no problems across the carquinez, benicia or richmond to san rafael bridge. ing slowing out of the altamont and we still have the construction work in byron. back to you. >>> back to our decision 2018 coverage, the midterm elections. here is the latest that the hour. new path for california led by a familiar face, former mayor of san francisco gavin newsom, now governor-elect pledging to take bold action on a number

smooth drive north of there through cocoa county, everything moves welcoming off the benicia bridge. this is the slowdown, south 880, from time to time i've seen the sensors change. they must be starting to move the equipment crews out of the area, because 5:00 is when we have the scheduled reopening of southbound 880. you just get off and back on at the freeway. allow yourself another ten minutes if you're traveling south through the area because there will be temporary traffic breaks, they movement equipment from the center divide many times over the course of the reopening that should happen in the next 15 to 20 minutes. toward the bay bridge an easy drive, we talked about the carquinez bridge and benicia bridges, easy drive through the north bay. we'll show you the toll plaza at the richmond side, two cars going over to san rafael via westbound 580 getting on other side of you. southbound 101 san rafael, a light flow of traffic. you can see some smoke in the area and our signal breaking up so i'll head it back to you guys. >> thanks, mike. >>> now to the latest installment of our

brooks jarosz went to benicia where they are tracking the toxic air. >> reporter: schools may be closed but daycares are not and one group installed this air monitoring device to see just how bad it is outside. while many people are wearing masks outside, we wanted to know how bad the air is inside. we set up a monitor to find out. >> we haven't had children out all week. >> reporter: confined to the living room, the learning and playing haven't venturing far. >> the teachers are going nuts. >> reporter: the smoky dirty air is which is why miss claudia is keeping an eye on the air quality in her backyard with the help of this air monitor. >> i can see and tell the parents at any time what the air quality is outside and we know whether to bring the kids in or to keep let them go out and play. >> reporter: a member of the citizens air monitoring network installed 25 monitors in benicia and vallejo accessible to anyone. he shows what the outdoor sensor reading. >> unhealthy. 243 up here in the unhealthy close to hazardous range. >> reporter: realtime data constantly updated compared to the

in benicia, brooks jarosz, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> for the homeless going indoors may not be an option and many people living on the streets of san jose already have health issues. the smoke just makes them worse. so advocates today used an already planned free health fair to try to help out. in addition to health screening, shots and haircuts, they gave out 300 masks. >> we didn't have enough masks here today for the people. we need to treat it like a crisis. the homeless are a priority. >> libraries and community centers are open to get people out of the smoke. county officials are trying to get extra warming shelters to open. >>> the really bad air quality forcing the cancellation of more than a dozen high school football games, play-offs, over the past week. rob malcolm reports. >>> reporter: through the haze, the north coast commissioner of athletics looked to the numbers and sees that the high school football play-off season is taking its biggest hit in poor air quality. >> 193 is the air quality index. >> reporter: it requires readings to be lower than 150 to play. he now had to can

no problems across the carquinez, benicia or richmond to san rafael bridge. ing slowing out of the altamont and we still have the construction work in byron. back to you. >>> back to our decision 2018 coverage, the midterm elections. here is the latest that the hour. new path for california led by a familiar face, former mayor of san francisco gavin newsom, now governor-elect pledging to take bold action on a number of issues, a historic 113 million votes were cast nationwide. >>> on capitol hill, democrats changing the balance of power in the house. the senate remains red, resulting in a congress divided, and within the last half hour, we learned president trump will hold a news conference at 8:30 this morning. we'll, of course, bring that to you live. >> and moments ago, president trump tweeted "those that worked with me in this incredible midterm election, embracing certain policies and principles, did very well. those that did not, say good-bye! yesterday was such a very big win, and all under the pressure of a nasty and hostile media." >> this morning, t

