this is the richmond side of the richmond to san rafael bridge.s morning, all of these lanes off to the left are closed up. now, they may open some of them before 6:00 but the entire project scheduled to clear at 6:00. however, yesterday was the same schedule and they didn't clear until about 6:30 so plan on possible delays headed toward the richmond-san rafael bridge if you travel between 5:30 and 6:30 in the morning. we'll continue to follow that closely. contra costa county an easy drive across the carquinez bridge and benicia bridges, no problem, and really the issue are the orange blobs there through the tri-valley, livermore, 580, fog there, low clouds at the very least, and here also through south county, highway 17 may be an issue, darker roadways and low visibility as fog and low clouds drift through the area. 101 is clear about a half hour, san martin was showing fog, you know about that, keep that in mind. 101 just north of 680/280 interchange clear view, clear drive no problem and a nice ride as well on your early commute here, capital

(pam) today, the new richmond ferry terminal opened...ron four's philippe djegal reports on the beginning of round-trip rides to and from san francisco. (philippe) as benita kapoor takes a peak at the schedule... a sigh of relief... knowing her round-trip commute to san francisco three-days a week from richmond just got a lot shorter.benita kapoor/residen t- "two hours going and sometimes you get stuck -- you can't leave until eight o'clock, otherwise it takes, uh, three hours coming back this is going to save a lot of time." the 20-million dollar project to bring the san francisco bay ferry to the new richmond terminal near the craneway pavilion on harbour way south was funded by both the state and federal governments. after launching the first ride at 6- 10 in the morning... the ferry will continue to offer six round trips to and from san francisco... for now -- only on weekdays.tina hashami/frequents richmond- "like other cities, it has challenges, and this is a very positive. this ferry will impact richmond's image." the ride each way

. >>> we're building a little volume of traffic over here on the richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge. missed drizzle. in the distance you lose sight of some of those lights. we'll talk about why and where you might find it. >> good morning. very happy thursday to you. look for wall street to close lower this morning as investors realize the government shutdown will continue. tesla says it's going to stop making certain versions of the x and s models. amazon stockholdersing up even though its largest shareholder amazon founder jeff bezos said he and his wife would split. tim cook will get a big raise according to papers filed by apple. a 22% raise, this is despite apple warning it will make less money. watch for fed chairman jerome powell to speak. last week he sounded as if the fed would go easy on rate hikes. that made the markets happy. twitter said it made a deal with nba to show basketball games on twitter. it's an unusual deal. they will only run the second half of the game. it won't look like it does on tv. instead the camera is going to follow one player whether it has

here's the dampness that's left over from yesterday's rain on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael dress warmer. 38 to 50 by 7:00. pretty nice this evening. low to mid-50s. alexis. >> good morning, mike. we're looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. when i walked up here a moment ago, we still had not gotten official word that the metering lights are on. if they're not yet, they will be shortly. if you're using the carpool lanes, you will have a wait. westbound 80. highway 4 to the maze, 18 minutes. 11 minutes across the bay bridge. once you're past the toll plaza and southbound 101, san francisco to sfo, in the green at nine minutes. >> thanks, alexis. abc 7 news is tracking ways to build a better bay area. >> ferry service between richmond and san francisco. amy hollyfield is live in richmond with the new details. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning, jessica. this will take people off the roads. they think about 400 people at first will start using this ferry and think that that could actually grow to about 2,000 people a day. what a way to get to work. here is a look at the ar

you can see that light rain right over 580 there, the richmond bridge. showers moving right over the bay bridge as well as over san francisco there. and for west alameda. you can see the showers. and as we head down to the south bay, can you see practice campbell, saratoga, light rain this morning. off and on light rain for today. this is a weak weather system. this trough of low pressure. we are going to be watching this tomorrow. that is a powerful pacific front. that will be the storm to watch. the timing on this from 3:00 to 11:00 p.m., very wet as well as windy. how windy are we talking about? a high wind watch will be in effect for tomorrow in the affect to tomorrow night for the entire bay area. highest gusts 50 to 60 miles per hour. downed trees and power lines are possible. that storm watch scale for tomorrow, the biggest impacts, rain and wind at a seven. flooding at a six. the commute for tomorrow in the afternoon and evening at a nine. we'll time it all out for you on futurecast taking you hour by hour coming up. >>> this time around, we star

