alexis smith. >> good morning. >> reggie and jessica have the day off today. g issue in tracy. >> unfortunately, this happened just after 4:00. we have a crash involving a double trailer semi. one of the trailers on the semi flipped over. i have our waze computer pulled up. want to zoom in to where this is. westbound 205 before you get to macarthur drive, trats where we have the crash. we have really slow speeds approaching that. you're down to 4 or 5 miles an hour. i want to zoom back to show you how far this reaches. it's beyond the i-5 and 120 interchange. right now, all those red dots, yeah, those are folks just sitting in standstill traffic. a lot of folks saying this is not great. we are certainly sitting in a heavy backup. the only good news, we don't have any major injuries reported, and we have two lanes open now. we were down to just one for about the last hour. so keeping a close eye on this. right now, let's check in with mike. you are saying we have interesting weather this week. >> a little bit of a roller coaster. hi, everybody. let's look at liv

. >> straight to alexis smith in the traffic center. >> a serious crash that happened just after 4:00 this morning. we got that confirmed fatality before going on the air at 4:30 today. a sig alert in effect. all westbound lanes of interstate 80 closed at el portal in san pablo. you can cut over, use surface streets. san pablo avenue to get back to east bay 80. no huge delays right now. the holiday tomorrow, so most folks are off. we'll see what it's doing to our drive times and talk with ter nats in a few minutes. >>> the clouds have not quite moved in yet. the winds on live doppler 7 about 28 martin o'malleiles perr fairfield. temperatures mid to upper 50s. upper 50s at the coast. in the middle, the bay, low to mid 70s. low 70s. noon to 4:00 to 7:00. 80 to 77 for the inland neighborhoods. warmer but nothing outrageous on this monday. a look at the independence day forecast coming up. news from natasha and reggie. >>> for the fourth time in five years a fire station in east contra costa county closes because of lack of funding. the station is in knightsen. it's expected to increase r

. >> straight to alexis smith in the traffic center. >> a serious crash that happened just after 4:00g. we got that confirmed fatality before going on the air at 4:30 today. a sig alert in effect. all westbound lanes of interstate 80 closed at el portal in san pablo. you can cut over, use surface streets. san pablo avenue to get back to east bay 80. no huge delays right now. the holiday tomorrow, so most folks are off. we'll see what it's doing to our drive times and talk with ter nats

our traffic reporter alexis smith is watching that for us. >> yeah. it's impacting one line right now. we're hearing this is a one-alarm structure fire, not too far from san francisco state. we've got the fire at randolph and ramsell impacting the m-oceanview muney line. we did get the all clear about 20 minutes ago from muney, that the outbound side was back open so just the inbound side is blocked. they do have some bus shuttles supplementing that service until they get the all clear. doesn't sound like it's something that will be blocking the entire afternoon. reggie? >> alexis, thank you. >>> new details on a grass fire burning in the south bay. the phillippi fire has spread to 70 acres. the good news is it's 80% contained. this broke out yesterday in san phillippi and metcalf road. everybody is okay and no homes, no structures are threatened. officials say it appears it started as a car fire and then spread to the dry grass. >>> new this morning interstate 80 closed in both directions at the california-nevada state line. you can see the reason wh

let's check in with traffic reporter alexis smith. how do we get around this thing? >> reporter: my number one piece of advice here and the most significant part of the course closure is going to be northbound lantz of golden gate bridge so all lanes will be shut down between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m. sunday morning. the southbound side of the bridge will be open to southbound traffic. the runners will be on the northbound side so folks will be going really slowly. plan for that. a lot of surface street closures, too, including the embarcadero starting at midnight sunday and goes until 2:45 p.m. this winds all throughout the city, through golden gate park, the mission, financial district, fishermen's wharf, you name it. be aware. i lot of street closures in place and a giants game day, 1:05 first pitch so if you're going to the game. there will be detours heading to at&t park as well. let's check in with mike you've got a pretty nice race day forecast, right, mike? >> the full marathon, the 26 or the 100? >> i was going to sign you up for the 26.2. >> that's very kind of yo

