is when caltran is estimated that this road will be open.e dealing with this fiery remains of this calfit caught fire at 50 a.m. for a of this--cab. there have been three vehicles involved and another tanker truck. they are still trying to determine what damage to the road has been occurred. if the debris was even knocked down to the street, below. once this is cleared up and inspected, it will determine when it is safe to open the roadways. also, hazardous teams have been sent to see if there is a haz mat concern. >>mark: thank you, george. the nasdaq is down 15 with apple is impacting the market. they have only sold 70 million for the quarter. analysts were expecting 20 million when it in fact,--17 million have a only sold of the iphone 4 s .... 3q my name is ashley. i was using cascade actionpacs. they just didn't have that spot free look. when i took the finish challenge, i could tell there was a difference. my dishes had a shine on them. i'm moving on to finish quantum. take the finish challenge for yourself. if you don't see a differen

>>mark: is the caltrans engineer on seen yet? >>officer: yes, they are on scene. >>mark: @ thank you for your time as we watch and wait for the accident investigation and see what happens and when the road we can reopen. >>will: >>jackie: i m below the accident scene. they had to send water up through that ladder truck you are looking at. we are told that there were three injuries and one was critical. there is conflicting information, i will verify that. traffic is a >>jackie: avoid this area at all costs. as soon as we get new information we will pass it along. >>mark: the traffic that you see moving is northbound 101. a major traffic headache going through san francisco. darya and george are in the traffic center. >>george: this is the north end of hospital curves. the traffic coming in from the octavia street express becomes this way. this skyway of the upper deck comes here. traffic on the bay bridge westbound has stopped at treasure island. traffic is bumper to bumper. that is because the traffic is being forced off of the freeway by caltrans and the chp. an

even now chp and caltrans are still working to reopen the southbound lanes. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> when will the overpass reopen and will it be safe? amy hollyfield has been at the scene all morning. she joins us live answers. >> reporter: we are 15, 20 minutes away from the far two lanes on the left opening up. caltrans has inspected the highway and feels confident it is safe to drive on. the far right lanes will be open -- won't be opening yet because they want to repair the guardrail that was damaged. they are hoping that will be completely open by 12, they are not certain at this point this has been a mess to cleanup. the big rig truck was the last of the three vehicles to crash in this chain reaction. it caused the most damage. the truck blocked all four of the southbound 101 lanes and the leaking diesel caught on fire. >> it looked like another vehicle involved in a separate collision which created another collision. >> reporter: the driver of the big rig was taken to the hospital with a woman driving one of the other cars. they

the other important thing, we met with caltrans. we got the ok on the feasibility on the brt project on van ness. that clears the way of sorting through the final design exception with them. as you recall, van ness avenue is a state group. that is another major milestone. unfortunately, i had to miss that. some great ideas coming out of the netherlands. some good news on -- boulevard. that is also a state route. caltrans is restricting the boulevard to turn it into two lanes instead of three. bike lanes and safer crosswalks. matter warnings for drivers for people crossing the street. caltrans has already issued a procurement on that. this is between everglade and 19th avenue. we are reaching some milestones on some other studies. the bay shore intermodal access study has also seen a complete draft report. the final report of the study that was presented to the city council, which has a major stake in terms of land use position that will affect areas surrounding the station. of course, the station is intended to be the terminal of th

this animation was greeted by caltrans. next week, caltrans will lift into slays the final two sections. >> the pieces we are putting in, that connects san francisco and oakland are the most complex parts of the bridge. there is a lot of precision involved. >> once in those sections are in place it will be possible to walk from one end of the bridge to the other. the new bay bridge will be finished in 2013. >>vicki: hoping to fly to grandma's for the holidays? air fares are going up a will show you ways to trim their costs. we will also demo in the tablet with a unique design. >>vicki: every major airline announced increases this week. it could still be ok to lock in your price if you click on traveling during thanksgiving or christmas. >>dan: airline experts are saying, if you want to travel over the holidays, the time to buy is right now because of consolidation. with united and continental getting together and other airlines doing the same thing, there are simply fewer seats. if you want to travel on a specific day and a

