detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don't want to create hazards. >> sometimes vendors put sidewalk cafes where people push the chairs too far out. >> sometimes it can be impassable. so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is a lively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on other side of this tables and chairs area. if people can find thraeur way around it without getting tangled up, it is still fully accessible. >> we don't want anything special. we want people to basically adhere to the regulations and laws as they are o

i catapulted off the end of the ramp and tumbled down the landing ramp and broke my ankle.s not happening, approximates surreal, this did not just happen. my ankle is fine, i could not accept i broke my ankle, the most devastating day ever the day before this is to happen. i'm laying on the bottom of the ramp going no way this is over. all this work and this isn't going to happen now. >> danny goes back to the hotel determined that the next day, he will make the jump. >> i would never have thrown the towel in on it. i just didn't know if i was physically going to be able to accomplish it. i mentally was there, ready to do whatever it took to get over the wall. i didn't know if my ankle would give out. i'm ready to go. is this thing going to last, >> i don't know. >> the next day, danny and his broken ankle make it to the top of the ramp, determined to go through with the jump. >> it was such a hot day, really hot day and humid, all the gear that i have on, and then 10 flights of stairs stressing about my ankle and hurting every step i take, as much as i wanted to enjoy the

we have the ramp entirely shut down. this is the ramp leaving west 580. we are just getting word from the chp that there's no access to 680 in either direction. so let me give you some alternatives. if your goal is to get on 580 exit at hopyard take hopyard to stoneridge over to foothill then take the foothill on-ramp back over to 580 depending on where your destination is this morning. if you need to get back on 680 exit off at doherty hopyard, take that over to dublin boulevard to reaccess 680 north or south depending where you need to go. of course with this major closure it may force more folks on the "ace" train. right now it's on schedule and has left the central valley on time. we are going to talk about the bridge commute. it's okay. on this tuesday morning, the bay bridge drive okay no delays for the golden gate leaving southern marin. and local transit is still a great option. no delays for the bart system. and more folks may be taking bart as an alternate to the closure at the dublin interchange. that's a look at "kcbs traffic." guys? >> all ri

the ramps from the fdr are closed to the brooklyn bridge. fdr northbound through the 70s an accident. look at the solid line of traffic on the fdr north through the 70s. on the 5 train uptown delays 180th. time. a look at the inbound side of the gowanus, inbound side of the gowanus as we go to the webcams still moving okay. let's go up to john del giorno. he is high above the brooklyn good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, the first look at this accident on the brooklyn bridge. this accident is on the outbound side of the brooklyn bridge. latest information, this happened around 4:50 this morning, just before 5:00 this morning. you got a car overturned. there looks to be another vehicle involved. latest information from the nypd, we are told seven people were injured in this accident. those folks have been taken to three area hospitals. nypd reports that none of those threatening. you can see an investigation is bound. the ramp from the fdr is shut john del giorno, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> breaking news. we have just alerted th

this is a ramp. we'll head over it's the l.i.e. eastbound ramp to the bqe. that's where that accident is and that ramp is shut down for now. we have our street cleaning rules in effect. ken over to you. >>> 4:55 and police in ferguson missouri are searching for suspects in the tragic shooting of a 9-year-old girl. jamila bolden was killed when somebody fired shots into her home from the street. the 4th grader was hit while doing her homework on her mother's bed. her mother was also wounded. she is expected to be okay. >>> a father from westchester county will spend at least six years behind bars for a deadly car crash with his underaged daughter behind the wheel. michael ware pleaded guilty to allowing his 15-year-old daughter to drive his suv without a license. it happened last summer in the poconos. the teenager crashed the suv killing three of her friends. >> as a parent i think it struck a chord with everybody in the courtroom. this is such a preventable crime that could have not caused such a catastrophe. >> he's being punished now. now that he's in the

you'll find only one lane open on that ramp. on the garden state parkway south near the union tolls we have a disabled vehicle and you're doing just fine with mass transit and that includes our subways. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. >>> thank you. 6:31 and now to that breaking news in newark. we are learning more about the panic in one neighborhood as a second alarm fire spread through several homes. at one point the flames were seen shooting out of windows. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson is live in newark with new information finish us. >> reporter: we have some updated numbers. this fire broke out shortly after 3:30 this morning. they had it under control about an hour later. as you can see behind me the building extensively damaged. it started at 581 bergen street. there are four injuries in this fire from people who lived in the building. two adults and two kids, three of those folks suffered pretty serious injuries on top of that, two firefighters were hurt as well and again, because this fi

