alexis smith? >> the south bay is looking good to kick off the thursday morning drive, so the northbound side of 101 at 880 is fill in, and i noticed a semi off to the side in the southbound 880 ramp to southbound 101 it will not be a major issue. the drive times is in surprise slowest respond westbound 580 tracy to dublin is 38 minutes. southbound 6 credit is okay and northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino is green at 16 minutes. >> another night of protests in oakland ends early with arrests and property damage and officers hurt. >> it could happen again tonight. amy hollyfield is in oakland where there is quite a bit of damage. >> look behind me at the graffiti at 12th and oakland. this is what the damage looks like. you can see it up and down broadway this morning. look at the size of last night's crowd, police estimate that there were 7,000 people here. it was mostly peaceful group and a few small splinter groups that caused problems. demonstrators came to protest having donald trump as the n

alexis smith. and meteorologist mike nicco. >> how is it going. >> you warned me about falling back or i would have forgotten. >> did you check your smoke alarms? >> no! >> i have the hold one with the 9 volt battery and it is time to change those and get new ones. good point. >> good morning, everyone, we made it through the weekend. changed times. got extra sleep. the weather will be warmer this weekend. i am tracking fog around fairfield and half moon bay. we are okay but if it is deeper i will let you know. high clouds and clear at 47 to 5959 7:00. upper 60s to low 70s all afternoon. high clouds and sunshine. we will hope the commute is quiet. how is it, alexis smith? >> good so far. the bay bridge toll plaza is i'd i'd -- wide open. westbound 580 tracy to dublin is the only slow spot, 43 minutes. southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard at 16. northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino in the friend at 16 minutes. the south bay is next. >>> we start with breaking news, american's first female a

alexis smith. abc 7 news. >> 5 and 6:00 a.m. wow. >> i know.onight why the bay bridge meetering lights haven't been updated in three decades. >> frustrating. also tells us what transit officials are doing to make your commute smoother. at 11:00. >> forecasts, smooth. that's changing. >> right. the meteorologist is back with that, drew. >> yeah, a lot of cloud cover. a mild night on the way. tracking sprinkles. live doppler seven showing you. front moving through. sa play supplied the cloud cover. notice over the past hour, how the sliver of green is shrinking. this system is falling apart. future weather. next couple hours. watch the front sink south. perhaps early tomorrow morning. a spot area of drizzle. in the north bay. this falls apart. south of the golden gate. san jose. redwood, oakland. san francisco. dry. cloud cover to start your saturday. highs, saturday. peeks of sunshine. 66, san francisco. 69, oakland. 72, san jose. 69, santa rosa. sunday, looking much brighter. nice afternoon on the way. mostly sunny. 4:00. really comfortable num

alexis smith? >> i cranked up the heater in my car. the commute shows a problem last night at 6:00, two semis were tangled up on southbound i-5 beyond howard in patterson with major backups into the evening last night. we talked to c.h.p. and they said everything is cleared that is fully opened since 1:00 this morning. that is good news. we will look at the drive times closer to the bay area in 10 minutes. >> we have breaking news from san jose firefighters are on the scene of a two alarm duplex fire. the giant flames from the fire broke out on cypress avenue near olson drive at midnight. three people inside got out. they are saying a pet may have died in the fire. it threatened a home that was evacuated. matt has details at 5:30. >> san francisco public school teeners have a lesson plan referring to donald trump as sexist and racist. amy hollyfield is here with the controversy. >> the school district tells the "san francisco examiner" this is an optional resource for teachers. it wasn't put out by

alexis smith? >> we have a new problem in the south bay, rather than going to the traffic maps a solo vehicle on northbound 17, the person lost control, hit the center divide, and blocked the far left lane, and it is a second vehicle that hit the car. we have an ambulance on the way to the scene, and, obviously, not a great situation so at least one lane is blacked and emergency crews are on the way with word of injuries. if they calling an ambulance this will be injuries. we look at drive times at 5:08. all the commercial crab season is officially opening today and hopes are high after a disasterous season last year. >> matt keller in santa cruz. matt? >> good morning, we are officially in crab season. we are ready with the pots. a lot people are out here. they head out into the water. there is the hope it will be a big year. 30 minutes ago we caught up with the crew of the grinder, loading up 40 pots in the vote. today is the start of the crab season for the commercial fishermen. last season was

alexis smith? >> we do not have many details on the flipped big-rig but i can show you northbound 87 in san jose, on the off-ramp to capitol expressway on right shoulder. we have message crews on the way to the scene. the fire department is just arriving. more details in less than ten. >> after more than a year of watching the campaign it is time to make your voice heard. >> election day is here. polls are not open yet on the west coast but they are open in chappaqua, new york, where hillary clinton is entering the polling place. a m ago i saw bill clinton and hillary clinton the hallway...or beyonce or jay-z because there are a lot of phones in the air. it is hillary clinton because i saw her a moment ago walk past. she was supposed to be there, and slow is late. >> she only got a few hours of sleep last night ending her campaign in raleigh, north carolina. it has been a long few months, she is there with bill clinton and pressing the flesh as people get out their phones to get the video. >> no on

