interstate 80 in pinole. traffic was crawling past the accident as fire crews doused the tractor-trailer with water and also fire retardant. around 2:30 a crash occurred between two cars and a big rig near the pinole valley road exit. the impact caused the big rig to collide into the center divider before it burst into flames. a chp officer says no one was injured. >>> okay. let's check in with liz now. i guess all the lanes are open, but you may be busy. >> they just opened lanes 3 minutes ago at 4:25. so we're not seeing any big delays any longer. for a while they had two of the left lanes closed. we were seeing minor delays but hopefully all the activity is off to the right-hand shoulder and with just minor injuries. it looks like we're good to go on westbound and eastbound 80. >> skies looking good around the bay area still cold in spots, freeze warnings in the north bay valleys, down to the 20s there again but 30s and 40s elsewhere and warmer weather, maybe above-normal temperatures, on the way. >> thank

a spot 80 near pinole valley road. they bridge toll plaza is a very good shape. face see also looking good have the golden gate bridge. off >>anny: ofan antioch man is in jail this morning after leading stiff ad forwe have video of that chase. it started out as a traffic stop around 7 o clock last night near marsh elementary school in antioch. during the stop, the driver hit an officer and fled. the officer was not injured. you can see the suspect driving on the rims. spike strips were laid out several times during this pursuit but the man kept driving. he led police on a high speed chase through antioch, pittsburg, bay point and concord for more than an hour. going up to 100 miles an hour. the vehicle was disabled near the intersection of "g" street and longview road. the 36-year-old suspect tried to escape on foot but was caught a short time later. a second chase last night. also in antioch. police say around 9-30. they spotted this stolen saturn out of pittsburg. the driver didn't stop though so officers went after the vehicle. the chase ended when the suspect

all lanes are now open after a big rig crash on eastbound interstate 80 in pinole. as fire crews doused the tractor-trailer with water and also fire retardant. around 2:30 a crash occurred between two cars and a big rig near the pinole valley road exit. the impact caused the big rig to collide into the center divider before it burst into flames. a chp officer says no one was injured. >>> okay. let's check in with liz now. i guess all the lanes are open, but you may be busy. >> they just opened lanes 3 minutes ago at 4:25. so we're not seeing any big delays any longer. for a while they had two of the left lanes closed. we were seeing minor delays but hopefully all the activity is off to the right-hand shoulder and with just minor injuries. it looks like we're good to go on westbound and eastbound 80. >> skies looking good around the bay area still cold in spots, freeze warnings in the north bay valleys, down to the 20s there again but 30s and 40s elsewhere and warmer

. >> to happens on eastbound interstate 80 near the pinole valley road exit at 2:20. the drives remain not under the influence of druze or alcohol. no arrests were made. they were just going too fast. as mike said, bay area snap is almost over but there is another pair spare alert today. what does that mean for us, matt? >> forecasters say we will see the worst air here in the santa clara valley as we are going to be setting a record today for the most "spare the air" days in a row. this is the fifth consecutive "spare the air" day here in the bay area and that means it is illegal to burn wood in the fireplace or stove unless it is your only heat source in the home. stadiums using wood to cook are exempt and the bay area quality management district says that one out of seven bay area residents have a breathing ill ness. >> i woke up choking twice this morning and the first thing i did was grab my inhaler. >> you can smell it and i can family it in my chest. >> inspectors patrol hotspots in the bay area. air quality officials get a lost complaints offed would burning i

west 80 also smooth through hercules and pinole. the start of your slowdown for the westbound highway 4 and it's typical. antioch, slowing speeds, no accident in this area. a live look at fremont. no problem with the headlights and down into the south bay. back to you. >> happening today, b.a.r.t. and its two biggest unions be face-to-face at the bargaining table trying to find common ground. they will sit down with a federal mediator at 9:00 this morning. the dispute is over a paid family leave provision that b.a.r.t. management says was mistakenly put in the final package the unions ratified. b.a.r.t. says it could cost the agency more than $10 million per year. >> 5:09. an accidental explosion outside the u.s. embassy in afghanistan. what the government is saying next. >> amazing video a woman nearly electrocuted. what she is saying about the near-death experience. >> we'll go behind the scenes of cnbc and a new way to deal with the crush at the mall ahead. >>> step outside in new york city, rockefeller center you can see, we too

