this is bear creek between hawkridge and highway 35. sunset ridge closed, as well.n westbound 580, heading out of tracy into livermore, you will be tapping the brakes and then things pick up, 27 minutes between 205 and 680. speaking of 680, we have one lane that's partially blocked on that connector ramp to westbound 780. a high wind advisory across the benicia bridge. so please be careful out there. speeds are moving right at the limit along the eastshore freeway. getting crowded out there and we have those metering lights over at the bay bridge toll plaza. in the yellow tracking a travel time under 15 minutes heading into san francisco. that's a check of your traffic. >>> it's exciting when hi-def doppler has green on it. so i'll continue to track this for you throughout the morning hours. you can see the rain that's left. up north we'll show you where the rain is coming down. there's a few cells here on highway 20 there towards fort bragg or willits this morning. it looks west of cloverdale. in fact, just north of san jose, highway 101, could see some rain on the

so now highway 9 at hawkridge is affected because of the fire in the santa cruz mountains.osures around bear creek road near deer creek. so keep that in mind as you are out and about through there. south 17 an accident bear creek road a three-car crash on the shoulder. heads up to this major problem on the san mateo bridge. west 92, lanes blocked in both directions one lane on the westbound, one lane on the eastbound and delays through there, as well. >>> i'm sandra osborne live in boulder creek in the santa cruz mountains where a wildfire is setting some evacuation orders in place. i'll have details coming up. >> cal fire working on the nuns fire today trying to get the upper hand. we'll have the very latest coming up. cbs eye on the community... presented by target. food has the power to transform lives. with the help of target, the san francisco marin food bank addresses hunger head-on in the community. our food pantries are vibrant. people feel welcomed, and they're being respected. it helps our team members see the work that they do in the store every day... how that a

some residents on bear creek road near hawkridge are being allowed to go back with residential identification only. more than 900 firefighters currently assigned to fight this fire. we are expecting an update from cal fire on the impact of these rain. the ground here and trees very mta's at this hour. the overnight rains most certainly helped the firefighting effort. live in the santa cruz mountains, i'm mark sayre, kpix 5. >>> mark, thank you. this morning a welcomed sight in the bay area. skies and some cloud cover replacing that thick blanket of smoke. and this after rain moves through the bay area last night. in fact, the air quality much better. the health advisory and "spare the air" alerts have been lifted for now. and neda tracking more changes ahead in the forecast. >>> we have green in the form of air quality, that means good. a few remnants of rain. so we are tracking what's left of this storm. you can see it all winding down. but right now there are a few little spotted areas of rain showers coming down right along highway 1 to the north there. you can see just see west of cloverd

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