we know there are at least two lanes blocked on the nimitz northbound. on the bay bridge, a wind advisory is in effect. credit conditions as far as congestion is concerned. there is no backup of the approach of the toll plaza although the metering lights should be activated in the next 10-15 minutes. >>darya: since most people take the bay bridge, let's take a live look of yoli aceves to see how it is being affected by the wind and rain. >>yoli: we are getting a bit of a break from the rain right now. the wind is still pretty strong and i believe the advisory is still on for the bay bridge. it still seems to be whipping up quite a bit but at least no rain for now which is a good thing. there is some puddling between the toll plaza and metering lights. that is something for drivers to be aware of when it is coming down hard, be aware of some of those titles. >>darya: at least it is a drying out. stay with kron4 throughout the morning to stay up-to- date and check in with our web site www.kron4.com and our facebook fan page. >>justine: here are live pictur

so here's a live look, the nimitz you can barely see the northbound traffic. it's okay as far as your drive time goes. 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. coming up a check of the sierra driving conditions if you are planning a trip up there. in the meantime, back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> 5:04 now. more motions in the domestic violence case involving the san francisco sheriff. the lawyer for ross mirkarimi's life is trying to get key evidence kept out of the trial. the motion is based on the prosecution's release of these pictures showing bruises on eliana lopez's arms. the photos were taken from a video recorder by a neighbor. >> the judge says the video is admissible in evidence. the jurors will be given questionnaires to fill out and the trial will take three weeks. jury selection begins monday. >>> walnut creek police department is making changes to the way it does business. their police chief joel brighton announced a reorganization yesterday aimed at making better use of limited resources. among the changes, more officers assigned to downtown wher

take a look at the northbound backups that still reaches down past campbell. we are still jammed on the nimitz freeway northbound out of the san leandro and the ride to the airport on interstate 280 and 19th avenue coming out of sand and cisco is backed up because of an earlier occurring vehicle fire. the kron4 news will be right back. thirsts soft fly for first and our pets >>george: let's update the san jose hot spot with craig skalar who has been on the scene. it looks like finally some progress on 880 southbound at alameda. >> we may be having problems with audio. on the right side of your screen you can see where the seed pete marked up the pavement as a part of their investigation. this was a fatal accident. this occurred when a passenger was struck by another car and got out of his vehicle. then a third car hit them both. fat person was crushed and sadly killed three of traffic has backed up pretty badly. >>reggie: i leave 15 minutes away from a vallejo to. felt there was a strong jolt that lasted about one second. i thought that it was going to get bigger. it definitely celled bigger t

nimitz. northbound 880 very slow towards downtown. here's lawrence. >> all right.rning. >> reporter: rain making its way through the bay area. showers into the afternoon. >>> >>> there's a pool of favorite commercials from yesterday. none of the beer commercials made the top five, which doesn't surprise me. has anybody out there thrown a super bowl commercial and watched the parties and gone, beer! what a great idea! beer! why didn't we think of that? beer would be perfect for this! >> it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." if it's not beer, how about apple cider? works well, charlie. i'm gayle king. >> i'm charlie rose with erica hill. we brought you a story from leroy, new york, where a growing number of teenager girls are having strange symptoms. >> we'll talk to a doctor about that diagnosis and why some of the parents simply don't believe him. >> you are not going your job. >> reporter: citizens demanded answer at leroy high this saturday, the school where last fall a group of teenage girls started reporting fits of twitching. with three new cases repo

nimitz. northbound 880 we have a live look near the coliseum and you can see it's moving okay but gets slow towarday 84 near fremont. jammed solid. we have an accident blocking a lane and another problem along the peninsula. this is northbound 101 by san bruno avenue so this is sluggish there by sfo. totally different story at the bay bridge. metering lights remain on but it is "friday light" this morning. so far heading into san francisco, the big upper deck closure westbound 80, 8:00 tonight. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> sunshine and a few clouds around the bay area now, cooler as we head through the weekend. toward the coastline right now we have seen low clouds and fog moving in along the coastline. it will be cloudy the better part of the day there so plan on cooler temperatures there at the beaches, 50s and low 60s. maybe some mid-60s in the warmest spots inland but temperatures coming down. weak system slides into the bay area overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. maybe some drizzle and couple of light sprinkles. partly cloudy cool over the weekend. ♪ bnchts car

