everyone at cal trans is really hurting this week. >> reporter: chp says a suspected drunk driver, 28-year-old daniel burke, hit five cars waiting at the tolls. the rented box truck then plowed into booth 14, killing han, injuring burke and his passenger, and others drivers. cameras captured the crash. >> the one that miss han was in was completely wiped out. it will have to be totally rebuilt. from the ground up. >> reporter: han leaves behind a husband and 10-year-old daughter. family shared these pictures with abc 7. burke is facing dui and vehicular manslaughter charges. the chp says he'll be in the hospital for some time. but his passenger was released from the hospital. now cal trans is trying to fix the four damaged lanes quickly. >> we'll do what we can, but we can't make any estimate or guarantee right now. there's too many unknowns. >> reporter: cal trans is urging commuters to give themselves extra time tomorrow crossing the bay bridge, or take bart or other routes as these four lanes behind me will likely remain closed and slow the commute. >>> drivers are sharing their me

cal- trans is dedicating millions of dollars to fight the growing problem.ng that fight ... the council members just voted to let their police monitor a large scale freeway safety project.pittsburg// "pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways. there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. the growing violence has cal trans investing $3.5 million dollars to add more tools that will be installed along highways 4 and 80 that they hope will stop the violence.sot: dan mcelhinney, caltrans// "monday night pittsburg city council unanimously approved a partnership and their police department who already have a freeway system in natural fit for them to be the multimillion expansion project known security network. shot spotters, thanks lydia. we will with you through out the morning. (darya)new details about the off-duty richmond police officer who was arrested after a standoff.45-year-old sergeant philip s

senator diane feinstein, they're calling for another bridge to be built from the bay bridge and cal tran. but experts say it might not cut down on traffic. >> it stores cars but it has to go through the heavy traffic on the peninsula or 880 on the other side. >> reporter: the cal tran spokesperson said the biggest challenges to building a bridge are the multimillion dollar costs and the environmental issues. >>> we are expecting an announcement tomorrow from minnesota senator al franken, democrat being pressured to step down by his own colleagues, comes after another allegation of unwanted touching against him. the new york senator tweeted he must step aside. two other democratic senators echoed that cry. "time" magazine is calling them the silence breakers. they were named persons of the year. tonight we sat down with the bay area woman who made the cover. she made the movement called we've said enough. it was meant to call out the pervasive culture of sexual harassment in california politics. >> i had an incident with a colleague at a work event, a political function, and i was sexuall

turns out it is cal tran responsibility. doolittle drive is state route 61. we contacted cal transdirector. >> so, now, looking into the issue. and, working with the assemblyman. i'm sure that we will get, guardrails along the corridor to mack sure we minimize the loss of any future life along the stretch. >> cal tran tells me they're working on a solution for the area. i will stay on top of this and mack sure it gets done. >> great job. >> thank you. >> south bay charities are asking for a last minute toy donation this weekend to close a deficit in gifts for children. the community service in san jose is short 8,000 toitz. now they have collected about 10,000, but they need more donations to help meet the demand. the charity says they need items for one particular age group. >> i think people try to relate with younger kids. so once teenager is like we have to buy them toiys. teenagers are kids. can't forget about them. >> sack rred heart will hand to out late next week. in pits burke. the school district gave dozens of computers to families. juls h attend pa

turns out it is cal tran responsibility. doolittle drive is state route 61. we contacted cal transdirector. >> so, now, looking into the issue. and, working with the assemblyman. i'm sure that we will get, guardrails along the corridor to mack sure we minimize the loss of any future life along the stretch. >> cal tran tells me they're working on a solution for the area. i will stay on top of this and mack sure it gets done. >> great job. >> thank you. >> south bay charities are asking for a last minute toy donation this weekend to close a deficit in gifts for children. the community service in san jose is short 8,000 toitz. now they have collected about 10,000, but they need more donations to help meet the demand. the charity says they need items for one particular age group. >> i think people try to relate with younger kids. so once teenager is like we have to buy them toiys. teenagers are kids. can't forget about them. >> sack rred heart will hand to out late next week. in pits burke. the school district gave dozens of computers to families. juls h attend pa

but turns out it's cal tran's responsibility, dolittle drive is also state route 61.ted cal trans. >> he's looking into the issue and working with assemblyman rob bonta. i'm sure we'll get guardrails to make sure we minimize the loss of any future life along this stretch. >> reporter: for the i-team, dan noyes, abc 7 news. >> cal trans officials tell dan they're working on a solution for the area. dan will stay on top of this and make sure it gets done. >>> looks like republicans have the votes, enough of them to pass the final tax reform bill in an expected vote in congress next week. all of this after two key senators switched their votes from no to yes late yesterday. even so, president trump is taking no chances. he defended the bill today saying everybody's going to benefit. but the greatest benefit will be for the middle class. democrats disagree. >> the republicans' bill shifts important tax benefits from middle class and working families to the rich and to corporate interests. >> the democrats have this sound bite, the standard sound bright r. they talk about