alexis smith. meteorologist mike nicco. >> how is it going. >> you warned me about falling back or i would have forgotten. >> did you check your smoke alarms? >> no! >> i have the hold one with the 9 volt battery and it is time to change those and get new ones. good point. >> good morning, everyone, we made it through the weekend. changed times. got extra sleep. the weather will be warmer this weekend. i am tracking fog around fairfield and half moon

alexis smith. abc 7 news. >> 5 and 6:00 a.m. wow. >> i know.ight why the bay bridge meetering lights haven't been updated in three decades. >> frustrating. also tells us what transit officials are doing to make your commute smoother. at 11:00. >> forecasts, smooth. that's changing. >> right. the meteorologist is back with that, drew. >> yeah, a lot of cloud cover. a mild night on the way. tracking sprinkles. live doppler seven showing you. front moving through. sa play supplied the cloud cover. notice over the past hour, how the sliver of green is shrinking. this system is falling apart. future weather. next couple hours. watch the front sink south. perhaps early tomorrow morning. a spot area of drizzle. in the north bay. this falls apart. south of the golden gate. san jose. redwood, oakland. san francisco. dry. cloud cover to start your saturday. highs, saturday. peeks of sunshine. 66, san francisco. 69, oakland. 72, san jose. 69, santa rosa. sunday, looking much brighter. nice afternoon on the way. mostly sunny. 4:00. really comfortable numbe

alexis smith has an update. >> fatal collision involving a pedestrian.80 in hayward area are shut down in the industrial area. everyone who want stuck behind the collision is being forced off. can you not see the on-ramp but it is blocked. we have an investigation that will take quite some time. we hear at least an hour and a half until we get the lanes open. also, a lengthy delay on the southbound side. i have the latest next. now, we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and the weather. >> scattered showers we talk about there is one, heading into napa and sliding over to american canyon and richmond-san rafael bridge, tiburon, mill valley, sausalito and soon-to-be golden gate bridge will be wet. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. we will see sunshine and clouds a brighter afternoon with temperatures in the upper 50s. another cork coming up with details next. >> a reminder on why it is important to take it easy on the roads, a box truck evertub on the bay bridge a few hours ago east of treasure island. a witness said that a jeep clipped the truck whi

alexis smith? >> we have a quiet start to the monday morning commute.the exception of right here the bay bridge toll plaza is congested. we have had the metering

i'm alexis smith in sky 7 with answers coming up. >> ama: and continuing the clinton dynasty. there is word this family is not done with politics just yet. jay i am sandhya patel. showers on live doppler 7 right now. find out if they'll affect your weekend plans. >> all of that is ahead. here is a look at "jimmy kimmel live." >> it is time to let the healing begin. >> are people bothering you for tickets. >> they are. >> how do you deal with that? that's crazy. >> i have 60 new cousins i >> dan: if you were with us last night at 11:00 we found out which lane is faster to the bay bridge toll plaza, fast tracker cash. >> ama: getting that far was part of the challenge. once you make it through the toll plaza you have to make it through the metering lights. >> dan: we want to know why certain drivers have an advantage on the morning traffic. >> ask any commuter and they will tell you how much they hate the metering lights. >> they are the cause of the traffic. if they let it go plum free it will be fine. >> sometimes it can make things worse. >> i believe thisy are very, very poo

in sky 7, alexis smith. >>> don't forget, alexis has your week kay commute covered everyday at 4:30 a.mthe clintons aren't done with politics just yet. the new york post reports her daughter chelsea is being groomed written for congress, including chappaqua new york, where hillary and former president bill clinton live. >>> the annual live where you give is off to a strong started to. second harvest food bank in san jose yesterday, spencer christian had a $15,000 check on behalf of our parent company, disney. the money will help feed 250,000 people a month. abc 7 has partnered with all of the bay area feeding america banks for 25 years. you can text the word "feed" to 80077 to help those in need this holiday season. >> good morning, live doppler 7, waking up to fog along the coast. but we have your port delays. you notice the green on the screen. this is really representing upper elevation, moisture, but at the lower levels, we're looking at one mile visibility, half moon bay, airport delays of about 40 minutes, snaterring of light showers and closer inspection into parts of marin count

and alexis smith. and mike nicco. a warm day? >> absolutely starting with fog.ew areas to talk about loan the coat at half moon bay, live doppler hd is show less than quarter-mile so be careful. petaluma is less than