they closed the ramp for repairs. that ramp should be back open saturday morning. >>> its women's equality day equal rights activists will walk from st. stephen and the incarnation episcopal church. the plan to pass the white house an hour later. >>> two major power companies may keep fighting for a amerger that could cost you. d.c. regulators rejected pepco'snd epsilon's $6.4 million merger deal. the city's session said the merger would provide a single energy provider in the region. >>> the pentagon just killed the replacement for the well-known and ageing humvee. take a look here, oshkosh won the highly coveted bid here. under the initial contract, the company will build 17,000 joint light tactical vehicles. a protected armor of a tank and e the mobility of a jeep. the first shipment of these vehicles should be ready sometime in 2018. >>> right now, you can be part of our effort to start kids off right this school year. the backpacks 4 kids campaign is going on. as we speak in kingstown, virginia. let's check with

this is right on the ramp leading towards northbound 680. so as crews work to clear this up they have shut down that transition ramp meaning there is no freeway access at this hour for folks leaving the livermore valley bound for san ramon. take this alternate to exit at doherty hopyard and take dublin interchange to get back over to northbound 680. those are your alternates right now. chp is not telling us when it think they will have this cleared up so we'll continue to update you but as of this hour we are looking at 20-minute delays for those folks leaving the livermore valley. >>> clearing traffic headaches. that will be the goal today as the santa clara county board of supervisors talks about ways to find traffic congestion relief efforts. right now most of the transportation tax being used to bring bart to san jose but a new tax proposal would go mainly to road projects. if approved, the tax will go on the november 2016 ballot. >>> the fbi is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of marcos daniel robes accuse

but, again, the off ramp was closed. still have actually all the emergency crews have just pulled aw oay. so i will check it out. but it looks like much better there. let's look at the george washington bridge where the earlier roadwork is out of the way. the upper and lower moving along fine. ha ving to deal with the wet roads. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thank you very much. >>> three people rp in the hospital following a blast at a bronx high school. huge e losion rocked jfk high school about 9:00 last night. katherine creag is there. kat? >> reporter: some nypd officers are standing guard out here, michael. right here at the entrance of the school. the expectation is that repairs will begin today to fix those obliterated classrooms and the exterior wall that isn't there any longer. this was a huge explosion that rocked the houses around this neighborhood. workers at the school described hearing a loud explosion and then they saw a fireball tear through several classrooms. the explosion hap

that ramp will be shut down until 5:00 this morning.ed. it's been a good morning so far delays t(for bart, ferry and other mass transit. if you plan to make the san mateo bridge commute drive times still okay 12 minutes make that westbound drive on 92 between hayward and the 101 interchange in san mateo. the t(okbay bridge drive it waso hectic commute yesterday no drama this morning everything fine westbound traffic oklooks d good leaving i]oakland heading into san francisz,5h0@6cj% that's a Ñilook at your "kcbs traffic." you. >>> attention hackers. tesla would like to xdtalk to you. the 9company wants to hire people to help it find flaws in its software. it also has a bug bounty that's cash for anyone who can find vulnerabilities in çótheir system. tesla wants to beef up security after the e1vehicle hacks. last week two hackers showed how they could turn off lpa tesr model s mvremotely. >>> friends, family and fans gathered last qnight to remembe a hip-hop performer who okwas shot to death in oakland. more now from kpix jf5's mark kell

this is the ramp from the outer bridge crossing into staten island. that ramp is coned off. let's go to our maps. that outer bridge crossing staten island ramp to the west shore expressway, an overturned that ramp is closed. subway status, a and d trains uptown local only. 59th street to 125th street with track work. as you head to fdr drive street north we have some flooding. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. shirleen and ken over to you. >>> thank you very much heather, and it is 6:10. still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, tens of thousands of firefighters started work battling dozens of fires out west. >> also ahead, a dangerous rip current nearly claims the lives of two girls. how a quick thinking surfer my name is amanda and i smoked while i was pregnant. my baby was born two months early and weighed only three pounds. this is the view i had of her in the nicu. my tip to you is speak into the opening so your baby can hear you better. you can quit. talk with your doctor. for more help call 1-866-ny-quits >>> now to a developing story this m

probably practiced before they filmed but he could have fallen. >> he worked with one of the best rampuilders on the planet to pull that off. >> i can't wait to see what he's going to come up with next. >> that's what everybody is wondering. >> we have flooding in some rural areas, that is really difficult for the people who live there, because that cuts them off from civilization. now these people were on a bus, they had to get off because the roadway in this region of india started to give way. >> there's no stopping this thing. this thing is going to go. >> the good thing is, everybody was able to get off this bus. the flooding has been deadly in india, but no one perished in this incident. the sad thing is, that's going to be impassable for quite some time and this has cut off some communities. >> that is scary. if you were a passenger on that bus looking back at that, thinking my life was so close and now basically hanging on a cliff edge. >> more flooding problems, this time in a metro area, this is in caracas. they had heavy rains. this is the metro subway, and as you can see, i

