stop, 35th avenue stop and 44th avenue stop. so, if we could go ahead with staff presentation, that would be lovely. >> ok. good afternoon, chair brinkman, directors. i'm michael rhodes with the transit planning group of the sfmta. i'll be providing an update today on safety and transit improvements. >> thank you. so, taraval street is getting a long overdue renovation for the first time in 40 years. since we're completely rehabilitating the street, we want to put it back together in a way that addresses key issues for pedestrian safety and for our transit reliability. we're really excited about this really a once in a generation opportunity to make taraval street safer for people walk and more attractive for people taking transit as well. at most stops on taraval street, riders have to step off the train into a lane of traffic with no boarding island. that is the current condition at many of the stops. as a result, 22 people have been hit in five years while getting on or off our trains. this has happened, as you can see on the

avenue. we're recommending removing them to restore the 12 parking spaces and improving transit travel time. the third proposed change is on 17th avenue, which is shown in the next slide. the inbound 17th avenue stop was originally proposed for removal. but we took a closer look at it, look at this stop in particular because of the proximity to the safeway grocery store. we wanted to ensure that if the stop does remain, it has a safe boarding platform, like other stops on taraval. a train rider was hit here in the past five years that the stop and it is likely to be repeated at some point if we don't take action one way or the other. we've take and very thorough look at this since the last board meeting in september reviewing the stop spacing in this area, watching video footage of customers coming out of safeway. surveying where a boarding island could go if we were to keep this stop, which is shown on the diagram here. if a boarding island was installed, take a look. it would remove 11 park

the same goes for inbound 35th avenue stop. finally, i urge the board to reject staff's opinion it would offset some of the additional 36 parking spaces soon lost at 40th, 32nd, 30th and 36th. the removal of the 44th avenue stop won't offset any of that lost parking. the closest of which is four blocks away at [inaudible] >> thank you very much, ms. deets. next speaker, please. >> lynn miller, jimmie lu. laura tam. >> hello, happy holidays and thank you for listening. although the small stores and restaurants across the street don't make it realistic to expect shoppers on diners would shop at 34th and walk up hill to shop or eat, they will just drive somewhere else if they can't find parking on 44th. the solution for the sfmta to figure out a way to create additional parking on 40th, not to remove our stops at 44th, which won't help the merchants. it is foreseeable that removing the inbound 17th and 35th avenue stops will result in hundreds more riders crossing 19th avenue and sunset and be an invitation for accidents. human na

keep it to connecticut avenue. this cause as i big backup for the morning rush once people hit the road. >> we appreciate that and we've been talking about it all morning long. and beginning with breaking news out of montgomery county and joming ahill and aspen hill closed because ever a deadly car crash. >> crash happened 1:50 this morning. melanie alnwick is liver at the the scene with breaking details, mel. >> good morning, guys, yeah, so, initially, there was -- were two patients transported to the hospital. we're told they're both male and we just received word that one of those patients has d died. one of those -- the fatal was in but you can see here, very wide investigation area and now that this has become a fatal crash investigation montgomery down they police always do a thorough job and they need to make sure now that they have every little things documented here. so it's going to take some time while they continue the investigation and that is even before they start the cleanup debris all over the plac

we are shut down, georgia avenue at hewitt avenue is where this falts crash happened.have a larger section shut down in front of gate of heaven cemetery. as far as alternates, layhill road or connecticut avenue, either will work. brand-new problem, arrow park road between 4 drive. if this camera would look to the left, an overturned vehicle there this morning. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problem. southbound 4 before do ywer, crh there. we'll take a look at your travel times coming up. chuck? >>> the countdown to what we hope will be our first inch of snow is under way. i don't think we'll have to worry about it in the short term. in the last couple of years, we have really had to wait way into winter to get our first inch. last year our first inch of snow didn't come until january the 30th. the winter before that, the 2015-16 winter, we had to wait all the way until january 22nd. that first inch was the first of many because that was the big blizzard in january of 2016. back in 2012-13 winter, we had to wait until march 25th to get our first inch of sn

