driving from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze.bay bridge, we have a 15 to 20-minute delay. and our spider is there. he has his own twitter page linked to ktvu, by the way. look at this, highway 4 from antioch to concord is cleared up. if you've been waiting, this is your opportunity. i'm happy to say that as i toss to steve at 8:46. things have cleared up, steve. >> that's good news. the fog has not cleared up. >> no, it hasn't. >> that's true. for many, it is a lot of fog out there. delays yesterday at sfo. the fog seemed to be thicker yesterday. we have continental, united waiting to take off. >> united 242. >> yeah. on its way to indianapolis. is that where it is going. >> sure. why not. this is colts practice. >> thank you for that. we have clearance here. clearance. clearance. clearance. kathleen kinney would like to you know that fog-ust is still in full effect in presidio in san francisco. haven't heard from you for a while. i don't see anything but gray. there's a lot. temperatures have not budged one iota since 4:00 this

and right now traffic is going to be busy as you drive to the macarthur maze.t is pretty busy at the bay bridge toll plaza and we don't have a crash to talk about, it's busy trying to get into san francisco, 28 minute from the bridge to the macarthur maze. when you get to the maze you start the timer all over again for another 30 minute delay before you make it on to the span. traffic is going to be busy. this is interstate 880 north and southbound. if you are driving out to the east bay, westbound 92 it looks slow from hayward to oustre city. and the dunn barton bridge doesn't look bad. slowing near the toll plaza but looks good to east palo alto. >>> thank you, sal. >>> good morning, everybody. well we have two layers of clouds, some very low clouds in summer, high clouds, very thick fog, much bigger fog bank -- the coast, the city, they are not going to be warm at all. i mean maybe 62 to about 67, 68 will cover the spread and the fog is really making a good push. beautiful saw alito. there is a possibility i think of some isolated thunder showers tonight to

about two blocks from the macarthur bart station.ice aren't releasing details but a nearby neighbor said she heard it and it started when the victim's laptop was stolen. >>> fremont police are searching for suspects after $11,000 worth of football gear were stolen from a school. here's the washington high school team wearing some of that equipment on the field. police say someone left their gym unlocked during a summer construction project. that's when somebody took the opportunity to sneak in and steal helmets and pads among other gear. so far no arrests. >>> free speech is at the heart of the controversy as former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick struggles to find a new team. kpix 5's jackie ward breaks down the differing views on kaepernick's political statements. >> reporter: he can't get a job. cbs sports writer john breach says colin kaepernick is quickly running out of options. if a team hasn't brought him in yet, he probably won't be playing this year. it may be because of what happened last season when he refused to stand

my great friend and polish brother chris kowlikowski is the director of the macarthur memorial which is a fantastic resource and a must-see place to visit. but once upon a time he was a civil war guy before he found himself embroiled in world war ii. he started as an internal at fredericksburg spotsylvania national military park, from there he's gone to perriville where he was the site manager, he's done work with the civil war trust, he went to the george patton museum which is what first got him involved with world war ii and while he's busy doing that he's written a couple fantastic books, one on perry ville and one on stone's river. i'm very fascinating with theullahoma but it was equally monumental in its strategic success. he's here to talk about stone's river, the first portion of that that sets up to. it's going to bring us into 1863 with this battle in one of the great defenses of the civil war. ladies and gentlemen, chris kowlikowski. >> thank you very much. i have a tough job and i should take it as an offhanded compliment that i get this slot because not only do i have to

traffic is funneling down into the right lanes, as you approach the macarthur maze. delays building all the way back in towards el sobrante on westbound 80. an earlier sig alert has been lifted at the bay bridge. traffic is getting by there, but we have metering lights on and still stacked up. we have another sig alert off the sunol grade. traffic is now backing up towards 84 and the sunol grade, just after 680 -- pardon me, just after south mission on 680, a five-vehicle accident. one lane remains blocked here. another sig alert issued in the fairfield/vallejo -- vacaville area. westbound lanes are open. eastbound remains, one lane remains closed there. updates on all this in a few minutes. mike. >> all right, sue, thank you very much. hi, everybody. let's talk about your different types of heat advisories today. the first one is in orange, a heat advisory for the san francisco bay shore line down to the santa clara valley and the north bay valleys. highs 85 to 95. the excessive heat warning, the more dangerous heat, 95 to 109. in the areas you see in the red. and s