i think it's on the benicia bridge, it makes so much difference. >> reporter: most commuters say anything to improve commute times is welcomed. >> i think anything you can do to speed up the commute. there's just so many cars and so much traffic, um, fastrak is very efficient. >> reporter: but some don't like the idea. >> i do not. i used to be a tolltaker. >> reporter: saying from her experience, commuters deserve the option to pay however they choose. >> everybody doesn't want to get the fastrak. so eliminating cash is not a good thing. >> reporter: backers say they have learned a lot by what's happened to the golden gate bridge which has not had tolltakers in five years. christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> all the smoke from the butte county fire has made the air quality here in the bay area the worst in the country. at first officials were saying that the air quality was unhealthy for sensitive groups but now it's unhealthy for everyone. doctors have seen an increase in the number of people calling and complaining about respiratory problems. >>> let's go to chief meteorologist bill

we're watching crashes 101 and 880 on the shoulder, from what i the bridges, carquinez bridge and benicia bridge just fine. the bay bridge an accident 124 at broadway, reported off to the

well as for daly city, south san francisco, san francisco millbrae, and across the east bay, from benicia, pinole, richmond, berkeley, oakland, a wet start for the day for you as well as for walnut creek, concord, san ramon. a little drier across the south bay but you can see the rain from san mateo about to push into redwood city. we'll talk more about what you can expect. we'll time out the restday comi up. >>> tesla cutting prices in china to keep its foothold on the market. this is the ti this year the electric carmaker slashed prices in china. tesla says it's cutting prices for its model s sedan and its model s suv by about 12 to 26%! tesla says it is bearing most of the chinese tariffs' costs to snag customers in the world's biggest market for electric cars. >>> christmas has come to the wizarding world of harry potter. >> and a true story of adoption inspires a new film, instant family. chris martinez has you "eye on entertainment." >> over a half million children are currently in foster care. >> reporter: the foster care crisis in the u.s. is the backdrop for the new film, instant

getting over toward the carquinez bridge and benicia bridges, traffic flow is nice, commutes into and contra costa county, highway 4 no slowing. walnut creek interchange an easy drive. upper east shore toward the been about be is fine as well. kari showed you the smoke in the shot from our bay bridge toll plaza camera. here in the north bay, southbound 101 moves nicely, an easy drive through san rafael, down across the going goilden g bridge. >>> 4:48, a lot of questions after a ceo was killed in his san francisco office and police say an employee may be behind it all. >> jean elle is at headquarters with details. >> it's unsettling, right next door to me, it's like -- not a great neighborhood, but i never had anything like that happen in this building that i know about. >> reporter: the office door next to ron rosen's apartment has a medical examiner's seal on it. the ceo of real mobility, a company that makes electric accessibilities for wheelchairs was killed inside. co-worker reported bart kylestrom missing wednesday. when office came to check his mid market office they found the

drive out of the altamont from the tracy area, from the north bay, we have folks coming across the benicia and carquinez bridges. no slowing right now, no problems out of rio vista. some folks coming across the antioch bridge, the little red is the construction for byron highway. nothing unexpected here. smooth drive toward the bay bridge and the maze. live look out there would show us a nice, smooth drive. we lost the camera for the bay bridge. let's move on to our palo alto camera. both of the shots for a second on the bay bridge and on the peninsula an easy drive. the lights are at the limit. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> we want to tell you about that breaking news. large fire response in the south bay. firefighters on the scene of a ranch in morgan hill. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez also live there this morning. understand there's lots of engines. you can see them there behind you, kris. >> reporter: hi there, laura. this is a really big response. you can see the long line of fire trucks here responding to this fire, and with good reason. the battalion chief from cal fire

today they're off to explore benicia just eighty kilometers north of portugal's capitalism and. even a dog in the surf conditions are ideal. five years ago daniela gave up her job as an environmental engineer to surf in the most beautiful places in the world she met and one who was a kind surfer their trucks are a photo provides them with the perfect work life balance i still imagine myself like this i'm loving it loving it to go. in december the two will set off for morocco making sure that they're always. in the sun riding the waves. this week on both sides of the atlantic ghosts and goblins took to the streets in the spirit of hollowing but if you want real ghost stories all year around then edinburgh in scotland is the place to visit for centuries the city has inspired poets and authors to write fantasy or horror stories based on various legend so are there really spirits lurking in various corners of the city we went there to find out for ourselves. going underground in edinburgh brings back echoes of a gruesome past the walled up vaults beneath the south bridge were initia