the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. you have typical delays approaching the toll plaza. not far from westbound 80. we have a three-car crash that was pushed off to the shoulder. as you can see, you're pretty heavy. almost out to highway 4. not too far from there, southbound 680 approaching the benicia bridge. pretty heavy there on the northbound side at the toll plaza. we have reports of a large ladder in the roadway. chp on the way to check that out as well. i want to show you a really close call for boaters in new zealand. you can see them in that tiny rubber dingy. that is a cruise ship feet from the dingy. this happened last month but the video was just released. it was disabled at the time but managed to avoid being hit. the boaters are lucky they were not. >> this makes my heart drop. they are very lucky. >> you're a sailor. what happened? it sounds like the boat maybe lost power. >> yeah. the dinghy that they were on could n m was dabled and didn' a motor. they could not move out of way. the cruise ship is going

.min from the less than 20 bridge drive richmond to 101. min from 880 less then 30 mateo bridge maze to sf. san min from the less then 30 bridge wb 80 is spots. bay no major hot next week. no major hot wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) an 88-year-old grandmother brutally attacked near her home... and the suspects are áástill on the loose. the woman's granddaughter is pleading for help .. so are san francisco supervisors and police... ( robin ) family members say the elderly woman was attacked during her morning exercise routine in the park. and her home was broken into as well. at last check, she remains in the intensive care unit at s-f general, unable to speak with family members. kron 4's j-r stone has the latest. this is 88 year old yik oi huang who was brutally attacked in the visitacion valley neighborhood of san francisco. early tuesday morning police found her laying in a park near her home. we've bl

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. toll to 101.min from the less than 20 bridge drive richmond to 101. min from 880 no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. (robin ) breaking news from overnight... tesla announcing that it will cut its staff by 7%. employees were notified by email about the company's plans. in the email tesla says it has a very difficult road ahead. in a memo poested on the company's website... tesla says it increased its staff by 30% last year but it cannot continue to support that size of staff. tesla does have a factory in fremont where it employs about 10-thousand people. right now it is not clear which employees will be laid off. (robin ) some encouraging news on a discouraging subject... crime. murders, shootings and property crimes are all down in the city of san francisco. kron4's dan thorn has the numbers. violent crimes and auto burglaries drop b

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. a live look at s-f-o where at least 13 flights have at least 13 flights have been cancelled... because of the storms in the midwest. s-f-o says these numbes will increase kron-4's sara stinson will have the very latest at 5. ( james ) the family behind a wrongful death lawsuit in sacramento... is now speaking out... after two police officers killed stephon clark last march. rowena shaddox spoke with the family. the family of stephon clark was still awaiting a decision from the sacramento county district attorney tuesday regarding whether or not the officers responsible for his death will face any criminal charges."we're just still trying to heal. i said earlier, every day i wake up this happened yesterday," said clark's mother, sequette. "so whether it be a year or 10 years, my son is dead. i'll never get to kiss his face again, ever.""if the da doesn't convict, how does the city step in place to say that's not the style of policing that this community is asking for?" said pastor les

i am a richmond resident. i live at 15th and fulton, and i also work for another san francisco nonprofit, friends of the urban forest, who is another ecolands partner. i personally have been helping organize and run our booth for the last three years, and to kind of reiterate what was just said, it's provided a very invaluable opportunity not just for us to interact with a lot of local nonprofits and environmental organizations, to build connections with people that we already know and meet the -- the new employees or whatever, representatives of those organizations each year because turnover happens, and it has also allowed me personally to develop new contacts in the city for our workforce development programs and to meet new community partners that help us with our green teams program. on top of that, it allows us to educate local residents about the benefits of urban forestry, and not just residents in san francisco but people all throughout california in ways that we can connect them to environmental stew

this is why i say the richmond is a great place for families.re is a treasure in our neighborhood. it has been around for a very long time. is one of our two neighborhood theatres that we have here.

