and it is hard to see here, but they are in key locations, and on a preliminary basis, bart is looking and that allows bart to provide more metro but it is very complicated in terms of being operationally make that happened through a turn back or a cross over, those types of investments provide the reliability and the benefits for bart to provide the higher levels of service in the urban core and while they are not cheap they are certainly something that are cost effective in the long run and something that muni is looking at and that will be the final comment is that as bart look at its investments we want to be sure that they are coordinated through the upcoming san francisco plan with the muni rail kaiment plan as we did before, there are opportunities with the joint investment between bart and muni as well as the transbay terminal, which is looking at not only bringing the cal train into the transbay, but potentially another sort of leg that would point across the bay. so i just wanted to insure that the board and the public that we will be looking at these together in a single sys

. >>> bart is looking at big expansion plans in response to a big jump in ridership. it would run from oakland through alameda, across the bay to san francisco. bart is also looking at the possibility of creating a second line in the western part of san francisco along 19th avenue. however bart says both projects are many years away. there is also a new push to provide free muni passes for senior citizens and people with disabilities. supporters rallied outside of san francisco city hall. muni has the funding to provide free bus service. muni's board is scheduled to discuss the plan at a meeting next month. >>> at noon today the alameda county sheriffs office will unvail the purchase of two drones. the devices will not be used for surveillance. they will only be used for specific missions such as to help find missing people and assist the swat team. last year the sheriff was unsuccessful in convincing the board of supervisors. so the $97,000 cost comes from the department's own budget. critics including the aclu accuse the sheriff of bypassing the public process and bu

bart is taking a look at a long talked about plan to build a second transbay tube. this will run from oakland to however bart says both of those proposed projects are many years away. >>> sheriff greg says the devices will not be used for surveillance. he says they will only be used for specific missions such as helping to find missing people and to assist the swat team during critical incidents. last year the sheriff was unsuccessful in convincing the board of -- critics including the aclu accuse the sheriff of bypassing the public process and buying the drones in secret. >>> time is 5:41. home repair businesses are just swamped with calls. coming up at 6:00 where the experts say the trouble begins for homeowners and when you should fix leaks. >> i doe tally prez. >> she did not like what she found on the back cover of her favorite book. up next the letter she wrote that encourages the publisher to make some changes. >>> welcome back. 5:44. cyclists are banned from sidewalks in downtown san jose. last night the city council voted anonymously to keep bikes off sidewa

there is a look at those finite resources the bart financial context is we expect the increasing shortfall over the next ten years as it looks to 2014, to 2024 and operating shortfall over that period but very significantly, we have a shortfall of about 5 billion dollars or 50 percent of the need for capitol over the next ten years. >> and as we put together this vision, effort, and we defined this flowchart here, in that context, and just described that we are trying to progress this study here. and we look at the orange box, and as expansion ideas, and we started off with over 100 expansion ideas and we reduce this with two criteria and the free screen, land use density and available corridor and took us to about 30 projects to evaluate further, and these are reviewed with the first level or the qualitative criteria that the board directed us to use. so we now have what we call the limited list and that is about 15 expansion ideas and we are going to review the san francisco expansion ideas this morning. they same time we are preparing the expansion projects with the state of good repair

mass transit looking good ebart right on time this morning. -- bart right on time this morning. s on any mass transit. bay bridge stacked up quickly no word of stalled vehicles but look at that slow-and-go conditions. we'll look into that more coming up. >>> police in oakland are investigating an ominous symbol to see if it has anything to do with the "black lives matter" protest. this was found hanging from a tree in frank ogawa plaza. it appears to be a noose. a journalist posted the picture on instagram. and it's similar to the "black lives matter" symbol displayed on the cal campus recently. we told you about effigies of black people hanging from nooses. a group of artists said they made them in order to give historical context to the marches for racial justice. >>> bay area public defenders are joining the nationwide protests for racial justice wearing shirts that said "black lives matter." they gathered on court how the steps in san francisco yesterday. the public defenders say they see the racial imbalance in the court system referring to the recent grand jury decision not