crash west 80 at san pablo avenue and that crash has slowed traffic pretty much from hercules or pinoleing better. the lanes are open but the traffic is slow. let's go to live pictures. i want it to show you the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza, a 10 to 15 minute delay before you get into san fransisco. the morning commute in san jose is off to a good start. we're getting some more slow traffic reported by the minute. now let's go back to the desk. >>> happening right now, firefighters in redwood city are still putting out hot spots from a smoky fire at a metal recycling plant. it all started early this morning, and these are live pictures you're looking at. the second fire at this plant in just the past month, ktvu's janine de la vega is out there now, so janine, what's happening right now? >> reporter: well, i can definitely smell smoke in the air. it goes in and out. we're standing about a mile away, and that's for safety reasons. we're right at seaport and bloomquist avenue and the redwood city fire department istizing people who live -- advising people who live in the area to s

that's now gone and the eastbound lanes near pinole but now it's the commute through berkeley that's causing some delays. westbound 80 approaching gilman. it's a big rig that lost its trailer. they ran a traffic break. now they need a certain kind of tow truck to get that trailer out of lanes. it is blocking one. all right. we figured out why there were some early-morning delays on westbound 580 approaching north flynn. there's a stalled big rig and it is blocking one lane. so that's why we're seeing an unusual amount of traffic right now coming through the altamont pass. once you get past north flynn, though, everything looks good. outside again here's a live look at the nimitz freeway 880 in oakland. you're cruising past the coliseum. the drive time out of the altamont pass still only about 14 minutes even though we are seeing some delays behind that north flynn exit. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." >>> happening today, bart management and its unions are expected back at the bargaining table weeks after a deal was made on the new contract. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is live

. >> reporter: jason lives in pinole, was raised in richmond. he supports his ironworkers union and the possibility of more jobs. but he says he has to explain to his two daughters the environmental impact that the refineries have had. >> our generation has to face it. we have to take steps and fix it. we got get that we'll rolling. >> reporter: valero's project to install that railcar unloading facility for crude oil is under environmental review and benicia is supposed to issue its draft environmental impact report this month. >> there are a number of these oil by rail projects going on right now. where do they stand? >> one of the others is west pack the name of the oil company. it sits on the suisun bay. pittsburg is reviewing comments on the environmental impact report right now. but west pack has not even submitted its permit requests to the air quality district yet so all four of these are in different stages of progress. >> going from ship to rail. >> mm-hm. >> all right. environmental concerns notwithstanding. thanks, allen. >>> lots of

. >>> new this morning, firefighters doused a big rig in pinole after a fiery chain reaction crash on eastbound i80. it happened overnight when two cars crashed then collided with the semi truck. one of the cars flipped on its top. when firefighters arrived the truck was engulfed in lanes. several lanes were closed for an hour. a chp officer says no one was hurt. >>> california has until april of next year to reduce its prison population. the final extension order came down from a panel of federal judges yesterday. the state must reduce inmate population to 110000. state leaders want a three-year delay to give rehab programs time to work or they will have to go to state or county jails. >>> the "covered california" will unveil enrollment numbers for november. new federal figures show more people are now getting health insurance coverage in states that expanded medicaid eligibility and are running their own health insurance exchanges. about 50% of the people who applied for coverage have either picked an insurance plan or now are being routed to medicaid. >>> a repair bill to fix the h

