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this is west 80 at ashby.his is a huge problem for the east shore freeway, jamming up out of richmond. this traffic alert continues. that makes it really bad coming off the upper east shore freeway, but great if you're coming down through the maze. now, problem if you are heading to the maze, though, west 24 in the caldecott tunnel, someone lost a bumper. doesn't sound like a major crash, but a problem causing more slowing. likely a traffic break. two issues there affecting folks in alameda and contra costa county. anywhere south of there, looking great. anywhere west, looking great. peninsula and south bay just starting the morning commute over here. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. >>> breaking news that we're following this morning, and a live look. this is in clayton where firefighters are trying to knock down a brush fire that started yesterday afternoon, forcing about 1,000 people to evacuate. we do have some good news this morning. we're learning firefighters have managed to stop that fire from

and 80 at ashby a "sig alert" remains in effect with three lanes blocked. well beyond highway 4. >> if you want a check of the march fire, current conditions the closest weather gauge is by mount diablo so gusts 24 miles per hour at the top of the ridgetops. high today in clayton 100. yesterday 104. right now look at the skies though above the clouds, it's warm. below the clouds in the 50s and 60s. afternoon highs today will certainly feel warm if you are anywhere inland look at that 98 in concord, 99 in livermore. >> if you are inland drink lots of water. >> thank you for watching. hope you're off to a good thursday morning. your next local update is 7:26. >> "cbs this morning" is next. >>> good morning, to our viewers in the west. it's thursday, july 26th, 2018. >>> police are investigating an explosion outside the embassy in beijing. one man under arrest. >>> a devastating wildfire destroys homes in california and causes the evacuation of an entire town. in the east, record-breaking rains continue to soak tens of mllions of people. >>> first on "cbs this

this is a big problem in emeryville westbound 80 between ashby and powell.e have a truck that lost control and took out barrels and they cannot move it. it's blocking the three right gt a tow truck in position. they need a street sweeper to get the sand from the barrels cleaned up. one lane inching by at the moment sort of having a weird effect, the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights on because so many folks are stuck in this. coming in from 580 or 880 enjoy. that is one of the benefits of coming in another direction. westbound 80, highway 4 to the maze, bart the way to go there. eight minutes across the bay bridge. the rest of the way into san francisco, san francisco to sfo in the green nine minutes. >> thanks. >>> want to take you to this live picture from our sister station, kabc in los angeles. this is the cranston fire we were telling you about a few minutes ago burning east of l.a. this is near the town of idyllwild. 4700 acres and at last count it was only about 5% contained and this is the fire where they arrested a man yesterday because they

a truck hit the sand barrels and the overpass, 80 westbound at ashby avenue. let me show you here. 80 westbound is blocked three lanes are blocked, two lanes getting through. they have a tow truck hooked up here trying to get it out of the way. however, it's going to tack a while. they also have to wait for a sweeper to get the sand out of the way. can't do it with hand brooms. i would take too long and traffic is backed up. stretching into richmond, let me show it to you on the maps. speeds are way low and also a crash in the back up. we're backing up beyond richmond, it will be backed up into pinol. the bay bridge toll plaza is not seeing much use so if you're coming in on 580 this might ben fut you. the alternate route is getting thick now on highway 24, more people using that. i still say it's a decent alternate and use it if you can. let's go to steve with today's weather. >>> thank you, sir. keeping an eye on the airports so far, everything okay at sfo. looks like a little bit of de delay there because of fog. there's been delays to the northeast but not

this is right near ashby. the backup extends beyond gilman. wait until you see these brake the travel een up tthe red. 34 minutes from highway 4 in hercules just trying to get over towards the maze. so once they get those lanes reopened and everyone starts funneling through that stretch, the metering lights will likely turn on as the crowds head over towards the bay bridge toll plaza. but in the meantime, 880 and 580, an easy ride into san francisco this morning. here's 80 near 4 in hercules. traffic moving at the limit. it's not until you get to about mcbryde that you will start tapping the brakes with that backup going on. let's check in with neda on the forecast. >>> we are getting another great view from our sutro camera. the clouds are low again. you can see the top of the tower. >> this is the golden gate bridge where, of course, visibility may be impacted. parts of the north bay this morning because we have another day of coastal cloud coverage. sunrise 6:08. sunset 8:23. here's a view now from our kpix 5 roof camera showing you gray sk

