at least in the guadalupe parkway continuing north at the lawrence expressway the back of which couldach is not a solid back and ponder but still slow. an area to avoid if you can. hard to avoid 17 where for nearly three hours of your pride themselves on lanes blocked of an overturned trailers there was being hauled a curator of your it's both. they don't expect lanes reopen and sullivan 40 5:00 a.m. chp is detouring traffic. a number of big rigs have been trapped in the back of it and the closure and a detour they're just instead there for nearly three hours. the red in the sure frey also still a hot spot after 9:00 so looking at over 20 minute drive times from the effort to lower. things are backed up earlier this morning of a minor accident we never fully recovered. bay bridge toll plaza your westbound ride really not too bad all slowly from the end of the east for your trip to the upper deck. mark. thank you, breaking news story and not sure or oil rig has exploded in the gulf of mexico, here it is 80 mi. cells of vermilion bay. to the west of the said the bp explosion seven helic

problem slow all the way from highway 85 up to the scene of the big accident on northbound 101 at lawrence expressway right up on the center divide. the southbound side shows slowing as well. the bay bridge toll plaza is slow and slow on westbound 880. watch the bridges later on. the san mateo bridge is move in well. >>> we also have a spare the air day. if you can cut back on the driving and help out the air quality, you can see the worst of the ozone near the san jose area. 90s inland. n francisco is warming quickly around noon and cooling by this evening. the cool down is part of the large scale cool heading h ng into the labor day weekend. more news after the break. >>> neighbors are upset with a couple's plan to let verizon build a 55-foot tower on their property. it would look something like this one in southern california. people in the san antonio hills area will ask santa clara county to reconsider approval of the plan. the couple already has three cell phone polls in their yard. the latest tower would be 15 feet taller than the others and neighbors worry it will be an eyesore and a potentia

northbound 101 the lawrence expressway now one lane is blocked. just gridlock out to the 280 interchange so expect a lot of slow traffic there as well as the santa cruz mountains. it's been a problem spot all morning. both southbound lanes of highway 17 blocked due to an overturned big rig. lawrence has a last check of the forecast. >> looking good. lots of sunshine coming your way, folks. if you like the heat, what a day today. sunny skies over san francisco right now. just about every where you go, a little hazy outside. "spare the air" day today and temperatures will be hot in most spots except along the immediate coastline. talking about 90s and 100s inland, 80s and 90s at the bay, and 70s and low 80s at the coast. [ indistinct conversations ] [ female announcer ] this is not a burger. it's better. because with 57% less fat than regular ground beef, it's better for you. you see, this is a morningstar farms® meatless griller. that's right, meatless. and it tastes as good as it looks. so you can still enjoy that grilled-burger taste you love...

the on-ramp is closed near the lawrence expressway with a sigalert there. we still have aeraltigalt at southbound 17 heading to the summit. more news after that. >>> breaking news that we are following from our newsroom this morning. yet another oil rig has exploded in the gulf of mexico. we are told that it is not producing oil, but it is leaving about 13 crew members from the rig in the water this morning. one injury so far. they've got boats on the way to the scene. we'll bring you any updates. people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the national average!! three times the national average!!! new school banking at capital one bank. with interest plus savings, go to capitalone.com!!!!! what's in your wallet? somebody help me down. >>> we're back with more of "today" on a thursday morning, second day of september, 2010. just take a second and see all the nic

. >>> slow on northbound 101 approaching the lawrence expressway.ok at the line of backup extending almost to the 280 interchange. speaking of that, we can see a lot of slow traffic as well coming into downtown san jose on 280. this is right by the 880 interchange. it remains slow until you continue towards highway 85. down the eastshore freeway, we had an earlier accident near university in berkeley and it's still slow in patches from highway 4 in hercules down to berkeley. once you get closer to ashby where our camera is, speeds improve quite a bit as you head toward the macarthur maze. here's lawrence with the forecast. >> the weather today looking hazy outside. lots of sunshine going to crank up those temperatures too as high pressure in control, likely to stay that way for today but things changing off the coastline already, patchy fog out there. but numbers, boy, it's going to be hot in spots, 100 plus in many spots inland. 80s and 90s inside the bay. 70s and 80s at the coast. but at the coast, maybe patchy fog moving in there late in the day

it continues that way up to the lawrence expressway.ing's commute on westbound -- this morning's commute on westbound bay bridge still backed up for about a 20- minute delay. no major problems on the bridge. westbound at the toll plaza, the delays are backed up to the macarthur maze. this is a look at 880 northbound, you see slow traffic from about the coliseum. >>> some areas say sunny, others partly sunny and still some fog around. so headline -- cool to warm. today, fog and low clouds, sunny and a little warmer for some. cooler tuesday into wednesday. but then it sure looks like all signs are pointing to a pretty good warmup on friday and into the weekend. our system from yesterday has spun out of at -- out of the area. fog, low clouds, sunny, 60s, 70s and low 80s. 68 yesterday in san francisco going 64 today, more fog, more of that westerly breeze. 56 right now, to 64. 50s for many including 62 in oakland and berkeley. and 54 palo alto. a little cool for some. not too bad. already 82 in las vegas. they were 32. 50s for eureka and uk