he is the school grounds keeper in benicia who won a $39 million settlement after claiming monsanto's weed killer roundup gave him terminal cans. a judge reduced the award. but johnson says it's much more to him than just money. >> this is way bigger than i am. i'm just happy to be a part of it. like i said, i trust in god. >> the company faces thousands of similar lawsuits across the country. johnson says his ultimate goal is to eliminate pesticides from every campus in the country. >>> an oakland police officer is being hailed a hero after jumping into action to save a newborn baby. >> when i showed up, he was blue, not breathing. i cleared his airway and cleared it out. he is crying pretty good right now. >> this is body camera footage from officer gregory palomo when he responded to a woman screaming from her car for help. the baby wasn't breathing. the officer performed cpr on the newborn and the baby responded by starting to cry and breathe again. >> i'm a father of two. i can just think that, um, i just really needed to get that baby breathing. couldn't imagine if a parent had

no problems for cocoa county, an easy drive across the benicia and carquinez bridge.raveling out we have the san mateo bridge and the bay bridge with no real problems. over here a live look at palo alto shows you how easy the drive is traveling north past willow, they continue to clear up that or change up the interchange over there and it's moving smoothly right now. no problems into or out of east palo alto or to or from the dumbarton bridge. here is san jose, shows you southbound 101 right there with the tail lights, northbound with the headlights and an easy flow of traffic. it's very dark and remember, we have a time change yesterday, and so that will affect the morning commute a bit, but really that will affect the evening commute. folks will leave work likely at 5:00 on the button. it's dark by the time 5:00 rolls around, so folks just tend to leave the office earlier during that time change. back to you. >> i woke up an$k hour earlier. like i won something, not good. >> 4:48 right now. >>> a brand new story, a multibillion-dollar underground black market feder

new haven union, napa valley unified, martinez unified, hayward unified, castro valley unified, and benicia unified. several college campuses are also closed. again -- we have the entire list on kron-4-dot-com. ( robin ) with schools closing .. parents are in a mad rush to try and find a place for their children kron4's alecia reid who went to alemeda to speak with parents. the air has gotten so much worse outdoors, parents brought masks for their children at pickup today. they're glad school is canceled tomorrow, but now have to come up with alternate plans.pkgtoday is the worst day a layer of smoke sits on the street ... people are careful to protect their beijing was famous for this, but not as bad as thisair quality levels across the bay area have gone into dangerous territory .. students an early start to their thanksgiving holiday.so now we get 5,6,7,8 straight days off. so i think the girls are really excited. hahahaha may have the day off friday, but with athletic practices and other events canceled, some parents are scrambling to figure it out.we're not off. we didnt close down so

new haven union, napa valley unified, martinez unified, hayward unified, castro valley unified, and benicia unified. several college campuses are also closed. again -- we have the entire list on kron-4- dot-com. with schools closing .. parents are in a mad rush to try and find a place for their children tomorrow. we are joined by kron4's alecia reid who went to alemeda to speak with parents. alecia what are their options right now? (alecia) the air has gotten so much worse outdoors, parents brought masks for their children at pickup today. they're glad school is canceled tomorrow, but now have to come up with alternate plans.pkgtoday is the worst day a layer of smoke sits on the street ... people are careful to protect their lungsbeijing was famous for this, but not as bad as thisair quality levels across the bay area have gone into dangerous territory ... and is projected to be at a more hazardous level friday. school districts are giving students an early start to their thanksgiving holiday.so now we get 5,6,7,8 straight days off. so i think the girls are really excited. hahahahajohn lars

and really determine is there going to be a problem is you grow cannabis next to wine grapes at all benicia in nearby solano county recently rolled back their ban on commerical pot...several dispensaries are vying to be one of two permitted in the town of 28-thousand people, in areas away from their quaint downtown....but there is no limit on the number of cannabis cultivators, manufactorers, distrubitors or testing facilities that will be allowed in their industrial section. 5300 we know there's a black market...for cannabis anyway and if we wanted to try to get ahead of it one of the things to do was to regulate it and be very we invited in and allowed in and so we are in that process nowthe vice mayor says voters will decide this november whether or the city council to tax businesses...using the money generated to help pay for services like police and fire departments and libraries...becanow....57:46 clearly we need additonal sources of revenueif measure e passes....the city council will decide in late november just how high to set that tax rate....to help them raise the funds they need.