580 westbound coming up to the 680 ramp. the one that goes to san jose or so oakland. westbound 580 you cannot get on to 680 for the moment as they get this truck out of the way. right now there is a backup on westbound 580. people who use that ramp have to continue on westbound 580 and get on to the dublin interchange. they will go to ramon. let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is light coming into san francisco. and this morning in the south bay 237 off to a decent start as you cross 880. 5:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following developing news in san francisco this morning where more than a dozen people are out of their homes because of a fire in a care facility. it started just after 11:00 last night on shotwell street. this is in the mission district. firefighters say the fire appears to be coming from the top floor of the three story building. it spread to a building next door. they were able to get it under control in about an hour and a half and one person was take ton the hospita

ramp from southbound gw parkway closed until friday. alternate is roosevelt bridge to get into the district. that's what you're going to have to do in order to get into washington. taking a look at the innerloop and outerloop, no problems there. and 95 northbound in virginia and dale city, and 270 looks good northbound and southbound, aaron. >>> we are learning more about the indy driver who died in a crash in pennsylvania. justin wilson died monday night from head injuries he got at the pocono raceway. wilson was an organ donor. his brother tweeted he helped save six lives. >>> new this morning, the napa valley wine train is apologizing to a mostly black group of women in a book club who say they were booted from the train because of their race. the ceo issued a statement saying the company was 100% wrong in handling of this issue. the company will also offer additional diversity training for its employees. a spokesman said train employees asked women to either quiet down or get off the train and accept a free bus ride back to their st

the ramp is going to be closed. that is eastbound to west shore expressway from a crash involving this box truck. looks like they are backing on maybe some help just to get everything towed out of the way. right now traffic is not moving there from that ramp. that is going to be closed. still dealing with delays on the gowanus westbound at the prospect. right lane is blocked. you'll see under the overpass. a couple vehicles involved in that. flashing lights as well. a tough go trying to get everything cleared. l.i.e. westbound main street, right lane blocked with a crash. toward the clearview. the checklist looks okay. alternate side meter rules in effect. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >> emily, thank you very much. >>> 5:36 now. police are searching for a man who attacked a woman in queens with an acid-like substance. police say a stranger called out to alexander a dire on wednesday near sunny side queens. when she turned around to the stranger, he allegedly tossed a cupful of clear liquid in her fa

probably practiced before they filmed but he could have fallen. >> he worked with one of the best ramp builders on the planet to pull that off. >> i can't wait to see what he's going to come up with next. >> that's what everybody is wondering. >> we have flooding in some rural areas, that is really difficult for the people who live there, because that cuts them off from civilization. now these people were on a bus, they had to get off because the roadway in this region of india started to give way. thing. this thing is going to go. >> the good thing is, everybody was able to get off this bus. the flooding has been deadly in india, but no one perished in this incident. the sad thing is, that's going to be impassable for quite some communities. >> that is scary. if you were a passenger on that bus looking back at that, thinking my life was so close and now basically hanging on a cliff edge. >> more flooding problems, this time in a metro area, this is in caracas. they had heavy rains. this is the metro subway, and as you can see, it is now a waterfall. >> waterfall! >> it's terrible but

here's that university on ramp here. all traffic blocked on the westbound side and he smacked in the concrete barrier. do you see it there. is there cement and chunks of concrete in what would be the eastbound lanes in the south street on ramp. this is the first officer pulling up to the scene here. i haven't seen anybody walking around. i don't know what is behind the tractor trailer here but right now all westbound lanes of the schuylkill expressway are closed. look at the officer here picking something out of the roadway. he is on the eastbound side at south street. so all westbound lanes, are closed, it looks like the eastbound lane getting on through but right now anyone trying to get on to the schuylkill from say university city area you are not going to be able to go westbound. anyone coming over walt whitman bridge or leaving south philadelphia trying to come in toward center city again all westbound lanes are closed, between university and south. your best bet would be to use i-95 over to the vine expressway. la