northbound 280, pretty slow right through downtown san jose, all the way up to the lawrence expressway. and at the bay bridge, we don't want to forget that. 20-minute delay. pretty slow. >> here's steve. >>> thank you. fog out to the san mateo coast. a few high clouds may come in today. overall, it's very calm. very warm. we're sitting at 70 degrees for a locations. we're out of the gate fast. yesterday, we had record highs. santa rosa, downtown, 104. the airport is 102. usually the airport runs warmer. santa cruz's 103 tied the record going back to 1970. downtown san francisco's 9 3 that broke the old mark in '92 and if you were in the city and you thought it was hot, it was right and if you were down there and said you have to get out. it's too hot, it is. 111 he temperature occurred back in 1961 as well. there were so many. i just highlighted a, few. >>> a few of these higher clouds associated with -- right there. can you see that inching northward, inching northward. from the santa clara we could see a few high clouds and the fog is so shallow, it doesn't even show up. record the l

stop and go traffic at least to the lawrence expressway. now, here's steve. >>> thank you, sir. we do have mostly cloudy skies. a lot of low clouds and fog will give way slow slip for some. head back -- slowly for some. heading back inland. we have a lot of gray on the bay. temperatures on the chilly side. 40s and 50s. sure feels like fall to me, even though technically it's still summer. and the system to the left of your screen looks like it will play into your weather tomorrow and then will start to increase the fog and increase the clouds by friday. upper 70s and low 80s even inland. 62 in san francisco today. that's about 10 below average for this time of year. mid-50s everywhere. pale low alto -- palo alto, 51 sacramento. even cool there. there's the system. the front itself will just give us clouds on friday. but the possibility of rain on saturday. cool for some, warmer for others. 50s and 60s hugging the kest. temperatures not going very far. slightly warm he inland on wednesday. it's a push on thursday. increasing low clouds and high clouds on friday and then a cloudy

that's northbound 280 on the right there and it stays slow all the way up to the lawrence expressway for no apparent reason. 7:24. here's steve. >> thank you, change today, in fact temperatures will be coming down. we have an increase in clouds. a little sun but there's a strong system. a spin in the atmosphere that's going to be paying visit. that's going to be ushering in the low clouds. the aforementioned low will dive along the coast. not a lot of moisture but anytime there's a low coming over my backyard, i have to keep an oktoberfest sky. it's going to cool us down and it's picked up the wind. there's a no doubt about it seabreeze starting to kick in. 80s yesterday, not today. 60s and 70s. 62 san francisco. 74 santa rosa. 67 downtown oakland and san jose down 5 from 80 to 75. there's the 46. santa rosa and north napa, the airport i think is 53. palo alto is 49. san jose at 55 an lot of low clouds. there's our little system. that will play in our cooler forecast today and tomorrow and so a mix of fog and sun. we'll get high clouds as that system gets closer later in the day but

and it doesn't get better until you pass the lawrence expressway.re's steve. >> and definitely felt like fall yesterday. tory was just telling me. and i agree. it was definitely on the cool side. we had a lot of 60s, mostly 70s. mostly cloudy, windy conditions. light rain as well. berkeley at 59. and now, the overcast is back in. we had some cool readings yesterday as well. i know up in covolow, it dropped to 43 degrees. up near willits, pretty cold readings. and lake canning, northeast napa county, solano county, there was the front in the morning. that gave us a few sprinkles from fremont, newark, down to san jose. very act ive -- active system. but really only 60s and 70s. one little key is the cool air aloft is stopped for now. now, running 10 degrees cooler. 48, sonoma. stanford, cold. low 50s. gilroy, vallejo. venicia. mostly sunny. breezy. a little warmer. highs, 60s by the coast. maybe pencil in 70s for santa cruz. it's going to be a little slow process. tomorrow, inland areas will get back into the 80s. we'll hold that in. fog at the coast.

and it slows all the way up to about the lawrence expressway. in fact, it's usually -- well, right now, i'm looking at the sensors. it's under the limit. up to cupertino really. 85 is slow from 101 to 17, pretty much the entire way. 101 is slow, approaching sunnyvale. >>> moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge, that's backed up for about a 15, main a 20 -- maybe a 20-minute delay. not as bad as yesterday when we had that terrible commute there. >>> and 101, the james lick freeway. traffic is okay getting into the downtown area. no problems on southbound 101, trying to get to the downtown airport, if you're getting that way. >>> thank you, sal. and good morning. a little fog around. mostly sunny, as you saw by sal's traffic pictures. but chilly this morning. had couple of 30s. lot of 40s. the headline is from cool hohot. but that hot will be by sunday, monday. maybe each by saturday -- even by saturday. but we'll ease into it. sunny and a little warmer today. we'll come up about 5 to 7 degrees. the weekend does look sunny side up. and w