the west end of the bridge traffic pretty heavily backed up for sir francis drake boulevard.ffic then heads to the golden gate bridge but there are enough lands here that there are no backups on the golden gate bridge. that option requires that you do pay to tolls. and i want to apprise you of a problem on caltran this morning. we got word that there was a pedestrian struck southbound and paul alto and for a time of service was suspended. we understand now that the trains are starting to move again but they're likely single tracking so that will be major delays between palo alto, san francisco and san jose. >>mark: we will keep you updated throughout the morning on how you will get around but we're also watching the construction to make for sure that they will open of 5:00 a.m. tuesday asked ito after the toll plaza shutdown last night. kron4's will tran is alive he's monitoring the construction right now >>will: we expect a news conference to start any moment now. we are 12 hours into the shutdown and already we've seen the bay bridge. i showed you how busy it this place is.

if you are taking sir francis drake boulevard is still slow to one on one. enough traffic even with the addition of the san mateo bridge. it has been converted to ignore it all laid. we have be tracking >> here is a last look at the weekend weather forecast. >> it is cooler weather this weekend however, today you should enjoy it because it will be the warmest. it is already in the '70s. low 60's for downtown san francisco. following these numbers into afternoon, declare will have a high of 86 degrees. woolsey '90s for pittsburgh and fairfield. mid-70s for richmond. downtown san francisco will have a high of 70 degrees. your 7 day around the bay extended forecast highlights of cooler weather by this weekend. past that you can expect a pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine. >> the farmer's almanac may nowe will have a look at the farmers almanac after the break. >> the farmers almanac may not be quite as old as old man winter. but it's predicting he'll be back with a vengeance. carl azuz looks at how the almanac made its forecast and how accurate it's

we saw a bunch of extra cars from sir francis drake boulevard. once you get off the golden gate bridge expect extra traffic heading down 19th avenue and on park presidio as well. that's what it looks like on the freeways and some of the road to. if instead you plan to take public transit 24 hour bart service. that's what we're dealing with. perry servers will be increased. he could catch ferry's every 45 minutes during peak commute hours at a quick reminder that a.c. transit will not be running their trans bay. dense fog along the coast line of the club cover not as widespread as what we saw yesterday. currently temperatures are mainly in the '60s. expects '70s and '80s and perhaps the low 90s trickling from the forecast. expect a bright and sunny afternoon empire afternoon highs looks like we will see 90s along the delta. breaking down those afternoon highs will start things off in the south bay today. to the east bay we go checkout of the 90s on the board. downtown's san francisco checking and at 70 degrees and looks like we will see upper 80s

one of the spots is sir francis drake boulevard. right now is looking good but you can expect more cars on the road. of course, we will see the increase in volume in interstate 880 where it meets highway 92. as of right now we're seeing all green on the screen. as of right now the traffic is looking pretty good but public transit is also an alternative. this will be running 24 hours limited service. this is during peak hours only. as we focus on your thursday forecast we are waking up to temperatures warmer this morning. a lot of us are sitting in the '60s. >> we will see breaks of sunshine by the 8:00 a.m. hour. the cult will return to the forecast by 8:00 p.m. tonight.clouds will return by 80 p.m. tonight. low 80s and slated for sunnyvale. you can expect a mostly sunny day with temperatures floating for 90 degrees. mid-70s for hayward. downtown san francisco will have a high of 69 degrees. low 80s for petaluma. your extended forecasts shows the seven day of around the bay showing a cool down for labor day. >> a date for a special

sir francis drake boulevard is okay.n gate bridge with the volume is up over a normal day but not much in the southbound direction. there are no delays even with the additional traffic coming from the richmond center fell bridge. >> we have team coverage of day two of the bay bridge closure. crews have been working on a round-the-clock to connect interstate 80 to the new span. at the same time, they are also demolishing portions of old bridge. kron4 will tran joins us live from oakland side where he has been following the progress. >> there is a good chance that they may reopen the bridge before tuesday. this is ahead of the tuesday 5 they unscheduled. here is video that we shot 30 minutes ago. if this is the work that is been done. we do not see the volume of trucks that we saw yesterday. they did a lot of the heavy lifting by removing some of cold rolled away. you can say that there are laying down new roadways so when you go across you should be careful because it will be smoltz that you will be tempted to go faster.