bart systemwide has more than 50 trains all on time. ace looks good. bart is going to be in full service mode on new year's eve through new year's day morning. after the fireworks parade they are going to be on standby mode offering as many trains as needed to get people out. bart is very popular on new year's night. everyone is taking the day off. 580 clear through the livermore valley. it was busier a little earlier through the altamont pass. but now we're barely seeing the sensors from the altamont pass all the way to the dublin interchange. so headlights that's the commute direction. westbound 92 at the san mateo bridge no backup at the san mateo bridge toll plaza. and this is the flat section no problems to the peninsula and foster city. is it colder inside or out? >> we have the windchill factor inside the studio this morning. sfo no reports of any local airport delays but sometimes they do have wind holes so we'll keep an eye on that. currently couple it up with the wind out of the north at 13 miles per hour wind chill is 31 degrees. that's what

bart. so far all trains look pretty good. but, of course, bart is going to be a big deal tomorrow. we'll continue to keep an eye on that plus the rest of mass transit. remember kcbs, our radio partner, when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. that's your latest "kcbs drive to work." >>> 4:50. a southwest flight landed with one more passenger than it had when it took off from sfo. a woman on board to phoenix gave birth shortly after take- off. there was a nurse and doctor on board to help out. the other passengers had no idea what was happening. >> i thought i heard a baby cry. i'm like some baby had too much milk or whatever. and i'm like there's no babies on the flight and the woman sits there and said she gave birth. we're like -- >> well, there is now. the pilot diverted the plane to l.a.x. the passengers got on another plane and went to phoenix. the mother and baby boy are doing fine. >>> time now 4:51. san jose shut down the huge encampment but the homeless haven't left. they just moved. how their new neighbors are handling the change. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning.

new crime information from bart shows which stations are the most dangerous. for you and your car. the analysis looks0 months of crime statistics provided by bart police. it shows violent crime rose 5- point-6 percent over the last year among all bart stations. serious injury assaults were up 27-percent. and batteries up 26-percent. meanwhile.calls for assistance were up 10 percent. one bart rider was shocked to hear about the rise in crime. new speaker i: "aw well, that's scary." reporter>>: the powell street station was listed as having the most over- all crime. while the bayfair bart station had the most violent crime. stephen curry. ally oop to klay thompson who goes way up the throw it down!. 55-43 warrios 3rd quarter draymond green takes it coast- to-coast for the monster jam 84-69 warriors final: 128-108 warrors at kobe and the lakers tomorrow night at 10-1 the cal bears basketball team was off to it's best start in 55 years. and then number 6 wisconsin came a knockin. a search warrant affidavit revealed that aldon smith may have violated his parole by drinking alcohol with mcdonald the day af

looking okay. but again we'll continue to watch it. that bart alert just slashed on our screen. here's a live look. it looks like a lot of folks are deciding to work from home today. here's a quiet golden gate bridge. you can see how wet it is out there. we keep getting more and more flooding reports coming in. this one now alerting us that the right lanes are blocked by some flooding coming into sausalito and southbound 101 at least the freeway is back open. all lanes are back open there. the problems continue near the dublin interchange. a big rig crashed into the center divide and they are repairing the fence. westbound 580 right before 680 and the dublin interchange. there's a traffic jam for at least a couple of exits. it looks slow definitely westbound. eastbound is sluggish as well in the dublin-pleasanton area. and i know roberta was commuting around this area. it's a lot of heavy rain and fog making it difficult to even see the roads this morning. so the drive time is already up to 21 minutes. typically what we see closer to 6 a.m. again you're seeing your usual slow tra

middle of the cafe door or the bulb outs put without regards to the design of the beveled we've looked at the bart entrances along moiths and we've seen open parkland as open space to be used for station entrances from the transit side there are t line stops in chinatown and union square that are blocks off the oil because of surface conditions we have an opportunity in advance to plan for to necessary extension that benefits the effectiveed neighborhood and showing you shows you what a san francisco, california do when it plans right we would like to help with the body and the planning department in continuing the collaboration certainly the questions about the time missing the disruption to north beach and maximizing the opportunity that this building will bring is important part same to the impacts on fisherman's wharf so we appreciate our interest and your time and ask for your help in looking at this from a planning prospective as it move forward thank you. >> thank you as next speaker comes up i'll call one name and howard. >> there are smaller priorities than the subway moreno the whole tra