than 20 bridge drive richmond to 101. min from no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) the family of a south bay woman killed by police ... says, officers murdered their daughter... and they want charges brought against them. jennifer vasquez was shot and killed on christmas morning. but san jose police say the shooting was justified kron-4's charles clifford tells us what the family is demanding now... natswednesday afternoon, the parents of jennifer vasquez spoke to the media on the spot where their daughter died christmas morning. they are pleading for the district attorney to take a closer look at the case because they believe the police department is not being forthcoming about what happened. lydia jimenez read a statement prepared by the family.sotsan jose in the early morning san jose in the sotfamily.sotsan jose in the early morning hours of christmas day c

the new civil war museum and iron works in richmond, as well as historic williamsburg. we know he remains busy despite his tenure at a great university, which he helped raise the level to extraordinary heights. all while writing and researching, with a new book coming out in 2020. i think we are honored to have ed ayers with us. this is his first appearance with the lincoln forum and we hope not the last. we welcome ed as a member of our family who will present his topic this evening. ed, please. welcome edward ayers. [applause] mr. ayers: thank you everybody. i have to say, it is a little daunting to have to follow all of the great things you have done and the great work you do. i like to think of myself as a teacher, and even when i do, i don't think i am doing the good work that people in the schools do. i am honored to be with you and look at how many of you there are. despite braving -- i need to raise the mic up, i am told. i can hear myself better now. i usually ask for the bass to be turned up and my accent to be turned down, but i don't think they have the cont

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) take a look at this...body cam footage shows the moments police officers pulled a woman out of a burning vehicle. the fire was sparked when a suspected drunk driver leading police on a chase crashed into the pickup truck in fort worth, texas. officers were able to get the woman out of the truck --- but not before it burst into flames. they say she did suffer some internal injuries but no update on her condition has been released. the drunk driver was also injured --- and was eventually arrested after being released from the hospital. ( james ) coming up after the break on the kron 4 morning news... a san jose police investigation ... leads to a police shooting in stockton.we have the details. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge it's time for the january savings event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it's our weekend special. save up to $500 on select sleep number 360 smart beds. plus, free premium delivery. ends monda

the ferry moving from richmond to san francisco. in the area coming into richmond, we have west 80, the crash at the road cleared to the shoulder just in the last few. we should see things smooth out. a pleasant drive through that part of the east bay. north bay, contra costa county, slower drive 680 to benicia bridge. they just cleared the construction, a little late. the rest of the bay a nice drive. fog around the bay. just be careful there at times. the crash cleared 87 san jose, a good improvement. there's fremont with no problems. we just have your company, friends. >> nice to have friends, especially around the weekend, right around the corner. >> you and your friends may be huddled up inside. we'll have rain through at times. we may be making plans around the showers coming in. rains mostly in the morning. we should get clearing in the afternoon. on sunday that one may be a day when you're inside reading books and watching movies. we're going to see showers coming throughout the day. i think saturday is the best day. if you

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) take a look at this...spasser in monterey county caught on camera licking a doorbell. this is in monterey county. security video showing the weird act... as the man stares straight into the camera. he didn't stop there... the video also shows the man relieving himself before running off with an extension cord. police were able to identify him... but say he's still on the run. police say he spent about three ours lurking around the house. they say he could be facing petty theft... prowling and misdemeanor charges ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... the government shutdown enters its 18th day... and its taking a toll on some bay area parks... but one city is stepping up to make things better for visitors. (ácommercialá) don't miss the grand opening of the new floor & decor in burlingame. if you have never been to a floor & decor, you have to go to the grand opening. hardwoods, laminates, tile or stone. holy smokes, this place is huge! i'm on a budget and i was able to go to floor & decor and sav

police in richmond, virginia say they arrested 21-year-old dakota theriot. authorities say theriot shot and killed his girlfriend and two of her relatives in livingston parish. investigators say he then drove to his parents' home and also killed them. deputies in richmond say they were at the home of one of theriot's relatives when he pulled up and pulled out a gun. theriot ended up dropping his firearm and was taken into custody. <"we're going to have to look at three coffins. it's bad enough one, but we're going to have to look at three.">( robin ) no word on what specific chars he now faces or if he has a lawyer. deputies say theriot's parents identified him as the shooter before they died. ( robin ) a security guard at a retail store in california lost his job over an incident where he was caught on camera tackling a suspected thief. he said he was only trying to help... but what he did was a violation of company policy. charmaine nero has the story.