it looks like there might be some caltrans work going on there. but you see the wet pavement coming down on the golden gate. the heaviest rain will be in san francisco and point south in just a few hours. into oakland hills there are flooding concerns tonight business. crews spent the day clearing mud and debris away along skyline boulevard. as a precaution, oakland public works crews have set up sand bags along some of the most problematic areas in order to help keep the drains open. >> >> glen: weather deadly today in arizona. this huge dust storm caused a series of accidents along interstate ten between tucson and phoenix. >>> a half inch of rain caused this mess in las vegas. our rain tonight is expected to move into las vegas, and the rest of nevada causing more problems tomorrow. >>> no matter where you are, log onto ion4.com for up to the minute radar. and for the forecast. you can e-mail us your weather pictures. or post them on the fan page. >>> another big story tonight. after spending four 4 years in prison, amanda knox is back in the u

even now chp and caltrans are still working to reopen the southbound lanes. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> when will the overpass reopen and will it be safe? amy hollyfield has been at the scene all morning. she joins us live answers. >> reporter: we are 15, 20 minutes away from the far two lanes on the left opening up. caltrans has inspected the highway and feels confident it is safe to drive on. the far right lanes will be open -- won't be opening yet because they want to repair the guardrail that was damaged. they are hoping that will be completely open by 12, they are not certain at this point this has been a mess to cleanup. the big rig truck was the last of the three vehicles to crash in this chain reaction. it caused the most damage. the truck blocked all four of the southbound 101 lanes and the leaking diesel caught on fire. >> it looked like another vehicle involved in a separate collision which created another collision. >> reporter: the driver of the big rig was taken to the hospital with a woman driving one of the other cars. they

this would continue to delegate nepa to caltrans. without this extension, the ability for caltrans to administer the nepa process would have gone away. that was approved by the governor. ab1097 authorizes bid preferences for domestic content for transit agencies. a federal law allows that but requires a state to adopt a statute. this aligned itself with federal authorities, so the transit agency can now, with the permission of the state, including a higher level of domestic content requirements in their procurement processes. a very interesting bill that we have marked down for watch, ab 1900. this provides relief for leadership projects in the newly defined set of projects. residential, commercial, cultural, everything except -- pretty much any kind of major new structure that requires at least $100 million in investment and be certified as a silver leed project. infrastructure could qualify itself for a special designation by the governor. if it receives a designation, then any appeals against the validity of the ceqa process would

we're along donner summit where caltrans has a long night ahead. >>> you may not want to pay to watch my play basketball. but these guys are hoping you will pay to watch them play. i ride muni every day. i enjoy it the most when i'm with sidney. she doesn't notice that it's too crowded or that it can run a half hour late. i'm bevan dufty, and i'm running for mayor because it's not enough to just "get it done"-- we have to get it done better. sidney thinks muni is magic. we go underground and come out someplace new-- just us. i want all of us to see it that way. >>> we're continuing to track that winter like storm that's moving into the bay area right now. bill it looks like the north bay is getting hit the hardest. >> lots of reports coming into the bay area center. some of the rainfall in fort bragg, san helena. the front is not even here yet. there's live storm tracker 2 you can see some of the heavier returns up toward santa rosa, napa, bodega bay. what you can't see is the actual front itself. it's still offshore. when i click on the buoys we check out the wind gusts it's a great

we spoke with caltrans today and we have an update. >> there is actually to.ltrans plans on filling the gap by next week or holding that the latest. if you look at the middle of the pitcher joaquin the gap between the two separate parts of the bridge. sections 13 w and 13 d were recently put in. the final two sections called 1414 w will be put into place and that will connect the bay bridge between san francisco and oakland. there have been a few milestones in building the bridge but caltrans says that this one maybe the most critical. >> these pieces that we're putting in that connect san francisco and oakland are the most complex parts of the bridge. we have the main cable entry in here. there are extremely heavy and there's a lot of precision involved in placing them just right at this location. >>reporter: once those are in place, you will be able to walk from one end of the bridge to the other. there is a lot of work left to do . if the big picture of caltrain stays on schedule they will finish the new bay bridge in 2013. >>jacqueline: here is a look, 18t