all of those people will spread across buses, cal tran and cars. we know addressing congestion is important. it is not just the congestion but quality of life and higher rates of health issues. they suffer health concerns. more cars will only exacerbate this problem. we need a plan to address this. vehicles with many passengers are with one driver. we need a plan to move them efficiently. widening the freeways would harm the community. it increases greenhouse gases and impacts on neighborhood and financial costs too high. san francisco has a commitment to not widen the freeways in the general plan. we are committed to evaluating solutions that create benefit with the freeways that we have using the existing lanes and shoulders more efficiently. as we consider solutions we keep the study's goal in mind. these were adopts in phase one in 2015. we think reflect san francisco's values and focus on increasing vehicle occupancy and using the existing resources more efficiently. part of the study looked at alternatives we could use to address this situati

. >>> happening now, saying good-bye to the cal trans employee killed in the horrible bay bridge toll plaza crash. she had just started her shift last weekend when police say a drunk driver plowed into her booth. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live for us. >> reporter: reggie, a memorial service is just wrapping up right now, friends, family, and co-workers are here to honor a woman who was loved by so many. this is video from earlier this morning of those same family members and friends and co-workers arriving here at doug and sarah funeral home in daly city. 46-year-old sisi hahn was killed this past saturday. bay bridge toll collector was working in her booth when a truck driver plowed into her. this morning many of hahn's fellow car trans workers are wearing orange ribbons in her honor. >> it's certainly a sad day for us and a sad day for sisi's family and cal trans as a work family, want to try to support her co-workers as well as her family as much as we possibly can. >> reporter: hahn leaves behind a husband and 10-year-old daughter. the truck driver from foster city was arres

but cal trans says they're going to have to keep at least three of those lanes shut down because they have to have some equipment in place to repair the damage. they do hope all of the lanes should be open for traffic monday morning. >>> we've been following this story all day on our social media platforms. this is video we tweeted out earlier today. you can find out what's going on while you're on the go following us on twitter @nbcbayarea. >>> right now people are continuing to gather for memorials across oakland to remember the deadliest fire in the city's history. it's been one year since 36 people died in the goship fire. christie smith spent the afternoon talking with friends and family of the victims. emotional night to say the least for so many people. >> reporter: absolutely. a small ceremony but overall people have been coming and going all day. and it's been rather quiet out here. we did have a chance to speak with some families who told us a year later, this reminds them they're not going through it alone. soft music played in front of the boarded-up warehouse on 31st aven

it's terrible. >> reporter: cal trans spokesman said grief counsellors are working with employees. >> ending and another beginning, quite a few saw it and understandably traumatized and need help and support the next several days. >> reporter: hawn's husband saw the crash as well. chp is still investigating. arrested daniel burke on suspicion of

. >> reporter: cal trans spokesman said grief counsellors are working with employees. >> just as one shift ending and another beginning, quite a few saw it and understandably traumatized and need help and support the next several days. >> reporter: hawn's husband saw the crash as well. chp is still investigating. arrested daniel burke on suspicion of dui and vehicular manslaughter, say there's no indication driver tried to ever slow down. wore ribbons in her honor, added to plaque of all district employe employees killed on the job. says hawn was quiet, nice, very hard worker. asked him if he feels safe at work. >> it's tough, handle day-to-day, it's tough. we knew that. can't say it's safe or not. you know. but upstairs. >> reporter: toll workers take underground tunnels to staircases that lead to booths. in statement union said it works tirelessly to make sure members work in safest conditions. ordered flags to fly at half staff. reporting live, abc7 news. >> many thanks to you. >>> look now at how traffic is flowing at toll plaza as people leave for work. little bit of red of dela

si si worked for cal trans for more than a decade. is charged in si si's death, and is suspected of drunk driving. (grant) breaking news we're following tonight... and we have the first confirmed death...linked to those wildfires burning now in southern california. 70-year-old virginia pesola of santa paula died as she was driving away from the flames wednesday night in ventura county. cause of death..blunt force trauma, smoke inhalation and burns. that thomas fire in ventura is the biggest and most destructive of the six fires burning...that fire destroying more than 400 homes and businesses.== and just yesterday the lilac fire started in san diego county...85 structures have been lost there...as have many high value thoroughbred racing horses who could not get out of their barns in time. the santa ana winds are still the engine for the fires. when you consider all six fires... more than 200-thousand people are evacuated... 141-thousand acres have burned... we'll keep you posted...as the red flag warning lasts until sunday night. in