. >> reporter: on ashby avenue if you're eating outside, good luck with that. no, that's not dandruff. for uc berkeley physics student, waking up to the falling ash was startling. >> i saw it snowing down, i thought it was close to us that it might be up in the hills. >> reporter: his mother is a spiritual director in southern california. >> things will happen and i can't change them. there is no way i could change them, they're outside my control. so if i'm feeling anxiety or worry about them, i will say i let go of my desire to change the situation. >> reporter: we are starting to see some relief already in the past couple of hours. the amount of ash falling here in the oakland hills has decreased dramatically. it looks like the forecast is calling for winds to shift and blow all that smoke and ash into the central valley starting tomorrow. we're live in the oakland hills, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> why is it all happening? big high pressure over the eastern pacific is easing up. for much of the night it will transport there, ash towards the bay area with under the

earlier this morning, at 6 am, we had an accident on 80 westbound at ashby.ruck hit sand barrels. three lanes were blocked. this is all on the shoulder. i don't think it is causing too much of a slowdown, but the damage has been done. it has backed up all the way out into the bridge region. it has taken an hour. usually, this commute takes 30 minutes. people have doubled their commute. you are adding a lot of time. the puller at the bay bridge and instead of looking like -- now they are at the bridge and this looks like 617. you have a late commute with a few people calling ahead saying they are running behind. 24 has been slow. people have avoided 80. they got on 680 and 24. today, by the way, is a spare the air day. they wanted to use public transportation instead of taking the car. you have some incentive to do that with the way the roads are. this is 880 n. and south. south of the san mateo bridge, the commute has been about the same, slow to fremont, san jose, approaches to the west valley are slow. it is a more normal commute in the south end. here's a

. >> reporter: on ashby avenue, if you're eating outside, good luck with that and no, that's not dandruff. for this student waking up to the falling ash was startling. >> when i saw it snowing down, i thought it might just be up in the hills. >> reporter: right now the winds are blowing that ash from the fires words the southwest into the bay area, but it looks like the forecast calls for winds shifting blowing to the southeast and taking that ash into the central valley. we should start seeing some relief monday. in the oakland hills, kiet do, kpix5. >>> the county fires burning just north of cash creek casino in yolo county, but the pawnee fire is also flaring up today, all the smoke being transported to the bay area shoreline due to the fact there's strong high pressure and the upper levels brought some of that ash into the bay area today, but a stronger sea breeze means we cool down as well. that breeze will begin to at least scour out the shoreline. so as it's cloudy in the east bay, it's also windy. it will be cooler. along the golden gate bridge the numbers have tumbled into the 60

the fire was between two buildings at 67th and shallmound streets right by the ashby avenue exit. both alameda county and oakland firefighters, as you can see, are on the scene. >>> developing news, the wildfire burning in napa and yolo counties is still an issue. the county fire, as it's called, is threatening nearly one thousand homes and businesses still. it has burned 70,000 acres, and is just 5% contained. today cal fire crews set backfires along highway 128. their line in the sand, really. some small business owners expecting a busy july 4th holiday are resigned to their losses. >> over this week/weekend, we would be doing somewhere around 100, 120 boat launches a day. >> how many did you do today? >> zero. >> how many yesterday? >> one. >> it's really tough. evacuation advisories are in place for berryessa highlanded, markley cove resort and pleasure cove. residents and visitors must be ready to leaf if conditions worsen. now, you can still see hazy skies in the bay area. this is a live view from our east bay hills tower camera. look at that. abc 7 news weather anchor spenc

two and a half lanes down on westbound 80 and this is right at the state route 13 overpass around ashby we'll keep a close eye on that. that means a lot of folks trying to get to the bay bridge toll plaza aren't able to get there and we don't have any metering lights. maybe a little bit of bay. a ec otheay 580etween greenvill an gndg and paving and the westbound side around north flynn reports of a solo vehicle crash blocking the left lane. next traffic update at 5:50. >>> happening today, the trump administration says it is on track to meet the court imposed deadline to reunite the children separated from their parents at the border. there are about 2500 kids covered under this ruling but there could be some problems. some of the parents have already been deported without their children. there are hundreds more cleared for reunification. i.c.e. is said to be working out the logistics. >>> democratic lieutenant governor gavin newsom has a lead in the race to be california's next governor with three months left until the november election. the latest poll by the public policy institute o