then caltrans had to check the highway for damage. the railing was impacted on both sides. part of it was missing from the impact of the truck. in the meantime, drivers were taken off the highway at ninth street causing jams on the bay bridge and city streets. >> detours twice two different detours. still trying to get to work right now. >> today i had to get off at 9th street and yeah rearrange things. it made me late. so here we are. >> reporter: and taking another live look back out at the scene southbound 101 near cesar chavez and san francisco, two lanes now reopened. now, another little interesting point about this accident. there was also an arrest that was made but apparently, this man was not involved in the accident. he came upon the accident after it had happened this morning then got into a fight, a fistfight, with the chp officer trying to keep him away from the scene. he ended one a head injury and is now under arrest -- he ended up with a head injury and is now under arrest. that has nothing do with the accident but just more drama for everybody to deal with.

they tell me the mood at caltrans is celebratory the iron workers especially.th dignataries today. san francisco lee will be there. they are wait to find out if the mayor of oakland will be there. they invited her. the big celebration will be when the br our other top story in oakland. terry mcsweeney joins us with an update from occupy oakland. >> reporter: good morning. just a couple minutes ago we had a little bit of news. for the first time this morning an oakland police - -- police car was driving up and down 14th and kept going. the tents are back up at frank ogawa plaza in front of city hall. give you a little tour. first thing i'm going to show is the candles, tribute to former marine scott olsen, a protester injured tuesday night during a clash with police. some say he was hit by a tear gas canister fired by police. there was a meeting last nightmare quan turned out to speak, there was a lot of commotion and she defer did get the microphone. the tents were moved out tuesday morning. tuesday night disturbance, 100 arrested, two police officers injured u

earlier today caltrans was gearing up for the storm and the inches of snow to come. >> i heard 10 toix. whatever happens, we'll just push it off the road. >> reporter: caltrans is bringing in more people and equipment working a 24 hour shift starting at midnight. but the snow is not the only concern on i80 that could complicate driving tomorrow. >> worse thing we have going right now is miles and miles and miles of construction. we're restricted down to one lanes in some places and it's going to be slippery wet and dangerous. >> reporter: an early october snowstorm may be a headache for so but it's welcomed by ski resorts. they're hoping early snow means another year like last year when the resort saw 811-inches of snow. >> we broke every record on the books it was truly incredible. we were skiing on fourth of july. many of us are itching to get back out there. we're hoping for another one of those. >> reporter: back to caltrans, plows will start to hit the road about midnight. the first thing they will look for out on the interstate are rocking that may have fallen after losening. t

we spoke with caltrans and chp. they opened the one and two left-most lanes of southbound 101, they will reopen in the next 15 minutes. here is what the holdup has been. during this accident, the vehicles knocked out a huge chunk of this sideway. they put a temporary side rail in here. they're finishing that up as we speak. when it did hit it knocked a bunch of debris on street below. that's 16th street. 16th street is blocked between vermont and san bruno. they just finished up that repair, doing a little cleanup around here. the number one and two lanes from the 80 transition to 101 southbound will be opening within the next 15 minutes. if you whip around here, though, there's still the issue of this guardrail. this is right by the u.p.s. building on southbound 101 by the three and four lanes. i don't know if you can tell, but there's some cracks there. caltrans has done an inspection. they need to get another guardrail out here. they're waiting for that to arrive. when that does arrive, they'll be able to reopen