si si worked for cal trans for more than a decade. 32-year-old man-- daniel berk-- is charged in si si's death, and is suspected of drunk driving. (steve) well here in the bay area, there's unsettling there's unsettling evidence that the number of people injured or killed along our roads and highways is on the rise.(grant) the metropolitan transportation commission has released new numbers that show vehicle related injuries and fatalites has been climbing since 2010. kron 4's charles clifford is live for us tonight in san francisco with details. charles, this is a disturbing trend. very much so. overall, our road ways aren't as dangerous as they were a few decades ago but with economic prosperity comes more problems on the roadways.according to the metropolitan transportation commission, in 2016 traffic related injuries and fatalities across the bay area hit a six year high.in 2010, there were 318 total vehicle related deaths and 1677 injuries. in every year since, those numbers have climbed and in 2016, 455 people died and 2089 were

. >>> cal trans is sounding the alarm about climate dhang. . it looks at rising sea levels, storm surge, wildfires and changing rain patterns. one example in the first half of this year alone a stream of storms created road problems that totalled more than $250 million in repairs. cal trans plans to use the money to plan, design and operate our state road fs in future. >>> it's the talk of the town. a wildly felt earthquake in san jose last night and another one at 4:22 this afternoon. a 3.4 in holster. nbc bay area scott budman talked to seismologist. >> reporter: they are saying the one last night wasn't all that strong but really carried. usgs said it was largely because tft fault it was on. >> this is where people can go online and tell us what they felt. it was a quake felt in many parts of bay area. >> i was in los gatos. >> this one seemed to have carried quite far. >> reporter: because it was a fairly shallow earthquake, it carried. >> it was a pretty typical earthquake for the fault which tends to produce a lot of small to moderate mag

(darya) cal-trans is dedicating millions of dollars to fight freeway shootings. (james) and the city of pittsburg is joining that fight. kron 4's lydia pantazes joins us live with the details. lydia. ( lydia )with an average of one car shooting per week on bay area freeways. pittsburg city council the council members just voted to let their police monitor a large scale freeway safety project. pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways. there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. the growing violence has cal trans investing $3.5 million dollars to add more tools that will be installed along highways 4 and hope will stop the violence. (james) thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. (darya) another big story we are following this morning... new details about the off-duty richmond police officer who was arrested after a standoff. 45-year-old sergeant philip sanchez was arrested

i would pass the information to you that about 14 years ago, the county took a look and cal trans at an overpass at the intersection of 35 and highway 92. i don't think it encompass -- or it thought of bicycles or pedestrian, but going back to whatever that is, and modifying it might solve that problem. it would also direct the trail to highway 35, which is yet another consideration -- i'm running out of time, sorry -- but we also support the idea that the study should look as much as possible at an alignment closer to highway 35. thank you. >> all right. thank you. any other public comment related to this item? >> i'm curious about -- is that alternate being analyzed and where are we with that? thank you. or i guess steve. or steve. [laughter] sorry. hi, steve. >> thank you. natural resources and lands management. the short version is we agreed that that highway crossing is particularly troublesome. it has been a big problem for cal trans for a number of years and there's been confusion about our proposed project and how it relates to the current situation. we're not proposing to so

cal- trans is dedicating millions of dollars to fight the growing problem.ht, the city of pittsburg is joining that fight ... the council members just voted to let their police monitor a large scale freeway safety project. kron 4's ella sogomonian ... at pittsburg city hall ... with the upcoming changes. sot: ella sogomonian, pittsburg// "pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways.there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. the growing violence has cal trans investing $3.5 million dollars to add more tools that will be installed along highways 4 and 80 that they hope will stop the violence.sot: dan mcelhinney, caltrans// "monday night pittsburg city council unanimously approved a partnership with caltrans and their police department who already have a freeway surveillance system in place. a natural fit for them to be the hub for the multimillion dollar expansion project known as the freeway security network. shot spotter