now, to alexis smith with the traffic alert. >> it happened 20 minutes ago. we have major situation here. here is a look at this, on camera. it is hard to fell but check it out, a semi totally on its side. clearly this will be a long term blocking situation. this is southbound 101. only the far left lane is getting by. it does not sound like they have to fully close it. they will have to have one lane open to let the folks get by. the 880 interchange to southbound 101 is closed. the on-ramp you cannot take. i will show you i on the traffic map, we head to san jose. i am seeing a bit of a backup on southbound 101 and 880 interchange so if you are approaching that area the next two or three hours you will see a delay. i will tweet updates if we get an estimate on when it is clear. >> now to our other top story a burned out shell is all that remains of this apartment complex under construction in oakland more than 24 hours later, the investigation is on and questions, new questions are swirling. >> 2000 hours later street are still closed and coming to light is

i'm alexis smith in sky 7 with answers coming up. >> ama: and continuing the clinton dynasty. there is word this family is not done with politics just yet. jay i am sandhya patel. showers on live doppler 7 right now. find out if they'll affect your weekend plans. >> all of that is ahead. here is a look at "jimmy kimmel live." >> it is time to let the healing begin. >> are people bothering you for tickets. >> they are. >> how do you deal with that? that's crazy. >> i have 60 new cousins i never knew. >> dan: if you were with us last night at 11:00 we found out which lane is faster to the bay bridge toll plaza, fast tracker cash. >> ama: getting that far was part of the challenge. once you make it through the toll plaza you have to make it through the metering lights. >> dan: we want to know why certain drivers have an advantage on the morning traffic. >> ask any commuter and they will tell you how much they hate the metering lights. >> they are the cause of the traffic. if they let it go plum free it will be fine. >> sometimes it can make things worse. >> i believe thisy are ve

>> we have alexis smith. what are you seeing? >> back to this morning, reggie, you knew about this, a look at northbound 880 from sky 7. at 6:30 this "good morning washington" allen has were shut down for three hours. unfortunately it was a deadly collision involving a pedestrian. all the lanes are back open. it created a big backup that cleared after 9:00. we will phelps over to the traffic maps to show you how the stretch is looking. it is better. i'm not seeing any red long the corridor. it was around industrial north of there with heavy traffic, two crashes at high street southbound and northbound. but mostly the bay area is lit. give it a couple of hours. we will have an early afternoon rush. >> we are keeping a close eye on the sky if you are flying today conditions are clear. from the golden gate bridge and 280 in the south bay mother nature is driving drive as good day to get out of here. meteorologist mike nicco is here with a look at what to expect if you are leash town -- leaving town. >> live doppler hd is looking at

and to natasha zouves. >> and alexis smith. >> yes, alexis is here. >> good morning, guys.ike, let's talk. there are wet roads this morning. >> can we share that with everyone else? love talking with you. i want to talk to the other folks, danville and san ramon and dublin, into hayward, 238, 680 is wet and another good shower headed to menlo park. richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge, there are puddles, at 50 to 56 through 7:00 with showers tapering to sunny in the afternoon and low-to-mid 60s.

i am here with alexis smith. >> ready to tackle the last day of the week. >> want to jump out of bed and get to it. >> so fun. >> the north bay, you are under a frost advisory until 8:00 this morning. rohnert park is 33 and santa rosa is 33 the likely neighborhoods with frost. our east bay hills camera we have 7:00 temperature videoing from 33 to 47. sunshine and low-to-mid 60s at noon. low-to-mid 60s at 4:00 and a few high clouds and breezy. grab a coat this evening in the low-to-mid 50s with rain rolling in after midnight. alexis? >> trouble in walnut creek area. we zoomed in on the traffic camera and found a crash southbound 680 before main street. a couple of video are involved. one has hazards on. we don't have message crews on the scene. i expect that to happen soon. one vehicle involved in this is saying the tire is blown out. we will knee a tow truck. backup is next. >> breaking news of president-elect donald trump cabinet filling a flurry of positions this morning. retired army lieutenant general michael flynn is the new national security adviser. flynn is well-known for his

. >> i am reggie aqui with jessica castro and meteorologist mike nicco and traffic reporter alexis smith. mike, what is the weekend looking like? >> behind the scenes, join us at 6:30. today, you do not need the umbrella. live doppler hd is bone dry. 45 to 56 as cool this morning. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s at noon and hang out in the upper 60s to mid-70s at 4:00, and 58 to 65. we have issues to deal with as far as rain, timing is ahead. alexis? >> the bay bridge is looking okay. the lower deck has a couple of lanes blocked. the east bay has construction wrapped up in the san francisco area. in major slow downs anywhere. just a slight delay westbound 580 tracy to dublin at if 3 minutes. in green southbound 680 out of dublin 15 minutes and 101 to cupertino is 15 minutes. we will look at the south bay in less than ten. >> a body found in a shallow grave on the campus of sonoma state has been identified. >> he is 18-year-old missing for than two weeks. amy hollyfield is on campus in rohnert park. >> look behind me, the sheriff is not finished with the scene. it is roped off. they