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they take their time they will eventually get something straightened out. >> reporter: well, caltranss trying to at least make the boat available for emergency vehicles for fire trucks, ambulances to get across. we contacted the manufacturer ourselves. it's nichols brothers up in washington state and they said emphatically no comment don't want to talk about it. state of california, we build bridges, roads, giant buildings, can't get a ferry to work. >> great story. >> good stuff. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back. in ame. it's all about jobs. it's all about respect. security. the american dream. [ jamaul ] good jobs gh times. a chance to move up and do better. [ delaunta ] excellent healthcare. [ caletha ] beautiful benefits. what they used to call the american way. it still works here. [ jennifer ] not a single layoff of a u.s. manufacturing worker. [ glen ] not one. not one. doing things the right way. quality. [ jimmeka ] building cars that americans want. [ jamaul ] right here in america. hyundai is an all-american success story. ♪ second taxpayer loan even as its financ >>>

sometimes they wrap up ahead of schedule but it is planned according to caltrans until 5:00. bay bridge just the lower deck where we're seeing roadwork this morning. should be wrapping up according to caltrans by 6:00 this morning as you past the decline and on the eastshore freeway, using westbound 80 there is more overnight roadwork between the albany exit and powell. you will find various on- and off-ramps closed. more roadwork this morning, continues in the east bay, that's eastbound highway 4 at bailey road in pittsburg. looks like today they just have one lane blocked until 1:00 this afternoon. that is traffic. back to you. >> i'm not going to complain about the roadwork there because we need it. >> it's true. potholes an issue. >> thank you. >>> 4:42. president obama makes a late- night stop that's no laughing matter. how he is depending the u.s. role in libya. >> a pg&e pipeline blows up again. the next planned test that has a bay area neighborhood on edge this morning. that and much more coming up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, with appeals for money and votes. today

but caltrans knows what's coming they are gearing up. >> and we're getting our equipment ready. putting our plows on and getting our sanders fixed up and ready to go. >> you feel like you're ready? >> yeah, we'll be ready. >> reporter: starting at midnight plows will be on the road. they're expecting six to 10 inches of snow. the slick roads are not the biggest concerns. >> the biggest thing we have going now is miles and miles of construction. we're restricted down to one lane in some places and it's going to be slippery, wet and dangerous. >> reporter: while the rain fell today snow is not a long memory, the plows were working in june. >> it's just early, that's all it is. >> reporter: squall valley says it recorded its first snow last year on october 25th. so it's a bit earlier than last year. they had 811-inches of snow on the ground here at squall valley. they said that was a record more on their expectations or hopes for the year ahead at 6:00. ken pritchett. >>> caltrans says the rain is not expected to delay any major road construction. our cameras found tree trimming se

the right lane is still blocked as caltrans crews are trying to clear a motorcycle from elaine's. harder to clear that an automobile and more difficult to pick up than a car. often times it takes longer to clear a motorcycle with a tow truck. the back up reaches all the way to the macarthur maze. even 880 northbound is almost back up to the diamond lane split. well over a 20 minute drive time especially from the macarthur maze. the backup continues to grow westbound. think about an alternate route this is the ride westbound, already heavy. we could see heavier traffic on the nimitz southbound. taking a look at your ride on the golden gate bridge, a problem free. that is a good alternate. traffic is already starting to slow westbound. this interstate 80 backup could start to reach up towards panel because of the slowing getting to the bay bridge this morning. >>george: there is a fuel spill on the roadway 101 northbound. we could be looking at major problems through sonoma county for 101 southbound. 6:48 a.m., let's get a weather update. it >>james: i want to illustrate how much co

. >> reporter: for caltrans riders high speed rail is not a hard sell. it's a huge project, 800 miles of track, up to 24 stations all with a promise of getting passengers from san francisco to l.a. in under two hours and 30 minutes. but the plan could cost more than $40 million and the devil as they say is in the details. so anticipation is high. >> i heard a lot of things like having the wrong stops or a lot of bureaucracy issues with the many stops and i can see why. >> reporter: while we found supporters of the project here at the caltrans station in san francisco, this project has its fair share of critics. according to the l.a. times union pacific say it is proposed central valley rout calls into question property rights and has the potential to disrupt operations. add that to concerns over logistics and the price tag and you have a full plate. >> it's tough right now with the economy. thinking about investing in something that has a big price tag. but it's going to make a difference. >> reporter: the report is expected to be thousands of pages long