. >> reporter: cal trans is urging commuters to plan ahead. take b.a.r.t. if you can. allow extra drive time or take an alternate route. katie utehs, "abc7 news." >> for updates on the traffic tomorrow morning, joinous at 4:30 a.m. >>> a burning truck sent smoke billowing into the sky today that could be seen across san francisco. viewer video shows that truck on fire not too far from the flower mart. it caused some traffic problems in the area this evening. no one was hurt. that truck was carrying office furniture. >>> preliminary hearings will begin for the ghost chip warehouse tenants accused of causing the deaths of 36 dancet. they have pleaded not guilty, and the hearing is expected to last five days and it will be the first time a judge hears evidence against the two men. last night, a vigil was held at the fruitvale district on the one-year anniversary. >>> a memorial to kate steinle has been removed from pier 14 at the request of her family. the examiner reports a group called identity helped set it up after the man accused of killing her was acquitted. that gr

as cal trans prepare, grief counselors are on hand for workers who witnessed the crash that killed their colleague. cici hahn had just started her shift it occurred. >> everyone who encountered it is really, really hurting. >> reporter: chp says a suspected drunk driver, daniel burke hit. it plowed into booth 14. killing hahn, injuring burke and his passenger. surveillance cameras captured the crash. >> the one ms. hahn was in was totally ripped out. >> reporter: hahn leaves behind a husband and 10 year old daughter. family shared these pictures.bu vehicular manslaughter charges. the chp says he'll be in the hospital for some time. but his passenger was released interest t from the hospital. >> we'll do what we can, but we can't make any estimate or guarantee right now. there are too many unknowns. >> reporter: travelers are urged to plan ahead. take bart if you can, allow extra drive time or take an alternate route. at the bay bridge toll plaza, katie utis, abc news. >>> well, a brief scare this afternoon on treasure island. a call came in just after 1:00 of a truck in the water at the

these big rocks are being rolled out by cal tran, they'll place the bolders under overpasses, such as underneath the 101 overpass and cesar chavez, they hope it will serve as a deterrent. public works said more are on the way. >>> kwaquatic park is open afte two sea lion bites. >>> hoping for christmas? plenty of snow in the sierra. they're making sure the slopes are clean and crisp for snow boders and skiers. there are no chain controls on 80. do we expect new snow? >> there could be snow showers on christmas day. which would be nice. >> another opportunity for terry -- >> i'm being warned. i'll keep it to myself. maybe later. we do have the cold weather coming our way. let's look right now. i know you felt this today if you were outside. you had to get the jacket, the heavier one, and the cold blast is going to stick around for tomorrow, pushing down towards central california, coming right in time as winter officially arrives at 8:28 tomorrow morning. look at how much you need to bundle up as you head out the door. on your thursday forecast you see the trivalley down to 31 degrees.

as cal trans prepare, grief counselors are on hand for workers who witnessed the crash that killed their colleague. cici hahn had just started her shift it occurred. >> everyone who encountered it is really, really hurting. >> reporter: chp says a suspected drunk driver, daniel burke hit. it plowed into booth 14. killing hahn, injuring burke and his passenger. surveillance cameras captured the crash. >> the one ms. hahn was in was totally ripped out. >> reporter: hahn leaves behind a husband and 10 year old daughter. family shared these pictures. burke is facing dui and vehicular manslaughter charges. the chp says he'll be in the hospital for some time. but his passenger was released interest t from the hospital. >> we'll do what we can, but we can't make any estimate or guarantee right now. there are too many unknowns. >> reporter: travelers are urged to plan ahead. take bart if you can, allow extra drive time or take an alternate route. at the bay bridge toll plaza, katie utis, abc news. >>> well, a brief scare this afternoon on treasure island. a call came in just after 1:00 of a truc

cal tran will run its festive holiday train tomorrow and sunday. if it looks anything like it did in this video from last year, you can be sure it will be quite a sight. if you are anywhere near cal tran's depot this morning, you can likely get a look at the train. it's there were the costume characters and the salvation army band. >> prior to christmas to get their tree, it's probably good one. >> it is. you're going to pack up the whole family. if you have any idea about what kind of tree you want, you're not going to need any umbrellas or snow boots. if you head up to tahoe, though, there is going to be a bit of a difference in terms of the weekend plans. it's going to be a great weekend to go get your fresh christmas tree. or head to the store and get a fake one. san francisco right now looking absolutely clear. i'm personally a fan of the ones i can reuse, only then i don't have to go out and get one by myself. san francisco nice clear skies. enjoying this week of beautiful sunshine. it looks like it's going to stick around. right now the curr