. >> i am reggie aqui with alexis smith on traffic, and, also, last night i had my window open. too lazy to close it. i was freezing. all night. that gives you insight into my world. >> lazy. >> how was woodstock? he did not bring. >> blanket? >> keeping me warm. >> it is cold this morning. good morning, everyone i will focus on the north bay and get to the rest of the forecast where the frost advisory is. temperatures from 34 in napa and american canyon and 40 in mill valley. i saw a 29 in petaluma. that was cooler than everyone else. we have 40s around the bay shore. the day planner shows it will warm in the mid-and-upper 50s by noon and hang out by 60 at 4:00. grab the sunglasses. >> trying to figure out what is going on 880, a couple of incident for c.h.p. with crews on the way. southbound 880 beyond davis around oakland airport we have multi-car crash in the three left lanes but no backup forming. that could noon it is clearing. i have a significant stretch of road toward san mateo bridge with a car fire reported at 92 connection. we will get c.h.p. with an update. >> thank

with jessica castro and meteorologist mike nicco and alexis smith, our traffic reporter. >> mike, it is cold. >> yes and the next couple of nights colder, especially thanksgiving day morning. right now, we have talk about the fog. not very thick. the high clouds are taking over the north bay. that will preclude more of the fog forming. 37 and 50 quit a spread at 7:00. through the day planner, increasing clouds and temperatures hanging in the upper 50s to increasely 60 at 4:00, this evening, you will need the wet weather gear. how is the commute? >> we are okay. looking at the golden gate bridge i watched the zip are truck so giving you more program on the southbound side and obviously light volumes at this hour. drive times show southbound 680 and westbound 24 fine coming through the walnut creek area, just slight delays westbound 580 tracy to dublin is in the yellow up to 37 minutes. more on the traffic maps. >> if you travel for sunnyvale listen up, an area is shut down between woman and poplar for a couple of hours. you can see what is going on, east fremont after a high speed cha

alexis smith has a situation in the east bay. >> serious situation.s is our second situation lick this, this morning. a pedestrian was in the roadway eastbound 880 to westbound 580, fully closed and likely it will be long-term situation a deadly crash. we have walter reed eastbound 80 if you not you could cut over, you will not be able to. you can take central over to 580 so not too bad and backup will grow into the morning. i show you drive times in less than 10 minutes but right new we will check with meteorologist mike nicco with the dense fog. >> it is on the move and that is the issue. from the western side or the eastern side of the san mateo bridge you can barely see quarter-mile. we are officially three-quarters in hayward and oakland oakland. the east bay shoreline into the not bay, quarter-mile in petaluma and napa and mountain view. 280 at 17, you can see the fog in san jose, temperatures in the upper 40s to mid-50s hanging out in the 60 at noon and possibly 70 inland with hazy sunshine. rain is on the way tomorrow. >> more news a deadly cr

alexis smith, abc7 news. >> don't forget, alexis has your commute covered every morning starting at 4:30 a.m. >>> the person in charge of keeping bart safe is retiring. our media partners at the bay area news group said kenton raney will make december 31st his last day. he joined the department after a police officer shot and killed mr. grant. >>> hillary clinton may have just lost the presidential election but the clintons are not done with politics. the "new york post" reports that her daughter, chelsea clip, is being groomed to run for congress. she would run for the seat representing the area of chappaqua new york, where former president bill clinton and hillary clinton live. >> the an all give where you live thanksgiving food drive off to a very strong started to. spencer christian presented a $15,000 check on behalf of our parent company disney. it will help feed 250,000 people a month. abc7 partners with all seven. our food banks for 25 years. you can text word "feed" to the number 800772 to make that $10 donation to help those in need this holiday season. >>> now your accuweat

alexis smith? >> you mentioned fog in the north bay but we have dry pavement.e today better on the roads. only one blocking issue eastbound highway 4 in pittsburg area before loveridge a three car crash in the clean up stages. i don't think it will turn into a backup. we will see officer we can find fog on the traffic cameras next. >> overnight at a bart station downtown in san francisco this was an explosion. for a brief time it shut down the station. >> here is amy hollyfield. commuters are arriving? >> good morning all back to normal. can you see the station the escalator is running. the gate is open. bart said this is cautionary a week before the election there is a bart measure on the ballot. they had to shut down montgomery county station before midnight because of an explosion on the third rail. smoke was billowing over a train that passed over. the train was damaging. it was confusing for passengers. [ inaudible ] we wondered what was happen, and there was smoke. we got out. >> bart pet put out the fire. the fire department checked out the situation. th

alexis smith? >> good morning, off to a quiet start. bay bridge has road work and half an hour ago on the upper bridge of the it is wrapped up. all lanes are back open. and the fog on the visibility layer, heading to the central valley, little bit of stop and go traffic on westbound 205 and 580. >> bonfires, tear gas, and "go away donald trump," 7,000 protesters took to the streets in oakland. >> three officers were hurt in the process. our reporter is in oakland this morning. what does it look like? >> good morning, here is the morning after: a lot of graffiti. this is on building at 12th and broadway. notice, oakland is good at preparing for protests. they have boards in place at this building to prevent windows from being broken. they protected their windows. there was a lot of activity in the fire, fireworks protesters launched last night. they set fires to garbage and dumpsters. officers fired tear gas then we were throwing bottles at officers. three officers were hurt during the protests with throughs filling the street. some demo