georgia avenue shut down at hewitt avenue.howing you what's pe this is because of a fatal crash that happened just before 2:00 this morning. it's right in front of the gate of heaven cemetery. your alternates, layhill road or connecticut avenue will work. air park road between 124, we have one lane getting by. inner loop and outer loop looking normal. 95 northbound very typical. maryland, 270 southbound looking okay. top of the outer loop a tad slow. hi, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. the roads might be wet in some areas still from the rain overnight, but the good news is for your drive, the rain is not falling. a look at the radar. the clouds are around, rain is offshore all part of a cold front. the cold front moved through. the clouds are still with us, though. the cold air and breezy wind is moving in. the clouds will gradually clear as we go through the day today. look at wind speeds, sustained anywhere from 15 to 25 miles an hour. that is making a difference in how it feels outside. it feels like mid to low 30s. upper

plan on using connecticut avenue and workaround. traveling at linden church road for the crash, follow police direction to get high. we have delays in bound on southern avenue. a stalled vehicle tying up the far right lane. just check the 66 express lane itss using the app and $8.25 to travel between d.c. and the beltway. back in the next 10 minutes with another up eight on the 66, as well as 95 in virginia. autria: not the site has a highway? [laughter] autria: a holiday shipping delay. larry: what is the hold up with your gifts? autria: well it's a perfect nespresso hold on a second.orge. mmm. ♪ [mel torme sings "comin' home baby"] hey there. want a lift? ♪ where are we going? no don't tell me. let me guess. ♪ have a nice ride. ♪ how far would you go for coffee that's a cup above? i brought you nespresso. >> you are watching "good morning washington," on your side. back on the air at 6:46, abc 7 tracking a breaking traffic alert. deadly crash in montgomery county, georgia avenue, closed and staying that way for hours

highland avenue can get you around that. no major issues so far this morning in the forty great statf delaware. speeds look good along 95, 295 and 495. an object on the road on 295 southbound headed towards the delaware memorial bridge so watch out for that if you're coming out of south jersey and in south jersey so far so good here along 42. just a few headlights coming northbound toward 295. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> breaking this morning, a 58-year-old man was killed while just crossing city line avenue overnight. hit by a driver who then sped away from the deadly convenient. but investigators do have this. they found a lexus emblem at the scene and they think it may be connected to the car involved in the hit-and-run. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live for us now where it happened in the city's wynnefield section. good morning, jeanette. >> reporter: good morning, tam. as you know this street is very busy. that man was found overnight around 10:30 in the evening gravely injured along the intersection.

>> breaking now on "action news" a man is killed while crossing city avenue. the driver who hit him fled the scene. >> also breaking overnight a fiery rescue in east falls. hear from the tow truck driver who pulled the victim from a burning van. >> happening now, a deep freeze settles over the delaware and lehigh valleys. accuweather is tracking just how long the arctic air will last. good morning out there. it's 5:30 now on this wednesday, december 27th. matt is awesome alicia vitarelli off. alicia vitarelli is joining us. >> let's head to meteorologist, david murphy. matt pelman is filling in for karen. good morning, guys. >> a little sobering when adam was 32 degrees probably the warmest we'll see for the next week. >> and might be more than a week actually. we could see temperatures topping out in the 20's well past new year's day. as we take a look outside right now, we're looking at cloud cover down to the south. in philadelphia maybe some partial cloud cover. i do expect sun coming back pretty quickly. there are snow showers well to the south of us. som