the richmond-san rafael bridge, berkeley in walnut creek with rain. alamo, san ramon in across the peninsula at millbrae and san mateo getting a brief heavy downpour. we have like rain moving into redwood city. it is active this morning due to that cold front that pushed through bringing rain and wind. behind it we have this unstable air in the atmosphere with a potential for isolated thunderstorms with the instability. we have coastal advisory for flooding until 9 am with minor flooding possible in the low lying and coastal areas. we have the high surf warning until 5 pm with high surf breaking waves up to 40 feet or higher with the increased rip current risk. cloudy skies with mid to upper 50s, and a mild start to the day. as we show you the current wind speed, it is definitely not as windy as it was last night but still talking 90 miles an hour wind at half moon bay, 18 at sfo and in downtown san francisco. 20 hours sustained wind and berkeley and 19 in vallejo. we will see 30 to 34 mile an hour wind gusting this morning with the wind tapering off

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richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) new this morning... the f- d-a is recalling more than a dozen types of dry dog food. the f-d-a says the foods affected have a toxic level of vitamin d. eating foods with too much vitamin d can lead to kidney failure and other life threatening diseases. we have a complete list of the affected dog foods on our website at kron 4 dot com. ( james ) on the peninsula... the san mateo county sheriff's office is warning about home burglaries. they say there have been 44 throughout the county over the past few months. this is a picture of the suspects in at least one incident. police say the crooks are targeting homes even if the people who live there are inside at the time. but they say most of the time the criminals will stake out--and wait until you leave for work or run errands to break in. officers are now encouraging people to install home surveillance cameras to ádeter thieves. ( james ) taking a live look at storm tracker 4 radar... we can expect a lot of rain over the next few days. (ácommercialá) you wo

you see one pickup truck going through puddles on the richmond side, richmond san jose bridge.watch for ler left corner. 880 smoothly but northbound side is inaccessible right now at least not up. >>> plus the rain might have moved out but we're seeing the aftermath. we're dealing with mudslides across the area. live team coverage coming up for you. you're watching "today in the bay." the morning after the stor: the bay area is still under a micebut "today in the bay" dbz "today in the bay" "today in the bay."this morning after the stoe bay area under microclimate weather alert for you after that powerful blast from mother nature. you can see right here nbc bay area storm ranger, things are starting to quiet down. that aftermath is still being felt across the viewing area. >> right now our team is hard at work assessing some of the damage out there. here is the latest we know at this hour. at least five people killed across northern california including a man in oakland. sadly he died after a tree fell on him. more than 35,000 pg&e customers are without power now in the bay are

over to richmond, kensington. right over the richmond-san rafael bridge. half moon bay. 290, 92. and foster city, burlingame and milling. >>> there's a lot of energy that has to go through. there's a lot of colder, unstable air coming in. we'll focus on rain totals here. there were eye popping ones. how about that? for ver nado. mount umummum, 4ummum -- umunhum. and san anselmo 3. saint mary's college. 2.9. stanford, over an inch and a half, and oakland his had an inch and a third. lightning strikes. then all of a sudden they stopped. still a sign of things coming here. that's the lines that are now forming. so today will be more himiss, v could be quiet and cloudy. and you'll see these cells popping up. a lot of this activity is ng ac 50s on the temps. i think we might have maxed out on some of these temps already. a lot of this is lifting north. doesn't mean we won't see it north of the golden gate. after that, next week looks dry. 50s, 60s on your temps here. off and on rain here. isolated thundershower activity. mostly cloudy, rain in the north. same for saturday. one more sy

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( james ) breaking overnight... for bankruptcy.( darya ) kron 4's will tran is joining us now live with what more on this development and what it breaking overnight... pg&e has officially filed for bankruptcy... this comes after the california commission operations. during monday's meeting... the commission passed the waiver saying it was the only way to ensure safe and reliable gas and eletric service will continue to flow to california homes and busineses. protesters spoke out both inside and outside of the state building. ( will ) ( james ) thanks will. ( darya ) in the south bay... a new lawsuit wants to prevent teachers and students from meeting one-on- one in the future. the claim involves the al

this is the brand-new richmond ferry terminal with the first ferry between richmond and san francisco about the take off. it is a full boat. the people have been lined up for the last hour to be part of the maiden voyage. the price is pretty reasonable right now. nine dollars if you are paying cash, $6.75 with a clipper card. the boat will be the 35 minute ride over to san francisco. it will land at the new terminal in san francisco, mission and embarcadero. officials estimate it will take about 400 trips off the road each day, 200 people that would have been commuting otherwise round-trip. it is kind of exciting and we will see if it can affect the morning commute >> it sounds like a good idea. here is the view of the bay bridge toll plaza. >> yes. look at the alternative, chilling out on the boat with your cup of coffee rather than gripping the wheel and battling the bay bridge. it seems like a pretty good ride. >> thank you so much. >>> the popular beach at the santa cruz coast will remain closed today with massive waves crashing at the sea cliff beach. the swells reaching up to 20