cal tran is invested $3 million to that project. >>> round two to keep schools shutting down in san jose. the oak grove school district held another meeting tonight. the district expects to close up to five schools for financial reasons and parents aren't happy. tonight they showed up in droves. superintendent is blaming the high cost of living in san jose for low attendance and says that consolidating the schools makes sense. a final decision is expected next month. >>> you're looking at video surveillance turned over by neighbors to police. that footage led them to the suspects in a brazen flair gun attack over the weekend. tonightage rs in jail. >> reporter: this was quick work by investigators here, bringing this to a close and that's because of people in the community saying it is their neighborhood camera brigade and tonight it's causing more of them to join in. >> scary. real scary. >> reporter: bob cushioning said it was the sound of the flare hitting his home that woke him early sunday morning. >> there was flames, and you look up they were to the eves here. >> reporter: mike ki

cal trans says it could be weeks before repairs to lane 14 are completed. >> it was an emotionally charged night in san jose as families fought to keep their schools from shutting down. the oak grove district claims there aren't enough students to keep all eight schools in operation. the map you see here shows the five schools discussed at a meeting tonight. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story now from san jose. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: with song and heart felt testimonials, students, parents and teachers made their case. >> at santa teresa, teachers are helpful. >> luckily to our lucky stars, we love glideers. >> reporter: the gym at the school was packed by people who do not want to see elementary schools in the oak grove district shut down. eight schools have been identified for possible closure. the district claims declining enrollment. >> we're at the point where some of our elementary schools have populations in the 3 to 400 range. >> reporter: dennis hawkins is the chair of the consolidation committee. jose manzo is the district superintendent. >> unfortunately, we're at a place

cal trans says it could be weeks before repairs to lane 14 are completed. >> it was an emotionally chargedn san jose as families fought to keep their schools from shutting down. the oak grove district claims there aren't enough students to keep all eight schools in operation. the map you see here shows the five schools discussed at a meeting tonight. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story now from san jose. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: with song and heart felt testimonials, students, parents and teachers made their case. >> at santa teresa, teachers are helpful. >> luckily to our lucky stars, we love glideers. >> reporter: the gym at the school was packed by people who do not want to see elementary schools in the oak grove district shut down. eight schools have been identified for possible closure. the district claims declining enrollment. >> we're at the point where some of our elementary schools have populations in the 3 to 400 range. >> reporter: dennis hawkins is the chair of the consolidation committee. jose manzo is the district superintendent. >> unfortunately, we're at a place where w

. >>> developing news, cal trans crews are working to finish repairing the bay bridge toll plaza severely damaged in a fatal accident over the weekend. this is a live look at the toll plaza now where grief counselors are on hand today as toll takers grieve the loss of one of their own. a truck crashed into a booth on saturday leaving a mother dead. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the toll plaza. a amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning, kristen. look behind me, toll booth number 14 is still closed and will be for a while. but they really had a lot of debris to clean up in the other toll booths as well. they said it took most of the weekend. it was very time consuming. they got it done this morning and so it was a slower commute than usual, but it could have been worse. right before the morning commute started today, drivers got a surprise. three lanes that were expected to be closed opened up. leaving only one closed rather than four. >> we knew that having four toll booths out would have a very adverse effect on traffic. so everybody involved worked very hard to, again, sweep u

as cal trans prepare, grief counselors are on hand for workers who witnessed the crash that killed their cici hahn had just started her shift it occurred. >> everyone who encountered it is really, really hurting. >> reporter: chp says a suspected drunk driver, daniel burke hit. it plowed into booth 14. killing hahn, injuring burke and s

. >>> coming up next, robot that >>> cal trans is holding a meeting tonight to show off a new plan to speed up traffic along highway 101 from san bruno to santa clara. plan is toll lanes. operators would be able to adjust the price of travel depending on congestion and number of occupants per vehicle. carpoolers with three or more persons exempt. may of 2019, finishing about two years later. meantime senator diane feinstein says traffic in bay area is intolerable, once again calling for new bridge to be built across the bay. floating around since 1940s. feinstein brought up in 2000, southern crossing, san bruno and san leandro. sent a letter saying should be funded by ballot measure. pwe'll have more much on abc7 news at 11:00 on channel 7. >>> san francisco start-up zen place is making it possible to check out rental with help of robot. starts with app, see a house to check out, text number for unlock code. once inside real estate agent controls robot remotely to show you around. trying to reinvent property management making it more convenient for everyone. customers and agents alike