. >> reporter: traffic reporter alexis smith discussed secondary accidents this morning. >> you have standstill traffic for so long, everyone is anxious to get moving again. people take off, maybe not paying attention and we get the secondary crashes, too. >> reporter: the officer says chp typically responds to secondary fender benders. this is the first time he's seen back-to-back fatal accidents on the same stretch of road. now my photographer steve and i drove past that second accident shortly after it happened, and steve remembers seeing a yellow cab and a blue trailer on that semi truck that was initially pulled over to the side and then fled the scene. so, again, a couple of conflicting report of what the semi truck looked like but chp is asking for everyone's help in finding it. we know a yellow cab is what most witnesses are reporting so please be on the lookout. live at chp headquarters in oakland, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> tiffany, thank you. >>> president trump is taking aim at the media once again today ahead of his first fourth of july in the white house. critics sa

some road closures and mass transit changes, and of course we go to our expert, traffic reporter alexis smith. >> hey reggie, i want to say i've got all this information on our website, abc7news.com. if you miss anything, double check. that's a great resource for you. gold cup final tonight, 6:30 start. we have the drive closed around the stadium. that happened around 9:30 this morning. a lot of smaller surface streets closing throughout the day. and america is open now until 10:00 tonight. so, police are saying they're not going to be able to set up the patterns that they normally are for a big event. that's going to make things even tougher. for that p.m. commute, we are expecting some really heavy volumes and those poorlts to open up at 1:30 today. for the five hours before the event, we're expecting traffic. at 9:30 when the event lets out. mass transit, the way to go, ramping up service with extra trains, cars, they will provide extra buses as necessary throughout the afternoon. or we can take cal train to santa clara station and jump on to the stadium. no matter what way you're getting

alexis smith and mike nicco giving us some weather this weekend. >> got a little fog right now. that won't be the case over the weekend as it's going to get hot in many neighborhoods. you can see the fog mainly along the coast. it is spilling into some of our lower elevations. but it's going to go away faster than yesterday. you can see it trying to swallow the bay bridge on our south camera there. here's your 12-hour day planner. temperatures this morning, 7:00, in the mid to upper 50s. that bottom line is the coast. we're going tosty in the 50s for the most part. 72 to 77 around the bay. and that top line, 83 to 90 w

alexis smith is here good morning. >> good morning. >> and mike nicco as well. >> got a few clouds outno drizzle, no fog and it looks like a cool day for most of us. we go to live dopplar 7 k5u7bd see the lack of cloud cover in most neighborhoods. it will try to make a late search like yesterday. but the dark gray, that's the cloud cover. we're starting in the mid-i fists archd 60s. 60 in san francisco, 70s inland and as we head towards 4:00 we're still in the 60s, even some 80s inland and then fall back into the fists, 60s, and 70s by 7:00. >> we were starting with a significant alert, state rout 152 we had a jackknifed semi. we are in the clearing stages but we do have a little bit of red that's still thing out that's at dinosaur point so the so that vehicle off the roadway at that point but i think that will return to normal very soon. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza looking great so far this morning. no metering lights as of yet but that should happen in about an hour. >> wnchts very new details where firefighters are still at the scene of a large grass fire. >> they kept

alexis smith, mike nicco. >> we're all wearing dark clothes. >> dark colors, too, yeah.depressing. >> will there be sunshine today? that's what we need to know. >> yes, i tried to bring out the pink try, contrast it to show you what's going to happen this afternoon. good morning, everybody. here's a look at live doppler 7. i overlaid the visibility layer. unless we're down below two miles, we're doing okay. keping an eye on the coast because the marine layer is

. >> alexis smith is tracking a serious traffic issue this morning. >> unfortunately, a fatality issuender way. things did improve about 15 minutes ago when we got two left lanes open. we had a full highway closure. now it's just the three right lanes and chp is saying it's at least until 5:30 until they get it wrapped up. could be longer. backup not looking terrible, but you can use el camino real or 280 for an alternate. just a repeat of what we had on friday, southbound 880 between 23 and 28, all lanes closed for road work. take your pick. 3 miles per hour on 880 or 67 miles per hour on eastbound 580. if you're traveling early, i would definitely stick to 580 and a quick check outside. the bay bridge toll plaza. once you make it here, everything is looking great. no metering lights yet. let's check in with mike with a look at the forecast. >> hey, everybody. open the weather window on the golden gate bridge, looking for carl the fog. he's not there, but the west wind at 16 is. and that's what's going to have to do for the cooling trend today. it will be sunny today, not as hot. i do