i having for here on sir francis drake boulevard. >> if the commute is too tough there is the if you -- there is the new bicycle share. >> yes, it opened year. now traffic and leyla gulen. >> i don't know if folks will be taking the bicycle out of antioch to get to the if leans so we will look at what is happening on the freeways where it look like we have a slow down but moving at 62 miles per hour westbound from antioch to pittsburg and closer to pittsburg you are look at clear headed into concord. into walnut creek it is at top speed and 680 top speed there to dublin and to castro valley, not a problem this. >> good morning, everyone, this holiday weekend, in millbrae, the art and wine festival will be mild and 76 on saturday and 71 with mostly sunny conditions on sunday and to 9 open monday with the clouds lingering. south, watch out there is not much going on now but thunderstorms are possible in the high desert and it will be smoky and 83 in tahoe. >> next on abc7 news at 5:00, the latest on what is happening right now to get the new span ready. in is a look from the yerba buen

we saw sir francis drake, that could be a problem. >> possibly. headed away from that area to the south in sausalito we have clear conditions moving along at top speed so 58 miles per hour as you make it to the golden gate bridge and headed into the city we will see a bit of traffic. and of course the surface streets through san francisco will load up. our waze app shows moderate track on the san mateo bridge. you can navigate hands free and it is free so go to apple app and google play and join our group. the san mateo bridge shows tail lights are starting to build. so it is an excellent resource. >> at 5:17 we are looking at live doppler 7 hd radar and satellite is quiet. we have 23-mile-per-hour wind in fairly. we have a go sea breeze. that is why it is cloudy. one police officer waiting for anyone to go on the bay bridge. you are not supposed to. from south beach, it is a different sight. clouds linger longer today. it will be average if not cooler-than-average clouds. what a tease...the weekend is cooler progressively saturday and sunday to m

stintson is a world famous beach not far from what sir francis drake supposedly first landed. >> peopleare curious bit. they want to take a look at it. >> a final act of nature. >> i just saw people and first thing my mom said is there a whale. >> the whale was clearly in distress. >> still alive at 7:00 when i got here and died about quarter to 10:00. attempts to haul it out of the area failed by then the rescue had become disposal. >> if you take it back out to the water it's just going to wash up to be someone else's problem. >> researchers from marin county opened up the whale and looked at everything. >> if it's human related we want to find that money. we want to better understand. >> because along pacific coast only 3200 fin whales remain, they're big creatures on a narrow margin. now there is one fewer than yesterday. still a mystery on an otherwise perfect summer day at the beach. >> we're hoping to see a happy sendoff. >> instead, this and the waves. >> new span of the bay bridge supposed to open in a little more than two weeks now reaching another milestone what. crews did to

stintson is a world famous beach not far from what sir francis drake supposedly first landed. >> peopleare curious bit. they want to take a look at it. >> a final act of nature. >> just saw people and first thing my mom said is there a whale. >> the whale was clearly in distress. >> still alive at 7:00 when i got here and died about quarter to 10:00. attempts to haul it out of the area failed by then the rescue had become disposal. >> if you take it back out to the water it's just going to wash up to be someone else's problem. >> researchers from marin county opened up the whale and looked at everything. >> if it's human related we want to find that money. we want to better understand. >> because along pacific coast only 3200 fin whales remain, they're big creatures on a narrow margin. now there is one fewer than yesterday. still a mystery on an otherwise perfect summer day at the beach. >> we're hoping to see a happy sendoff. >> instead, this and the waves. >> new span of the bay bridge supposed to open in a little more than two weeks now reaching another milestone what. crews did to m

when you get to marin sir trancis -- francis drake boulevard will take you to a bottle neck. rebecca wonders if gridlock will prevent anyone from getting to her california closet store. >> the last thing we need are more cars clogging up the highway. i'm lucky i take the ferry. >> most drivers will be headed south to golden gate bridge where traffic increased. >> one of the things unique about this is there a thursday and friday normal weekdays for people. so there is going to be a normal morning commute with impending holiday weekend with a bay bridge closure. and people are going to have to be paish yeent sausalito art festival will draw thousands. extra ferry service is planned and cal plays northwestern saturday night. plans to take public transportation if you can. >> you can visit fr a look at resources on bart and san francisco bay ferry. abc 7 happens po see when worst gridlock is. >> and check out caltrans to >> and check out caltrans to see how close the bridge is to this broadcast captioned in realtime by adrena ordubegian. ing we're going notice-notify our twitter