a lot of emergency vehicles, caltrans vehicles, tow trucks, and what not. we're expecting to get more information in about 10 minutes. but what i can tell now is a little different than what we reported. the latest i have heard interest a california highway patrolman is there have only been minor injuries in this accident. it was a bad accident with three cars and big rig. the cab was on fire at one point. there are so many other emergency vehicles on southbound 101, they are keeping us back. if you are coming from 80, you can make it all the way to the area where foreclosure and southbound 101 split off. in the meantime, this is where we ended up which is an area that only emergency vehicles are allowed to go in at this point. they are trying to assess the situation. they say it will be closed for three hours this morning. we'll hear more in 10 minutes from emergency officials from the fire department and we'll certainly have that for you right as we get it. back to you guys. >> hey, anne, a quick question. we understand that the tanker was carrying some s

caltrans is construction of what is being called the parkway is moving along nicely.e work is being completed in two phases the first involving a temporary detour to reroute traffic. for several years groves the north and southbound car of will need to run through this tunnel which is near completion. >> once this is complete we're targeting at the end of the year will will will be able to do is move off the drive on to the temporary structure that allows us to build the second part of the project. >>reporter: in the second phase crew to build three more tunnels and the bridge will be connected to a high one. the entire $1 billion project is scheduled to be completed in 2015 and a apple--completed in 2015. live in san francisco i charles clifford with kron4 news. >> a federal appeals court has suspended parts of alabama controversial immigration law. as catherine reports tonight it has let stand a power of police to arrest and detain anyone at any time when they suspect of being in this country illegally. >> if you could speak to the people passed this law will to sti

>>pam: caltrans is a significant part of the new bay bridge will become completed soon.er: this is a live look at the bay bridge. at the moment there is a gap. the gap is right here in the middle next to the crane if all goes to plan the plan on closing this close to halloween by the latest. and this is an animation created by caltrain section 13 w and 13 he were recently put in and next week caltrain will put in the mix final two sections called 14 he and 14 w. that will connect the new bridge between san francisco and oakland. there have been some milestones how they say this one may be the most critical. >> these pieces that we are putting in are the most complex. we have the main cable coming inside the dec k and anchoring them so they're extremely heavy and there is a lot of precision that goes into this job. >>reporter: wants those sanctions are in place the will be possible to walk on the road with from one end of the bridge to the other. it will still be a while before you can drive because there has to be a connection from here also into the other side. they bel

. >> caller: the caltrans budget, let's talk about the caltrans budget. $8.5 billion a year to do what? i have no idea. i have, went to some of the yards for caltrans. they have new vans, new tires on the vans that are a year old. i'm disgraced actually. i see caltrans drivers parked on the side of the road doing nothing. trash everywhere. why don't we cut the budget of caltrans in california? we'll save billions of dollars. that is all my comments. thanks, john. >> guest: a good point. we don't have a whole lot of say over caltrans. they may get some federal grants but it is pretty much a california operation. i oversee or our committee does, amtrak and that's one of my targets for a vast improvement. we could do a lot better there. they have made some reforms. we passed some legislation to reform it. but, you know what we can do, and i'll ask my committee staff to look at caltrans's operations. if there are, if there is federal money involved, we could get involved but usually operational it will come from a state budget. you know, california has plenty of money so they don't have a

this animation was greeted by caltrans. these two different bridges are the most complex parts of the bridge. we have the main cable coming inside the deck and anchoring here. the pieces are extremely heavy. there is a lot of precision involved. >>reporter: once the sections are in place it will be possible to walk from one end of the bridge to the other. it will still be a while before you can drive across. >>louisa: he became the first raider to throw three interceptions in the first half. then came carson palmer he did not do much better oakland lost their star running back derrick mcfadden to a foot injury in the early first quarter. >>louisa: there was an advance memorial for dan wheldon flew died in in the car crash. his funeral is today in st. petersburg, florida. he leaves behind a wife and 25. let's take a look at what is happening outside right now. this is the cold outside of at&t part schilling of a nice day starting in the bay area. it is not foggy or raining. it should be a pretty warm week. for 50 3:00 a.m.,