this is in new hampshire avenue between fairview avenue and new hampshire avenue.his is in takoma park prince george's county. >> this is takoma park, okay. downed pole right there. we'll let you know about the progress of g through that area or not. erin and tucker will join us at 6:30. welcome back to fox5 news morning. >>> first at 6:30 the latest developments out of annapolis maryland where an overturned tractor-trailer on u.s. route 50 causing major backups this morning there. now the crash happened on the westbound lanes at exit 29 just after 2:00 in the morning. there are some lane closures in the eastbound lanes much right now drivers are being routed off at exit 29. again erin will be along with more on the 5s at 6:35. >>> at 6:31 now montgomery county overnight firefighters investigating an arson. crews responded to a townhome on cedarwood drive in rockville just after 2:00 this morning. police say someone was taken into custody. that incident of course under investigatio. >>> let's head to a fox5 exclusive now. metro transit police arresting to teenagers

near woodland avenue.ht want to stay over on 73 gravel pike. the downed tree there is gone. use that instead. this is gone, our crash in lansdale by the wells fargo bank main street at re this wednesday morning. matt. >> thank you matt. in tacony.reaking news story. ahrown 30 feet from a car during a deadly collision. searching for the driver who caused that crash. that person got out and ran from the scene. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes is live along the 6900 block of torresdale avenue where this happened overnight. jeanette. >> reporter: well matt the man who was thrown has died from his injuries. we're told it was serious head trauma. another person who was injured was the driver of the striking car. we're told it was a woman. she was bleeding from her head. still she managed to run off. take a live look here behind me. police have cleared the scene but you can see all of that debris from when one of the cars went barreling through that that fence and landed on the front yard of that corner home

it keep it to connecticut avenue and new hampshire avenue toe alleviate delays sure to build once people hit the road. take a look at camera below that. a look in the district northwest. 17 and constitution lights volume traffic flowing fine. no problems in the district in terms of crashes. we have a traffic light malfunction player road and kansas avenue and use caution as you make dale sit yes, i south ever that point in issues through fredericksburg to stafford. light volume building and at speed the entire stretch route 1 looking good and no problems across the 14 street bridge. 395 entire stretch at speed and all area bridges looking good and commute to the airport, reagan, bwi. bullies, quite, also at speed. we'll take a look at metro next holly and wisdom. >> russia will not be at the 2017 olympics and we'll till why. >> up likely company volunteers to make the royal wedding cake. we'll explain that. >> all right. live look outside right now as we head to break. 4:37 is the time. 5 1st temp. back after this >> it is 4:39 we're back with what is ho stories you'reen gaming with on s

the location is between woodland and hillcr avenues. avenue. 29 in collst munroeler we had a crash but luckily ut. elsewhere in the suburbs if you're taking to the tracks this morning some big new problems on the paoliregional rail line. we're getting word in because of amtrak signal issues all trains are suspended on the far western chunk of the line t thatrndale and malv.nning on the paoli thorndale line. if you can get yourself to malvern then trains will run east of th but between thorndale and malvern, no trains running onl meanwhile on 95 slow going of course in the southbound lanes from cottman through point at gard. up ahead we had a crash by penn's landing. that crash is now gone. but we're still trying to recover with some speeds there in the 20's as well. still have that accident investigation in tacony that's going on along torresdale and disston. frankford and tyson could be some a broken down vehicle on the schuylkill westbound at the conshohocken curve. luckily that is off to the side. on 42 in south jersey northbound sid

north frederick avenue at chestnut street. major problem. 270 is the best alternate. >>> 6:40 right now. not a bad start for tiger woods. >> yeah. he returned to the green after his fourth back surgery. this is video from the hero world challenge in the bahamas. it's the first time in 301 days that woods played a competitive round of golf. he finished 3 under par in the first round. that's three strokes behind the tournament leader. >>> molette green is live in the community this morning. what's happening in arlington, molette? >> reporter: yeah. i'm here with basically a family. a family of artisans and small business owners from textiles to pies. they're tasting pies and living the pie life here and offers you a unique way to get a holiday gift for your loved one. next. >>> and this weekend will make you think of the holidays. it will be chilly. chilly start this morning. look as we go through the day. back in the 50s. tonight if you have friday night plans, we'll be back in the 30s. bundlep later u $1.99 hot chocolate at du