peninsula over the san mateo bridge and, also, the drive through marin and especially the sir francis drake connection so we will look at that, this morning, and that is the direction i am headed right now northbound on 880. >> kristen would be in oakland at the speeds she drives. that she drives. she would be in northern california by now. >> we will now check the traffic. back to serious business. >> someone is in trouble. all right. good morning, everyone, it looks like track is starting to build and now we are seeing more cars piling on the roads but everyone is at top speed and it looks like you are going to get where you need to be in desent time. marin county 60 miles per hour, and top speeds on the golden gate bridge into san francisco and to the san mateo we are at 70 miles per hour which is too fast, actually. it looks clear and accident-free with one stale blocking a lane. mike? >> the big story today is the warmer weather, the tomorrow that will be near or above average for all of us, three to seven degrees warmer from 72 at san francisco to 92 in concord. we still have poor air

sir francis drake boulevard, the richmond san rafael bridge and the san mateo bridge. and while b.a.r.t. is planning overnight service labor day weekend to help with the san francisco traffic, the ferry will have extra runs between san francisco and oakland, alameda and vallejo. ferry managers plan to outline their plan in more detail this friday. we're also learning that the state's top politicians will be absent from the opening ceremony. governor brown is not scheduled to attend the scaled down, chain-cutting ceremony. he's scheduled to be in michigan for his wife's family reunion. you will find a special section dedicated to the bay bridge at ktvu.com. that's where we have posted b.a.r.t. and san francisco bay ferry schedules. just look for the hot topics section. >>> we have new video of yesterday's s.w.a.t. situation in vallejo. this was the scene on bay court as officers arrested a suspected car thief after a woman told police her neighbor stole her truck. officers found the man in a crawlspace under the home with his 5-year-old daughter. emwas arrested, he was

it took a little longer for the richmond/san rafael bridge and sir francis drake specifically to improve. but right now, we're seeing pretty good traffic from richmond parkway all the way out towards the toll plaza. coming up, we get a check of mass transit in the meantime, back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. >>> we sent our mobile5 to hit the roads this morning to see how the commute was moving along. even at 4:30 this morning traffic was a little heavier. people were getting up earlier hoping to beat some of the later traffic to work. commuters also used bart as another option to get to work. bart employees were on hand to help people figure out where to go and how to buy tickets. for some, it was the same scene down at the peninsula at the millbrae bart station. for most commuters other than waking up earlier it was a good day on bart. >> it was okay. >> everything was smooth. i'm sure it will be getting hectic due to the bay bridge getting fixed. >> bart trains are operating 24/7 through monday night but overnight service will be limited. >>> there were long lines at all east bay fe

it heads up through the tunnel and all the way through sir francis drake boulevard. these commutes are not better. my advice to you, if i had to do it, i would just wait. i mean, i know sometimes you can't wait. but if you can wait a couple of hours, it will be much, much better. i also want to show you, we're looking at the east shore freeway, that is also very slow. also, we talked about the san mateo bridge. road centers are all red from san bruno to san mateo. and halfway across the span or almost all the way across, we're expecting this to get better but not until after 7:00 this evening. let's go back to the desk. >>> we are also getting a look at the progress that work crews are making on the new eastern span. mike mibach just got an update and is live at the toll plaza. mike, what are they telling you? >> reporter: well, no glitches and on schedule, frank. that is the headline tonight, coming from caltrans. right now, behind me, the trucks are lined up. the grinders are over there, grinding up the roadway. the majority of the roadway here on the eastern side

sir francis drake boulevard in marin. the richmond-san rafael bridge and the san mateo bridge. and bart says it will offer extended service to help people get around the bring closure. 14 bart stations will be open 24 hours a day. they'll run hourly overnight service beginning wednesday night. bart also plans to run longer trains to accommodate commuters. >>> ktvu.com has a survival guide, if you will, to help you get through the bay bridge closure over the labor day weekend. just log on to ktvu.com and look under hot topics. >>> the first hand sales for california's high-speed rail project are coming under heavy scrutiny in sacramento. >> this is the single largest taking of private property that the state has ever seen. they are creating real havoc. >> rail officials are using the power of imminent domain to force the sale of a right-of- way. at a hearing, two central valley lawmakers are saying they want to ensure that landowners can appeal if they think an appraisal doesn't reflect the true value of their land. but their call for an audit was turned down. the rail authority