we are also following an accident on the nimitz northbound 880 near the 23rd exit clear all lanes opennorthbound lanes past the coliseum. and not too bad right now on 280 heading out of downtown san jose. for more on this foggy morning, here's lawrence. >> yeah. very thick around parts of the bay area, dense fog advisory in effect in the north and east bay but even in san francisco looking towards the transamerica building we have fog outside and looks like it will take a little more it lift. long gone this afternoon, mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the 60s. tomorrow even warmer then cooling down on friday. rain on sunday. >>> so we're going to start with the stair raise. you ready to do this? >> i was born ready. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] >> i wonder who won that little competition between jimmy fallon and first lady michelle obama. two good sports. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." would you like to get in a contest with the first lady? >> no, but i'd like to race her up the stairs. the white house is trying to cool off a heated controversy after a new o

nimitz. take a look the highway 880, northbound. san leandro into downtown oakland. and this last hour there have been four accidents. this drive time is still 40 minutes into downtown oakland. >>mark: this actress will see a judge to see the progress of for probation. lindsay lohan has been cleaning the county morgue as her probation. this stems all the way back five years ago from or drunk driving conviction. >> the company of apple will see if china will be successful and the trademark of the word " ipad. however, they say that it bought the rights of that word from a taiwanese company. the taiwanese procurement that they received should not impact mainland china. apple is willing to discuss a settlement. speaking of a tablet the tablet or is are on a. a drop in price for their popular tablet. gabe. >> barnes & noble is heating up the competition the amazon kindle has outperformed the nook and at a lower price, it could surpass the kindle. however, this $50 difference was hurting sales. barnes & noble is open to compete. it also

northbound direction, about 57 in the middle on 280 we saw yellow there. i'll check on that but no incidents reported on the system there. right here past the coliseum, the nimitz does have a disabled vehicle reported northbound side with the taillights but up around market street sounds like it's out of the lane but a nervous driver waiting for roadside assistance and use caution in the area. i think oit it's on the side of the road, but i'll update you. >>> people who lost their homes for foreclosure have new rules to file a grievance. >>> why the city council could begin an ethics investigation in to mayor chuck reed. >>> mitt romney is trying to fend off a surge by rick santorum, we'll have the details. >>> for all your weather and traffic updates search for us on facebook. roads nice and smooth.n,niincehs we'll keep you posted. ce >>> this is "today in the bay." >>> welcome back, everyone, on this thursday morning. that is at san jose state is a statue of tommy smith and john carlo from the 1968 summer olympic games when they were standing solidifying with black power on their minds. but tommy smith likes to point out it wasn't about black power it was abo

it is still a slow ride on the nimitz in the northbound lanes. 29th. that's causing all the backups jammed from the coliseum. your bridges golden gate bridge nice and light. bay bridge thinning out a bit but still backed up for a 10- minute wait. that's traffic. for your sunny forecast, here's lawrence. >> great day to enjoy the drive around the bay area. lots of sunshine and these temperatures are going to be something else. let's go out there now. our mount vaca cam looking good. beautiful skies all the way inland. breezy over the mountaintops for today and wind advisory in effect over the north and east bay hills but down below, we are looking good. temperatures 40s and 50s right now. by the afternoon, highs soaring to 74 degrees in san jose and about 76 in santa rosa and about 70 in san francisco. enjoy it. looks like the wind switches direction tomorrow probably cooler temperatures, patchy fog at the coast. much cooler over the weekend. ,, ,,,,,, >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> early in the broadcast we reported on the battle for

northbound lanes sluggish into san jose. 280 is not bad at all heading out of town. checking ride in the east bayum and done the nimitz bridge nice and light.