so, we're watching that ramp right there.bound at 413 that blocks the right lane. everybody is so backed up and what they're doing is driving the wrong way on that ramp that you see right there. i'm not seeing cars do it at the moment but there's a better shot of the ramp. you see the cars coming toward you, they're going the wrong way. they're trying to turn around on 95. this is a bad idea. a minute ago we had a guy nearly head-on collision. there you have it. you see two people traveling all in the same direction. they're going meet up on the ramp like what do i do now because you're not supposed to drive the wrong way on a ramp just to get out of an accident. looks like another accident waiting to happen right here david. >> karen and a lot of sun glare. sun glare might steel fill a tad humid in some neighborhoods. humidity levels are in the process going down. in the 60's in the northern and western suburbs all the way down to center city. over in south jersey a couple spots up closer to 70. 70 on the nose in avalon. sti

ramp-up goes, low 80's right now. a window of showers and thunderstorms in a couple of broken lines. we do not think it will be widespread. warm and humid. futurecast shows the line of showers moving in. everything looks great, starting to clear out. autria: back to school for tens of thousands of students. among the typical first day activities, something new. is at a school with goals like no other. than 50,000 students walked into d.c. classrooms across the district. 100 13 schools. four are new this year. all of the teachers and administrators have set the bar high. district has the another mission. they want fathers to be involved in the lives of the children. the energy is palpable. kids poured into classroom. >> i am supposed to be here. the way the stats are, fathers are not there. we have to be there for our kids. they have a higher rate of going to jail and getting in trouble. sam: 30% of the students are homeless. 100% of the students are on the free lunch program. the principal says when both parents play

northbound the ramp to the brooklyn bridge is closed down. the brooklyn bridge is closed into manhattan. alternate side of the street parking in effect. lori and ken, over to you. >> we are following a developing story this morning in new jersey where a search effort is underway for a missing swimmer. >> a young man vanished swimming last night in the water off sandy hook beach. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson is there with the latest for us. rob? >> reporter: good morning, lori. later today the search will continue for this missing man his family and authorities are holding out hope that he can be found alive. this is from late last night as the search got underway. the search began at beach b in sandy hook. officials were searching the waters off sandy hook. divers were still in the water. he was swimming with his family a few hours earlier when he suddenly went under. beachgoers saw people in the water struggling. they alerted authorities. that lead to an all out search that included officials from multiple agencies combing the water i

it shuts down the ramp from the fdr drive to the brooklyn bridge. if you need to get to manhattan, you can get there. it's the manhattan bridge or the williamsburg. i have know that sounds confusing. also on the major deegan. northbound, an overturned vehicle by fordham road. the ramp is also shut down from the northbound degree an to fordham road. ugly there as well. >> lauren, thanks. >>> hazy, hot and humid. 94 degrees. our first heat wave in central park so far this season. we could have a few pop-up storms later on today. bring your umbrella. it's sticky overnight with a low of 76 degrees. still hot and humid for tuesday. 90 degrees. temperatures gradually backing down to the 80s. it stays steamy through the end of the week. stormy as well. especially by thursday and friday. get ready to sweat. >> you heard it here first, guys. the "today" show is next. >>> that's what's happening "today in new york." >>> good morning. the hot zone. a big portion of the eastern u.s. bracing for a heat wave. while out west more than a hundred wildfires rage. doz

this is a rough go folks off the ramp here flying down off of 202. and it it was an active work zone all morning long. so expect delays in and out of the malvern chester county maybe use off ramps for route 30 or route 29 in order to get into charlestown right there by high school and middle school. good news is that the schools don't start until next monday, at least out there in that neck of the wood. eastbound on the schuylkill expressway jammo in towards conshohocken, a combination of the sun glare at the curve and then we have six vehicles with flat tires near belmont avenue. that was from some earlier debris and sun glare north bound i-95 working your way up from delaware county up toward airport. mass transit looking g mike and alex, back to you good that bob kelly is a good break dancer. >> yeah. >> did he. >> look at the that. >> dance stylings. >> break dancing doesn't seem to go out of style. >> it doesn't matter what we're watching. look at that. what about something more recent like red bulker north american break dancing final. >> wow.

