during procedures. she did all the research and found dr. brian and william is so glad she did. >> it feels great. i can see everything. i looked around. i saw the doctor that did my surger

st. anthony's in san francisco hopes to collect 1,000 turkeys before thanksgiving. f its annual curbside donation drive yesterday. st. anthony's expects a record number of diners this year. their curbside service will accept turkeys and canned goods through thursday. >>> happening today, the families of two oakland natives who became nfl stars have organized their seventh annual turkey giveaway. the families of seattle seahawks running back marshawn lynch, shown here, and cincinnati bengals quarterback josh johnson will hand out the turkeys and read letters from the two players. donated turkeys and side dishes will be given out on a first come, first serve basis, so you might want to arrive a couple of hours early. the turkey give away begins at 3:00 at oakland tech high school located at broadway and 45th street. >>> ahead on the abc 7 sunday morning news, a bay area retailer calls a truce in what some see as an annual war on christmas. >>> and here's a live look from our explore toirm cam. beautiful. the sunrise should be coming up about 7:00 this morning, accordin

st. anthony's in san francisco hopes to collect 1,000 turkeys before thanksgiving. church group kicked off its annual curbside donation drive yesterday. st. anthony's expects a record number of diners this year. their curbside service will accept turkeys and canned goods through thanksgiving. >>> happening today, the families of two oakland natives who became nfl stars have organized their seventh annual turkey giveaway. the families of seattle seahawks running back marshawn lynch, shown here, and you're going to see him in a second, and cincinnati bengals quarterback josh johnson will hand out the turkeys and read letters from the two players. donated turkeys and side dishes will be given out on a first come, first serve basis, so you should arrive a couple of hours early. you see the information there, the turkey give away begins at 3:00 located at broadway and 45th street. >>> ahead on the abc 7 sunday morning news, a bay area retailer said to have call add truce in what some see as an annual war on christmas. >>> and here's a live look from our emeryville cam in

sasha has finished a 3-week stay in the burn unit at san francisco's st. francis memorial hospital in early november, sasha suffered serious burns, when a 16-year- old passenger on the same bus. set the gender neutral teen's skirt on fire when he fell asleep >> pam: early today sasha's father talked about sasha's happiness at being home. a >> i do not think this changes anything above hull sasha will express >> people will realize the chicken where unusual clothing to stymie the to have the right to attack them. people have to realize that you can wear unusual clothing it does not mean you have the right to attack them. >> pam: sasha's alleged attacker is a 16-year-old oakland high school student who is being charged as adult. >> pam: new tonight at 8-- >> pam: while four students at san jose state university are facing hate crime charges for allegedly abusing a black student. people at the school say, racism has been an issue on the campus for years. kron 4's alecia reid tells us about a report that was done 2 years ago. and what has been done since. >> r

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second straight day 70 in november i san francisco, tomorrow. st. helena and yountville in the mid-70s in wine country. a little cloudier on thursday but still mild. friday now down to the 60s. there's a change. the weekend will be decent. sunday evening we may see a few showers and much better chance of rain comes next monday and actually as of right now, if i was making a forecast monday through friday of next week i would say four of five days next week will have a chance of rain. there are changes coming. >> thank you. >>> san jose may have a solution to the destructive wild pig problem. shoot them. the pigs are tearing up a residential area and golf course. tonight the city council will vote on an ordinance allowing a state licensed trapper to kill trapped pigs on sight by gunshot. the city says using drugs is too expensive. >>> an elusive bay area figure once hidden from the public for decades will make its debut at the oakland museum. this troll has been the storied protector of the old eastern span of the bay bridge since 1989. steelworkers

everyone else up to fairly at two-thirds, more than an inch of rain in san francisco and san rafael and concord 1.5" and mount stna 1.75" but we captured a rainbow from campbell yesterday. just beautiful as the rain was pushing off. the winds are not a big story but are light and variable. they will be a big story at 6:00 this evening. all the areas you see shaded in yellow, the coast, the diabolo rain, east bay hills, sacramento valley, lake and men dough -- mendocino valley, we could have winds up to 70 miles per hour through 10:00 tomorrow evening and we will have downed branches and the possibility with badges coming down of local power identity ages starting at 6:00 this evening. we will see increasing sunshine today and temperatures in the low-to-mid 60's again. tonight, temperatures winds will keep us up in the low-to-upper 40's and possibly 30's but well hang out in the low-to-mid 40's and maybe 49 in san francisco. low pressure is departing and that is why it is breezy. the dry air will be bone dry again and that will bring us warmer weather. friday is the warmest difficult as the winds blow offshore. w