cottman avenue, central avenue another one.hurch road is blocked because of a car that ran into a telephone pole. 422 we have slushy spots and plenty of traffic in the eastbound lanes approaching oaks to 23. we have a vehicle into a ditch we're watching in new castle county at cocks neck road and dupont highway. 495, 5 is the max because of the wintry weather. >> roads are in good shape at least the main ones. we have mobile 6 traveling on 15th street in south philadelphia showing you what's going on in those areas. it's tough to get through when you have the snowfalls and the cars on either side that have to clear off the winds shields. the roads look pretty clear at least in this location live on mobile 6. >>> trish hartman is live along street road in warminster. you're saying for the most part people are taking it slow this morning. >> reporter: for the most part, yes, jennette. we're seeing a light snow shower, traffic is starting to pick up as the morning rush against. people are out and about getting to work. street road

again, north frederick avenue at chestnut. all lanes blocked until 8:30 this morning is when they'll get it out of the way. crash blocking the left lane and then westbound 50, the ramp to blocked with a crash as well. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. prescription for trouble. a doctor busted, accused of illegally doling out drugs. why his case is putting a local hooters in the spotlight. >>> but first, he was convicted of assaulting olympic anymore ja - gymnasts. - i'm a small business, but i have... big dreams... and big plans. so how do i make the efforts of 8 employees... feel like 50? how can i share new plans virtually? how can i download an e-file? virtual tours? zip-file? really big files? in seconds, not minutes... just like that. like everything... the answer is simple. i'll do what i've always done... dream more, dream faster, and above all... now, i'll dream gig. now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. >>> federal prosecutors warn a doctor acc

topside of belt we keep to connecticut avenue or lay hill road. aside from that in the december strict northwest crash 22 street pennsylvania avenue caution t making your way 270 crowded by father hurley boulevard. 70 to 121, 22 minute trip. more cop juston towards beltway. 5 northbound coming from southern maryland 301 split 11 minutes to get 301 to is seretz road. we'll be right back and look forward to the morning meme. we missed it. heard about eucrisa czema? it can be used almost everywhere on almost everybody. the face of a fisherman? the hand of a ranch hand? the knee of a needle pointer? prescription eucrisa is a nose to toes eczema ointment. it blocks overactive pde4 enzymes within your skin. and it's steroid-free. do not use if you are allergic to eucrisa or its ingredients. allergic reactions may occur at or near the application site. the most common side effect is application site pain. ask your doctor about eucrisa. running a

pennsylvania avenue. and the willard family, when they were brought in by the owners of the property to upgrade the status of the property, wanted to bring in all of those things that people had been experiencing in other cities, including in europe and new york. >> henry clay came to washington in 1808. and along with henry clay came barrels of kentucky straight sour mash whiskey, otherwise known as bourbon. the barrels he brought from bourbon county where stamped with bourbon county for tax reasons, that is how the name evolved for bourbon. and he discovered that those in washington, washingtonians, were drinking mint juleps with rum or brandy. he was appalled and decided to show people the proper way to make a southern style mint julep. he is to relish in showing people how to make them. southern style, with kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. and we continue to practice that legacy here, using henry clay's original recipe. in fact, henry clay traditionally, in the beginning of every new session of cong

and burnett avenue north zoning map amendment. >> good afternoon. audrey butkus. proposed would proposed part of the street rm1. it would allow lot 36 to gain access through two rezoned lots. the owner lot 36 filed a lawsuit against the city and neighboring properties seeking access through easements and the sale of city parcels. the parties have reached a settlement agreement that resolves litigation and allows lot 36 to have access to burnett avenue. the department has received several letters and calls in opposition to the proposed rezoning the majority of the concerns revolve around potential development on the three lots rather than rezoning the parcels themselves. several questions why the parcels were not offered for sale through a public process before being sold to the appellant. the rezone of the two city-owned parcels is consistent with surrounding zoning and land uses. other options such as constructing the remaining paper portion of burnett avenue north or copper alley or establishing an easement are not feasible. the sale and rezoning