also, spring garden ramp, you can see, it is closed, the off ramp will open tomorrow out of the schuylkillessway. but the off ramp is closed until august 12th. erika, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. septa commuter hoping to catch aglimmerments of of pope francis, hoping to get their hands on the special regional rail passes today. taking part in a lottery where only 350,000 winners will get a pass. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us outside of septa headquarters in center city. and the website is working good news at least justin, good morning. >> erika, good morning good news indeed. so far no complaints about that lottery system, a you mention, only 350,000 passes are available not a lot considering the demand to see the pope in september, how much. septa says all who enter for chance to see limb with these reginald passes have a chance to be chosen. the steps here are vicinal. first, go to septa site. you look for the linc to the lottery page. there you will enter your travel date, your times and your station preferences to up three stations because only eight teams run

i think this is now the next ramp higher. i still like the name.now it trades at 35 times forward earnings but i think it deserves that valuation. it can go higher from here i think they still have a lot of levers left to pull. i think facebook goes higher. >> one of the levers might be this messaging app. >> could be. >> for small and medium size businesses this could be a great way of connecting with customers and therefore for advertisers that could be attractive. >> so the thing that facebook has done is they bought a lot of companies that have been very innovative and i'm just as guilty as anybody else to sit here and say why would they pay that much more? they can see how it can be monetized. if i'm xhp comparing the two versus a netflix i'd much rather be in a facebook because there are so many places they can go. with netflix one big problem, there's going to be competition coming into the space. facebook has bigger modes. >> ten minutes away from the kickoff to tesla's earnings call. we'll hear from ceo elon musk in his own words. you're w

both directions, on-and-off ramps can they are working on getting them open. it should be a nice commute. it was a rough weekend for people on the peninsula with the main arteries shut down because of construction action that happened on friday night on a project with pg&e and electrical tower was damaged. they had to shut it down at 9:30 on friday night. it opened saturday afternoon. they had to close it sunday night again to get the work done. they say it went smoothly and they are pleased with the work and c.h.p. said there were a couple of people driving through the closures and ignores the cone so c.h.p. was this to parole and tell people to get out of there and go around but nothing major, no major problems. for all of the people who were coming up with plan "b" for the commute, you do not have to rely on it you can use highway 101. >> great news, amy. it is now 4:32. great oakland international airport this morning, southwest airlines has launched an internal investigation after plane wing tip was damaged after clipping another plane's wing. here is wha

that's the off ramp from spring garden, on to the schuylkill expressway eastbound. at 309 northbound, at the pennsylvania turnpike, looks very quiet, very nice, for those of you just thinking about leaving your homes in this area. now is a good time to do so. we've got construction, 202 north, the off ramp to route 401 is closed friday, 7:00 p.m., until monday, at 5:00 a.m. so make little note of that. going to the wide, all the speed censors are showing nice and hi, just what we want to see, erika, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. two passengers brawl on crowded plane and all of it is caught on camera too. keep an eye here on the man standing in the aisle put that back pack on. now, he is being kick off at united airlines flight about to de par to chicago, slugs the other pass inning nerve first class. we have it in motion. that man being removed by the captain, because he apparently refused to turnoff his cell phone, and he just clocks the guy. he is now being charged, facing charges of battery, and resisting arrest. >> 5:19 right now. and they are being called

and a slight clarification this northbound ramp they may partially opened door ramps of a chicken getto the inside you have to you the peninsula avenue which is a little before that. >>george: later on this morning were likely to see the backed loves and through the day until they get every opened even the construction for the area has been backing up traffic on to the bayshore freeway and you can see there is a minor back up on the southbound side a look at the bay bridge ride was barnacles and other allies and that is a trip and if you're heading west for 92 and a san mateo bridge a problem free now and there are no delays on the bayshore freeway currently has to make the turn of the ball come off 92 on to highway 1 01 >>michelle apon: mile timber to cross the inland spots mid-60's the farther inland you go looking at temperatures warm it up around 11:00 plan on mid-60's for those coastal spot plan on seven is across the bank by the afternoon still available plenty of sunshine to the judge will be warmer upper 80s by 5:00 timbers' us will start to fall just a little bit mid-70s acro

the ramp from the westbound lanes of 76 remains closed that's scheduled until tomorrow. starting tote they will close this ramble 23r-9 eastbound -- ramps from eastbound side of the schuylkill expressway to spring garden. if you use spring garden afters along 76 you're out of luck for the next week or so. 21 miles per hour eastbound by the blue route. that fire location that is under control by plymouth meeting friends school. avoid butler pike, juice joshua road. -- use joshua road. watch out for paving work along tyburn road they will restrict the ramps at newborn road and old bristol pike. >>> a pair of explosions rocked two churches in new mexico. one happened in a mail box at a baptist church and another explosion outside a catholic church three miles away. fbi and state police are trying to figure out who planted the explosives and whether they are connected. >> a ballot boy accidently struck in the head during practice has died from his injuries. a college player wag taking a practice swing and struck the boy with a bat. his family set up a go fund me page and rai