(vicki) cal-trans is dedicating millions of dollars to fight freeway shootings in the bay area.nd the city of pittsburg has just voted to join that fight. the pittsburg city council voted 5-0 in favor of their police department hosting a large scale security system across contra costa county freeways. there have been more than 100 shootings on bay area highways in the past two years. cal-trans is now investing three-point-five million dollars to add more security tools to try to deter the shootings. people we spoke with say they don't mind the extra security as long as it keeps them safe. <"i think it's a good thing. you can never be too safe. i understand the cameras and people get freaked out when your privacy is at risk, but if it can help save lives i'm for it and all we can do is try it out and hope it works"> (vicki) the freeway security network will be installed along highways four and 80. shot spotters, wireless cameras and microphones along with plate readers will be installed across both freeways. (grant) next at 5:30... with just days to go until christmas... the gove

the biggest thing standing in the way is cal trans saying it would take a cig ant amount of -- significant amount of time to find new jobs for the bay bridge toll takers. >>> permits for testing row boats and the pro-- robots and using delivery robots like these to apply a permit before testing them. it would be limited to 2 miles per hour and person would need to be present to monitor devices. >>> ups drivers say the holiday rush is putting them in danger. on friday, ups workers in san francisco learned they could be working up to 70 hours in an 8- day period this holiday season. that's up from 60 hours in years past. >> we basically go home and eat and get in bed and fall asleep. some guys don't even shower. they are so tired they get home and crash. >> union representatives say overtime is a year round employee and some regularly file holiday grievances. union representative employees are paid time and one-half and work above 40 hours a week. >>> the district this south san jose are choosing between eight elementary schools and not enough housing and families with kids don't move into t

right now, cal trans and the city of oakland in talks about using the five remaining piers to extend it over the bay. >> it is one of the few plays. look at the birds. watch the port ships come in. have a lunch. go for a buying ride. so it is a huge opportunity. >> an expensive one, too. projected to cost from $30 to $100 million. now that the lease is signed, the hundred for funding begins. eric thomas, abc7 news. >> today, tickets went on sale for north bay wildfire neal schonn. it will be held at the independent on february 9th. tickets cost $100 each. . >>> the red hot chilly peoplers headlined. the first ban together bay area concert featuring metallica, dave math use and more raised more than $15 million. in southern california, the firefight remains active against what will likely become third largest fire ever in state history. while there are technically four active fires burning right now, the main focus is on the thomas fire. containment has increased to 35%. it has burned more than a quarter million acres in area about double the size of sandal jose. more than 1,000 build

cal trans doesn't have an estimation of when it is going to be open. in this video, you can see a box truck lane headed for the toll plaza. it smashed into a booth. the toll worker inside was killed. >> have to completely rebuild both number 14. that one was completely destroyed. the other three contains damage. >> reporter: commuters should expect all four boths closed, at least, through monday. >> tip call monday through friday, typically all are open. >> reporter: tonight you can see how traffic is stacking up. when the box truck careened across lanes, the driver was ejected from the cab. he remains in hospital in serious condition. he is facing suspicious of driving under the influence and vehicle cuelar manslaughter. as was mentioned, booth 14 is going to have to be rebuilt and going to have to keep the two adjoining lanes closed for the safety of the workers. reporting live at the toll plaza. >> sergio has been working to uncover new information all weekend long. and he has been posted on social media. his handle is svq journalist. >>> another li

right now, cal trans and the city of oakland in talks about using the five remaining piers to extend bay. >> it is one of the few plays. look at the birds. watch the port ships come in. have a lunch. go for a buying ride. so it is a huge opportunity. >> an expensive one, too. projected to cost from $30 to $100 million. now that the lease is signed, the hundred for funding begins. eric thomas, abc7 news. >> today, tickets went on sale for north bay wildfire neal schonn. it will be held at the independent on february 9th. tickets cost $100 each. . >>> the red hot chilly peoplers headlined. the first ban together bay area concert featuring metallica, dave math use and more raised more than $15 million. in southern california, the firefight remains active against what will likely become third largest fire ever in state history. while there are technically four active fires burning right now, the main focus is on the thomas fire. containment has increased to 35%. it has burned more than a quarter million acres in area about double the size of sandal jose. more than 1,000 buildings have bu

. >> cal trans engineers and the general contractor wasted no time.minated. and shaved a year off the completion date. it's called super fast tracking. >> crews turned to something called cellular concrete to reduce the weight against the retaining walls. >> it's light and solid, and it's a lot less labor-intensive than using soil. there's a lot of sand stone, which is loose and has to be compacted for a long time. >> it liquefies when saturated by heavy rain. >> two large draining pipes will send heavy rainfall down hill. at least 100 trees were also lost in the slide, so replacement trees will be planted to stabilize the downslope. the rapid progress on this $10 million project means the vehicles that use this section of the high wray daily has caltrans hoping it will be projected shortly. >>> breaking news coming out of oakland tonight. in just the past few minutes, a laser strike at oakland's airport. last night it happened four times when lasers were pointed at incoming flights. this past weekend, the chp said they were given a light show. it's n