her body was found near sir francis drake in 1977. her brother was been waiting ever since for justice. >> there hasn't been a day i haven't thought about her, see? i finally got -- i'm going to the site where they dumped the body out the last two days. [ inaudible ] i want him to hurt for a long time. >> reporter: naso is on trial for the murder of four prospects, a 22-year-old whose body was found near port casta in 1978, pamela parsons found in 1983, and trace is tofoya found in 1994. investigators say there may be more victims because the four names were on a list of 10 found in naso's home. paralegal kerry spence said she received a letter from naso asking for help with documents t gave her the chills. >> he said, would you write me back and share your feelings? and that kind of just made me feel really strange. and i didn't know mr. naso was an alleged serial killer. >> reporter: naso has been representing himself with the advice of public defender pedros olivares. >> he says i'm looking forward to my opportunity to present my c

in fact, chp has issued an advisory telling folks to stay away from sir francis drake. it is bumper-to-bumper just stay on the freeway instead if you need to get over to the richmond bridge. some good news in all of this is that bart has been on time. they are still on schedule with no problems for the bart or ferries all day long. ken? >> reporter: yeah, liza. what do you think comparing yesterday with today? a big problem with the getaway commute because it's a three- day weekend? is that the biggest deal? >> absolutely. the commute started earlier and the commutes are longer. so definitely, much worse today because we have folks trying to leave town and get a jump-start on their three-day weekend. it would be a good idea to tank the dumbarton instead of the san mateo bridge for sure. >> reporter: we'll check in with you in a little while. thanks very much. a lot of initial deconstruction getting back to the bridge project has already been completed. paving work started yesterday after just one day on the job. at the same time, demo work is still under way on the old

you concede slowing after sir francis drake. >> we continue to monitor the work but it's been done. the work is being done. i want to remind you of ways you can get around. bart is running 24 hours service stopping at 14 stations over the labor day weekend. the trains will run every hour during the time they are normally closed. all ac transit bus services across the bridge have been suspended until the new bridge opens. the san francisco bay ferries have extra boats in the water during the closure. they will be heading to and from the oakland, alameda up main street, harbor bay, vallejo and san francisco terminals. even with all of these added services, transit officials advise you to give yourself enough time. >> we want to bring dan the camera shot of of the san mateo bridge. george mentioned that the commute there is awful. continuing our team coverage will now go live with mike pelton. >> i am just a mile away from the toll plaza. about 20 to 30 minutes ago there was a vehicle accident and it just created a mess. traffic was backed up further the more i am at currently. once th

the cars coming off of the san rafael richmond bridge bunching up there on the off-ramp the sir francis drake boulevard off-ramp the connection from 580 to southbound 101. these people will be headed over the golden gate bridge headed into san francisco so we have a backup beyond san quentin. eric and kristen? this will be a cop provide of trucks during peak commute hours and a pleasanton company is moving more than 6,000 truckloads of asphalt to pave the new bay bridge and could be congested so caltran will monitor traffic at the command center and can reroute the convoy. the trucks are diverted back to interstate 880 and highway 38 overnight. we will bring you briefings two times each day, and we will be live on monday with the chain cutting ceremony and you on twitter will know the moment the new bridge opens. >> dick shows up a very important view of what it is like getting off 580 westbound to make the connection to 101 with traffic backing up. >> the richmond san rafael bridge is looking slower at this hour and i will show you a picture of that and i want to show you our app eventually

francis drake boulevard, and richmond bridge. >> the spans will close at 8:00 p.m. tonight and remain closed through the weekend. it is expected to open tuesday at 5:00 a.m. but if the work is finished before then the bridge could open sooner, as soon as as monday evening but don't count on it. coming up at 6:00 p.m. our coverage continues with the tail of two neighborhoods. why some residents are celebrating and other are dreading the closure. plus a look at the command center and ride-along with the chp. >>> a plan to ban sodas fizzled quickly in san jose. ktvu's robert handa is live with why the idea is off the table for good. >> reporter: there was a lot of anticipation on whether san jose will join other communities in banning certain drinks, including whole milk by not allowing them to be bought or sold. but the ban will not be voted on because the proposal did not go down well with the city committee. >> the theme park in san jose would have bip one of the places -- been one of the places that could have banned sugary drinks. some people liked it. >> i don't