it's also slow up and down the nimitz especially in the northbound lanes.ally slow from the coliseum towards the downtown oakland exit. and more brake lights this time for silicon valley commuters westbound 237 from milpitas. it's just kind of stop and go like this towards zanker road. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic." for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> looking good outside a lot of sunshine around the bay area, elizabeth. beautiful day ahead for us, temperatures going to soar. mount vaca cam looking toward the city of san francisco. some hazy sunshine already. patchy fog in the valleys this morning but that is going to all give way to sunshine and some very pleasant weather outside. way above normal. temperatures right now running in the 40s and a couple of 50s. by the afternoon hours, though, we are going to warm these temperatures up quite a bit. 70s toward the san jose area. about 70 in mountain view. 65 degrees in san francisco. and about 69 degrees, plenty of sunshine, into santa rosa. looking out over the next couple of days, more cloud

"timesaver traffic" cameras and everything is quite the up and down the nimitz if you are traveling past the coliseum. northbound 880 between 238 and the maze is about a 15-minute drive time. and otherwise westbound 580 this still looks great. thanks, frank. >> no problem. >> looks good past the wind turbines towards the dublin interchange. >> wondering at home in order to stand over there you have to stand on boxes. >> otherwise i would look like this. not good for tv. >> we have a birthday girl here. >> your birthday. >> it is. >> happy birthday. >> yeah, i know. >> i know you knew. he has been wishing me happy birthday for the last two weeks. >> in our contract we get our birthday off. >> what am i doing here? [ laughter ] >> better one than i did. >>> 4:53. san francisco's elementary schools aren't getting great marks in p.e. a new ucsf study found most of the fifth graders are only getting half the state required gym time. researchers say budget cuts and pressures to boost test scores may be pushing it down the list and there aren't a lot of p.e. teachers just 15 to could more than 70 public elementary scho

nimitz. 880 through oakland. starting to get busy through there. first towards 101 and the great america parkway. everything looks like top speeds. headlights northbound traffic smooth towards sunnyvale. here's the nimitz 880 through oakland past the coliseum. no issues in the green in both directions northbound and southbound 880. but our news crews have been following this break news overnight in oakland. city streets we have some road closures around 34th and adeline. the southbound lanes of adeline are still shut down between 30th and 34th. they were able to reopen the northbound lanes of adeline but in the meantime, for the morning commute, use peralta as an alternate. more traffic coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> can anything be done to stop these soaring gas prices? the president tackles the pain at the pump today. plus rick santorum goes on the defense. >> when you're part of the team, sometimes you take one for the team for the leader and i made a mistake. >> how he tried to fight off his rival's attacks at the gop debate. got very heated there. >> and we got a perk for south bay students. it gets the axe. why it's going to be harder

one at tennyson. 880 through oakland you see how windy it is out there still and those northbound lanes of the nimitze. so really slow as you make your way towards downtown oakland. looks like they are moving this camera now up towards the incline section of the bay bridge where you can see it is still a slow crawl up that incline and backed up to the maze. metering lights are on.

nimitz. we just checked the drive times. 15 minutes in those northbound lanes of 880. that would be the commute direction between 238 and the maze. by the way, southbound looks pretty good as well if you have a flight over by oakland airport, quick ride to hayward. thanks for those live pictures from chopper 5. all right. just getting word of a new accident in vallejo eastbound 780. multi-vehicle crash at lemon street. we are already seeing quite a bit of slowing there on our sensors. some speeds under 40 miles per hour. so it looks like one or more lanes could be blocked. we'll have much more details on this coming up. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> it is mitt romney's big chance to make a comeback. >> how he is trying to win over support with conservatives today. we have a report. >>> plus a contraception compromise. how the president may be caving to outrage over his recent birth control decision. >> he has been called a visionary but newly released fbi files are revealing a darker side to steve jobs. switching to progressive could mean hundred