cal trans worker rs were given orange workers in memory of han. in a statement, a union spokesperson said if investigators find there are actions that can be taken to prevent future actions like this from happening, we will work to ensure those precautions are put in place. elissa harrington, abc7 news. >>> firefighters are investigating a fire that killed a man in his home in the 90s on eagle avenue just off park street at 5:50 this morning. crews arrived a short time later and found smoke and flames billowing from the home coming from the basement. this is the view from sky 7. a neighbor says a man who she identified as leroy wasn't doing well and had trouble remembering things. >> he would be cooking and he'd fall asleep while he was cooking and he has set fire to his kitchen before. it's so awful to think of something like that happening. it's nice not a nice thing to think about. >> the man who usually helped him with cooking and odd jobs wasn't there. >>> two months after the north bay wildfires, investigators are looking at the effectivenes

coming up we look at cal tran's holiday train. >> bring a jacket if you are going tob -- to be out there. we have a chilly start to the day, we check in on your current conditions and let you know what it expect for the afternoon >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right after the break . >>> welcome back to ktvu news, all of the news, weather and information you need to know throughout your day. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us on mornings on 2 mornings on 2. it's friday, first day of december. >> we will be checking the weather in a second. you may be enticed to go to the beach because the weather is nice but stay alert. we have high surf and high tides and rip currents reported along the coast. look at that surfer, you can see how big the waves are, it's because of an alaskan storm. the swells can be dangerous if you are not paying attention, surfers are being told to be careful because of the currents. >> they talk about the sneaking wave and the rogue wave, those are real things, a would have could look okay but you ner know. >> if the surf is good, its -- never know. >

cal trans workers were given orange ribbons to wear in honor of her. in a statement a union spokesperson said if investigators find there are actions that can be taken to prevent future accidents like this from happening, we will work to ensure those precautions are put in place. alista harrington, abc 7 news. >>> well, defense lawyers now plan to appeal a gun possession conviction against the man who was acquitted on murder charges in the death of kate steinle last week. the lead attorney believes that gun charge conviction is inconsistent with the jury's conviction to acquit him on much more serious charges. prosecutors have accused him of intentionally firing at steinle at pier 14 in 2015. he remains in jail. >>> the search is on tonight for a missing hiker. family and friends say 20-year-old tyler silver did not return home yesterday. abc 7 was there this morning as park rangers led a search. they walked the trails and launched a helicopter looking for any signs of sylva. so var he has not been found. >>> the attorney leading the campaign to recall

. >> cal trans engineers and the general contractor wasted no time. competitive bidding was eliminated. and shaved a year off the completion date. it's called super fast tracking. >> crews turned to something called cellular concrete to reduce the weight against the retaining walls. >> it's light and solid, and it's a lot less labor-intensive than using soil. there's a lot of sand stone, which is loose and has to be compacted for a long time. >> it liquefies when saturated by heavy rain. >> two large draining pipes will send heavy rainfall down hill. at least 100 trees were also lost in the slide, so replacement trees will be planted to stabilize the downslope. the rapid progress on this $10 million project means the vehicles that use this section of the high wray daily has caltrans hoping it will be projected shortly. >>> breaking news coming out of oakland tonight. in just the past few minutes, a laser strike at oakland's airport. last night it happened four times when lasers were pointed at incoming flights. this past weekend, the chp said they wer

cal trans worker rs were given orange workers in memory of han. in a statement, a union spokesperson said if investigators find there are actions that can be taken to prevent future actions like this from happening, we will work to ensure those precautions are put in place. elissa harrington, abc7 news. >>> firefighters are investigating a fire that killed a man in his home in the 90s on eagle avenue just off park street at 5:50 this morning. crews arrived a short time later and found smoke and flames billowing from the home coming from the basement. this is the view from sky 7. a neighbor says a man who she identified as leroy wasn't doing well and had trouble remembering things. >> he would be cooking and he'd fall asleep while he was cooking and he has set fire to his kitchen before. it's so awful to think of something like that happening. it's nice not a nice thing to think about. >> the man who usually helped him with cooking and odd jobs wasn't there. >>> two months after the north bay wildfires, investigators are looking at the effectivenes

we spoke with a cal trans spokesperson about what they're doing in response to this incident. let's take a listen. chp says they'll be doing further chemical tests to determine what was in the suspect's system. and he will be charged once he's treated for his injuries. reporting live in san franicsco, hermela aregawi kron 4 news. (justine) and we first told you about the deadly crash through the kron4 mobile app. download it and be the first to know about breaking news when it happens in your neighborhood. and our coverage of this deadly accident continues online at kron4 dot com. (jr stone) today marks one year since the oakland ghost ship warehouse fire. 36- people were killed while attending a party at the warehouse ... kron four's jeff pierce reports from oakland...where a memorial was set up outside the site of the fire. friends and families of those lost in the tragic ghost ship fire in oakland gathered at the site saturday to recognize their loss on the first anniversary of the tragedy. it's been one year, one year today that the ghost ship fire happened and it was very