and bart systemwide everything looks fine there.if anything changes when you hit the roads, remember kcbs, our radio partner, when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740- am. all right. that is the latest from here. let's get a check of that hi- def doppler and roberta. >>> hi-def doppler radar right now a little bit of a lull in the activity after picking up heavy rain in the last couple of hours. good morning. let's take a look at it at this particular time. you can see the cells exiting to the east lifting to the north leaving in its wake wow check this out in the past 24 hours, usually i don't like to do a history report in the morning hours i like to forge ahead but these are very impressive rainfall totals over the past 24 hours. nearly 7/10ths of an inch of rain in san jose. san francisco almost 1.5" yesterday. nearly two and a quarter in san rafael. humidity in santa rosa 100%, calm winds, pockets of dense fog. concord fog and 51. livermore upper 40s. we have more rain moving into the bay area. it is storm number 2. and at thi

and there is a bart delay, a 10- to 15-minute delay leaving daly city heading towards the east bay. that's a look at "kcbs traffic." now to frank and michelle. >>> 4:51 now. keurig is recalling 6.6 million coffeemakers because people say they are getting burned. the company says some hot liquid may escape from the system that has a k-10 stamp on it. if you have it, it will ship you a free repair kit. >>> here's something divers don't see every day. a gray whale. two scuba divers captured the close encounter with their gopro off south puget sound near seattle. >>> the otters at monterey bay aquarium got christmas gifts. they are actually iced treats. ♪[ music ] >> i like the music. brian? you don't know? >> i don't yet. >> wait a minute. it's silent night. [ laughter ] >> burl ives edition. >> frosting was made out of minced clams. >>> 5:42. a feast fit for kings or in this case lemurs. what these adorable zoo animals chowed down on. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, out the door fog at the shoreline, mostly cloudy skies as we lead to a chance of showers about midday in the bay area. temperatures manage only low

the earlier bart delays have cleared out. you're looking good across the board for local transit.a look at "kcbs traffic." now to brian. >>> thank you. we are starting out with that patchy fog and drizzle this morning, as well. so worse today than yesterday and we are showing you the hi- def doppler to prove that there's not much to see yet. as we narrow in on the bay area, we're high and dry so far aside from the drizzle but later in the day we expect light showers coming in. right now we have 46 degrees at concord in oakland 61. san francisco 55, san jose 46. so we get a few christmas eve showers coming through about midday. and when this front comes through it's a very fast-moving front we are going to get blustery northwest winds behind this thing so the winds will really be blowing pretty good up to about 30 miles an hour or so right through the evening commute. and we will clear it out for tonight and tomorrow, christmas day, looks mild a few clouds hanging around, not much, and it looks very nice if, you know, on the low 60-degree side. that's for tomorrow. today, expect we

the biggest backups 580 stacked up to 4, 24 whacked backed up beyond rock bridge bart. 880 looks betterit. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. it's not a bad alternate. everything looks okay out of hayward. that is "kcbs traffic." here's roberta. >> let's head to the beach. good morning, everybody. it's our live weather camera towards ocean beach where we have mostly cloudy skies sunny breaks there but rain will soon fill in. moderate rainfall moving into mill valley. red over the open waters, we'll watch that very carefully. temperatures out the door 40s and 50s. winds are beginning to pick up out of the southeast. it will blow today 10 to 20. but most notable will be the rain beginning by about 1:00 this afternoon spreading over the entire area. steady heavy rain for the evening commute. gusty winds and a chance of thunderstorms through wednesday. ♪ >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, everything we like to search the most google. technologist. i didn't know google had a technologist, there he is live in color. daniel seibert. hi, daniel. a goog