. >> we're looking at oakland and 880, the nimitz shows a light volume of traffic northbound with the taillights past high street. continuing up towards market. we still have reports of that disabled vehicle. chp has yet to get on the scene. it sounds like everything is out of the lanes and the smooth drive on the sensors out there. and let's show you what things are like over across the bay. a smooth drive, construction clearing from the north side and no problem with visibility. good stuff, you see the lights. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we want to take you 35 a b.a.r.t. news conference that's going on right now. we've been keeping tabs on it this morning. they'll be talking about the bay bridge closure over this weekend for the presidents' day weekend this morning. we've got the reporters on the scene to gather information so you know what will happen what b.a.r.t. stations will have open to help the commute over the weekend. we'll keep tabs on that this morning for you. >>> it's 5:01. a manhunt continues in san francisco for a would-be kidnapper. police released a com

otherwise, farther north, northbound 880 the nimitz, not too bad so far as you pass the coliseum but ridge is backed up to the macarthur maze, 20-minute wait to get on the bridge. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> still some passing clouds around the bay area right now. toward mount diablo you can see a lot of clouds out in that direction just some passing clouds there. at the coastline looking at a little precip. couple of light sprinkles at the coast. temperatures this afternoon only in the 50s. more rain on the way later on tonight. >>> all right. i know how romney can fix this elitist thing he's got going. to florida and the daytona 500, quickly. how closely do you follow nascar, romney? >> not as closely as some of the most ardent fans but i have some friends who are team owners. >> is there anything that comes out of this guy's mouth? >> are you okay charlie? >> i am. thank you. >> you need some watter? >> no, i have something here. >> can we continue? >> yes we can. >> charlie had a coughing fit. i wanted to make sure he was okay. >> there's a lot of that g

northbound 280 almost a half hour between 101 and the cupertino exit. the nimitzdowntown oakland. and we still have that accident southbound 880 at whipple blocking one lane.

a live look at the nimitz, 880 through oakland. this is northbound traffic.acked up and it is not the case now. past the airport, past downtown oakland, san mateo bridge, looking great. westbound 92. by the way the bay bridge is reopened way ahead of schedule. around 7:15 last night. they never turned on the metering lights. no delays in san francisco. enjoy your holiday. ,,,,,,,,

northbound lanes of 280. stop and go approaching the 880, highway 17 interchange. it looks like that, pretty sluggish to highway 85. not quite too bad actually on the nimitzbusier in the northbound lanes especially toward downtown oakland. a little sluggish this morning between 238 and the maze. that is traffic. for your forecast, here is lawrence. >> those clouds are starting to move into the skies now. no rain yet. but i think later on we will see rain moving into the bay area. strong gusty winds, too as the weather changes a bit. calm and the temperatures still running in the 30s and 40s and a couple of 50s beginning to show up toward the coastline and into vallejo. this afternoon, it will be rather mild. with temperatures above the average. likely seeing some kids kicking up toward the coastline and a sign of the storm system through the bay area. rain heavy overnight. with strong gusty winds. rain continuing into tomorrow morning. >>> that's a live picture from new orleans. the crescent city, where next year, it will be the host city for super bowl xlvii, which you can see right here on cbs. it's 8:00. welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle ki

starting to get busy on the nimitz 880 on the coliseum especially northbound. this is the lightest we have seen it since they turned on the metering lights at 6:30. >>> the weather looking good. lots of sunshine coming our way, all the way to the coastline again and the temperatures going to be running above the average. nice look for you now. mount diablo a couple of high clouds there in the distance. plenty of sunshine and above- normal temperatures a weak offshore wind continuing today. and that's going to send these temperatures up as high as 66 degrees in san jose. 67 degrees in santa rosa even some low 60s at the coastline. i think as we look toward the weekend passing clouds in the skies, but these temperatures staying well above the average. right on in through sunday. come monday, though, storm clouds gather late in the day. a chance of rain developing by monday night. better chance of rain into tuesday then return to dry weather after that. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> the economy is on everybody's mind from washington to main street. wi

nimitz. no delays at the toll plaza. traffic is moving pretty well in the northbound direction. you can take public transit to get into san francisco. bark is running extended service, it looks like this series will be providing extended service as well. >>ysabel: our team coverage continues this morning, terisa estacio will talk about how the closure affects the other bay area bridges. >> >>terisa: >> this is what it was like at the san ramon richmond bridge on saturday evening. as you can see, it was very slow going. drivers moved along at a snail's pace. this was the scene about 5 mi. back from the tall club agreed heavy traffic. kron 101 north headed to san francisco, a steady stream of the brake lights as the driver's face a rough loaded to the golden gate. on this ban, a lot of traffic. on the san mateo bridge, thick it was not easy for those trying to get around the bay area on this president's day weekend. if the bridge is how birds of our traffic. >>ysabel: here is a quick look outside in san francisco. it's >> classes skies over san mateo. on the peninsula it is pretty