alexis smith?, mike, looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, filling in a bit in the cash lanes at point where they need to get a few more cash only budgets open. a little bit after stackup. on the left and right sides. all green on the traffic flows with the slight exception. westbound 205 to 580 approaching the pass with stop and grow traffic. >> we start with breaking news, the death of former united states attorney general jacket reno. >> she died overnight due to complications from parkinson's disease. she was the first female united states attorney general served in the bill clinton white house from 1993 to 2001. she grow up and raced in miami, florida. before being appointed attorney general she was florida state attorney for a decade. her term had some controversies with the two most well-known are the raid in waco, texas, and the return of gonzalez back to cuba to history with his father. >> today is the final campaign of the campaign blitz for dump and hillary clinton before the election to

and alexis smith.nd mike 19 with a beautiful -- and mike nicco with a beautiful day. >> hugging weather. for a select few in the north bay valley, fall is the big issue -- fog is the big issue, half mile in petaluma and east washington street and railroad avenue up to river road. watch out. it is down to less than quarter-mile. you can see we are 43 to 53 this morning on the day planner. low-to-mid 60s at noon and low-to-upper 60s by 4:00. the other big story is how chilly it is. how is the commute? alexis? >> quiet. compared to yesterday. we have a problem in san jose northbound 680 before you get to alum pickup we have three or four vehicles involved in a collision and injuries. we are sorting this out along with c.h.p. we have crew on way and they are scattered across the roadway and to the shoulder. one is down an

. >> and alexis smith. >> yes, alexis is here. >> good morning, guys. mike, let's talk. there are wet roads this morning. >> can we share that with everyone else? love talking with you. i want to talk to the other folks, danville and san ramon and dublin, into hayward, 238, 680 is wet and another good shower headed to menlo park. richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge, there are puddles, at 50 to 56 through 7:00 with showers tapering to sunny in the afternoon and low-to-mid 60s. alexis? >> we have mass transit issues this morning. this is not too big of a deal but you will want to get to the ferry early if you take the san francisco bay ferry from the east bay. there is reduced capacity and three trip on the alameda and oakland routes to the san francisco ferry is on the smaller than normal vessel. do not be the last one on you may have to take the next boat. we have slow downs from the central valley. that is coming up in less than ten. >> in a week, people in california will pick the next president and what to legalize marijuana, the biggest city racing to tak

. >> alexis smith, and meteorologist mike nicco, and reggie aqui. >> look at that energy. good morning, everyone, we will talk about the fog on the move. just a second ago, petaluma changed from less than quarter-mile visibility to 10 so the fog is sliding south on we and heading to novato, we have tule fog in the central valley. from the east bay hills it is 37 to 50, so we have microclimbs along with the patchy fog, upper 50s with increasing clouds, and at 7:00 the rain will move into the north bay and i tell you when it gets to your neighborhoods. that is next. but, first, the commute. any obstacles, alexis? >> a few. san mateo bridge, westbound side moving in, leaving hayward to foster city. drive times you will like them: all green. southbound 101 leaving santa rosa to petaluma, westbound 580 castro valley to the maze is 14 minutes and northbound 101 from 280 and 680 split highway 85 in the green at 15 minutes. back to sunnyvale with a blocking situation in less than ten. >> we are tracking breaking news on president-elect donald trump transition to power. >> he is br

alexis smith? before 5:00, a crash involving three or four vehicles and still there, well over an hour later, so before bailey, we have a fall left lane, tow trucks are stuck in traffic, and look at this. from antioch, into the pittsburg area and beyond we up to six miles and crawling. only three or four more average in the area. ugly drive times up ahead. a miracle for trump supporters and for hillary clinton, a nightmare, donald trump is the next president of the united states and this is stunning for a few reasons. >> all of us knew watching every major poll ahead hillary clinton ahead and trump is the first person ever to be elected president without any government or military experience. we will look at the electoral college clinching the magical number at 270. the west coast precincts are coming in and hillary clinton is leading the popular vote and took that lead at 3:30 this morning and we watched the lead climb. right now it is 150,000 votes. protesters are livid and marched through the ba

. >> i am reggie aqui with jessica castro and meteorologist mike nicco and alexis smith with traffic. we expect fog and rain. that is a good way to put it but not so widespread as yesterday of. the rain is from fort bragg and headed to the northeast. it will slide into the north bay during the commute and sprinkles are there, temperatures are 49 to 59, and at noon, there is a chance for all of obvious to have scattered light rain at 59 to 64 and the chance will taper headed to the evening commute at 59 to 62. it will be cooler than yesterday. we have another storm coming up this weekend and fog to talk about this morning. that is next. >> we are looking better on the bay bridge with a disabled bridge blocking the far left lane on the treasure island tunnel, obviously on the westbound side of 80 that cleared 15 minutes ago. it is starting to unwind quickly. mass transit on time so far this morning for bart, ace one on time and muni is okay. next week, with the had had, thursday and friday a lot of mass transit agencies are on a holiday or modified schedule. keep that in mind. we will l