. >>> in pinole firefighters put out a flame on a big rig on i- 80. that big rig and two cars crashed early this morning in the eastbound lanes near sunol valley road exit. all lanes were closed for about 2.5 hours. no one was injured. >>> and police in belmont are looking for the crooks who stole copper wiring from streetlights. police were investigating an open grate with some exposed wiring yesterday on walston avenue near highway 101. they found 600 feet of copper wire missing. that wire worth about $600. >>> the fbi is ramping up its search for a bay area man suspected of bombing two buildings back in 2003. they had numerous tips about where daniel andreas san diego might be but haven't caught him. they are offering $250,000 for information that leads to his arrest. the fbi says san diego bombed the chiron corporation building in emeryville in 2003. no one was hurt at the biotech company. and investigators say he was also behind a bombing that same day at shaklee corporation in pleasanton. the fbi suspects the bomb was timed so that it would hurt

your back up what awful berkeley lost about 80 you are heavy from pinole valley getting through macarthurwing concerns over california citrus crops because of drastic temperature drops this week. farmers in the san joaquin valley are checking for damage to their citrus crops. as a precaution, citrus growers are running wind machines and appoint other growth warming techniques as the industry braces for more freezing. a big celebration is expected in washington state today. as they celebrate the one year anniversary of legalizing marijuana. hundreds of people will celebrate beneath the space needle in seattle. a party that was given the city's o- k. the free event begins at 4- 20 in a tent set up at seattle center. with any pot smoking out of public view. they'll have plenty of company too. with a holiday lights celebration, ballet performance and a pearl jam concert all happening at the center. the little superhero who captured the hearts of san francisco and beyond will be making a return trip to the city by the bay! batkid, also known as 5- year old miles scott, is returning to san fran

. >>> new this morning all lanes have reopened on i-80 in pinole after a fiery big rig crash overnightbig rig driver could not stop after several cars collided around 2:30 this morning. the truck hit a barrier and a honda was sent spinning across the freeway. it took firefighters two house to put out the flames -- two hours to put out the flames. >> when the rig hit it, it spun and september -- sent it flying. >> the driver of the honda had minor injuries. >>> a high-speed chase through several east bay cities reached speeds of 100 miles an hour. ktvu's tara moreiority with what neighbors are saying about a wild pursuit where a police officer was hit by a car. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good afternoon -- good morning. we are in antioch, actually. and police -- neighbors say this is a crazy sight. this guy speeding through their neighborhood with police following them. they didn't know how it was all going to end. it started at 7:00 last night when officers initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of g and texas streets near marsh elementary school. police say the suspect ve

hercules, pinole, traffic is moving slow.aze, it is looking very smoggy out there. it's a spare-the-air day. traffic headed to the bay bridge where we don't have delays. 237, milpitas, traffic on the right side, westbound towards sunnyvale. 8:19. let's check in with rosemary. >> yes, that hazy sky. another view here over san jose where the air quality a little worse than even just yesterday. tomorrow, probably just as bad. so illegal to burn that firewood unless you are exempt in getting outdoors today. just be aware of it. starting in the west, we have a little bit of snow falling over parts of montana. stretching through wyoming down into colorado. the dakotas seeing snow. i just checked with the airports and the flight delays are minimal. in fact, you can't find any trouble out there if you are taking a flight over the upper midwest. a little bit going on for today as well as new york state, pennsylvania and west virginia. back here at home. a few high clouds, hazy sky, dry conditions. unseason blip mild temperatures, temp

if you are driving on 80 westbound, still slow on pinole and approaching the richmond bridge into marin, we have a delay approaching westbound 580. let's go to steve. >> hey, sal. there was a lot of traffic on 24 this morning and you know what time i come in. >> there was an accident. there's still a lot of slow traffic out there. >> a lot of high clouds, a little bit of patchy fog. very hazy skies. it's not going to last. that's the good news. it will get cold around here on thursday. high clouds, patchy fog and high clouds. january 1st, since then, 5.59 inches of rain. that's it. the driest year ever, 1917. 9 inches. this looks to be the driest calendar year ever for san francisco. that's not good. we could use some rain but we're getting the result of some pretty warm temperatures. should be 56 and 61 this time of year. we're between 62 and 67. a spare the air has been a really dig topic of information -- big topic of conversation. for those with res prit tori problems -- respiratory problems, it's been awful. we're talking about a fire in big sur in december, this is bad. the clouds

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