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let's get over to alexis smith with traffic now. hi, alexis. >> hey, good morning.east bay. westbound 580 ramp to westbound 980, reports of a crash blocking two lanes just of that connector. it shouldn't have a major impact if you are heading to the maze. as you can see, no delays there until you pass the 980 interchange. quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza. still have metering lights on, so an average commute but no major issues right now. natasha? >> sound ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ where all the walls echo with laughter ♪ ♪ and every room has its own chapter ♪ you've carried on your family's tradition. let us help you prepare for your family's future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. the six-dollar subway club. it's everyone's favorite, hey look, it's everyone's favorite, the six-dollar sweet onion chicken teriyaki. advertising. they're footlongs and they're six bucks each. subway. so. much. sandwich. >>> hi, there! let's take a look at our temperatures. we range from about 51 in santa rosa, santa rosa 55, fremont down to 59. 52 at san

alexis smith has a quick look at traffic now. hey, alexis. >> hey, good morning.ot much has changed. we still have some heavy traffic on westbound 92 across the san mateo bridge, crash near the toll plaza has cleared, but we've got a new hazard reported. not sure if that's a disabled vehicle or some type of debris. once you make it out closer to the midspan. also still have our sig alert westbound 580 right around san ramon road. still have a crash blocking the far right lane, trying to clean up spilled cargo, so tracy to castro valley, 1 hour, 12 minutes. be in 101, highway 85 to the san jose airport, not terrible, 21 minutes. and northbound 280 highway 1 to san francisco, looking great, in the green at just ten minutes. >> alexis, thank >>> good morning. you're going to notice a change when you step outside. it's 15 degrees cooler in some neighborhoods. a lot of low to upper 50s today. 60 in gilroy, 63 in brentwood, our warm spots. look at the breezes at the golden gate, 20. . in fact, that's what's going to bring us those foggy spots along our roads for the res

. >> over to alexis smith tracking a big issue affecting a lot of people. >>> it was a major issue. we just got the great news that the sig alert was canceled and all lanes are back open. we have been tracking the crash since just after 4:00 this morning. it was a fatal collision. so obviously they had to do the investigation into the san pablo avenue area there, and all traffic was being diverted to el portal drive. excuse me. for over an hour and a half. everything just wrapped up about, oh, i would say five minutes ago. you saw from our live shot a few minutes ago, too, tiffany wilson and her crew picking up their speed. seeing still significant delays but it should unwind quickly. holiday late traffic everywhere else. no metering lights on the bay bridge toll plaza. quick check of drive times. 23 minutes westbound 580 tracy to dublin. southbound 680 looks great. let's check in with mike nicco. pretty nice weather on tap for today. >> tried to match the drive time traffic numbers you have there. everybody green. you have to like that. hi, everybody. a look at the east bay hills c

let's bring alexis smith in here. how are you doing? >> doing all right.tunately. we had a pretty busy morning. in fact, we had a lot of crashes last hour. now we're in recovery mode in quite a few places. we had not one but two collisions on southbound 680 near lake herman road. both of those are long gone at this point, but boy, still have residual delays. having a hard time clearing those out. if you're leaving the cordelia area, still down to 17 miles per hour and maybe another slow spot approaching that earlier crash scene. but earlier, i was recommending taking westbound 80 to 780. that was going to save you a few minutes. now it's starting to fill in and slow down. honestly, i don't think that's going to be worth going the longer way around. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza. we have metering lights on. they have been that way for about an hour and 15 minutes. then a quick check of mass transit, 57 b.a.r.t. trains in service. no issues there. new train testing for muni. and vta, looking great. normal service in the south bay. next travel upda