. >> whole team here, jessica castro, alexis smith and meteorologist mike nicco with good weather for the polls. >> no reason not for go. good morning, everyone, here is a look at the fog developing, with visibility as let as one in santa rosa and two in napa and the fog is on the move. be careful, at 29 and 101. from our roof camera at the ferry building, you can see the temperatures 61 degrees. waking up mainly in the 50s, bright at lunch with temperatures in the mid-60s to low 70s and by 4:00 upper 60s at the coast and mid-70s inland and a delightful evening, upper 50s to mid-60s. i have sprinkles and rough surf. is the commute rough? >> not too bad. you cannot use that as an excuse. if you are heading to the polls in an hour. look at our traffic maps, with a new issue southbound 880 before ace, a disabled vehicle turned into a collision and everything is off to the shoulder and that is an area that normally is stop-and-go. i will have an update and drive times in less than ten. >> hillary clinton cast her ballot to become the 45th president. we brought you that moment right here a

i am reggie aqui with jessica castro and meteorologist mike nicco and traffic reporter, alexis smith.ne more day. we can get through this. mike? >> folks like friday for cubs fans. >> good morning, everyone. it is quiet. you can see from sutro tower exactly the lack of cloud cover out there. i want to talk about what will happen for the day, planning it out by looking at our temperatures in the mid-50s and mid-40s to mid-50s and mid-60s to mid-70s with sun at 4:00. grab a coat this evening, upper 50s to mid-60s by 7:00. i am tracking thick fog and dangerous surf is developing with details coming up. alexisalexis? >> we had road work slowing things down northbound 880 and we improved significantly. we had the two left lanes closed for paving. it is cleared ahead of schedule. there is no delay right now. we will check out the bay bridge toll plaza coming up. >>> developing news in sonoma, offcers are keeping a close eye on the sonoma state campus after the discovery of a body or it seems like it is a body. >> it was found partly buried near a campus parking lot in rohnert park. amy holl

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. >> we have coverage including alexis smith tracking it all morning. a traffic alert right now. >> a it is. the number of vehicles are ten. total. that is what the crews are up against. we are looking at under four miles backup, northbound 880 around 237. and milpitas. they are work on getting it cleaned. we have two lanes open. all lanes were blocked for 45 minutes. it is slowly recovering. it will be a while before we get all lanes open. if you can avoid it take northbound 680 or 101 a better choice. >> we will ton the coverage of the bad crash with our news reporter. >> matt on the scene at 880. >> a nightmare. we took back roads to get where we are standing on will calaveras overpass. my photographer said you can see what is happening. a couple of tow trucks are on the side of the road. at northbound 880. before calaveras. the good news in the last five minutes they have opened up two lanes so that is great news for the people who are backed up to the south of us. sky 7 is showing how far the backup goes and how bad the crash was. multiple cars, c.h.p. is dealing with a car f

alexis smith? >> no one is on the roads.ail if you are heading owe the door, westbound 92 across the san mateo bridge, in tapping of the breaks, and van ness has major changes to the van ness improvement project. tonight at 10:00 you will see the reconfiguration of van ness and broadway most left continues going away and we kick off the monday morning commute it reduces from 3:00 to 2:00 and it will last a couple of years. >> trending this morning the apaying resolution cause of two bald eagles in florida. look at video, a cheering crowd gathering as the eagle was freed from the storm drain. it started as a territory fight, and they fell to the ground and were stuck. was was on continue of the ear and after an hour one of eagle flew away pushing the other further down so that made for a progress and the officials reached into the drain and pulled out the female now checked for wounds. >> amazon customers could be in for a refund to reimburse people whose kids made unauthorized purchases much. >> breaking news from oakland po

with meteorologist mike nicco and traffic reporter, alexis smith. >> we are wishing mickey birthday,heers to 88. >> he looks great. >> ages well. >> i guess we drinking what he drinks. >> frost advisory continues in the north bay valley and chilly inland, walnut creek is 36 degrees in the east bay. ton a sunshine and low-to-mid 60s. comfortable outside. breezy in the afternoon, upper 50s and hid 60s the rest us. stars and high clouds and dress for tempertures in the mid-to-upper 50s with moderate-to-heavy rain with more on that next. alexis? >> i so time to getten more coffee it is quiet with traffic. we are filling in through the bay bridge toll plaza so no metering lights but we will have those here quickly. the original slow spot is westbound 580 tracy to dublin up to 36 minutes and that is not too bad southbound 680 and northbound 85 to the south bay looking good. >> breaks president-elect donald trump is filling more positions for national security adviser and law enforcement teams, three positions now filled, reuters reported alabama senator jeff sessions accepted the offer for