other people who may be here watching that next thursday november 21 st there's a hearing about food security and food access in san francisco this hasn't come up yet today, has it? okay good. so this of course is a critical issue to people with disabilitied in san francisco. we had senior disability action that had done a lot of work where there's a lot of issues where people may not have and may not be allowed to have microwaves and refrigerators and not real cooking facilities in room and see lack of community kitchens don't exist or they are not open and clean and useable and so many people on ssi who can't afford rent and food and i hope that some of you are planning to attend and you may want to join us thursday around 10 o'clock somewhere around the second floor. thank you. >> thank you. >> okay back to my report. i've become aware of a piece of legislation and this is close to my heart because i'm chair of the disability disaster preparedness committee. but any way, ab 918 went through the legislation this summer and it's the counsel of emergency services act which sets forth the duties of the office of emergency ser

st. anthony's in san francisco. >> reporter: the community has really stepped up.re is a lot of food to be prepared and thousands will be fed here today. i will give you a tour of the kitchen. we are putting whipped cream on the pumpkin pies this morning. those i can tell you it smells awesome here. it's making me so hungry. and we have vats of potatos. some 200 volunteers will be cooking here today and serving up meals to some 4,000 or so people who will come into st. anthony's to get that hot, tasty meal on thanksgiving. tell me, what kind of undertaking is to cook all of these potatos? >> you have to get started early enough and trust yourself. you have to kind of learn to overcompensate a little bit. sometimes you have to add more water and more salt. >> reporter: is it quite a work out to mash that many spuds? >> it is. i don't have to go to the gym anymore. because i work at st. anthony's. i get my workout doing this. i probably rowed all the way to oakland doing this. >> reporter: what time did you show up? >> i got here about 5:15 this morning. i got starte

st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco where he was listed in stable condition. >> a hearing willd today in response to the deaths of two bart track inspectors. this is video of the scene. after the two workers were killed, barred permanently dropped a controversial safety protocol. this is going to be known as sample approval. the new rules will allow maintenance workers to walk on the tracks of the trains are running. the difference now is the bart trains will have to slow down, stop or be diverted, when workers are in the area. the national transportation board is still investigating the deadly accidents. >> new this morning, in san jose, dozens of police officers are being put on patrol to reduce response time for emergency calls. the program is known as flex car staffing and it involves 78 officers within the police department. each officer is required to work 110 hour day a month and a patrol car over the next three months. they still need to take care of their regular workload as well. san jose police need more officers on patrol as the department continues to experience th

sasha just finished a three week stay in the burn unit at san francisco st. francis memorial hospital. it was earlier this month he suffered serious burns when a 16 year old passenger on that same bus set sasha's skirt on fire. now sasha doesn't identify as male or female and yesterday his parents talked about their sons happiness with being home. >> sasha told us exactly which skirt he wanted to wear on the way home and i don't think that changes anything about the way sasha's going to express himself. >> everything is great. we're just hoping that something goodwill come out of this, that this kind of intolerance will be people will realize that you can wear unusual clothing and it doesn't mean that you have a right to attack them. >> sasha's alleged attacker is 16 years old, an oakland high school student being charged as an adult. >>> well todays the annual thanksgiving day meal at glide memorial church and volunteers who spent quite a number of hours getting things together and ready. kron4 is live there at glide memorial with the latest on the preparati

st. luke's hospital in san francisco where nurses didn't think twice about signing up. >> reporter: that's right, ken. nearly 200 have signed up to help in the last two days. this kind of response isn't surprising to nurses who say it is in their nature to help other people. for many, this is also a call to go back to their roots. >> as victims of the typhoon line up to see doctors and its widespread debris in the fill phones, a special group of volunteers here in the bay area is lining up to answer the call for help. >> this is the best way. as a philippine american, it's the best way to give back to my roots. >> registered nurse and first general ration philippine american sandoval was the first to response to the registered response network. the agency organizes nurses for international disaster relief. it receives nearly a thousand online forms from volunteers within the last 48 hours. >> you think about how, quote, easy our life is here. we take for granted we wake up in the morning and we can turn on our lights and take a shower. we don't have that option. >> the scale of this kind o

salvation army in san francisco is preparing 4,000 meals today and donations are great fully -- gracefully accepted. >>> and in san francisco, those workers are preparing dinners at st. anthonys and they will be serving about 4,000 meals from 10:00 to 3:00 this afternoon, that is an average of 800 meals per hour. >>> san francisco is also holding a thanksgiving celebration this morning. breakfast runs until 8:30 and dinner between 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 -- 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. they are donating bagged lunches to be distributed to their lunch program as well. >>> they will be back in service and pg&e page will be back online but at a lower pressure. it was taken out of service because of safety of concerns. they warned san carlos pipeline may explode and if you remember, the explosion of san bruno had 'explosion which destroyed millions of homes. >>> cars are parked in the oakland hills due to block being fire trucks and emergency vehicles. when fire trucks are blocked by a car they have to get out and run to a fire scene. homeowners have been asked to park elsewhere, a major lesson learned after the oakland hills fire disaster where 20 people died. the debate continu