it is not just the avenue. it is the entire city that is waiting on this line as it gets down into the rest of the rounds. what happens down here affects what is happening over there. if we really want to increase our reliability and the frequency and the speed we are delivering transit service, this is something that we need to strongly consider. however keeping the stop and effectively having two stops next to each other, the only sort of draw back from what i understand is that. is having them so close together apart from the time we would lose that we can initially save. one of the key drawbacks is the stops are close to one another. the stop at 17th and 15th. that can be frustrating as a regular train rider, i don't regularly ride the l. i ride the n regularly. there is literally a stop that i think it is -- it is -- one block away like the way this would be. it is silly. it also happens a little bit further along at 9th and then at 7th, i think. you can literally get off the train and walk up and get on a

avoid the area, jump off before fruitvale avenue. this is a live look, you can see how heavy that backup s we're seeing some of that police activity just up ahead. we have our reporters on the way to the scene. for now i will send things back to you. >> very busy morning already. >> as people get out the door another cold start to the morning. an official first day of winter starts today. >> we have about four hours until winter officially begins. enjoy these last couple of hours of fall as we take a live look outside right now, san francisco, crisp and clear, temperatures there in the upper 40s, but only upper 30s in santa rosa and 38 degrees in san jose as you head out the door with our high temperatures today in the upper 50s. very much like yesterday, but not as windy. we will talk about the rest of the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >>> thank you very much. it is 4:33. we have breaking news out of australia overnight. nearly 20 people are hurt after a car crashed into a crowd on melbourne street. police say there is n

georgia avenue is closed.ighting for his life after being shot at a townhouse in prince george's county and this morning police are calling this a tragic accident. >>> plus, major developments out of southern california over overnight. massive wildfire now jumped major highway prompting thousands more people to evacuate. >>> live look outside across the dmv. not bad looking start to the day though it is chilly and yeah, tucker says get ready. winter weather is on the way. weather and traffic coming up on the 5's. >> first though 8:00 o'clock this morning let's get right to that breaking news out of montgomery county, maryland. a 2-mile stretch of georgia avenue shut down in both directions this morning as police investigate a deadly car crash it happened in aspen hill. the crash overnight. >> melanie alnwick live from aspen hill this morning with breaking details on how this will affect commuters this morning and more on the accident itself. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, guys. so it looks like

it fled eastbound on city avenue.ow, possible proof of what kind of car it was is a red texas -- red lexus emblem that was left behind so police are focusing their search on a red newer model lexus. as for the victim, police say he had severe head trauma and two broken legs. he lived just two blocks away from the scene of the crash. he was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead minutes later. >> accident investigation officers are investigating this fatal hit and run possibly involving a red lexus due to the fact they found a lexus emblem on the scene. >> reporter: and there are quite a few businesses lining this street here so police are going to try to retrieve some surveillance camera footage hopefully that will give them more information specific to the vehicle as well as possibly the driver. of course anyone with information is asked to contact police. reporting live, jeanette reyes, channel6 "action news." alicia. >> jeanette thank you. >>> new this morning two cars crash in northeast philadelphia injuring bo

he wanted pennsylvania avenue to be the avenue of everyone's dreams. the commission decided the willard hotel should be demolished and open park space should be created. an auction was held. admission was one dollar. the hotel was stripped of everything. see 48lobby, you will tiles were removed. in the restoration, we restored them. chandeliers were taken. the ballroom was stripped of its a lot of we lost beautiful architecture in the hotel. after a 15 year battle, it was decided that public affection would save the hotel and it would be restored. it was a three-year process to bring it back. there is something special about the willard. it is born not just from its architecture, but that this was a place that has witnessed history being made and had wonderful people coming to it. announcer: you can watch this and other programs by visiting our website at c-span.org/history. >> jefferson probably knew more about more things than any single man in north america. i am including franklin and that . everyone was impressed by the extent of his knowledge. ad