here's a live look at the nimitz, 880 in oakland, no delays so far near the oakland coliseum and bart is all on time. that is "kcbs traffic." frank and michelle, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> time now 4:38. police are still looking for three men who brutally beat a homeless man to death in san francisco. as andria borba reports, the men may have killed the victim for fun. >> reporter: now that detectives know that robbery wasn't a motive, veterans of the san francisco police department are struggling to understand why three men beat tai lam to death as he slept. >> i'm looking for a homicide suspect. these guys killed a homeless guy. >> it was done out of boredom. >> we don't know where they are from. >> for the thrill of it. >> reporter: outside the montgomery bart station, a search for answers. these people kicked him to death. the video is dark and fuzzy. but it shows the murder of tai lam in all too real detail. detectives say the trio of men first kicked the sleeping homeless polio victim and then in the next video took a smoke break before returning to deliver the final fa

we really encourage you to use bart, ace, caltrain, whatever you can. so far everything looksfor bart, as well. they have more than 30 trains on time. if you do plan to hit the roads today or tomorrow, remember kcbs, our radio partner, when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. all right. that is the latest from here. roberta has her hands full today tracking, of course, the thursday storm. >>> this storm is not backing down at all. good morning, everybody. our hi-def doppler radar not picking up anything on the screen right now because the storm will be pushing into the bay area in the later portions of the evening hours in the far north bay. and this is what it looks like upstream right now. you see these clouds. you're saying that doesn't look so bad. it's now in the development stage. the core of the area of low pressure is intensifying. so as it advances towards the bay area, the national weather service has issued a high wind warning. this has been upgraded from a watch. it is a warning, which means damaging winds are likely in the highest elevations of the bay area,

of the roadway in san jose still look good on the guadalupe parkway 280, 101, no delay so far from morgan hill. if you want to continue to ride mass transit today bart so far on time all trains look good on schedule. that's your latest "kcbs" drive to work to work. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> 4:37. a suspect is hospitalized after he was shot while struggling with an off-duty police officer. this is surveillance video from a business called another cafe, about 6:00 yesterday morning. investigators say the man began hassling a woman, tossed coffee in her face and started chasing her around. another customer tried to intervene and fight him off and the employee grabbed a baseball bat and chased the man out of the cafe. now, investigators say the same man had just tried to break in a car and attacked another man outside in san francisco. then he tried to rob an off- duty police officer in the lobby of an apartment building nearby. the man was shot in a struggle over that officer's gun and was last reported in critical but stable condition. >>> another grand jury has cleared a police officer in the death of an unarmed black

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bart, didn't matter. it was a mess today. looks like a river, but, that's highway 17. anta cruz mountains completely swamped. same story in south san francisco. highway 101 flooded. cars managed to squeak through that two feet of water. even bart had issue. the san bruno nation had to be closed for two hours because of all the water on the floor and the trackway and the delays are finally clearing up tonight at sfo, but not before airlines canceled 250 flights. what could be worse? sfo restaurants are not serving any food today or tomorrow. a thousand food workers are on strike. >>> and more school closures tomorrow. not as widespread as today. but many schools sonoma, marin, and napa counties will be closed again tomorrow. we are updating the list of closures on the bottom of your screen, andria borba is in novato where the rain keeps coming down. >> reporter: liz, we are going on 24 hours straight of rain here. the concern is once again flooding tomorrow and school districts unwilling to put those buses on the road and put their students in danger. with the rain still

bart, ferry, caltrain and ace all look good. we want to give you some safe driving tips if you do have to head to work or wherever you're going this morning. don't drive through flooded areas. and if your windshield wipers are on, your headlights should be on, too. it's also a good idea to fill up your car before the storm hits. you should leave extra distance between your car and the next motorist. and apply brakes gently if you are slowing down. all right. that's the latest from here, back to you. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> daly city leaders telling drivers to avoid parking on streets that typically flood in their town. there were no cars on 88th street by westlake park last night. but there are plenty of signs warning about flood danger there. the area flooded during last week's storm. >>> pacific gas & electric has crews working on power outages all over the bay area this morning. they were also busy before the storm trimming trees to prevent outages. extra crews were on the job and pg&e is warning people to be