right now you can see the nimitz 880 north- and southbound just cruising between hayward and downtown oakland. that high street off-ramp to northbound 880 though, that remains shut down until about 5:00 this morning. that is according to our sources over at caltrans. so here's a live look at one of our other "timesaver traffic" cameras. the san mateo bridge is about a 13-minute drive time in either direction right now. right side of your screen is the commute direction. traffic heading off the flat section toward the high-rise so not too bad there and not too bad for silicon valley commuters, either. six minutes is the drive time in the westbound lanes of 2237 between 880 and 101. most of your drive times are still in the green. economic out the carquinez bridge to the maze -- check out the carquinez bridge to the maze no delays toward that stretch. altamont pass, 13 minutes on 580 from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. >>> people in oklahoma and texas got an unexpected light show late last night. it was all caught on the dashcam of a police cruiser. watch the left side of your screen. see it coming across? that little ba

nimitz, 880 through oakland. and a bit busy in all lanes, northbound and southbound 880, as we head toward downtown oakland and if you're traveling farther south and all the way to hayward. we have been following a violent night overnight in oakland. still police activity near 83rd and international. and just want to let you know, a traffic impact and various lanes are blocked around that intersection. there was an overnight earlier police standoff and shooting, and so once again, just streets blocked off in that area. and at the bay bridge, no metering lights yet. and just slight delays. mostly in cash lanes. and that's traffic. back to you. >> all right. elizabeth. it is 6:21. apparently it is more important than her most basic needs. the strong temptation we have to tweet. >> we have a late entry, named mr. quigly. >> everyone is talking about the ads from last night. we will have a roundup of the favorites, all coming up. country. "san fran gas prices dot co" reports the local average ip about two and a half cents n the last week. in san francisco, a gallon f regular ranges from 3-61, t- dollars, nine cents.

nimitz freeway heading south from hayward to union city. northboundto 84 there is a crash on the shoulder. let's go to steve. >>> all right, sam. that's true. you -- sal. that's true. you make our jobs, much, much easier. really calm, really clear, fog, or very foggy. some of that fog is working its way back. we're gutting a puff of east wind. temperatures 30s and 40s. san carlos airport, 43 and calm. there are a few locations. no breeze at all. 0s and 30s. there is a pretty good wind up in the higher elevationing, especially from the oakland hills out to mt. diablo. pretty good system to the left of your screen. it won't make any dent in our situation until monday. it does look like tuesday when we'll get some rain in here. mostly sunny, fog, cold in the morning, but 63 your temperatures today, low to mid temperatures, i think they -- if you are stuck in the fog, it will an cool day. otherwise, the weekend looks to be about a carbon copy. increasing clouds and then we'll go with rain. >>> 8:28. would very breaking news from the south bay. a lot more

nimitz 880 past the coliseum. looks great up and down the -- really, the east bay not too bad. a lot of green on our sensors. northbound 880 by stevenson boulevard on that on-ramp, there's been an accident. we can't tell if the -- the on- ramp is partially blocked. again, the main lines of the freeway are looking okay. but again that's northbound 880 by stevenson boulevard. we have an accident there at least partially blocking the on- ramp. all right. highway 4 usually one of our first spots to back up and just a couple of yellow sensors there in those westbound lanes. otherwise, not too bad on westbound 4. and to the south bay now getting a south bay check 280 traffic looks great this morning heading out of downtown san jose. there may be some roadwork across this stretch of southbound 101. that's why i think we're seeing slowing on our sensors out of san jose. but 280 traffic so far looks great just a couple of headlights there heading out of downtown and bart we just checked in with them, they have all trains running on time. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> you see the oscars last night? >> i didn't. i was up s