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sir francis drake boulevard between san quentin and green bay should be crowded. richmond san mateo bridge. it most likely will be the morning and afternoon commutes. that's the thursday and friday much and then monday afternoon, as people return from their holiday weekend. governor brown will not attend the opening of the bridge. coming in nine minutes, why the former mayor of oakland and california's highest elected politician will not take place. >>> a new report on how far into on-line communication the national agency could reach. the wall street journal is reporting, nst a is developing programs that go a lot further and has been revealed to the public. the scrurnal said, it has a network that could reach 75 percent of you. new detectives by thieves to scam cell phone owners. the recent cam involves at least two people. one of the thieves, they will swipe the phone from the victim and start running. the second person will act as a good samaritan and chase the suspect. police say once the phone is tracked down, suspect will give it back but may ask for a cash

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they are 19th avenue, in san mateo bridge, the richmond-san rafael bridge and sir francis drake boulevard, between san quentin and highway 101. the san francisco ferry is planning to do its part to help alleviate congestion. the agency says it's planning to add more ferries and extra runs between san francisco and oakland as well as alameda and vallejo. according to the agency's website, ferry managers plan to detail the expanded service on friday. bart is also planning overnight service labor day weekend. you'll find a special section dedicated to the bay bridge on our website, ktvu.com. that's where we've posted bart and san francisco bay ferry schedules. just look for the hot topics center. >>> governor jerry brown will not make it to the grand opening of the bridge due to an out-of-town trip over labor day weekend. we're also hearing that san francisco business leaders are calling on the governor to break the logjam in the labor negotiations. brown called for a 60-day cooling off period, but there's been little progress in reaching an agreement. so business leaders are asking him to c

sir francis drake boulevard between san quentin and green bay will be crowded.ridge. >> being resourceful, resillient and using common sense. i expect that to be the case as well. >> other biggy area, 880, 92 inter change in hayward. the most congested will be probably the morning and afternoon commutes august 29th and 30th, the thursday and friday. the weekend from 11:00 in the morning to 6:00 at night and monday afternoon as people return to their holiday travels. in a news briefing this afternoon, law enforcement and bridge administrators will discuss in depth public safety during the bridge's closure. >>> bart is planning around the clock service for the labor day weekend, the ferry will operate extra boats. there will be extra runs from san francisco to oakland. ferry managers will outline their plans on friday. governor brown will not attend the opening of the new bay bridge. coming in eight minutes, why the former mayor of oakland and california's highest elected politician will not take part in the opening ceremony. >>> new information on a san jose stri

. >> world famous beach not far where sir francis drake supposedly fears landed but that is not whatthe crowd and the crowd watchers here today. >> people are curious about it. they want to get a look at it. >>reporter: final act of nature in this the most public of places. >> saw a bunch of people then the first thing my mom said was there's a whale. >> 42 foot long endangered species whale washed ashore clearly in distress. >> still alive at 7:00 o'clock when i got here. it died about quarter to continue. one last push to try to get offshore. >> after the whale died attempts to hall it 30 ton carcass out of the water faichltd even less an year old it was just too heavy. by then the rescue operation had barack obama one of disposal. >> back out on the water wash up and somebody else problemism when the tide went out researchers from marin county marin mammal center opened up the whale for a test. dr. dr. johnson looked at everything heart lung thorax. stomach. >> human related we want to found that reason. if it's disease we want to better understand what is affecting these populati

sir francis drake in san rafael, still a parking lot getting towards the golden gate. i want to start off with live pictures from chopper 5. they have been out over the mess we have been looking aat for 101 all leading to the san mateo bridge. we are beginning to see some improvements out there. i think a lot of the folks that plan to make the drive out for a three-day holiday are already out there and it shouldn't get worse than this. drive times are 1 hour 45 minutes leaving san francisco down 101 across the san mateo bridge. i also want to show you a tape from chopper 5 from earlier this hour where 101 has been jam-packed leaving the sfo area heading towards highway 92. the 101 commute as ken was mentioning in marin county still extremely slow leaving san francisco heading towards that 580 turnoff towards the richmond/san rafael bridge. ken? >> all right, liza, good job. it's been a busy day. thanks very much for that. juliette, you know, in our effort to bring you the very latest on what's going on out here, i just saw christin ayers down on the deck of the bridge