southbound 680 down to the benicia bridge, in the green. cars moving along.ound 4, some slowdowns from loveridge to bailey road. concord looks like you are back in the green. metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. not to the foot of the maze but it is growing and now your bay area roads are heating up. this is eastbound 80 at 580 right before the maze and you can see some of that backup here. here's some of the travel times on other roads: 101 from tennant to cochran about nine minutes. 580 from 205 to 680, 31 minutes. and it is in the green on 80 from 4 to the maze. >>> this hole on highway 101 opened up on south san francisco near sfo yesterday. it's fixed now. it snarled the evening commute. the surf is expected to peak today because of all that rain coming back to the bay area. kpix 5's katie nielsen has been in pacifica all morning long and she has much more on this new storm coming in. >> reporter: forecasters say we could see 25-foot waves later today and also this morning. that's because there is a high surf advisory in effect through fr

the dumbarton bridge where we are this morning and also at the bay bridge along with the antioch, benicia, carquinez bridge, dumbarton bridge, richmond-san rafael and san mateo brimming. it works like the going going which is operated separately and went all electronic five years ago. if you crossed ithe recen pictu your license plate and paid it that way. we asked commuters this morning, and so far, they seem to like the idea. >> ielieve that i to eliminate having to pay cash and being able to buy another system, it could reduce some congestion going over the bridge. >> reporter: today's discussion is just the beginning. formal proposal could come next year, so until then, mike inouye is your best friend. in newark. >> and even >> reporter: yes. >> 6:08 right now. >>> new this morning, a student group at san jose state working to shine light on a growing issue, homelessness among students. over 13% of students have been forced to live on the streets in the last year. according to the sjsu homeless alliance, out of 33,000 students, this means 4,300 are impacted by the issue. the group is

cars are moving at the limit at the benicia bridge.thbound 680 out of fairfield into martinez, speeds are in the green. so not too bad there. at the richmond/san rafael bridge we saw rain on the camera. headlights are heading westbound towards sir francis drake boulevard so it's an easy eight minutes. at the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights. no delays. but you can see a lot of water on the roads so just be careful when you get in the car today if you are heading to work on to shop. take your time. you will get there. >>> i wish traffic could be like this every day. you could see the wet roads on the live traffic cameras and here's hi-def doppler because we are tracking our second storm system and it is bringing the rain this morning. it's going to be a wet friday for sure with off-and-on rain as we go through the day. you can see more rain even behind what we are tracking right now moving across the bay area. so looking at off-and-on rain today, scattered showers for tonight. daytime highs across the region in the low 60s. fro

the mid to upper 70s, still plenty warm, just not quite as warm as what it was yesterday. 77 for benicia. pleasanton will live up to the name at 79 degrees. over in the north bay, 77. petaluma 76. albertalbert hitch did most of the shooting. 76 degrees at lakeport and 77 at clearlake. extended forbe, going with plenty of sun this week. numbers in the mid-70s inland. low 7s around the -- low 70s around the bay. nothing will change from here to quote another great movie. dry weather from here to the middle of the month. that's weather. we'll be right back after a break. the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11. california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state sup

contra costa county, a smooth flow out of the north bay across the bridges, carquinez bridge and benicia bridge just fine. the bay bridge an accident 124 at broadway, reported off to the shoulder. the disabled vehicle should not be a problem. also moved the camera here from emeryville. you see some flashing lights that's eastbound 80 passing ashby in the area where we hear a report east or westbound, there's a crash. i don't see any traffic flow interrupted but again, those flashing lights there, and also over there on the westbound side are a reason for concern. i'll track that but so far, do you see the traffic flowing. we'll bring you the latest. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> we've seen this in the bay area paying for a faster commute. looking to create carpool lanes on 101 and 280. >> "today in the bay's" thom jensen is in san francisco this morning. >> reporter: good morning, the city or county players are looking at an option to spend about $4 million to look at just how viable these optionsor put carpool lanes or possible toll lanes on two of the wuziest highways, 101 and 2