we're already hearing from caltrans about the nervousness they have if that transportation reauthorization is not done quickly. so we need that on the national level. that is why we're continuing to use this as an example of how we as the city can work together with city agencies, community- based agencies, our friends in labor and business, to promote one of the most beautiful, very challenging complex, but it will be a beautiful addition to the old downtown skyline and functionality. so today we are celebrating this milestone where all of the demolition has been completed. that is the finished phase one. it has been remarkable. not one word-related accident has happened in all of these thousands of hours put together. by the way, of all the work our that were mentioned, over 80% of those jobs went to nine county residents in the bay area for these jobs. all the demolition, carpentry work, removal of terror. now we begin these pilings, these five games. there will be 500 of these going in. so this is more than just a beautiful project. it is job producing. it is the most important thing w

and there is trying to cause caltrans to shut down roads. >> this is total white out when driving. and we weren't -- i don'tÑi think any of us were expecting that. >> but an early snow storm could signal a great winter head following an above normal snow pack this, could be a sign of things still to come. and. >> the economy depends on weather f weather works in our favor we do well. >> the chef has one request to make of the weather gods. last year storms always seemed to arrive friday autos so a lot of the weekend crowd couldn't get here we're hoping this year snow is just as much but sunday, monday, tuesday. >> and the forecasters warned that a wet fall does not necessarily mean a wet winter awc 7 news. >> thank you very much and we've seen snow there. what is it like here? let's check in with... >> sandhya patel here with the forecast. right as rain this, is what you said is going to happen. >> it's becoming active out there. take a look at live doppler 7. i'm going to show you whaps what's happening. there are showers getting some thunderstorms that are developing. i want to t

the mood at caltrans is very celebratory. the iron workers especially are the ones who are excited. is the pinnacle of what they've been working on. there will be a celebration with dignataries, mayor ed lee will be headed out to see the progress. they are waiting to hear whether mayor jean quan will be joining him, she has been invited of course. caltrans says this is a big milestone so it should be commemorated today this the ribbon cutting, hard the bridge isn't expected to open until 2013. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> certainly going to be watching that this morning. let's talk about another bridge. the golden gate bridge board of directors expected to approve more than a $500,000 upgrade for its tolling system. toll workers are going to be replaced by the all electronic system. the bridge district face as 89 million dollars budget deficit over the next five years drivers will pay using fast track or build by mail. >>> police in -- cupertino asking for help in a identifying a suspect who attacked a female student. white male adult, 5'4, blonde hair and speaks with a russian acc

a caltrans spokeswoman says the city is planning to increase the speed limit in south lake tahoe andmyers. caltrans says construction has added to traffic delays in recent months and the speed increase could ease some of that congestion. >>> a block buster trade today including the oakland raiders and cincinnati bengals. the raiders are getting carson palmer from the bengals in exchange for a first round pick next year and a conditional pick in 2013. palmer is a former number one pick who also won the heisman trophy when he played in usc. coming up at 6:00 we'll have more about this and hear from carson palmer and hugh jackson. >>> well the day before game one of the world series and some u.s. senators and health officials are asking major league baseball to ban players from using chewing tobacco at games. they're urging the league and teams to ban tobacco. when players use smokeless tobacco they endanger their own health but also millions of the children who follow their example. you can watch the series between the texas rangers and cardinals right here on channel 2. game one will

that was recently awarded by caltrans to make sure we continue that effort of forming through the leadership a 15- member advisory committee to keep improving market street and consider those ideas to making sure transportation is moving smoothly as well as all of the other things that make great streets. the central market district loan fund -- $11.5 million to dedicate a small but a -- to dedicate to small businesses. that is why you see pearl's deluxe burger is that will open very shortly. i am missing a great hamburger on mid-market. also attracting new small businesses. huckleberry bicycle will be relocating there, and they are a receiver on our loan packages already. then, continuing to work with our whole our arena of arts groups and recruiting arts. whether it is burning man, the great arts foundation, arts in the store fronts, our arts commission -- everyone is working together to make sure that art is a great and producer of both businesses and foot traffic into that central market, and that is going very well. because already, as you may have heard when we unveiled the redoing of