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. >> we're a group, and alexis smith tracking the backup that remains in tracy. >> unfortunately, i haven't folks heading back to work. most of you, a lot of you, stretched it out to a full week with the fourth of july holiday. we're getting the volumes back to normal and looking at hefty delays still. westbound 205 around holly drive, everything on the shoulder now, but the semi with the flipped trailer, a double trailer semi off on the shoulder. at some point, they're going to have to upright that and close the two right lanes again. in the yellow, once you make it to 205, we're looking at pretty hefty delays still. also, westbound 580 near north flynn, a disabled vehicle blocking the left lane. and then southbound 880 near fruitvale avenue, still have that crash blocking the far left lane. we'll check on drive times coming up next. right now, let's check in with mike. >> good morning, hi, everybody. let's jump right into the numbers for today. starting at 7:00 this morning, 50s along the coast into san francisco. 60s for the rest of us. watch the fog go back to the coast by noon. tempera

. >> alexis smith is tracking the roads. how are you looking right now?ing pretty well. looking at emeryville, heavy traffic, westbound 80. as you head to the maze, we have a report of some type of hazard. they really haven't given us too much info. not sure if it's a disabled vehicle or some type of debris around powell street, but we have heavier volumes if you're coming past golden gate field and the albany area. that's where you're going to start to show down. a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights on since 5:23. pretty average commute through the bay bridge toll plaza and into san francisco. so far, drive times looking decent. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, 20 minutes. 80 to bay bridge, 17 minutes, let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. pretty comfortable out there so far today. >> really is. and it may be comfortable for most of us the next couple days. hi, everybody. here's a look at what's going on in the east bay hills and valleys. mt. diablo, prominent over my left shoulder. even some color, pink starting to

i'll map those out for you, and here is the busy alexis smith this morning. >> i'm doing to have allut 15 minutes, too, and they're on our website if you want to check right now. for now, though, for the moment, we're looking pretty good. southbound 680 through walnut creek, we had the same overnight closure we had two nights ago. however, we did not have the major backup that we had yesterday morning. those lanes cleared ahead of schedule, so before 5:00 a.m. and we never had a big backup. and looking friday night with our travel times. tracy to dublin, 33 minutes. southbound decision 80 in the green at 16. and northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino at 15 minutes. just hearing about a new crash on northbound 101 in san jose. we'll check on that next. >> on top of the marathon shutdowns we're going to see, we're also seeing a subway shutdown in san francisco. it starts this weekend. muni metro riders won't be able to get on trains for many hours a week. >> it's definitely going to be a headache, but it's for a new thing. it's for muni's new train. so that's the good news. abc7 news

we've been watching fog all morning, both of us, alexis smith, in case you didn't know.been working for the last hour and 15 minutes. you're starting to see other spots. >> widespread and thicker in areas than when we started. here's a look at golden gate, exhibit a, quite a bit denser than even 30 minutes ago. definitely slow down and drive for conditions this morning. you want to increase the following distance quite a bit so you have more reaction time when you have reduced visibility. also have the visibility layer on top of the traffic maps. the brighter the white, the denser the fog. you're seeing gray and paler colors. not seeing too bright of white, maybe south of santa rosa. north bay, you have fog. filling in in the east bay, too. the oakland, san leandro area, you could see reduced visibility. let's take you down to the gilroy, hollister area, state route 25 and 152. we have dense areas too. keep in mide, it is going to be a factor in many areas. we'll take a look at drive times just before 6:00. >> here's an interesting idea. two hotels in one building. new a

alexis smith and mike nicco giving us some weather this weekend. >> got a little fog right now. that won't be the case over the weekend as it's going to get hot in many neighborhoods. you can see the fog mainly along the coast. it is spilling into some of our lower elevations. but it's going to go away faster than yesterday. you can see it trying to swallow the bay bridge on our south camera there. here's your 12-hour day planner. temperatures this morning, 7:00, in the mid to upper 50s. that bottom line is the coast. we're going tosty in the 50s for the most part. 72 to 77 around the bay. and that top line, 83 to 90 with everybody back mainly in the 50s, 60s, and 70s by 7:00. we'll talk more about that heat coming up. how about the commute this morning? >> we have one hot spot in the east bay. overnight road work on southbound 880 and all traffic is forced off at 23rd avenue just briefly and then you get right back on southbound 880, but boy, pretty decent backup if you're heading through in the early morning hours. you want to take 580 instead. cruising along at 64 miles per h

