i would not advise using it anywhere new gertrude avenue. 80, and then get onto 580 westbound using 80. you can use one of the city streets that cuts through or go down and get on the 580 as you get closer to el cerrito. right now the richmond parkway is not advised because of this fire. you can see no one is getting through. the fire is still raging along. some of the nearby residents -- have been advised to go to the shelter in place. we have a crew on scene. were trying to find out more about this fire. one thing i do know for sure is there are a lot of resources that have been called in to fight this fire. let's move along to some other issues with the traffic. it is backed up for a 15 minute wait at the bay bridge. things are getting a little bit better with the commute. when it comes to the bay bridge, and getting into san francisco, we have seen some improvement. also the san mateo and the done barton bridge commutes have improved. this is a look at 280 in san jose. that is looking good. i'm looking at some of my road sensors here in

she seems to have really raised herself, but gloria are did grow up in gertrude's household, and gertrude artist, and sculpt tresz, and gloria got some of that. >> and these are paintings of mine. >> a long time ago? >> yes, way, way back, and i would love to have these in a studio. that is amazing. >> you want to take a look at this? >> yes. >> and there are piles of them. >> well, i'd like to have them all. yes. i think that we are going to need a truck to take them over. i mean, these are like when i was in the teens. >> really? >> yeah. >> what was it like at wheeler? >> it was wonderful. i was very, very happy there, and this is when i first started to really, you know, having a more sense of myself. >> these are letters fm your aunt gertrude? >> yes. the interesting ones are the ones interesting to me when i was in california are and had gone out to stay with my mother for two weeks with a chaperone called constance. ♪ >> miss vanderbilt and i have just finished. we are concluding our trip now. we are in hollywood. i would like to thank everybody for being so nice. >> i was so movie

the fire started at the auto weeing a car junk yesterday at west gertrude and the parkway at 7:10. residents were tolded to shelter-in-place and they were anxious about their health as the smoke passed over the their homes. >> i have high blood pressure and i am diabetic and was concerned inhaling this toxic, the toxic fumes. the gas tanks were exploding. >> firefighters estimate hundreds of carried burn taking three hours to put identity. water was not getting job done so they turned to smoke. it is windy and they extended the shelter-in-place order to the richmond hills and to el cerrito. the air quality experts were on hand honoring the air so this will be an ongoing situation. right now, no reports of concerns. the cause is "under investigation," but a fire marshal thinks it will be accidental and at this point it does not look like anything is suspicious. >>> our cameras were rolling when the fire break out and we could see the richmond fire from different spots around bay area, these are four different perspectives: officer san francisco to emeryville. >> now from the emeryvi

here's a live look at richmond parkway near gertrude avenue.uthbound san pablo avenue or westbound 80 as your alternate to get on the richmond/san rafael bridge. roberta? >> smoke is blowing onshore due to winds at 13. air temperature currently is in the 50s and 60s. we have picked up to 7 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. right now there you have those wind speeds clocked at 16 miles per hour in throughout the richmond area. today's high temperatures with the winds continuing ten to twenty in the 50s. dry and cool through wednesday. ,,, zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. you got the car! - holy cow! you've got the big deal! you won-- now dance. cat gray's over there jamming the tunes. vamos al aruba! let's play smash for cash! - go big or go home! jonathan: it's time for "let's make a deal." now here's tv's big dealer, wayne brady. wayne: what's up, america? i'm wayne brady. this is "let's

gertrude avenue. w. gertrude avenue.can see the fireball 3wñand then @the next row to go on the brightb.Ñ i saw it smoking. the car was about to go up and then the others will go.ñm/ half of the yard is áon fire. >>oothat fire is burning hot and intense. look at that smoke. you talked about nearby homes. 4m close all :gyour windows. >>d both directions. >Ö w here expect i'm tracking about 11 to 50 mph's wind in this area.goá this is not helping firefighters try to get a hold of this fight. it's been windy across the bay area. it is now kicking up to 50 miles per hour. that's what i'm seeing the most .kn+ >> that's definitely a strong wind. that has to be a concern even though the homes are not backed up to the yard.z >> it looks like by the firefighters behavior they are calledf)g they're not rushing in. they are monitoring the situation. that's a good sign ttitude when theykkçoothink they can contain it. if they can continue to the lot and no we're not going to lose all the cars but not lose any human life that's when t