this is prominent entrance ramp and exit ramp here. then you see this all night sunoco, busy wawa right next to it, so this place, just four doors down here. so, very prominent location. and that's why they had a lot of witnesses both in the bar and hearing these shot around here, right around midnight. and what happened was there was a shooting right outside the bar. as we run our video, with our close-up video, you see the bullet holes through the front of the bar, looks like just corner house here. what happened was somebody's in that bar. there is five patrons, plus the shooter. they get into a fight in the bar. and a guy obviously who is just 23, fight wag 41 year old, probably losing the fight, verbally, or maybe physically, and then he finds his gun and he figures that's how i'm going to win the fight. he start shooting this guy outside here on the street, the guy runs back in the bar, the people in the bar see all of this, and they see the shooter run away, down salmon street, which is a side street here, and get into a green t

this will be the the first morning rush hour, that the the ramp closures, goes into effect. they didn't close until like 10:00 o'clock yesterday morning and brand new traffic pattern. what a mess this was yesterday, northbound get used to it, gang as you you will leave center city and head north on i-95 the girard avenue on ramp which used to be the the fourth lane now pushes you right into the the three lanes all heading northbound and it caused a just a jammo all day during both the morning midday and afternoon rush hours. so northbound i-95 just be aware of the new pattern there in the great northeast. otherwise mass transit looking good, chris and lauren, back to you. >>> philadelphia police say they are in the investigating destruction of the hitchbot since no one has filed a complaint. >> this thing has gone crazy. all over the world right. so it was ripped apart in olde city over the weekend. jennifer joyce is now live at the scene of this vicious attack jen. >> reporter: it was vicious and thinks where hitchbot was ultimately beheaded and assaulted here, elfreth's al

that's blocking the ramp from 76 eastbound to girard.at's the ramp you normally use there by the zoo, instead exit at montgomery drive or else you could go up to spring garden street. that ramp has reopened after being closed overnight for construction. okay. association that's our schuylkill expressway situation. now it's time to get suburban early on this tuesday morning and talk about the situation on the pennsylvania turnpike. had a crash westbound past delaware valley that was blocking all lanes. now it's just blocking the right lane. so coming in from new jersey you can get by but you're doing so slowly. then construction blocks the left lane by bensalem so you're sort of swerving around. >>> as you head towards willow grove watch out because along 611 by regency square the traffic lights aren't working there at fitzwatertown road so that's causing some confusion this morning. there's a new crash in limerick along royersford road at linfield trap road. not so bad so far along 422. now we've got plenty of construction later on today

a simple sign that says ramp to 17 in los gatos closed would o vert this traffic. >> one problem is some of the apps recommend surface street shortcuts. but the mayor of los gatos says you won't save any time detouring through her town. as a deterrent, police are patrolling the area ticketing people who block intersections and other offenses. they're upset about this congestion because it's hurting their bottom line. a lot of people who would normally come downtown and shop and dine are not coming because they don't want to deal with the congestion. reporting live in los gatos, maryanne favreaux, bay area news. >> take a look at the live picture of the traffic there. and lots and lots of it. much of that because b.a.r.t. is not running. >> that's right. we talked to a number of first-time ferry riders. a lot of folks said look i didn't want to take a chance that i might be stuck in gridlock trying to cross the bay bridge. so it looks like the ferries are actually a pretty popular alternative today to cross the bay. the oak land route to san francisco francisco, up about 6 pnt between val

that ramp has been closed for about a week and you might notice this ramp from the eastbound side ofill to spring garden is open this morning. people using it. at first penndot had made it sound like they were closing that ramp around the clock. then they amended things yesterday and said no, just during the overnights. so that's good news for those of you that use that ramp from the schuylkill eastbound to spring garden street. now the accident portion of our traffic report. there's a new one in west conshohocken along front street at william street. still have the one in upper dublin by the twining road golf course. oreland heather road and church road. worcester stump road and valley forge road. now the dopped tree and wires portion of or traffic report. westtown township chester county westtown road near westtown road. stick with shiloh road or walnut hill road instead. we have this downed tree east nantmill blocking 401 between fairview road and route 100. i would use 23 and 100 to get around that. in east of coventry closing bethel church road 9:00 until 3:00. stick with ellis