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jessica castro is here, mike nicco and alexis smith, looking at the vehicles for us this morning. how does it look outside. >> rain. >> are you? >> why not. >> just a little. just a little. good morning, everybody. here is a live look at doppler 7. we've had some of it reach the ground. as you're moving into the north bay, costra county, here is a look at richmond, where the radar was showing a little activity. you can see not anything possibly reaching the ground. temperatures, mid 30s to mid 40s, mid 50s at noon, to mid and upper 50s this afternoon. let's see how the morning commute is starting. >>> it has been fairly quiet, although we have had this problem in east bay for at least the last 40 minutes or so. eastbound 580 before park boulevard, single vehicle, most likely a rollover collision. we heard from chp this is a major injury. we haven't gotten word about an investigation yet, but they were running traffic breaks, a little slow traffic on eastbound 580, which is normally wide open this time of day. metering lights on early this morning. we will talk about that next. >>>

here for alexis smith.is bringing drizzle. >> that is what you get from me. ing in more. >> i bought all of you thinks on friday. >> the pressure now...i have to ship today. good morning, everyone, all good. we have drizzle and a random shower. can you so a few sprinkles on the exploritorium camera at pier 15 and 45 to 52 and headed to noon it will be breezy and dry and clouds open and we hang out in the mid-to-upper 50s and in the 40s elsewhere by 8:00 so grab a coat this evening. the morning commute, sue? >> a couple of hot spots with new exit on the the sunol grade when 84 before 680 traffic is stacking up. consider stanley boulevard as the alternate and earlier accident in fairfield cleared out of the lanes and six or seven cars involved and traffic stacked up toward the parkway so give yourself plenty of time and southbound 880 near hayward before ripple, an accident at two or three lanes involved with debris not lane stacked up to 238 to castro valley. we are back with an update on this and more in a

>>ue is he for alexis smith. >> meteorologist mike nicco is bringing us the drizzly commute. >> still wet. but it will dry. it will lead to warme temperatures by t weekend. we have drizzle to light showers keeping us wet and even the south by. heaviest during overnight with sannrancisco at pier 15 at .06". the shower chance tapers by luh with the day planner in the mid-to-upper 50s. sue has the commute. >> we have an update eastbound 80 at university a car that flip over the guardrail or a truck want or the guard rail and this is guardrail repair and caltrain will need to close down two lanes to get the overturned truck up and righted and that will happen in the next few minutes with an update. theestbound is the commute direction and it and moving getting thick but it is move nicely >> we will turn to the trump transition, election officials in wisconsin are expected to meet to discuss a national timeline for a recount, which are possible in pennsylvania and michigan. >> aeries of tweets from the president-elect after the push for recounts saying serious voter fraud in virginia, n ha

alexis smith? >> the bay bridge toll plaza is wide on 20 minutes until the lights flip on. we have fog as mike has been telling us, usual suspects as far as that is concerned. westbound highway 4 before bailey road we are getting a report of he to four car collision in the bay point area and the far last land is blocked and the speeds are slowing and filling in, in the red, from pittsburg. dry times are coming up at 5:20. at break i want to look you with a look at more local election results. >> welcome back, more results and the state senate right now the race in district eleven including all of san francisco and parts of northern san mateo county with san francisco supervisor leading here at 53% with 100% reporting. >> in western alameda, asked to approve measure c1 to extend $85 year tax to be able act trance to maintain current service without fare increases and overwhelmingly passing 82%. in marin county measure "a" expanded services for children and it passed with 63%. >> would san francisco voters approve measure "k" to increase the sales tax? the answer in san franc

meteorologist mike nicco is here, and sue is here for alexis smith. mike, bring us the good weather. >> outside as far as fog right now, petaluma is confirm visibility. that could stretch down to novato with tule fog to stockton. from the exploritorium camera you can see the embarcadero center looking lovely. temperatures are freezing cold inland valleys and mid-30s to mid-50s. as we head to noon, temperatures are in the mr. trump 50s and we will hang out in the mid-to-upper 50s with increasing high clouds by 4:00. at 7:00, no worries if you are heading outshipping, grab a coat you will need it as we fall into the 40s. sue? >> not much of a commute. that is the nice thing about being on a thanksgiving holiday. no metering lights on the bay bridge. it is easy from golden gate field into san francisco, and the golden gate bridge has three lanes. the parking lots, north and the south at the golden gate bridge are restricted to parking between 11:00 and 5:00 you cannot park there only the tour buses. if you have family in town bear that in mind. >> antioc