this is right on richmond parkway near gertrude avenue. richmond parkway is shut down entirely as firefighters try to get a handle on these planes. discipline of a black smoke obviously quite toxic -- this thick plume of black smoke obviously quite toxic. people living in this immediate area have been given a warning to stay indoors especially those who have breathing problems because this smoke is just so toxic. a short time ago i lived with a woman living in this neighborhood. she woke up just before 8 am and looked outside and saw this massive fire.>> actually at 7:45 i woke up to a big boom and i looked at my bedroom and i saw dark black smoke. i threw something on and ran outside. i thought the house was on fire. the smoke was coming. i saw the flames looking like they would travel. >> it was scary. >> reporter: again this fire started just before 8 am this morning. cruiser at the scene from the richmond fire department. and also there are firefighters here from the nearby chevron refinery. we should point out that the battalion chief

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firefighters were called into the auto yard at west gertrude road this morning. the fire quickly spread on vehicles stacked up on one another, waking the neighbors with a popping sound. >> i was sitting there and heard a big explosion and got out of my car and heard billowing black smoke, i was very startled. >>> crews used so much foam to put out the fire that it looked like it snowed. >>> and serious cold on the way, abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma has more. >>> yes, it will be one of those mornings you don't need the coffee. just step outside, and the cold outside, widespread, good idea to bring the pets inside and keep the plants warm. and here we go, 37 concord, same in san jose, 35 in napa, 38 antioch, 38 ramon, you thought it was cool, even colder air will arrive for the second half of the weekend. we'll detail those numbers in the fair accuweather forecast. >>> drew, thank you so much. >>> to the north bay where people spent the day cleaning up downed trees and soaked belongings, crews had to use a crane to remove this oak tree. the public safety dispatch c

firefighters were called into the auto yard at west gertrude road this morning. the fire quickly spread on vehicles stacked up on one another, waking the neighbors with a popping sound. >> i was sitting there and heard a big explosion and got out of my car and heard billowing black smoke, i was very startled. >>> crews used so much foam to put out the fire that it looked like it snowed. >>> and serious cold on the way, abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma has more. >>> yes, it will be one of those mornings you don't need the coffee. just step outside, and the cold outside, widespread, good idea to bring the pets inside and keep the plants warm. and here we go, 37 concord, same in san jose, 35 in napa, 38 antioch, 38 ramon, you thought it was cool, even colder air will arrive for the second half of the weekend. we'll detail those numbers in the fair accuweather forecast. >>> drew, thank you so much. >>> to the north bay where people spent the day cleaning up downed trees and soaked belongings, crews had to use a crane to remove this oak tree. the public safety dispatch c

--el fuego inici en un auto del negocio ubicado en la avenida "gertrude" y "richmond parkway", sta arteriase mantuvo cerrada en ambos sentidos, mientras los bomberos extinguian el incendio. topvo / paola --- al menos 9 personas terminaron en el hospital, dos de ellas de gravedad luego de que un conductor estrellara su auto contra una parada de autobs en el area de chinatown en la ciudad de san francisco --- --- el conductor del auto permaneci en el rea colaborando con las autoridades --- --- a las seis de la tarde david gonzlez nos tendra un reporte en vivo desde el lugar de los hechos --- lorena --dos oficiales de la crcel del condado de santa clara enfrentarn un juicio por presuntamente golpear a un preso. take vo --"phillip abecendario" y "tuan le" se declararon "no culpables" de los cargos que se le imputan por la golpiza que sufri un reo en julio de 2015. --"rubn garca" declar que los guardias le fracturaron la quijada, adems de sufrir otras heridas. paola / take vo --dos oficiales de polica de pittsburg estn acusados de mala conducta... --como consecuencia, la fiscala ha desestimado

this one broke out this morning on west gertrude avenue right next to the richmond parkway. people in the area told to shelledder in place while crews work for hours to douse the flames. da lin on the firefight and the health threat. >> reporter: roughly 250 junk cars at an auto wrecking yard went up in flames. the thick black smoke could be seen for miles away. closer to the scene, multiple large explosions likely caused by the burning tires. >> i woke up to a big boom. >> reporter: massive response from firefighters by the time they arrived around 7:30 this morning, flames were already burning out of control. >> very scary. praying the whole time. the first thing did i was pull my car out the garage though and got ready to go. >> reporter: instead of water, firefighters sprayed foam to keep the flames from spreading. >> the foam smothers the fire, suppresses the fire. it separates from the fuel from the oxygen so it doesn't ignite. >> reporter: this fire smelled like burning rubber making it hard for people to breathe. >> smells toxic. >> air is thick so, you know, i'm gon