i also just had a look at them macarthur made, it's moving pretty slow.we will go down the east a commute and show you what's going on. >>> in terms of weather, this might be the last okay dave if you don't like hot what other -- hot weather. >>>a fire at a san francisco business damages several classic cars. what we know about what happened, coming up. plus, for the second time, rv makes landfall. new development overnight as the bay area sends a more recess -- are resources and help. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us here on this wednesday morning, august 30. >>> >>> it's incredible. by weather is going to get incredible he hot, but not today. it will start somewhat tomorrow and then really fire up if you will. everything points towards very hot conditions beginning to kick in tomorrow. there might be a a few that jump up later today, and

got killed in columbus new mexico, and the united states government sent 25,000 troops including macarthur and patton food just gotten out of west point and our good friend said 25,000 troops go, they never found them, they didn't catch him. but right when that was happening, there were two things going on in the united states, houses were closing and motion picture houses were opening everywhere. motion picture houses showing newsreels of american soldiers in mexico with dead mexicans, thieving mexicans, so that for me is the tragedy of the mexican u.s. relations and the 21st century that at the birth of the picture, at the birth of the motion picture, these newsreels and postcards crystallize the image of other and not just any other but dead dirt he banned it others. i was trained with adhd to write about latin american fiction and i threw that look out the window. it's called politics of solitude, alienation and i never published it. it's a damn good book and it's available. it's about the construction of american pop culture from speedy gonzales to touch of evil about the border. it t

your approach to the macarthur maze and the bay bridge.lden gate field and berkeley and on into the maze, you're moving at the limit, but a lot of folks out there. it's starting to bunch up. take a look. metering lights are on at 5:23 this morning. and traffic is stacked up now to the macarthur maze, and delays on the span due to an earlier traffic break by the chp. >> okay, we want to get back to houston where things are not much better this morning. waters are still rising. some areas received over 51 inches of rain, which did set a record in the continental united states. this has overwhelmed official rescue teams. in fact, civilian groups oftentimes are now stepping in where they can. abc news reporter maggie ruly is live in houston for us. we want to check in with you again. good morning. >> jessica, good morning. now, the sun has risen here in houston, a new sight for many of us we haven't seen in days. unfortunately, while the weather is clearing up, harvey was such a disastrous slow-moving storm that the water levels here remain ca

near the end of the macarthur maze, a lot of slow traffic coming into san francisco.ant to mention that 880 is also slow and so is 580 getting into the downtown oakland area. southbound 880 at tennison there is an injury accident. this will make it worse heading south towards fremont. we're looking at the south bay jam packed on all of the freeways. there is a new crash northbound 17 right at 280. 8:16. let's bring in steve with today's forecast. >> the forecast is a cooler one, sal. most locations will drop a good ten degrees. already running five to eight compared to yesterday at this time. so enjoy it while you can. there are signs of a pretty significant warmup over the weekend. today and tomorrow look cooler. maybe you won't have to use the ac as much if at all. if you're on the coast, you're like what are you talking about? mother nature gave us ac for a long time now. temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. that has been the pattern this summer. the coast and city staying cool or inland temps really warm to hot. some fog floating around. kind of dancing in diff

lanes are blocked it has taken over one hour to make the drive between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze normally that takes 30 minutes so we are three times as long of a commute in the area. they could be clearing as we speak but in this business the damage is done. it is not going to magically be better even when they open the links. at the bay bridge it is crowded due to this earlier issue on the bridge also involving a motorcyclist. let's talk about the san mateo bridge. looking slow as well as some people have decided not to use the bay bridge. vacaville is still a mess on 80 at campos parkway, eastbound there was a crash affecting westbound as well, highway 4 traffic is low with 680 back from 242 and 680 is also slow headed south and in the south bay 280 is slow, westbound 152 recovering from an earlier crash. there is a lot going on so use your patients. back to the desk. >>> tropical storm harvey pounding texas even as the storm moves back to the gulf of mexico. more than 25 inches of rain have fallen in galveston and houston at least two have died and the flooding could get