if more protests after demonstrators blocked part of market secret and shut down a bart station in oakland. >> a look at live doppler 7 hd with a few light showers developing along the coast but nothing like the thunderstorms and the brief half rain and hail on way later this afternoon and a couple more chances of heavy rain in the seven-day forecast. >>> in the traffic center, that is 680, southbound, from metten hill interest walnut creek and that drive is taking you ten minutes and it is heavy. light elsewhere. just a couple of accidents. i will tell you where the hotspots are when we return. it's customer appreciation at subway! we're saying thanks with two of your favorite six-inch sandwiches for $2 each! the meatball marinara and the cold cut combo. join our customer appreciation celebration today. subway. eat fresh. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >>> good morning. it is december 5. it is friday. it is 6:29. notice this picture looks different than the past couple of mornings. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. that is sfo and that is the cloud cover over sfo.

tomorrow and better chance on thursday. >>> we have a minor crash southbound 680 and as we look at mass transit, bartn time and ace train one and three and no delays and we are also not delayed on transit. the coliseum has a lot of events include stevie wonder at 8:00 so expect delays. that is at the arena. and albany to the maze is five minutes and 880 southbound, friday lite and 280 at 101 to cupertino is own only 15 minutes. >> airlines and mobile phones and now richard branson is tackling the cruise business announcing he has formed we virgin cruises which plan to build two world class cruise ships with the first sailing probably not if a couple of years. it is the first major new entrant into the cruise business since disney was formed in 1996. disney owns abc7, of course. >>> there is special reason to go to the library in marin because of a $6,000 donation that offers public access to two different 3-d printers and all you have to do is make an amoment andry if your design on a flash drive. >> these are items people have already created. officials say if the program is successful, more branche

looks good there. all systems are go. bart systemwide on time. all right. we have some safety tips for you. and i'm going to have to, um, read that from somewhere. [ laughter ] >> number one, i know. >>> don't drive through flooded areas. do you want to take this? >> no, go ahead. >> all right. if your windshield wipers are on your headlights should be on, too. it's a good idea to fill up your car before the storm hits and leave extra distance between your car and the next one and apply brakes gently if you are slowing down. >> well done, liz, well done. >> thank you so much. >> you can maneuver all around. >> that's right. >>> 4:51 now. some business owners in the berkeley area spent the night not getting ready for the storm but cleaning up after protestors. [ screaming ] >> a group of 170 demonstrators storming wheeler hall at the cal campus yesterday [ indiscernible ] peter steel there. they stormed out again after just a few minutes chanting "black lives matter." check out the damage protestors did in emeryville. some surveillance video from a 7-eleven store will criminals jumped over-t

we are taking a look now live from sky 7 hd. we hear at the bart station here it's now closed and we are told that protestors are now on highway 24. >> highway 24. we were talking about this a few minutes ago as we look at the map. they were very close when at telegraph and 47. really quite close to 24 and now they are in fact on 24 and have been seen setting up fireworks apparently setting off fireworks i should say in that area. but they have now closed off highway 24 most of the lanes it looks like. >> at telegraph and 47 street last time they checked they are making their way from berkeley to oakland but we have been seeing protest the last several nights in berkeley. in fact, last night we didn't see if i damp to businesses but the nature before they were break ago lot of windows. >> so far no violence or vandalism tonight. but this is yet one more night where they have targeted freeway and this time the highway 24 both side have been closed. this is first time they have gone after highway 24 so they found another commuter route to interfere w

bart is on time. ace looks good.new year's eve there's going to be a lot of revelers around downtown san francisco especially trains running every 20 minutes after midnight running on an extended schedule until 3 a.m. there will be even more service on standby right around your downtown san francisco stops after the fireworks show. in the meantime, you can see a lot of people are already taking some time off before new year's eve. it is very quiet right now across the san mateo bridge. no delay either direction. this is the commute direction. yesterday we actually didn't see much of a commute. it never got super backed up. at the bay bridge, we are seeing lighter traffic today. by this time yesterday they had already switched on the metering lights and so far that's not the case coming into san francisco. here's roberta. >>> make sure you have your jacket bundle up and have your sunglasses. we'll have the abundance of sunshine today. it's it's going to be brisk. mid-30s and 40s. san francisco currently in the mid-40s