with meteorologist mike nicco and alexis smith and jessica castro. snow in the bay area. >> it has once. in ten years. i have driven to work. >> it must have been quit a day. >> for half a mile stretch. that was it. not today. get to go to the sierra. i have rain. live doppler 7 hd shows santa rosa to rohnert park to petaluma, and another moving through novato to marinwood. and toward san rafael. be careful. it will be wet again. from mount tamalpais you hardly see anything. that is how scattered the natures are. temperatures around 40 to 52. in the upper 50s with mostly sunny conditions through the 4:00 hour. we will drop into the 40s and 50s so grab a coat. i have more rain this weekend. >> not teach of a break in the bay bridge toll plaza with the metering lights on since 5:33 so it is congested. not terrible drive

alexis smith found out why some have the inside advantage. >> reporter: ask my commuter and they willyou how much they hate the bay bridge metering lights. >> they are the cause of traffic if they let it go flow-free like everywhere else we would be fine. >> i understand what they are trying to do by sometimes it makes things worse. >> i believe they are very, very poorly run and they really cause a lot of congestion. >> but are they? from sky 7 you can see what happens. cars come through, as many as 16 lanes at the toll plaza. that narrows to 12 at the metering lights and just down to just 5 lights across the bridge. we wanted to know how much time those metering lights may be costing drivers. so we used sky 7 to find out we conducted our own time challenge with two abc7 news cars. the car with the red 7 took the fast track lane. >> the blue car, the cash car approaching the tollbooth right now. >> despite the stop and go traffic, the red car played it from the toll plaza to the metering lights in three minutes. not bad. the cash lane took nearly four times as long, 11 minutes. >> th

so abc 7 morning traffic reporter alexis smith and sky 7 conducted our own bay bridge time challenge during one morning's commute. >> let's see which lane won, fast track or cash. >> it's a mind numbing crawl to get to the bay bridge toll plaza in the morning. drivers weave in and out of traffic. >> what seem like a 15 minute drive should take up to an hour. >> it's getting worse, the fast track lanes is backed up more than the cash lane. >> we wanted to know what's really happening. i got in sky 7 to give us a view from above. all of them take fast truck, still some except fast track. what is really faster, we did a comparison and two abc 7 news car with cameras and put 7s on the roof so we can track them. we started to see how long it takes to get at the toll plaza. the blue 7 is going through the cash lanes and we've got the red 7 going through the fast track lanes. minutes in, so far looks like cash is moving a little bit faster. what's keeping the red 7. it had to cross over to get into the only lanes in the center. >> i was trying to get over. cash car's lead doesn't last long.

so abc 7 morning traffic reporter alexis smith and sky 7 conducted our own bay bridge time challengee morning's commute. >> let's see which lane won, fast track or cash. >> it's a mind numbing crawl to get to the bay bridge toll plaza in the morning. drivers weave in and out of traffic. >> what seem like a 15 minute drive should take up to an hour. >> it's getting worse, the fast track lanes is backed up more than the cash lane. >> we wanted to know what's really happening. i got in sky 7 to give us a view from above. all of them take fast truck, still some except fast track. what is really faster, we did a comparison and two abc 7 news car with cameras and put 7s on the roof so we can track them. we started to see how long it takes to get at the toll plaza. the blue 7 is going through the cash lanes and we've got the red 7 going through the fast track lanes. minutes in, so far looks like cash is moving a little bit faster. what's keeping the red 7. it had to cross over to get into the only lanes in the center. >> i was trying to get over. cash car's lead doesn't last long. it looks

alexis smith, abc7 news. >> alexis has your traffic covered every morning is that righting starting at0 a.m.. still ahead on abc7 mornings, a hidden killer of one of the most popular breeze of dogs. a desperate search to find a medical breakthrough for golden retrievers. here's a look from the sutro cam. a gorgeous shot. fog blanketing san francisco. lisa will have your forecast in a few minutes. a gorgeous this is the new comfort food. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. california grown with no antibiotics ever. just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you need to make thanksgiving magic. chex party mix. it's what thanksgiving is made of. ♪ sweet cinnamon-sugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. crave those crazy squares. >> a man had plenty of company when he walked his dying dog for when he walked his dying dog for the last time. thanks to a post on social media. hundreds of people turned out at port beach in southwestern england to join mark woods and his dog, walnut. woods tweeted, "walk with walnut" and invited others before the terminally-ill w

we will check with alexis smith and littest. >> this is causing a headache on the streets through san francisco. they were at jefferson and mason for kuwait some time idle at the intersection and now they are manufacturing enon jefferson through the fishermen's wharf area. in vehicles are getting through including mass transit. they were on market and get an update from muni and normal bus service has been resume on market and the police activity has cleared from market only. there are long delays on the embarcadero and inbound on the bay bridge a ripple affect on them. as well. we will watch this on sky 7. we hoped they would not go on the highways including the bay bridge and they have kept off so far, but it does not many there is not a residual affect. >> the forecast, and the exploritorium, high clouds but warm. showers in the north by on saturday and on tuesday for the rest of us of thity or warmer in san jose. morgan hill to napa, upper 70s, and mid-to-upper 70s around the bay. low 70s at the coast. this is how the afternoon and evening breakdown, we will be cooler at the coast