if that's your ramp use the ramp at williamstown which is exit 38 as an alternate. crash early this morning up north on the garden state parkway northbound past 195. it was a serious accident but now it's off to the side. on the garden state parkway southbound coming out of ocean county into cape may county at the great egg tolls, still have some construction going until about 11:00 this morning. they're blocking the right lane. and don't forget in townsend starting in just about five minutes they'll close black bird forest road today for railroad crossing work. that lasts all day long. you can use dexter corner or massey church roads as some alternates but no issues this morning along highway one. matt. >> thanks matt. new on "action news" authorities say two men tried to use a drone to smuggle synthetic marijuana, guns and porn into a state prison near cumberland, maryland. two men were arrested in a failed plot to deliver the contraband. authorities say they found the drone and the items inside the men's car which was pulled over outside the prison fence. they be

ramp and lane closures start tonight. looks pretty good right now. this is a live look.iping taking place on or near the bridge during closures. only one southbound lane will be open. at midnight only one snnd lane will be open. the ramps close as early -- >> you know that rents in san francisco are through the roof. now local company has broken down the cost for one bedrooms throughout the city. san francisco's most expensive neighborhoods are downtown, mid market and some southern parts of the city. right now medium asking rent in civic center $3,783. the mission $3,610. are areas are up 90% to 100% in just the past four years. >>> san francisco just built the first new school in a decade named after one of the city's favorite sons. abc 7 news was there cutting the ribbon on the campus carrying his name. the only middle school in san francisco with a maker engineering lab. mayor brown says he will dedicate time to help the students succeed. >> i will bug the superintendent and the principals. i will bug everybody to make sure that these children get everything that the

i understand if it was a sensitivity for who was going on and off the ramps, you know? the on and off-ramps, on and off treasure island, but i don't think it should be based on the number of people on the bay bridge period. >> okay:we'll give this some more thought. >> yes. i also think does it mean there will always be a cost to get on and off the bridge seven days a week? so even at its lowest point, maybe $1 and highest point $5. is there ever going to be a anytime there is no cost at all because there is very little traffic? >> yes, overnight, during the evenings, there would not be a toll. >> i would not support that. i could not support that. i'm sorry, we'll have time for public comment. so there will be a time for members of the public. i cannot support a toll from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. i think that is crazy, i'm sorry. i think that it's okay during rush hour to encourage people to drive at different times. and certainly when we are seeing a lot of traffic on and off the ramps on treasure island. but there has to be time periods when there isn't congestion tha

ramps. ramps instead of stairs, so people, travelers with baggage would not have to schlep up and down stairs. a lot of people had no idea what ramps were. one magazine harkened back to julius caesar and said these were the earthworks the ancient romans built when they were invading a walled city which they used to get up to the ramparts, hence ramps. the notion of air rights, which has been monetized, worth billions of dollars, coming into play as the mayor wants to rezone part of the corridor, air rights were invented at grand central. the original vision of this terminal was to deck over park avenue, and by doing that he created an monetized this real estate. one thing we forget is the train tracks created this giant gash in the middle of manhattan. they ran from lexington, all the way of to 59th street in an open, submerged train yard. in the middle of manhattan. they decided to deck them over. that just change the entire face of manhattan. landmark presentation, we will go into that. as

here the update on our spring garden ramp. they o oh reopened the one from spring garden to the westbound lanes of 76 and they did not close the eastbound off ramp as scheduled. that should be coming in the comes hours or days. let's do the commuter report on this monday afternoon. hope you had a good weekend. we're clocking those really slow speeds like 6 miles per hour on northbound 95 in delco. we'll check them again and all the other issues brian and alicia, in the next half hour. >> all right, thank you matt. >> there is still much more to come on "action news" it's a 4:00. explosions rock two churches in new mexico and now the feds are looking for who is to blame. >> also ahead the comedian amy schumer is making a plea to end gun violence. the actress teaming up with a top democratic in the wake of last month's movie theater shooting. >> ♪♪ the off! outdoor refresher course. air. look familiar? it's called "your backyard." a world you've sealed yourself off from, for fear... of these guys. (buzz) it's time to trade this.