it's all happening at the 'deal auto wrecking and recycling' business -- on richmond parkway at gertrudeeen covering this as breaking news since. sam/cu good morning, and thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm sam brock - kris sanchez is on assignment. before we get to that breaking news -- we're also awaiting president obama's final news conference of the year -- with the topic of russia's influence in the election--- front-and- center in american politics. we'll bring you that news conference live, once he starts speaking. ==sam/boxes== first let's get to nbc bay area's laura malpert. she's been watching this fire in richmond all morning -- she joins us live--

. >> sister gertrude, when you were in trouble, would call you sioux began at home it was susan patricia. yes. >> good morning, everyone, great to have you with us, i'm thomas drayton. >> today is a date that will live in infamy, 75 years since pearl harbor. unbelievable. >> we'll tell you more about that coming up of the first -- >> let's take a look at our number of the day. it is a six out of ten. we are going to have some left over showers this morning, let's get right to radar, show you what's going on, not much left. some chillier air blowing in later on in the day. it is still kind of damp in our neighborhood, in old city. 41 degrees. but enough after breeze to make it feel like 35. now, north and west of the city, there could be some slippery spots there. was some snow that fell yesterday. and last night in the pocono mountains, little diesis up in the lehigh vale, it is above freezing, just about everywhere, in the 40's, down to the south of us. and as we mentioned, little built after breeze, making you feel even chillier. so we'll have mostly cloudy skies today. few left over s

photographer richard -- gertrude was a leading figure in this movement. and she began photography -- photographing figures of performers with buffalo bill's wild west show during 1888 to 1889. this is the subject of her portrait titled "the red man." right? and the red man of course comes from a centuries long notion of racial stocks. right? the idea that each race belongs to a different type of, that each race belongs to a different category, and that each of these races has different characteristics, and of course is the emphasis there is that they have lesser characteristics than others. notice the image is very close up, it is very moody. what you can't tell you here is the texture of the image. it is very textured in its production, and the tone of it as well. but here is another interesting trope, the stoic indian. he is staring back at us. another type of image is frontier and village reservation , life. andher painter between 1880 the hopi snake ceremony known as 1920, the snake dance was the most popular and widely depicted southwest native ameri

it's all happening at the 'deal auto wrecking and recycling' business -- on richmond parkway at gertrude avenue. the fire started in seven o'clock hour -- and we've been covering this as breaking news since. sam/cu good morning, and thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm sam brock - kris sanchez is on assignment. before we get to that breaking news -- we're also awaiting president obama's final news conference of the year -- with the topic of russia's influence in the election--- front-and- center in american politics. we'll bring you that news conference live, once he starts speaking. ==sam/boxes== first let's get to nbc bay area's laura malpert. she's been watching this fire in richmond all morning -- she joins us live-- laura there was a 'shelter in place' for hours... but you have new information on that? live intro vo ==sam/boxes== ==sam/cu== let's check in meterologist kari hall on the wind conditions firefighters are here putting out hot spots and take a look at all of this white foam. there's a lot of white foam here that's blowing around and it's probably going to be

this is a salvage yard fire at richmond parkway and gertrude.o wrecking. it's one of the wrecking yards, like a pick-a-part type place. the fire is burning massively. it could be tough for firefighters to fight with the wind in the air. we'll bring you the latest on nbcbayarea.com as well. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, the frozen states of america. bitter cold temperatures and a powerful storm blanket much of the country. more than 200 million people feeling the effects. so when will it end? we've got your forecast. >>> plus, santa's little helpers. >> one, two, three -- >> merry christmas! >> hoda enlists the help of kids to make some very special holiday wishes come true. >>> and the stars are out in studio 1a. oscar winners reese witherspoon and matthew mcconaughey swing by to chat about their new animated movie you'll be singing along to. >>> and 15-time grammy winner alicia keys treats us to a special live performance "today," friday, december 16th, 2016. ♪ >>> merry christmas, canton, michigan! >> woo! >> we're here to celebrate ari