and i'm worried about the winds here, summit avenue at hillcrest avenue. so watch for some local detour, grab a pike the way to go. if you intends on waiting on bus corner for septa bus or a new jersey bus, or the trains for the platforms, both the airport and warminster line already with minor delays, right out of the gate. mike and alex back over to you. >> okay, steve has set up shop this morning in moorestown, new jersey. because this is a dangerous cold snap for sure. >> and steve looks prepared for the dangerous cold snap. >> where is he? oh, there is steve. >> can you see him? >> the eyes are the window of the soul, that's all we see. >> reporter: i look like a ninja warrier, right? >> do you. >> reporter: mining, another advantage to you guys not having to drive. you know those signals that come up on the dashboard, you always, when it comes up you go what's that mean? this is probably the most familiar one today. everybody will know what this means. that means low air pressure, we have it. and that means here at the wawa, one of the most popular l

city avenue, this is how david came in city avenue route 1, conshohocken avenue, david said slushy northbound toward the station. people allowing plenty of time to make the stop at the traffic light examines exactly what you should do. there's an accident in lansdale along montella public. elephant road is blocked 313 closure. in burlington county in willingboro, 130 southbound at beverly road. we have one on 295 southbound approaching 541, luckily that has also cleared out of the way. jennette. >> several reasons to be careful out there. new this morning, on going concerns over mold at a south jersey school to keep it shut down during the rest of the school year. holy glen elementary closed after mold was discovered in parts of the school. school administrators informed students yesterday there was more water issues that needed to be fixed. >>> cosmo denardo pleaded guilty to avoid execution. prosecutors filed papers reserving the right to seek the death penalty in case he stops cooperation. he and his cousin are set to appear in court and for arrangement this afternoon. >>> find out to how

summitshut down between avenue and chestnut street.e neighborhood. out of germantown, you can use to 70 as a workaround. this will be shut down for the next couple of hours. john gonzalez is live and we will check in with him. greenbelt, at 50, this crash was tying up the far right lane. further south, a crash on benning road. southbound on i-95, an early-morning crash is gone. it is getting back to normal with a 10 minute ride. traffic watch. we will update the ride on north bound 95 out of stafford in 10 minutes. autria: holidays brighter for kids in need. kidd o'shea is live in national harbor were people are hard at work. hello, kidd. kidd: it is incredible. our friends at darcars came out with two trucks full of toys. we are loading those now. deborah, tomorrow is going to be exciting. we hope to have more toys than this tomorrow. >> definitely. from 11:00 to 3:00, we have your team coming out. toy gets who brings a a free ride on the capital wheel. it is so easy to come out here. it is around the beltway, easy act us on the weeke

this isn't vanness avenue. this isn't the inner mission. we know it's going up much higher than what we've gone now, and i'd really prefer if not the marshall plan. we're going to have to make a real effort because the community that's there has to be able to take some pride, not just living in the buildings, but being part of the community where that is the commercial corridor. the other thing i'd like to say about development is it isn't just housing, it's jobs. it isn't just the construction jobs. if we can find a way to get anchor tenants to come in and be with employers. for example, the market at canyon and glen park, i was there a month ago, and i said out loud, how many people work here, and the manager who was standing behind me said 106, almost all of them full-time. you don't need a big box in order to have effective, active tenants and provide jobs within a community. so i want to thank everybody who's participated in the working group and for the people who led it. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. hi. how do you d

an suv has taken out a utility pole right here on north frederick avenue. all of the power lines are down. it's affecting both sides of the street. north frederick avenue closed in both directions in the area of chestnut street. crews are on the scene. you can see the pepco folks taking a look there. they haven't begun the work of making the repairs. this is going to be something that hours. certainly, a busy road and this is going to impact rush hour. people will want to think about what they're going to do if you normally take this route to work. think about something else before you get up on it. they are going to turn you around and a lot of weaving through neighborhoods and that sort of thing in terms of a detail here. a major problem here in the gaithersburg area. we've got this ongoing situation with the power line. once i get that out of the way, they still have to deal with the car here. this is something that will be with us for a while. back to you. >> weird to see that busy road with no cars on it with this live picture. megan mcgrath for us liv