that is off ramp for 30th street.e had a closure of the schuylkill both directions, earlier this morning. everything is opened, westbound lanes are opened, eastbound is opened, there is flooding eastbound into the tunnel under 30th street and a down tree cleared out of the the way on that girard avenue off ramp. we are back in business there. live look at ben franklin bridge, everything wet behind the ears. we will find puddles along the way from the heavy rain that came through. here's i-95 southbound jammed up from woodhaven into academy, accident in the left lane, near academy road and then 42 freeway again slower than normal coming in toward philadelphia a, all because of the heavy rain that we are dealing with this morning that is over in south jersey, and then south on the 42 freeway, down near route 544, watch for a crash heading down toward the atlantic city expressway. up here in willow grove traffic lights out 611 and fitzwater town road, laguardia running with delays on arrivals and departures, so that is n

eastern spur the ramp to 16e a disabled tractor trailer. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. shirleen and ken, over to you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," on alert. even off duty, the quick thinking officer that came to the rescue of a woman attacked in the middle of the day. >> thousands of young people spent the night in central park and stayed through the thunderstorm. ava and i needed a little vacay. but we needed to watch our spending. meaning i needed to watch nikki. she's the spender. i'm the saver. so, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track... for both of us. she was just browsing... we gotta go. i'm ava. i'm nikki. and we bank human at td bank. what? [muted singing throughout] these girls have waited 62 days for this concert tonight. so far i've counted 32 omgs, 75 lols, 13 yolos, and i'm super tired! tweens--fun age, huh? you have places to go. [girls squealing with delight] let us worry about getting you there. bp gasoline with invigorate. fuel the journey. school s

ramp to the brooklyn bridge is closed down. grand central is open west at the kew gardens interchange. that earlier accident has been cleared away. brooklyn bridge is closed to manhattan. no major problems manhattan bridge, williamsburg. willis avenue bridge an accident being cleared. street cleaning rules are in effect today. shirleen, over to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> we are seeing video this morning of a terrifying hold up in the bronx. police say a man with a gun stormed a gas station in mott haven, pointed a gun at the clerk and ran off with a thousand dollars in cash. the robber is still on the loose. >>> on long island, a worker at an assisted living center will be arraigned on charges she stole money from a 90-year-old woman man police say she grabbed the clark out of the victim's pocketbook. clark was supposed to be giving the woman medication. >>> a nearly 4-year-old faa study may cause concern among air travelers today. >> this is an old study. the 2012 report just released yesterday reveals chronic fatigue amo

i understand if it was a sensitivity for who was going on and off the ramps, you know? the on and off-ramps, on and off treasure island, but i don't think it should be based on the number of people on the bay bridge period. >> okay:we'll give this some more thought. >> yes. i also think does it mean there will always be a cost to get on and off the bridge seven days a week? so even at its lowest point, maybe $1 and highest point $5. is there ever going to be a anytime there is no cost at all because there is very little traffic? >> yes, overnight, during the evenings, there would not be a toll. >> i would not support that. i could not support that. i'm sorry, we'll have time for public comment. so there will be a time for members of the public. i cannot support a toll from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. i think that is crazy, i'm sorry. i think that it's okay during rush hour to encourage people to drive at different times. and certainly when we are seeing a lot of traffic on and off the ramps on treasure island. but there has to be time periods when there isn't congestion tha

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go south to the off ramp 332. this ramp is closed.ys at this point. >> thanks, karen. >>> we're going to head outside to meteorologist david murphy. the story is park today pool for the next week. >> reporter: pretty much, right now we have a temperature of 75 degrees. it's not all that bad because the humidity is low and expected to stay that way today. it will be warmer than yesterday, high of 87. accuweather says look out the humidity and the heat builds back in over the weekend. 90 is the sticky high saturday, humid, sunday, high of 93. staying that way early next week. >> coming up today at noon, a firefighter is found alive after spending 32 hours trapped in the rubble of a warehouse explosion in china. more on the incredible rescue on "action news" at noon. >>> "live" with kelly and michael is next. i'm erin o'hern have a great weekend, happy friday, enjoy the weather! i'm lika small boxer. ring. you don't expect much... and then, wham! i hit 'em with huge creamy goodness! alright round two! bring it, girlfriend! rich, creamy,

outbound, ramp to g.w. parkway, road work there. until friday. kind of on and off throughout the week. so again, something you have to deal with in that area. 66 okay. 95, no major problems. beltway at ritchie-marlboro road, no problems there. 29, 95 and b.w. parkway, everything rolling into town and out of town just fine right know. coming up in ten minutes a live look at 270 of course traffic in the top part of 270 going to be probably a little bit increased today as folks are headed back to school in frederick and perhaps some parents getting off to work a tad earlier than normal. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's 5:24 and today president obama will give the keynote speech at the national clean energy summit. the annual summit is bringing together clean energy leaders and policy experts. they'll discuss ways to make clean energy supply like solar panels more widely available in how to create jobs within those industries. >>> well, as students go back to school, there's a new poll that says we're putting too much emphasis on standardized testing.