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 (james)( darya ) welcome back.e weather this morning... today will bring the heaviest of rainfall of the best 3 days and for many areas the season so far. after a morning with scattered showers heavy rain arrives after noon with the potential of flooding along with strong winds boosting through the afternoon into the evening. highs will peak in the mid to upper 50's with low 60's for some. wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) it was like the fourth of july in january.. golden state lit up denver in a game that coach kerr called a fireworks show. it started with a first quarter for the history books: the warriors scored a record 51 points and 10 3 pointers. and then they really put their foot on the gas to win the game 142 to 111.. leaving the nuggest in the rearview mirror. the warriors are in the drivers seat of t

richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 pushed their win streak to 11..al tap you know most blokes will be playing at ten.. most amps only go to 10 but the warriors took it to 11 with their win over the pacers132-100. everybody is asking.. can anyone stop golden state?only a natural disaster or injury.. both of which could have happened last nightwhen steph curry jumped off the bench to celebrate a klay thompson dunk and slipped on his shirt.. steph joked.. klay must have started an earthquake or something and he succumbed to it on the sideline. first it was funny... then it was scary.. then it was funny again cuz he was fine. just like the banana peel fall during the lakers game.. ( darya ) the 3 ring circus that is superbowl media day is over.. and 3 bay area natives were at the center of it...

richmond bridge, looks better than it did.ng through. 45 minute drive time now. we are not out of it. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up. south bay commute, this is 880 in oakland. go to the south bay commute. northbound 101 looks all right. 280, rain there right now through downtown. 8:32. go back to the desk. >>> new this morning, a small earthquake was felt across part of the bay area at6:11 there morning. the quake was a magnitude 3.5. the epicenter is in piedmont, the same east bay city where yesterday's 3.4 earthquake was centered. we received a number of calls into the newsroom from people in oakland, walnut creek. some as far away as pacifica, all who felt the quake. no reports of any injuries or serious damage. >>> a lot of rain still falling in parts of the bay area this morning. there has been reports of hail, thunder, lightning, stormtracker 2 still let up in greens, yellows and a lot of reds out there right now. the bay area this morning still cleaning up from the damage that we saw from last night, flooded roadwa

we see the backup coming off the richmond side. see the build on the map and the bay bridge heading west as well is your commute in toward san francisco, the toll plaza has the metering lights on. the green highlighting all across the bay shows you where you'll have the damp roadways and that will be the case but nothing major as far as any problems, although there's a water main break, the biggest in redwood city, el camino near redwood avenue. >> is it pretty bad? >> i heard it was a closure. we thought lanes opened earlier but we got confirmation there is a cleosure there. >>> looking ahead to the weekend, rain looks like it's in the forecast. >> this is the first round of many rounds of rain in the forecast over the next several days, so we walk out the door this morning to some light showers, even though this won't last all day long. there is another storm right behind that, that will be arriving on friday, and then there is another one right behind that. they're winding up out there in the pacific, and we're going to have a c

hot spot richmond san rafael bridge accident wb 580 at midspan blocking the let lane.med from richmond pkwy big changes just around the corner as we enjoy our last day in the 60's under mostly sunny skies. after today temperatures will cool into the 50's for the rest of the forecast along with rain looking likely tomorrow night and then again into the weekend and the start of the next week. ( james ) ( james ) police in bakersfield are using a new device that could detect if drivers are driving under the influence. its called the drager drug test 5000. it was put to use at a d-u-i and driver's license checkpoint in the city saturday night. police say the machine detects the presence of certain drugs in a person's saliva. but the machine cannot determine whether a person is intoxicated. police say it also gives officers an indication of what that person may have ingested -- or what drug that person may be using. ( darya ) hold on cuz kron 4 morning buzz is coming up and we're taking it to 11.. just like spinal tap, and the warriors.. nothin can stop us now.. except the

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