that's your commute direction right here at ashby. this is in emeryville. it jams up berkeley, traffic coming past golden gate field to about carlson and central. this is a bad problem for the east shore freeway. this box truck right here as the sun comes up, you can see it blocking a couple lanes and some sort of spill there as well. they may need the absorbant to clean it up. that could mean an extended closure. that could be a big problem if you're headed to the bay bridge via the east shore freeway. there's the jammed traffic coming off

it's definitely a rough commute. 80 at ashby, 20 minutes out of hercules to the bay bridge toll plazano fog. just sunshine now. inland communities, you'll have plenty of sunshine today. i'll show you other areas. this is our roof camera, great conditions over the bay bridge this morning. 52 degrees in san francisco, 63 in livermore, concord up to 65. this afternoon we are warm inland but not as hot as last week. we have the onshore breeze keeping san francisco cool and anywhere near the beaches. inland, low 90s for many of you. it will be that way tomorrow as well, dropping temperatures by the middle of the week. for the bay, staying in the 60s with morning marine layer for the next week. ♪ ♪ can world-renowned artist red hong yi use the chase mobile app® to pay practically anyone, at any bank? all while creating a masterpiece made of tea leaves? ♪ ♪ yes. but this isn't for just anyone. ♪ ♪ hong yi! it's for the strongest man in her life. ♪ ♪ life. lived red's way. chase. make more of what's yours. wayne: (laughing) guess who's coming home! tiffany: (screaming) jonathan: money! wayne:

it is raining -- ashby is not burning too far away.n our drive, we are on highway 175 and this is what we saw. there were flames on the side of the roads, the fire had actually worked its way up the hill and crossed the highway overnight. mendocino compass firefighters have two fires, the ranch fire north of this area and the river fire, which erupted on old river road about an hour later. >> it started coming this way. >> my barn was lost. i am not sure on any others. there is probably quite a few that are in jeopardy. >> reporter: we got an update from cal fire. the fire has been 55,900 and -- 55,988 acres. they are attacking the fire by air and ground. they expect to have more high temperatures along with gusty winds and dry conditions. i melissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> the smoky sky's, have you heard any helicopters flying or tinkers flying so far this morning or is it just -- or tinkers flying -- tankers flying or is it to smoky? >> -- or is it too smoky? >> some were drenching the airy with retardant, but this morning ,

eastshore freeway all lanes have reopened near ashby, but you still got 80 minutes over an hour drive 4 to the maze. let's check in with neda now on the forecast. >> all right. we are looking at that sunshine above the cloud coverage. some inland spots are waking up to sunshine but a lot of areas on the coast and the at the bay with low clouds and fog. temperatures above the marine layer in the 80s. this morning. triple digits through the period. ♪ ♪ >>> even animals are getting into the "in my feelings" dance challenge. a 7-year-old border collie walked on her hind legs and rode a scooter along a car as drake's number one tune played. it's all the rage on social media. drake's song and its corresponding choreography have become so popular that it just broke the u.s. streaming record for a single week. 116.2 million domestic streams in the week ending july 19th according to forbes. i just love this song. i can't get enough of this dance. i was with favorite daughter, favorite son. they both said, no, they didn't want me to embarrass myself. i've got fuddy duddy children. but it's fun.

major hot spot wb 80 at ashby accident blocking three lanes traffic jammed from san pablo.ridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( terisa ) happening today... santa rosa police will be holding active shooter training exercises at piner high school. there is no threat to the community. the drill will be from 8:30 this morning until 5 tonight. officials say there will be several police cars... ambulances... and fire engines at the high school...and you may hear loud sounds. again this is just a drill and there is no threat. ( james ) fire burns an oakland lumber yard overnight. this happened on high street and coliseum way... that's near the oracle arena. kron 4's gayle ong sent us this video. fire crews were called to the scene around 11-40 last night. that fire caused parts of 880 to shutdown. no word on what caused this fire. ( james ) a big story this morning... the family of a young murder victim joined san francisco police investigators to plead for help in catching his killer. in 20-16 24- year-old mitche