this young lieutenant was a wisconsinite, arthur macarthur, who 75 years in the future -- i hea heard a cheefrmt thank you for that. a little side bash is 75 years u in thegl future, his son douglar will marry a murphreesboro girl, jean faircloth.shoo she had relatives, not little rally shooting at him, but their units were shooting at arthur li macarthur in 1862. and when douglas will refer to himself as the reunion of blue e and gray personified, this is one of the things he's talking about. i digress. t thehe jackknife is about half closed. as they slam into russo and abou repeatedly slamt against the fg hinge, it gets real tough. after about an hour's worth of fighting russo orders his men to retire. we have now determined that heln has indeed frozen over and we decided to retire. from the seed ars, it's important to note, from the rdars is a half-mile and there's an open field between the cedars and the pike, and russo and rosecrans have realized that the place to makes the final stand is the r road tr itself, you know that's where l, stone's river national cemetery is today. so

on the east shore freeway, it is taking 45 minutes to drive to the macarthur maze.ember during the december time period, it was slow but more like 30 minutes and now it is more like 45 and it has been inching up every day as school districts come back online and parents are driving kids to school. college kids are driving themselves to school and that adds to the commute. this northbound 880 as you pass the coliseum and you will see slow traffic in 580, it is not a good alternative. that is backed up as well. san mateo bridge in the dumbarton bridge bridge -- dumbarton bridge is not good either. the good news is that we have not had that many crashes out there. we have had slow traffic but not as many crashes as yesterday or the day before. 8:17 am. let's bring in stephen with today's weather. >>> we will focus on the hurricane that is looking pretty close. it was harvey that went from a tropical depression and then tropical storm and now with winds 65 miles per hour, there's production that it will come towards corpus christi as a category three hurricane to put at

also looking at the macarthur maze, traffic is moderate. when you get around the corner to the bay bridge, there is a backup that stretches for 10-15 minutes before you make it onto the bridge. >>> another cool start after the big drop on temperatures yesterday. some never got out of the low 70s which is very rare this summer or some inland areas. watch the low cloud deck which did not get chewed up, starting to make a push. it's filling in rapidly. i don't think we will warm up today. we will a little bit for inland areas. upper 70s for some. it was noticeably cooler yesterday. occidental, 49. bodega bay, 50. cloverdale, 53. i know there are some 40s in mendocino county. if it feels cool, it is. the low clouds have not made it in the for all. a powerhouse system for this time of the year. this looks more like september than august. that is the high pressure nosing in. as it does, it will eventually take care of that fog. maybe later today. there is an onshore breeze. the breeze will continue for some. it will be blustery but not as windy a

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let's take a look at the commute on 80. 19 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. there is a backup at the bay bridge. we have been talking about outside lands and we want to remind you the best way to get to golden gate park is public transit. this is a look at highway 4. a little slowing coming up and over the hill. 680 looks good from walnut creek. and the san mateo and dumbarton bridge are off to a nice start. let's go back to the desk. >>> we are starting with a standoff between washington and north korea.>> president trump delivered a new message to pyongyang tweeting this morning , military solutions are fully in place. locked and loaded. should north korea act unwisely. hopefully kim jung-un will find another path. all eyes are turning to china. doug luzader is following the growing crisis from washington. >> reporter: president trump emerged from his golf club with a message to critics of his north korea strategy. >> frankly, the people who were questioning that statement was too tough, maybe it wasn't tough enough. >> reporter: not tough enough when he us

he is director of the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which is a fantastic resource and a must-see place to visit when you are down in that area, but once upon a time he was a civil war guy before he found himself embroiled in world war ii and he found himself at the spotsylvania memorial park, and he's gone to perriville, and he's done some work with the civil war trust and he went off to the george patton museum which is what got him involved in world war ii and while doing all of that he wrote a couple of books on the stone's river and the tollhoma. chris' work on that did a lot to illuminate the importance of that compania camp which is totally overshadowed by gettysburg and pittsburgh yet was equally monumental in its success. here to talk about stone's river, the first portion of that that sets up tollhoma, i was going to wrap up 1862 and bring us to 1863 with this battle in one of the great defenses of the civil war. ladies and gentlemen, chris kohlcowski. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, chris. it's great to see everybody here today. i have a tough job, and i should tak