he wanted pennsylvania avenue to be the avenue of everyone's dreams. the commission decided the willard hotel should be demolished and open park space should be created. an auction was held. admission was one dollar. you are asked to bring chisels and hammers. the hotel was stripped of everything. in the lobby, you will see 48 tiles were removed. in the restoration, we restored them. chandeliers were taken.

of 27th avenue and lake. i have lived there for 35 plus years and it's a rent-controlled unit, the one that i live in, so i could not afford to continue living in san francisco if i had to move for any reason for that unit that i live in now. the proposed development at 2 218 27th avenue will reduce the light and air for all buildings and other properties, as you've already heard. the three luxury townhouses that are to be constructed there will not have a significant improvement on the housing shortage in san francisco. i believe that what we need is more affordable rental housing, more than luxury housing. in any event, more modestly sized structure would be a great improvement for the other residents in the neighborhood. finally, i just ask the board to please consider the potential negative impacts on quality of life that the development as proposed will have on the neighbors. thank you. >> councillor breed: thank you for your comments. knee. speaker, please? >> hello. i'm john mulligan, owner of 210 27th

they are starting to divert the traffic off of 66 avenue. again, if this is your early morning commute you may want to hop off of southbound 880 before fruitvale and take the surface streets. >> there is another sig alert at embarcadero. only one lane of four is currently open. they are expecting to open within the next 20 to 30 minutes. bob redell was on the scene of this crash giving us the latest updates. i do want to take you to a live look of 880. you can see all of that police activity. you can see them diverting the traffic off of southbound 880, again, a hard closure is in place through 7:00 a.m. everything else overall is looking pretty good for the bay bridge. i will send things back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 5:22 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," grizzly new details on a deadly tour bush crash in mexico, what may have caused it to flip killing at least a dozen people. >>> and now to a story that's trending online right now, overnight kensington palace unveiled prince harry and meghan markle's official enga

highland avenue can get you around it.ld township a crash cleared from bethlehem pike but there's a broken down vehicle in cheltenham township along washington lane near rock lane and in west sadsbury chester county watch out for a crash early this morning along stradsburg road at lenover hill road. tam. >> holiday sales were really impressive this year. there have been some big fears about companies going bankrupt and a record 7,000 stores closing in the u.s. this year but that means that sales would be a little unimpressive. well, retailers racked up a nearly 5 percent boost. online shopping increased by 18 percent. the biggest single day of shopping was black friday. the second biggest was for all you procrastinators that would be saturday, right before the christmas eve. >>> lots of people were at the mall yesterday getting a jump on returns and after holiday sales. but a surprising fact here. there's a good chance that a lot of what was taken back which actually end up in landfall. a company which helps retailers mana

we are talking a backup to fruitvale avenue, 23rd avenue past that even.it's definitely going to be a very rough commute for all of the east bay right now, especially if you're driving in for work. you may want to call your boss ahead of time. sky ranger is showing that heavy traffic. i want to take you towards the traffic map so i can also show you the overall bay area is looking pretty good but the east bay still showing the heavy delays, now the northbound side is starting to pick up. we are dealing with this other crash at bernal, it's going to be a rough morning for pleasanton as well. i will keep a close eye for that. make sure that download our nbc bay area waze app because we have alternate routes for you. right now our nbc bay area waze app, you may want to look at the screen and san leandro still looks like the best option at 13 minutes, oak port street is about 32 minutes at this hour. >> thanks, vianey. >>> after sitting in traffic like that and i've seen some of those facebook posts, i can't not wait for the weekend and maybe it will be a litt