this should recover, foothill expressway and 101 are a better route. look at ways quickly to get around that. do not stayton 280, here in cupertino, atherton and woodside. the purple route, longer one, that's half the time it does traveling through the area. ways to help you compare that, join nbc bay area. back to our map system we're showing you the rest of the bay shows nice drive in palo alto, how light 101 is by comparison with 280 and dublin typical build out of altamont, easing to castro valley. >> thank you, mike. >>> coming up here on "today in the bay," getting the homeless off the street. the plan moving forward in one of bay area's biggest cities bringing feds and others to the homeless population. >> the problem with pet insurance and $1800 in the balance. i'm chris chmura, nbc bay area responds to fred next. >>> and don't forget to join our conversation on social media every morning. we really do respond. big day -- big dave tweeted. thank you, we love you, too. you're watching "today in the bay." nbc bay area responds . toa novato pet ow

foothill expressway through the area. light traffic. om one lane gets by past that crash. 101 is not a problem heading to or from the palo alto area. other side of the bay 880 past 92 is on the shoulder. that's better news. getting over to 680 talked about that traffic activity. police activity on the northbound side. that's a problem. let's look at the system, southbound may be presenting more of an issue. looking at that purple route from concord in toward lafayette area, 17 minutes if you get off of the freeway. if you stay on the freeway going 23 minutes. will save you five minutes right now. traffic should be cleared up hope any pretty soon. >> there we go. >> right around the corner. the weekend. yesterday telling us it was going to be a great one. >> seemed like yesterday was monday. this week has gone by so fast. >> we thought yesterday was monday. >> right. this week is going by fast at least for me and it's going to be a great weekend. we are looking at a lot of sunshine, upper 60s. bay 74 and inland area 76. perfect saturday.