the sir francis drake approach could get busy.38 through the castro valley y picking up extra traffic all those people detouring around the bay bridge closure heading southbound 880 instead of northbound so the commute is going to be messed up today t your usual delays we are not going to see and other places will be unusually busy. westbound 580 traditionally gets jammed up at this time of the morning and so far it's pretty quiet. 20 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. let's check in with lawrence and all the fog affecting the roadways. i'm sorry, i'm going to roberta. i messed that up. that's right. we are going out to roberta in mobile5. >> reporter: that's okay, elizabeth. don't go away. >> okay. >> reporter: you are a rock star. you are the best! you were telling me, elizabeth, that it would take me one full hour to get from pleasanton in the tri-valley to the city of san francisco. spot on! winner winner chicken dinner! it took us exactly one hour. i want to remind the folks in the tri-valley that a

stacking up on sir francis drake, as well. and caltrain, they have just started single-tracking.e. >> some of that patchy thick fog starting to break up in spots now, thick in others. we have heavy drizzle along the coastline too and the roadways are very wet. although you can see right here at the end we start to break things up outside. we are going to see a lot of sunshine as we head toward the afternoon. some 80s and 90s in the valleys. 70s and 80s inside the bay. 60s coastside. i think a little warmer tomorrow and cooling down for the holiday. >>> this is supposed to be an amusement ride. not for this machblt he looks pretty scared. once it started he can't stop screaming. that would be me, by the way. he was just relieved when the ride finally comes to a stop. >> i can tell by the gierks he's a very brave man. the woman is smiling. she's looking at him. what is the matter with you. man up. coming up in this half hour student interns have gotten a bad rap but this year nobody did anything to help the image. >> you don't hear riding the rails and vegetable oil in the same sen

even sir francis drake is not backed up as you try to connect to the san rafael bridge. >> we are wakingemperatures in the '50s. take a look at concord. it is a chilly start for this monday morning. the temperatures are still below where we should be this time of year. you'll notice by 3:00 p.m. that although it will be sunny it still will be cool. futurecast 4 is tracking the temperatures for your neighborhood. we're holding on to play 50s and side the bay. we will start to see 60's along the delta and portions of the south. a lot of the 70 degree readings will turn to 80s. the fog will return by 8:00 p.m. tonight in fact the temperatures will be back in the '50s. to there will be a lot of seven days on board wouldwith san rafael. plenty of sunshine in mid '80s for pittsburg. low 70's for vallejo. we are flirting with 70's for san leandro. santa rosa will be 11 degrees cooler than where it should be. they are generally in the upper 60s. >> a quick look picture travel forecast. if you are going to chicago they have thunderstorms and afternoon high of 78. low 80s for new york city and tri

police were called to the school on sir francis drake boulevard in kentfield after someone said theyaw a car repeatedly hitting a school sign yesterday afternoon. officers say the driver is 46- year-old natalie wynn. she was arrested. the children were not in the car yet and were kept at school until their parents could pick them up. >>> two federal agencies are locked in a court battle as they investigate the refinery fire in richmond last year. 15,000 people reported breathing problems after the accident at chevron's refinery last year. the two agencies have spent the past year looking for answers. but they have some major dibses on how to hand -- differences on -- on how to handle the situation. they are in a fierce legal battle in a washington, d.c. courtroom. >>> contra costa county is stepping up efforts to prepare for the next refinery accident. the county will test the emergency alert system tomorrow. the test phone calls will go out to people who live near four refinery and chemical plants. the calls will start at 5:30 tomorrow evening and continue for a few hours. >>> 7:36.

earlier next year, they will take over the good earth market building on sir francis drake boulevard.ds of bikes will ride down major south bay streets. drivers are being warned about the san jose bike party between 8:00 p.m. and midnight. cyclists plan to take el camino real and sunnyvale, middlefield road from mountain view to palo alto, oregon spres to un vefrt, university to stanford and back to el camino real. >>> we've gotten word of an earthquake in mexico city. it was a 5.3 magnitude. moderate earthquake. no reports of damage or injuries right now. but mexico city is pretty vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on top of muddy sediments from a drain lakebed. a 5.3 earthquake in mexico city. no major damages or injuries reported. >>> let's check in with sal. >> to the guys in the control room, i made a mistake, i want to see the 680 thing real quick. we're gonna end with this this morning. they are still clearing up this truck on 680 northbound on andre day. it will take a little time. 680 is delayed. southbound traffic may be delayed. let's go to steve. >>> higher clouds u