will complain about traffic and expense but i'll be riding the system and so we if we look at how much it took to get bart done and muni underground we see the benefits this is something we have to do for the future of san francisco jim lazarus couldn't stay i want to read a letter in the chamber of commerce as the work level continues to grow it is essentially, we expand our system with the growth slate to occur in the ed of the city and the t line connecting fisherman's wharf to moscone center makes sense and it will remove transit from the congested streets and will help with the connectivity. >> thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> good afternoon. >> i'm steven tobacco eerie have a couple of 3 capacities for the last 8 years i've been spurs spokeswoman in favor of the phase two of this project i'm currently the chairman of the transportation of the russian hill neighbors i this by far the largest neighborhood association in the service area of the phase 3 project spur support d

will complain about traffic and expense but i'll be riding the system and so we if we look at how much it took to get bart done and muni underground we see the benefits this is something we have to do for the future of san francisco jim lazarus couldn't stay i want to read a letter in the chamber of commerce as the work level continues to grow it is essentially, we expand our system with the growth slate to occur in the ed of the city and the t line connecting fisherman's wharf to moscone center makes sense and it will remove transit from the congested streets and will help with the

bart station. both are back open. this is a live look from sky 7hd. >> you can still see protesters in the streets. they are all marching over a grand jury's decision not to indict a white new york city police officer in the apparent chokehold death of an african-american man and other cases of alleged police brutality including the deaths of michael brown and oscar grant. >> vandals smashed windows at the clorox building and a hundred protestor rains on to 880 and blocked the north and southbound sides for more than half an hour tonight. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama dates. we will have more, but first, the weather. >> yes, seven straight days of rain and there is more on the way. now a live look from our exploratorium camera. we are seeing more showers and there are more on the horizon. >> sand yaw patel is -- sand yaw patel is here. >> we have one storm after another and we get the rain. let me show you live doppler 7hd and i will show you where we are seeing wet weather. it is right across the north bay. our radar is tracking shower

bart's taking another look at the long-debated plan to build a second transbay tube.would run from oakland through alameda across the bay to san francisco. b.a.r.t. is also looking at the possibility of creating a second line in the western part of san francisco. right along 19th avenue. however, b.a.r.t. says either one of those projects they are many years away. >>> there is a new push to give free muni passes to senior citizens an people with disability is. supporters rallied outside of san francisco's city hall yesterday. they say muni has the funds. muni's board of directors, they are scheduled to talk about that plan in a meeting next month. >>> at noon today, the alameda county sheriff's department will unveil the controversial purchase of two drones. sheriff greg says the devices will not be used for surveillance. he says they will only be used for specific missions, such as helping to find missing people and to assist the s.w.a.t. team during critical incidents. last year, the sheriff was unsuccessful in convincing the alameda county board of supervisors to a

if that happens, look for a fallout on other transit especially bart. many commuters who use the ferry do not have a car and need to get into the city for work. officials will issue a service update at the top of the hour. >> another san francisco attraction, the cable cars, could be shut down if the rain pours. the line was closed early this month during another storm. ridership is down during a storm anyway and with the cars using an older braking system, shutting down the line could be the best course of action. >> right now, sand bags are in high demand with sites in napa county packed. oakland handed out 21,000 bags, and daly city ran out and san francisco had to restock. there is a list of locations to pick up sandbags on our website at abc7news.com. can you track the storm by downloading the use weather app on apple's app store or google play. we have more information at abc7news.com/apps. >> now the latest on where the rain is falling. is it in your neighborhood? >> good question. it is ahead of the national heavy line we have the light to moder