st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco.ty of his injuries are unknown at this time. >> state regulators have released more information about what happened at a castro valley nursing home that was shut down. documents show that regulators are visited valley springs manner four times before and after its closure. the inspector who visited the facility on october 24th, just hours before it was supposed to be shut down from 21 residents still on-site. the inspector to document the problems and then just left. the following day another inspector came from the same problems. state officials say that the procedures are not fault. say that the procedures are not fault. >> soon, californians from sacramento to salinas to san diego will have equal access to quality health insurance. those who need financial assistance will get it. and nobody will be denied because of a pre-existing condition. welcome to a new state of health. welcome to covered california. we are your health insurance marketplace. enroll today at coveredca.com. yeah,

st. luke's campus. it's truly an honor to be here and i'm very k350i69d we're moving forward with our project to build 20/20 hospitals in 0 san francisco. for the past 5 years i've worked at the pacific campus and at the st. luke's campus. our nurses are proud of the care we provide for appear patients think about how much more we'll be able to chaff with the new

st. rosa 65 degrees, san francisco 60, pacifica upper 50s, right around 70 degrees toward antioch and livermorend gilroy. here is a look ahead, your five- day forecast. you'll notice increasing clouds for veterans day, a chance of a shower tuesday, by wednesday, thursday and friday a warming trend especially wednesday and thursday, partly sunny skies into friday and with your weekend always in view bring it up right now, saturday cooler conditions and a week from now partly sunny skies, temperatures up to the mid- to upper 60s. last week at this time we were getting excited in the weather center that the forecast model suggesting a series of pretty strong storms pushing through the bay area. things have changed, just a chance of a light shower in the north bay tuesday. >> we're definitely due. >>> a multi-million dollar project set to get underway in yosemite national park to protect a grove of sequoias. the sequoias are dropping thousands of seeds, but they land on asphalt instead of soil. the $204 million project is scheduled to begin next summer and should be completed by december. >>> comin

st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco where he was listed in stable condition >>mark: was check-inlive look at the bay bridge approach. there's nothing to be a little worried about this morning pretty easy the back up at the approach. we will be right back. zçzçzçtó use chase freedom at select department stores and get 5% cash back this quarter. so you can give her an even bigger surprise. activate your 5% cash back at chase.com/freedom chase. so you can. live in the traffic center with a dan r. rubin. is it getting any better out there. in >>: it is however it is going to take quite awhile to clear. we have lanes blocked. they are and the clearing status. we just saw a live picture. the backup is big. they're still try to clear up all lanes. are all lanes open. but they're getting really close to that so any minute now they should be backed up. if you're coming from castro valley perhaps in one of a significant slowdown making your way on west 580. >>darya: with a pat our live reporter yoli aceves out there showing us the headlights of that are out there battling the traffic this

st. luke's campus. it's truly an honor to be here and i'm very k350i69d we're moving forward with our project to build 20/20 hospitals in 0 san francisco. for the past 5 years i've worked at the pacific campus and at the st. luke's campus. our nurses are proud of the care we provide for appear patients think about how much more we'll be able to chaff with the new facilities with the new technology. our state and federal staff is looking forward to the completion of this project because those hospitals will create a great environment for us. it will create a level of pride in the work we do. most importantly for our patients the new hospitals will bring a more pleasant healing environment and an improved experience of care. for our patients family we'll have a great assurance that their loved ones are receiving the best care possible for for our community the new hospital represents community pride. in my current position at st. luke's it will be uplifting for the community. st. luke's has long been held the center of healing with the long history of deep roots. dr. i want to let you know we're proud to be that center of healing for the

st. francis memorial hospital in san francisco. police say luke was asleep when the attacker hit his clothes on fire for some reasons. passengers helped put it out quickly as the attacker got away. police reviewed video to track down the young man who did this. 16-year-old. >> well 24-year-old man shot by fairfield police today has died. shooting shut down stretch of highway 12 between pennsylvania and bank avenue. we were overhead. you can see investigators doing their work. it all began at nearby apartment after police responded to reports of man punching and stabbing his girlfriend. >> it was chaotic. last breath or whatever and then she was in really, really pain when screaming. lick somebody hurting her. >> when police arrived the man they were after ran on the highway 12 where police say he tried to attack cops with a knife. tonight miss say the man was on parole for robbery. the woman remains in critical condition. fair field police officer is on administrative leave routine pending an investigation into the shootin shooting

st. francis hospital. >>> now to san francisco, where authorities still haven't found their mystery witness in the death of lynne spalding. tonight, 2 investigates a new climb that the witness doesn't -- claim that the witness doesn't even exist. the conflicting stories are frustrating the victim's family. no one seems to know what happened to 57-year-old lynne spalding. a worker found the missing woman's body in a stairwell at san francisco general hospital. investigators recently asked for help finding an asian man, possibly a hospital employee who saw a person lying in the stairwell days before spalding was found. now some deputies say that key witness may not even exist. >> i don't think there was ever anybody that came and said, hey, there is a dead body. >> reporter: today state investigators interviewed the deputies about what happened. stern told ktvu, he thinks the story about a potential witness who may have stepped over a body on the stairs is made up. >> i certainly haven't heard anything credible to seems to seth that happened. >> how did lynne get into that stairwell? >> reporter: tonight,