we have -- oh, there's macarthur the spider. good morning, macarthur!the bay bridge toll plaza in the yellow, 25 minutes along the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze 20 minutes from the maze into san francisco. you bet those metering lights are on. and 880 heading through oakland, right near 66, you know, we are starting to see some improvements here if that's what you would call it but we are still in the yellow 25 minutes in that northbound direction as you're making your way towards the maze there. we had an earlier accident all lanes have been cleared just past 23rd. and southbound 280 still dealing with the "sig alert" that remains in effect one lane closed or excuse me all the lanes are open along southbound 280. it's the off-ramp that remains shut down. bunker hill drive. so heads up there. i can't east the off-ramp. no et estimated time of re- opening. northbound 101 traffic backed up beyond yerba buena and we have an accident blocking a lane at 680. >>> a text from a friend, he says when is that solar eclipse? he is a funny

right now you go from the macarthur maze to the 101/80 split, 18 minutes. in san leandro, we have a crash northbound 880 at 98th avenue. one lane blocked. we are seeing speeds knocked down between 10 to 15 miles per hour. so give yourself some extra time. if you take a live look at this camera we have outside right now on the nimitz freeway, overall not bad. still our sensors are showing some minor slowdowns right now to go on 880 from 238 to the macarthur maze. it will take you about 26 minutes. >>> what a beautiful view this morning at 6:01. hi, everybody! take a look at this. it's our live weather camera from mount vaca picking up those mid-level clouds. if it feels more humid this morning, you're right. that's some subtropical moisture that's pushing into the bay area. 59 to about 64 right now your air temperature. here come the clouds from our back door moving in from the high sierra into the east bay and north bay. it will be sunny and bright but muggy. 60s, 70s, up to 90 degrees at antioch and brentwood. full forecast at 18 minutes after the hour. >>

it says the macarthur maze, but that is the east shore freeway. lots of folks making their way westbound to the mcarcan thursday maze and likely san francisco.-- macarthur maze and likely into san francisco. no crashes but certainly slow. >>> tragedy strikes the oakland firefighters. two firefighters new to the department were shot last night in san jose. >> one died and the other is in the hospital this morning. ktvu's leigh bulluck is at the -- lee martinez is there at the scene where authorities are trying to sort things out. lee? >> reporter: they just reopened this portion of taylor street. we talks to witnesses out here that said the shooting happened outside a liquor store. oakland fire officials say the two firefighters were all duty. police were called out to the 300 block of taye lor street. one of the probationary firefighters 30 years old was pronounced dead at regional medical center. the second firefighter, a 26- year-old, had a single gunshot wound and was in stable condition at valley medical. there was a polynesian music event her

.>>> this is a look at conditions at the macarthur maze. it's very slow going on i-80. this busy mom spends her days driving all over town. so why is she smiling? because she shopped during the safeway anniversary sale and filled up her trunk with grocery savings, plus earned 4 times the gas reward points. now that's something to smile about. right now, get pepsi 12-pack 12-ounce cans, buy 2 get 2 free, and lay's chips, 9.5 -10 ounces, 2 for $5 with your club card. the safeway anniversary sale. come in and explore. >>> the latest on the deadly ghost ship fire. two men went before a judge in oakland and one of the defendants derick almena had his million dollar bill slightly reduced. frank mallicoat is here. his attorneys weren't happy?>>reporter: they were not. they wanted derick almena freed on his own recognizance and the judge was concerned that he most -- he might pose a flight risk. >> we are pleased that they weren't coming home to their families, these young people who lost their lives will never come home to their families. as a result of their actions, they con

. >>> this is another live traffic with from i-80 at the macarthur maze in oakland. it's heading towards the bay bridge and it's better than richmond and el cerrito. >>> funeral plans have been made for oakland firefighter jake walter who was shot and killed in san jose last week. the memorial is being held at 11 am saturday at the scottish rite center in oakland. today the man accused of killing him and wounding a second off-duty firefighter went before a judge for the first time. jesse gary was in court where the suspect in this case faced a murder charge. >>reporter: prosecutors say oliver juinio as a history of two convictions for violent crimes, a conviction here would result in a sentence of 170 years to life. looking at the video you see him enter they hall of justice wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and shackles. defense counsel argued against the shackles. a jail sergeant cities classified as the highest security threat and as aggressive and an escape risk. thursday night he shot to off- duty oakland firefighters on east eager street, jake walter died and his