nimitz. easier to see those headlights making their way southbound. nice smooth ride all the way towards oakland airport if you have n early flight to catch. northbound traffic so far looks good all the way towards the downtown oakland exit, as well. of course it's still early. we're expecting to see a lot of green on our traffic sensors, so no surprise that the drive time here is about 1 minutes on westbound 580 out of the altamont pass heading towards 680. so once again, no big surprises if you are about to start your morning commute. here are your drive times for you popular routes across the east bay. once again, westbound 24 not seeing any issues all the way through walnut creek, lafayette. fog not really an issue across that stretch, as well. and coming down the eastshore freeway so far no brake lights through richmond or berkeley so should be a pretty smooth ride, 1 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. of course -- 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries all on time. if you are about to hit the road, things can change at any moment, remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they'

well, we have stop and go traffic conditions up and down the nimitz. 880 as you pass the coliseum of the check the northboundspecially within the last 15 minutes, it is a almost half hour drive time between 238 and the maze may see. word of a new problem coming into san francisco. northbound 280 by alemany there is an accident blocking a lane. slow speeds according to our sensors under 25 miles per hour. to the south bay we go now. we can't really see much because it's so foggy in the south bay. that's supposed to be a live look at 280 traffic by the 880 interchange. under the clouds it's pretty backed up heading out of san jose to the cupertino exit. and westbound 80 by travis boulevard we have an accident blocking a couple of lanes. it's a slow ride through fairfield. that's traffic. here's lawrence with your forecast. >> we are seeing some patchy, dense fog in through the santa clara valley this morning. otherwise nice skies across our area as high pressure is building in. offshore winds blowing to the coast clearing you toward the golden gate bridge. looking good. temperatures still chilly, 30s and 40s r

northbound 101 is not impacted by the crash. east bay check time safer traffic camera showing the nimitz through oakland where things are getting busy but overall, "friday light." that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the u.s. trying to make a deal with syria today. the ultimatum for the violence ridden country. >>> why conrad murray may be released from jail in the death of michael jackson. >>> something no player has done before in baseball and the league not happy about it. ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... [ tires screech ] ...night view... and heads-up display. [ engine revving ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. >>> live look at the golden gate bridge. we have an update about an accident we have been following on 101 in san jose. full look at the morning commute minutes away. >>> 5:10 now. investigators are trying to figure out what led to one of the deadliest military aviation training accidents

also have this new problem coming in northbound 280 by 580 so traffic is stacking up towards the castro valley y. one lane is blocked. nimitzhrough oakland live look near the coliseum and so far everything looks good in north- and southbound 880. no major issues across that stretch. live towards the bay bridge toll plaza, where it is definitely stacking up in all lanes. metering lights have been turned on. there was a stall reported in one of the fastrak lanes. it looks like they have long since cleared that. so now we just got our usual delays. it looks like it's stacking up maybe towards about the 880 overcrossing usually by about this time it is so maybe 15 minutes or so just to get you on to the span. we'll have much more traffic coming up. in the meantime, back to you >> thank you. >>> this is some good news. new jobless claims are down to a four-year low. >> let's talk about it. jason brooks, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com on a thursday joins us with more. >> good morning. >> reporter: certainly getting some good news to start out our day. and seeing continuingism proving trends continuing improving tren

they are expecting to reopen two of the southbound lanes in the meantime northbound 880 at bascomb a new accident just coming in. nimitz880 through oakland there's a stall report near high street so traffic is stacking up behind it. here's lawrence. >> all right, elizabeth. a lot of sunshine coming our way, the offshore winds blowing temperatures all over the map right now but i think toward the afternoon what a day it's going to be. you can see clear skies right now all the way to the coastline. these temperatures something else today. well above average. 68 degrees in napa. 67 in santa rosa. about 66 in san jose. 64 degrees sunny skies in san francisco. [ male announcer ] technology accelerates at a relentless pace. anything not moving forward is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs. with the lexus enform app suite, the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile. [ tires screeching ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. heavens no, come on. >> do you have to wear underpants anymore? i would think at this sta