caltrans plans to update them by 2013.will not run today and tomorrow because instead they'll have a bus ferrying passengers from the santa clara stop as crews work there. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay." more house calls in your future. how mobile medicine is changing the way we get healthcare. >>> we've been in an organization that has had such meager resources. >> and he turned it all around. meet the man who brought vallejo from bankruptcy to balance. the key to his strategy can work for you, too, and it has nothing to do with numbers. plus airline standoff. the worker l tocutulhat d lock impact your dream vacation or business plan. >>> more raids today by syrian security forces a day after one of the deadliest days in the month of that nation's uprising. the opposition's two main activist groups say security forces fired on protesters and hunted them down in house to house raids. president bashar al assad appears confident that his government weathered the worst of the turmoil sweeping syria and soon will be

if you go to my blog, i have a link to the caltrans traffic cameras.you can go up to the sierra and see the snow for yourself. clear lake 58, ukiah 59 those are the highs today. 62 vallejo, rest of us mid to upper 60s. monterey bay and inland low to mid 60s. possibly thunderstorms on the way for . look how it calms tonight. temperatures cooler upper 40s around livermore, fremont, mid to upper 40s in the north bay vallese the rest of us low to mid -- 50s. cold front swept through. couple pockets of clouds, smaller areas of low pressure swirling around. satellite lows roll through and bring us a couple waves of storms. storms developing over the next hour or so throughout the bay with more the north bay and sliding to the southeast about 20 to 30 miles per hour. nate time you can get caught with brief heavy rain, small hail, lightning and thunder. overnight we lose the heating, most of the showers. they will redevelop tomorrow next system is weak at least the one for tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon we see a drying and clearing trend take hold. that means a

as far as the damage to property, the bridge railing and other things, once it is completed, caltrans goes after it. >> the freeway was fully re- opened before noon, two people were injured in the crash,. >> one woman driving in front of that accident is called a hero tonight. she jumped into action to save the driver of that truck. >> 22-year-old williams and adult daycare worker was driving her daughter to school a few hundred feet ahead of the accident. >> i see this guy standing in the middle of the fire and i'm like oh, my gosh. >> the williams pulled over and warned her daughter to stay put. >> she heard me saying oh my god, oh my god. she's like what? and she seen me run over and she was looking out the window. >> williams rushed to pull him clear. >> i've been down, grabbed him here and i was pulling him as fast as hard as i can and i hear the popping noise and i was really scared. >> she made the difference in the world because the truck driver was on the ground. we hat -- had to put out the fire. >> the california highway patrol and san francisco firefighters this afternoon

third, we think that we can focus more growth along the bark and caltrans corridor. taking on growth is ok, but it is more the other cities

. >>> today caltrans made it official. with that giant pair of scissors it marked the end of construction on the four year highway 880-92 interchange. the project replaced two clover leaves with two direct connectors linking highway 880 with the san mateo bridge. the change has already improved the traffic flow. >> definitely nonpeak hours you should not expect much back up at all. peak hours, it's still may be a little bit slow through here because of 880. but it looks like 92 is moving very well. >> reporter: caltrans says the $245 billion project employed thousands of workers and that it came in on time and $1 million under budget. >>> a sign that ski season is just around the corner appeared in the sierra this morning. they started a snow making machine. that comes after 10 inches of snow boreal says fell with the snowstorm. >>> here is what it looks like in truckee right now. a lot of sun, smooth sailing right now. >>> a lot of sun down here as well. what a beautiful day. and the weekend is almost here. our chief mete