so those are mainly along foal some if you can picture back to the freeway those were these are cal trans parcels used to support the freeway and its infrastructure and after the 1989 quarterback -- earthquake those why taken down with a few that kind of are north of that and some of the most northern once were parcel where the sales force is on and parcel s and on howard street and trance map and identified where all these are but a lot of our work and before court and main street of this neighborhood. >> >> folsom between essex going down spear or main all the way to second. >> ok, thank you. >> i want to echo the comments by mr. cullen, this is a very well put together report what i enjoy about it that where all the pieces come together and you begin to see this collective effort of staff with the policy of the commission as its implemented it's very impressive and when you see -- it's rewarding for me as a commission er to see that how many years has it been? at least five years now right. >> many of these policies that are being implemented that we're seeing the fruits of that were b

she has been with cal tran for ten years and leaves behind a husband and 10-year-old daughter. they lowered the flags to half staff. anne and i are deeply saddened to learn of the loss of si si han who died serving the public. according to burke's social media pages, he worked on several stage and live event productions in the bay area and a member of local stage workers union. we have been following that story on all social media. that's the video of the aftermath. we posted that on twitter. follow us on twitter. >>> this weekend marks the one year anniversary of the fire of the ghost ship warehouse in oakland. nobody could have predicted how deadly it would become and how it would change lives, forever. thom jensen was there and file third-degree report on the emotional day. >> reporter: so many different images, art work and expressions of love and loss for the 36 people tragically killed in the ghost ship fire. >> i didn't anticipate how hard it would be today. >> i have had panic attacks as the day went on. >> reporter: her 35-year-old nephew was at the warehouse the night

and it was a close call along these cal tran tracks in atherton. branchs covered two tracks. the train was able to stop in time, avoiding any further danger. in sausalito, word traveled fast about all the damage. >> i'm just getting home, but if it really did hit a few boats, then that could be some damage and expensive damage. >> we have reports of multiple people in the water. there were a lot of good samaritans helping people. >> reporter: strong winds are expected to continue through sunday morning. in sausalito, lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. >>> further up in the north bay, the wind has been causing a lot of anxiety for people who have experienced the wildfires last october. the return of high fire danger is bringing back painful memories, especially for families who lost their homes. fire departments continue to be on high alert this morning. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard has the details from santa rosa. >> i'm scared to death. >> reporter: for casey sumstein, there was no ignoring high winds at this giving event for victims of the october wildfires. >> i'm living up

the money is coming from cal trans, $3 and a half million. the new security project will run along highway 4, through pittsburgh, along i-80 to richmond. cameras can pan, tilt, and zoom as they record traffic going by, reading the license plates of passing cars and listening for gunfire with special microphones. >> when shots are fired on the freeway, will activate the cameras and turn them in the direction of the gunfire, and then an alert will go to our task force commander, the task force that's investigating the freeway shootings, and he'll be able to log into that camera system through a smart device. so we'll have eyes on the freeway basically in real time. >> reporter: for over a decade, video cameras have been mounted on many city streets in the east bay. that's why police believe gang members have been opting to shoot each other on the freeways, because there weren't just a lot of investigative tools. they were getting away wit. but apparently not for much longer. live in pittsburgh, ann macavick. >>> police are looking into the shoo

she started working for cal trans as a throw worker a decade ago soon after giving birth to her daughter. >> i've known her forever. so it's hard. great loss. >> reporter: lisa as mean ga leashian, abc7 news. >> we want to take a look now an the toll plaza from our toll plaza camera. you can see traffic running smoothly this morning. yesterday it was heavy all day long, of course, because of the lane closures. sky 7 was up over the toll plaza. you can see the jam that the lane closures created all day yesterday. the sea of cars stretching from the approach all the way through the mccarthur maze continuing on the east shore freeway. caltrans tells abc7 news service a lot of work to do. >> the toll booth itself was completely wiped out. the other toll booths were damaged but we should have the damage fixed by monday morning. >> caltrans does not expect the toll boot that was destroyed to be ready by tomorrow morning's commute. >>> the abc news 27 and let people know a fatal crash shut down multiple lanes of the toll plaza. you can enable push alerts from the news ap for instant notificatio