nimitz 880 through oakland. let's see. that drive time is about 14 -- 16 minutes? i need glasses. 16 minutes on those northbound lanes between 238 and the maze. bay bridge traffic moving better now. when we first got on the air at 4:30 there was a traffic alert, several lanes blocked on the upper deck of the bay bridge on the incline after a rollover crash. but as you can see, there were no lingering effects with it. everything is "friday light" now. no metering lights, really no delay at all behind the pay gates. just cruising all across the upper deck. so it's kind of a different story because of this roadwork in hercules. eastbound 80 between highway 4 and willow avenue, they still have three left lanes shut down. scheduled until about 6:00 this morning. so we were seeing some red sensors before some really slow speeds so things are improving a bit. maybe they have been able to reopen a lane but in the meantime, in the commute direction westbound 80 looks great 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. and mass transit no issues for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries. that's traffic. back

nimitz. really quiet westbound 580 maybe a few brake lights but overall no major delays and incidents. all lanes open at 101 northbound at atherton avenue. overnight roadwork is gone. southbound 101 smooth through novato, san rafael and down towards the golden gate bridge. at the bay bridge no major roadwork on the upper deck so everything is quiet so far heading into san francisco. coming up we'll get a check of mass transit. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the vta is getting more federal funding than expected to extend bart train service down to north san jose. it will get $100 million for the current fiscal years and another 150 million for the next fiscal year under the budget plan released yesterday by president obama. the extra money means less money will have to be spent on issuing bonds. that's good news. groundbreaking on the bart extension for fremont to san jose berryessa area scheduled for april. >>> the state of a bay area healthcare center will be decided today. the burlingame long-term care facility is seismically unsafe and no longer up to code. that's according to the county healt

northbound 82. so watch out for that. we'll talk about that more coming up. in the meantime, 880 through oakland, this is great. the nimitz up and down north- and southbound 880 moving fine all the way towards downtown oakland and mass transit looks good, as well. so once again, big bay bridge closure just the upper deck starts 8:00 tonight. so we're just hours away now. frank, grace, back to you. >> elizabeth, as a traffic expert are you staying home this weekend? >> no, i have to work this weekend so i have got to figure out how to get into san francisco from the east bay. i know. so it is. you have to kind of come up with a strategy. whatever you have to do plan ahead give yourself some extra time. that's what i'm going to be doing what a lot of commuters are going to doing, as well. >>> stay with us for the details that you will need to get around during the weekend closures. plan ahead. you can also sign up wit kcbs radio for traffic text alerts. >>> if it rained they would have to postpone it. but is that the case? >> i think just a little rain. not a real weekend soaker. high clouds in the skies now as we start to

nimitz 880 through oakland past the coliseum towards downtown. south bay check a little slowing on the southbound guadalupe parkway but not too bad overall. things are light. no issues northbound80 all the way out of downtown. the bay bridge usually our best indicator of how traffic is flowing. so far everything looks great. they picked up roadwork on the upper deck early. so now all lanes are open heading into san francisco. and all of our sensors picking up great speeds on the upper and the lower deck towards oakland. so not seeing a lot of slowing on our sensors. a lot of drive times are in the green including the eastshore freeway. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. and westbound 24, still looks good heading out of walnut creek towards the macarthur maze. we'll have much more traffic coming up. in the meantime, back to you. >> thank you. >>> she is full of surprise. >> not just talking about elizabeth. this morning, the pop superstar who [ indiscernible ] in the north bay. >> a biggie. >> wow. i mean, it just exploded when it hit it it just exploded. >> a nascar fireball last night. an explosive crash nearly ruined the daytona 500 racetrack. we have a report

nimitz same thing. there was a high street off- ramp closure until about 5:00. that should have been picked up a while ago. and the south bay looks good as well, headlights moving northboundet's check the drive times. these are the ones in the south bay. 101 so far moving up to top speeds. 11 minutes between 280 and 237. 280 commute and the guadalupe parkway all traffic moving fine through downtown san jose. and checking in with mass transit, so far everything looks good for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries. we have road closures in san francisco this weekend with the big chinese new year's parade. we'll tell you about that coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:37 now. and two explosions today have killed 25 people and injured another 175 in in a syrian city. it's the first significant violence in syria's largest city during the 11 month uprising against president assad. it targeted security compounds in the city which so far has mainly supported assad. there are conflicting reports about who may be responsible for today's attacks. >>> and the marine corps blames an ignorance of history when it comes to an embarrassing photo out of afghanistan. here's a sh

