we have a crash that finally cleared south one to one and ralston that was our motorcycle acaident.w out of burlingame seoul south what i want is crawling burlingame through 7 tail into bill mott right after ralston and picks up. but it also backed you up on to east 92, which is crawling from hillsdale as you try and merge with southbound want to one but at least it's out of the way we have the bay bridge traffic which looks pretty normal right now it's coming into san francisco, the car pool lanes have already thinned out for you so that's good. but your overall backup does stretch to the maze and i don't expect it to get better any time soon i hope it does, but i'm just not expecting 20 minutes from the bottom of the mace or fremont street i'll give you one more richmond center fell bridge still busy from harbor through the toll plaza back to you. >>50 is the time testimony continues in ago ship trial fire the fire trial. defense attorneys say that the firefighters themselves didn't do enough to save the victims in that warehouse fire. we did hear from an oakland fire battalion ch

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it happened about 3:00 this afternoon near the ralston avenue offramp. >> sky 7 was overhead.ad ton abc7 news vs video of the traffic backup shortly after the fire happened. cars were bumper-to-bumper all the way to el camino. >> at least one lane is now open, but traffic is still slow for miles. we sent an alert on our free abc7 news app. you can use the app any time to check traffic conditions. >> for now, good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. there is a possible solution to one of bart's biggest problems, fare evaders. you'll start seeing it at some stations by this summer. >> bart loses millions of dollars a year when passengers jump those fare gates. people have done it right in front of our abc7 news cameras. >> we are committed to building a better bay area, and yesterday we promised you that we would be at today's bart board meeting when they sat down to discuss solutions. >> liz kreutz spent the day and is here to describe what changes bart is making to stop the fare evasion. liz? >> good evening, ama and dan. that's right, a lo

you can see ralston after, east pal loal to, a -- palo alto, this is the way it looks from our exploratoriumight now. it will be all about getting wet. so prepare for that as that one light storm will spread some scattered showers around. you won't get wet all the time. some of us will not get wet at all. it will definitely be cool. 12-hour planner starting at 8:00. showers best through about noon and then a slight chance as you head into the afternoon hours, temperatures in the upper 50, in san francisco, our best chance through june, notice the winds picking up, the rain is moving sideways at 10:00 and none, mostly cloudy, mid or upper 50s, a chilly day. >> not good, mike, in the east bay, we have two major problems. we have a full closure just before caldecot tunnel. this is a sigalert. it is one collision but it's involving six-to-seven vehicles. this is right around wilder road. we are sending sky 7 to the scene. hopefully, it will give us a better idea. no good alternates through the stretch. either we will take the long way around southbound 680 or take bart for this morning. slipping

this is near the ralston avenue off-ramp. >> let's take a look. a truck with a trailer is completely charred. look at that. the 911 call. the fire then went on to spread. it is unclear if anyone was hurt. >> one lane closed in that area. the back-up extends all way to el camino. let's give you another live look at the scene from sky 7. you can see that it is moving smoothly. >> so right there, the officer from the chp. thank you so much for joining us. >> how are you? >> good. it does look like the fire appears to be out. can you give us an update on whether there are any injuries that crash? >> at this point, we don't have too much information. i'm trying to get ahold of them. i have not been able to get ahold of anybody right now. but just want my people to stay out of the area. we'll be able to give you a little more information to get ahold of them. we don't have any news whether anyone is injure at this time. i'll get you information as soon as i can. >> that looks very serious indeed. it looks like there might be another vehicle involved. >>

you're quite heavy southbound 101 approaching the scene at ralston avenue, backup north of state route80. we are looking for a crash, bd westbound 80 before you get to the metering lights. we have a collision between a car and pickup truck in lane number three. it does sound like they're on their way. drive times looking okay here. walnut creek to dublin. you're in the green. quite foggy across a lot of the north bay at this point. santa rosa to san francisco, in the green at 26 minutes. >> solving homelessness is a major part. solching the crisis from sales force ceo marc benioff and his wife. >> they are donating $30 million to the ucsf center for vulnerable populations and benioff talked with dan ashley about his mission to make a difference. it's a story you'll see only on abc 7. >> reporter: marc, you've been so generous to this city and this community and you and lynn are being generous once again with the $30 million donation. why? >> dan, lynn has really inspired me to make homelessness my number one philanthropic goal in the city. you can see we need it now more than ever. >>

, slowing approaching 92, coming down through san mateo, belmont, approaching san carlos near the ralstont two lanes are blocked. fire crews are on scene. minor injuries reported. no major issue going on there. the reason they are still blocked is they are waiting for a tow truck. once it safely clears the area, the emergency vehicles will clear the two lanes. they will keep it closed another 15 to 20 minutes. we will track that. 280 clear through the area and so is el camino. the build. north 101 around capital expressway, there is a crash. it sounds like it has been left in the middle of the roadway. we will need a tow truck. big jam starting to form. back to you. >>> thanks so much, mike. 6:52 right now. happening now, we could finally tell you how to get to sesame street. new york city west 63rd and broadway now named sesame street. it has been on air since 1969. a huge part of new york city and a lot of people childhoods. official announcement at 7:00. we expect big bird, elmo, oscar the grouch, cookie monster. all your favorites. i like grover. >> cookie monster is my favorite. >> c

this one in the southbound direction on 101 right at ralston. at least one lane is blocked. and go in that direction and across the bay right there in fremont, that is the southbound direction as well. there's an accident just south of 84. last but not least getting into san francisco is slow and go as a result of delays. as of delays. >> good wednesday morning to you. a beautiful day across the bay area. drier weather and also that sunshine. your microclimate forecast breezy, low 60s for the bay, mid to upper 60s to about 70. many locations low to mid-70s. we'll top out in the upper 70s. mainly dry thursday and for friday. partly sunny on saturday. right now there's just a slight chance of a shower sunday into monday for memorial day. into monday for memorial day. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashion week. ♪ ♪ he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. (meow) whoa. you've groomed her, too. (cell phone vibrati

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