let's check traffic now with alexis smith. hey, alexis. >> hey, good morning.s are definitely ramping up. we've got several blocking issues at this point, one of the worst ones a multicar crash, four vehicles, northbound 280 past san jose avenue as you get into south san francisco. so, the three right lanes are blocked, backed up into daly city. also checking out state route 92, a look at the westbound side just before you get to the toll plaza. at this point we do have a crash at industrial. sounds like that was just pushed off to the shoulder. back to you. >> alexis, >>> let's start your day with some cool and mild temperatures. low to mid-60s already in brentwood, concord, hayward, san jose, los gatos. everybody else in the 50s. for the commute planner today, clouds and sunshine on the roads. on the bay not as breezy. no small craft advisory and mass transit, no real worries today. my accuweather seven-day forecast. remember the steady temperatures we've been talking about? they will continue through at least friday, then that quick burst of heat inland for

. >>> let's get over to alexis smith for a check of your traffic. hi, alexis. >> hey! want to update you on a couple previous trouble spots here this morning. we're starting to improve, believe it or not. northbound 101 through san jose, still seeing this delay at 880, but things are starting to unwind. our two multicar crashes that we had just south of trimble road have cleared, so that's starting to bounce back. also improving, southbound 880 in the oakland area, just before fruitvale. we had all lanes temporarily stopped. everything cleared about 30 minutes ago and we are back in the green. back to you. >> alexis, thank you. meteorologist lisa argen is >>> good morning to you. you're waking up to this beautiful picture here in san francisco. partly cloudy skies. temperatures will come up slightly today due to a wind shift. it's 60 in mountain view, 54 at the coast with the clouds. and for mt. tam, it's looking pretty sunny. 57 in napa. highs today ranging from the upper 60s in the city and we'll hit 90 inland, but still partly cloudy. natasha? >> thank you, lisa. co

. >>> let's get over to alexis smith with traffic now. hi, alexis. >> hey, good morning.ere for our sig alert in the north bay. so, napa county still trying to clean up that flipped mail truck, that big rig that flipped over on the side about 4:30 this morning. both northbound state route 29 lanes are blocked just past tower road. that is still a sig alert, so you are detoured to south kelly road. also some hefty delays out of the central valley into the tri-valley. we had a crash westbound 580 at portola avenue. that has cleared, but backup remains, and of course, you're heavy before altamont pass. natasha? >> alexis, thank you. meteorologist m >>> we'll start with the 60s this morning in brentwood, livermore and los gatos, 60 to 64 there. rest of us in the mid-to-upper 50s until you get to novato and santa rosa at 52. we have more cloud cover this morning, a little bit of fog out there, so watch out for that during your commute planner. it will be breezy north of the bay bridge again this afternoon. mass transit quite a spread about 30 degrees from san francisco to inla

let's get to alexis smith with a check of traffic now. >> good morning.we just got a new problem in for san francisco. so, southbound 280 as you head out of town at mariposa, a multicar crash is blocking the two right lanes now. emergency crews just on the way to the scene. that just in a couple moments ago. the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights still on at this point, thinning out just a bit on the left-hand side, but we've got our typical delays through the toll plaza. overall, though, a pretty decent start to our day. >>> good morning. if you're stepping outside right now, temperatures from about 53 in santa rosa to 65 in brentwood, most of us in the upper 50s. the cloud deck's rather broken, so we'll go from clouds to sunshine on the roads today. looks dry all day. mass transit cool to warm. and if you're on the bay south of the bay bridge is where we have our small craft advisory today. it's going to be a little breezy there. all right, temperatures are going to hold steady today and tomorrow. the heat is still on this weekend with 100s inland,

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