nimitz moving smoothly down in through the south bay. we're looking at 101 as well which has no major construction through palo alto. great stuff past 84, willow cutting over the water. here we're looking at northbound 280 at farmhill there is construction. the southbound side is showing the slowdown so note that as you travel through the area. a visual distraction. construction for 680 between al costa and rutger. the crews start to clear, no problems out of livermore. we'll end with this shot and i'll tell you about that 14-minute drive out of the altamont pass. >> thank you, mike. europe continues to dictate what happens for the markets here in the u.s. for more on that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn brian shactman. good morning. >> good morning. futures are slightly higher after the dow closed yesterday at its highest level in nearly four years. asian markets gain, european shares are higher this morning. we get data today on the consumer price index as well as leading indicators. we also get earnings from campbell soup and heinz. the dow gained 123 points to 12,904, nearing the key symbolic level of 13,000. the nasdaq up 44 points to 2959, close to 3000. the s&p up 14 to end a

nimitz freeway instead of taking interstate 580. as the close and on the maps if you will see that speeds drop down past the 280 interchange in the northbound direction. it is unusual to see it backed up on the approach. some speeds are in a single digits as low as 8 mi. an hour. the bridges themselves have been doing pretty well. here's a look at the bay bridge between 880 and west grand ave. the 880 approach is not backed up at all that is your best bet to the bridge. your ride on the san mateo bridge has been a pretty good one. here is a live look at our camera on the toll plaza. things are thinning out westbound. your ride on the golden gate 101 southbound is still pretty light with no problems across the span in the southbound direction. >>justine: new video into thecc1: kron4 news room shows as a violent crash involving a day care bus that shut down a very busy man this street in both directions. check out this video. the helicopter had to transport one person to the hospital in the three of our people went to the hospital in critical condition. here is an overview of the accident. parents are saying they're relieved that there were n

nimitz freeway there are pockets of slow down but nothing, maj. the 580 westbound to the castro valley looks good. the self bay freeway is a bit sluggish on the 101 northboundcupertino and mountain view. that is the pattern that we are seeing, right now. >>mark: fire crews are on the scene in mountain view. at this apartment complex off the 85-200 east in damon. this is an apartment complex that went up in flames. this is video. fires shot through the roof. in fact, six different agencies helped fire fighters. dozens of people in displaced. . >>reporter: they have to wait until this is the sake of for the fire investigators to go inside. they have to wait to see if it is structurally sound. they do not want to have a fire fighter hurt there has been a minor injury to a firefighter, already a yesterday. this building has been completely evacuate with 25 units displaced. we do not know the cause but a lot of residents are showing up trying to sell which items. his-selvage-he is trying to salvage items. i asked him how his unit was but there was a lot of water damage. fortunately, he was able to recover some of his furniture. however because it is off- limits.

northbound to the 40s and 50s there. southbound 880 slows down toward mission boulevard, the nimitz freeway.astro valley y, and the other side we're seeing the slowdown for 101, north of highway 92. back to you. >> thank you, mike. for the latest check out nbc bay area on facebook. >>> as i look at the crowd on gobbler's knob, many shadows do i see. six more weeks of winter it must be! [ cheers and applause ] >> 7:30 now on this thursday morning, february 2nd, 2012, groundhog day, and there you have it, punxsutawney phil predicting after seeing his shadow, six more weeks of winter. but it's the winter we've been having, so that's like spring, anyway. >> or it might mean that winter might actually start. because we haven't really had it, i don't know. >> we trust punxsutawney phil. i'm matt lauer alongside ann curry. >> coming up, new details on what may have led demi moore being rushed to the hospital last week. just ahead, why her friends feared that her life was in danger long before paramedics were called to her home. >>> also ahead the question a lot of people ask at this time of year, d