bart station. both are back open. this is a live look from sky 7hd. >> you can still see protesters in the streets. they are all marching over a grand jury's decision not to indict a white new york city police officer in the apparent chokehold death of an african-american man and other cases of alleged police brutality including the deaths of michael brown and oscar grant. >> vandals smashed windows at the clorox building and a hundred protestor rains on to 880 and blocked the north and southbound sides for more than half an hour tonight. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama dates. we will have more, but first, the weather. >> yes, seven straight days of rain and there is more on the way. now a live look from our exploratorium camera. we are seeing more showers and there are more on the horizon. >> sand yaw patel is -- sand yaw patel is here. >> we have one storm after another and we get the rain. let me show you live doppler 7hd and i will show you where we are seeing wet weather. it is right across the north bay. our radar is tracking shower

if you're heading into san francisco and planning on using bart, you have to get off at the powell street station. look latest tweet, there's also a major power outage affecting the marina district at the safeway f. you come to a four-way stop, treat it as a normal intersection with a four-way stop. we're not sure how big the power outages are. looking live, we see the bay bridge, it's quiet out there. they turned the metering lighting off. some folks are trying to get into the city. it's the high winds that may slow you down once you're on the bridge itself, it's heavy now once you try to get through treasure island through the tunnel area. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge getting pounded. north bay, you saw ann, if you need to get into san francisco, golden gate ferries are operating. they're offering normal service. they've been tweeting that since early this morning. 580 to golden gate is down to about 16 minutes. we still have the travel advisory for the richmond bridge, they're asking people who drive high profile vehicles, big rigs, not to use the richmond bridge. traffic is light no

. >> we have trains running on time from bart, 42 trains are running on time and ace train one and three running on time and taking a lookough, at holiday schedule county bart is running extra trains through 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for everyone who is celebrating the new year poll day and tomorrow there will be extra service. as we talk about muni they are going to offer free rides starting at 8:00 people so that is a nice treat. you will be able to ride for free if you are going to be out and about having a behalf time. the drive across the san mateo bridge between hayward and foster city keep a good grip on the steering wheel. it is windy. in san jose, it is clear drive making it away from 880. we are dealing with this accident involving injuries, westbound on 80 and you can see slowing as you leave el sobrante but hopefully the accident can be cleared off the freeway soon. >> it is now 5:29. seven things to know as you start your day. >> with the jim harbaugh issue underway in michigan the 49ers begin a search for a new coach and a look at a few candidates. >> the toll plaza is looking good bulldog: well pup, it's

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bart station. both are back open. this is a live look from sky 7hd. >> you can still see protesters in the streets. they are all marching over a grand jury's decision not to indict a white new york city police officer in the apparent chokehold death of an african-american man and other cases of alleged police brutality including the deaths of michael brown and oscar grant. >> vandals smashed windows at the clorox building and a hundred protestor rains on to 880 and blocked the north and southbound sides for more than half an hour tonight. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama dates. we will have more, but first, the weather. >> yes, seven straight days of rain and there is more on the way. now a live look from our exploratorium camera. we are seeing more showers and there are more on the horizon. >> sand yaw patel is -- sand yaw patel is here. >> we have one storm after another and we get the rain. let me show you live doppler 7hd and i will show you where we are seeing wet weather. it is right across the north bay. our radar is tracking shower

been following problems wind related all throughout the county and we spent the day looking at problems like this one, bart line between daily city and san francisco a cyprus tree blew down into the tracks and shut down the bart service at the 24th and mission station for most of the afternoon. mark was at that station considering that he might have to hire a cab to get to the oakland airport. >> ain't no good to me because i'm going back to atlanta. >> okay, thank you. >> reporter: at one point this afternoon, three of bart's five lines were down with some sort of wind-related trouble. tonight, there is a section between south heyward and heyward that is still down because of a large tree on the tracks. the oakland airport connecter, i am told however, is back up and running just been the past hour. everything else seems to be going along a little slower than normal. all trains running at a reduced speed because of the wind. reporting live mark matthews nbc bay area news. >> thank you, mark. >>> the south bay has been hit especially hard with many neighborhoods dealing with falling trees, downed power lin