caltrans is considering increasing both speeds by five miles-an-hour. con stuck in the area has added traffic delays in recent months. south lake tahoe's chief has mixed feelings about faster traffic. >>> san francisco transit officials putting a bigger price tag on a proposal to let kids under 18 ride muni for free. a study says it would cost at least 13 million dollars. nearly twice what the board of supervisors budget analyst came up with last month. saying the board failed to the account for expanded service at peak hours. supervisors have urged muni to adopt the plan to help families save money. >>> in a few minutes >> sean: cans too young to vote will reveal who -- san franciscans too young to vote will reveal who they voted for. they participated if a mock election. their news conference is about to begin. we know they would give mayor lee a full term. the teens passed a school bond measure but rejected a sales tax increase to been fit youth -- to benefit youth programs. >>> secretary of state clinton makes a vice visit to libya. the blunt words

if you go to my blog, i have a link to the caltrans traffic cameras.u can go up to the sierra and see the snow for yourself. clear lake 58, ukiah 59 those are the highs today. 62 vallejo, rest of us mid to upper 60s. monterey bay and inland low to mid 60s. possibly thunderstorms on the way for . look how it calms tonight. temperatures cooler upper 40s around livermore, fremont, mid to upper 40s in the north bay vallese the rest of us low to mid -- 50s. cold front swept through. couple pockets of clouds, smaller areas of low pressure swirling around. satellite lows roll through and bring us a couple waves of storms. storms developing over the next hour or so throughout the bay with more the north bay and sliding to the southeast about 20 to 30 miles per hour. nate time you can get caught with brief heavy rain, small hail, lightning and thunder. overnight we lose the heating, most of the showers. they will redevelop tomorrow next system is weak at least the one for tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon we see a drying and clearing trend take hold. that means a lo

should be wrapping up according to caltrans very shortly.ated information at port chicago highway at willow pass minor injuries in an accident. everything is off to the shoulder so no delay. that's traffic. back to you. >>> the identity of a man killed in a road rage collision on saturday is expected to be released today. 31-year-old eddie hall from oakland is being held for suspicion of murder and felony hit-and-run. witnesses tell police the paratransit van driver intentionally swerved into a group of motorcyclists on interstate 580 in oakland. now, the van kept going dragging the victim's motorcycle with it. >> his motorcycle was dragged. in terms of him being dragged, that's not necessarily the information i have at this point. we know that he was hit by a car but not necessarily being dragged. we're investigating if this was an accident or if this was an intentional act. >> a hells angels representative telling the "chronicle" the van drive was enraged because he believed the motorcyclist cut him off. >>> this morning san jose police ar

we don't have a lot of say over caltrans.t some federal grants but it's pretty much come for the operation. i oversee, or our committee does, amtrak and that is one of the targets for vast improvement we could do a lot better their. we've passed some legislation to reform, but you know what we can do if i asked the committee to look at caltrans operations. and if there is federal money involved we can get involved usually operational it's going to come from a state budget and california has plenty of money so they don't have a problem finding the waste and inefficiency. just a joke. just a joke. >> host: clancy brown tweets we're the jobs created by stimulus money to be outsourced by chinese companies? a real slap in the face. >> guest: i don't know about that one. i would love to hear more because i try to monitor the stimulus dollars. mr. oberstar, my predecessor and i made a pledge to do that in a bipartisan manner. i'm not happy about the way that some of the money has been spent. actually some agencies have done a good j

folks, this case is going to be a real nail-biter which is fine because my insurance covers cute caltrans plants. nobody but nobody can predict how the supreme court is going to rule on this one. here to predict how the supreme court is going to rule on this one, please welcome cnn analyst and author of the nine, jeffery toobin. thanks so much for coming back. good to see you. okay. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: all right, jeffery, let's talk about the issues here. i'm sorry, did you want some dip? >> that's okay. >> stephen: all right. now let's talk about the issues at play here. what is the interstate commerce clause. does that regulate the guys who sell the oranges on the off-ramp at the interstate. >> no, no, it's the part of the constitution that says the federal government can regulate anything related to interstate commerce, which the supreme court historically has interpreted very broadly. >> stephen: what has that got to do with this. >> well, the obama administration says that the health-care industry is 17% of the economy and all of the transactions lumped together have a