new haven union, napa valley unified, martinez unified, hayward unified, castro valley unified, and benicianified. several college campuses are also closed. again-- we have the entire list on kron-4-have the entire list on kron-4- dot-com. (grant) and this is video from u-c berkeley today. you can see students walking around with masks on in the hazy conditions. a lot of them were not happy the campus remained open today. (vicki) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here now-- lawrence how long is this going to last? this going to last? lawrence karnow: very unhealthy air and smoke continue to smother the bay area. winds are very light which means there will be very little improvement. high pressure continues to sit over california keeping the air stagnant. highs tomorrow will be in the 60s and 70s with very poor air quality. expect partly cloudy skies this weekend but improving air quality on sunday. next week there is a chance of rain from wednesday through saturday. (grant) now to the latest on the fires causing the smoky conditions here in the bay. firefighters and rescue workers are

study the determine is there going to be a problem is you grow cannabis next to wine grapes at all benician nearby solano county recently rolled back their ban on commerical pot...several dispensaries are vying to be one of two permitted in the town of 28-thousand people, in areas away from their quaint downtown....but there is no limit on the number of cannabis cultivators, manufactorers, distrubitors or testing facilities that will be allowed in their industrial section. 5300 we know there's a black market...for cannabis anyway and if we wanted to try to get ahead of it one of the things to do was to regulate it and be very scrupulous in who we invited in and allowed in and so we are in that process nowthe vice mayor says voters will decide this november whether or not to allow the city council to tax those businesses...using the money generated to help pay for services like police and fire departments and libraries...because right now....57:46 clearly we need additonal sources of revenueif measure e passes....the city council late november just how high to set that tax rate....to help t

doesn't come up until union until cupertino. 237 west sunnyvale bogging down, same thing 680 toward the beniciaore local news is coming up in 30 minutes. >>> it's 7:30, election day, tuesday morning, the 6th of november, 2018. look at that, polling places already seeing lots of folks, the lines are long. this is atlanta, georgia, big governor's race there among others. you may see long lines at the polls today. get used to seeing that. >> get used to seeing us, right here, nbc news election headquarters right here. this is where the action is, starting at 8:00 tonight. >> all the results coming in to this spot. >> yes. >> they're dressing up the place. >> yes. >> much more on the midterm's most heated contest in just a moment. >>> the other headlines, the remains of a utah mayor and national guardsman killed while serving in if afghanistan arrived back in the united states overnight, the dignified transfer of 39-year-old trent taylor took place in delaware. taylor was killed in kabul on saturday, he was the mayor of north ogden, utah. his wife read a statement earlier. >> brent may have died on

. >>> let's look at the across the benicia bridge.t lanes currently blocked by a crash holding steady with the slower drive out of hercules and a slow drive southbound 88 from hayward and southbound 101 coming out of san mateo. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> i'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. hope to see you then. >>> back, monday morning. what a beautiful sight that is on november 5th, 2018. a sunrise in st. louis. we push the clocks back an hour. everyone looks rested and refreshed. >> except those with toddlers. >> nobody told them. >> exactly. >>> we're going to start this half hour with a check of monday's headlines. president trump will be making stops in three states today, delivering his closing argument ahead of tomorrow's midterm elections. in tennessee last night, the president highlighted the roaring economy, while painting a dark picture when it comes to immigration. >> democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal immigrants to pour into our country. i don't thin

now, be careful. 687, benicia bridge, carquinez bridge, heading up to 37, we have a moderate to heavy today, reggie. >> thanks so much. we're going to take a look at what traffic is doing this morning as people are heading out for that holiday weekend. we want to let you know that the sig alert that we had in the santa cruz mountains on northbound 17 has now been canceled. so all lanes are open. that's good to see that thumbs up. bay bridge toll plaza, it is wet, but it is empty. no one there. time now for "live with kelly & ryan." we'll see you at 11:00 for the ♪ >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and ryan." today, recording artist and superstar, mariah carey. and from the new film "welcome home," emily ratajkowski. plus, nascar champion joey logano! all next on "live"! and now, here are ryan seacre and kelly ripa! ♪ [cheers and applause]