live in san francisco, sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, sal. >>> a disable the big rig that was calling a modular building has caused a massive traffic tieup. the chp says the driver apparently cost control on i-0 near 7th street just west of the bridge approach. the truck blocked the right two lanes. that was around 6:0. here0 -- 6:20. here is a look at the scene four hours later. and here it is now, this is i- 80 m fifth. you can see the traffic accident is gone an traffic is moving smoothly in that area. >>> casey anthony is not walking away a free woman just yet. she looked different when she came to court tau. she normally wore her hair in a bun but arrived with her hair down. she was given four years for lying to investigators. court officials believe she will be released next wednesday because of time served an good behavior. >> just as the jury spoke, on counts, one, two an three, by their verdict -- and three by their verdict. they also spoke loud and clear as to the remaining counts, four, five, six an seven -- and seven. >> an tony was acquitted for the more

want to bring in sal castanedo.aybe some are just taking the date off. >> or they work at home or they are deciding to come in later. we have slowdowns as the peak of the commute is here with us today t let's go outside, 2le 0 -- 2 -- today. let's go outside, 280 looks good. no major problems if you are driving in the south bay. usually has good conditions, at washington boulevard there's -- [ no audio ] [ no audio ] [ no audio ] hi parents, it's going to be such a big school year. your kids will each take care of our class hamsters, lewis & clark. then i'll tell them the story of pluto, the sad little planet that was. i'll introduce them to some new friends, the fractions, and someooded ones, the dinosaurs. [ no audio ] clark! anyway, here's what they'll need: markers, scissors, crayons, pencils, folders, juice boxes, pretzel sticks, glue sticks, tape that sticks, and glitter. so much glitter. school takes a lot. target has it all. [ no audio ] a lot of folks who are in hats and sunglasses and who are dealing with

if you want to enter, go to ktvu.com and put in the secret word. >>> one more time, sal castanedo.e do have a new crash on westbound -- westbound dumbarton bridge. this one just came in on thornton avenue blocking two lanes. let's go to 880. i want to check it out. northbound and southbound. north on the left. south on the right and on the golden gate bridge traffic looks good. it looks like the fog is beginning to lift. >>> we do have low clouds. inland temperatures will be in the warm category. low to mid 8 -- 80s there is. a little warmer into thursday and i -- i think that's it. >> really? >> heat index, 130 back in iowa. >> pretty dangerous there. we have breaking news. there's been a dramatic development in the murdoch hearing we've been telling you about. apparently it's been suspended base some kind of scuffle has broken out. not exactly sure who is involved in that. but rupert murdoch and his son, james, have been testifying about the phone-sacking andle -- scandal. we'll continue to follow up on this and we'll have another on our website and, of course, on the news at noo

. >>> the 30-year shuttle program ends but sal castanedo, the traffic in the bay area never seems to. what can you tell us right now? >> well, i just got word of a new crash in san francisco. northbound 101 at cheesier claves. we're trying to figure out what's going son. that just came down. so we'll find out more about it. let's go outside and take a look at what we have. the traffic looks good -- leading out of the hoey rise. this morning's commute is okay. let's move along to the next element. not bad here at all. a small delay at the metering rights -- lights. >> theser chavez, we have an injury accident reported. watch for an injury crash there -- cheesier chaves we have an injury accident reported. watch for that. let's go to steve. >>> yesterday, we were fog-free and terps warmed up and this doesn't take long this time of year. we've been held in check with an your of low pressure that's been keeping us cool. it and the high-pressure system in the middle of the country. but i mean, it's dominating the -- almost the entire country. we're on the western edge of it. it kind of fl

we want to check in with sal castanedo to see what kind of slow problems on the -- slow problems are on the road. it's not been a good one. we have slow traffic on the been approach because of an -- on the bay bridge approach because of an earlier crash. it's beginning to loosen up. the metering lights were on extra slow for a while. now there is a big back up. 25 minutes at the toll plaza. san mateo traffic, there there is a delay because of a broken down truck in the left lane. but westbound not really affected by that. let's stalk about controversy -- at controversy controversy county. on the nimitz freeway, stop and go traffic. as we look at the south bay, i think the slowest traffic is north of downtown getting up to cooper tino on 28 o let's go to steve -- 280. let's go to steve. >>> for some there is a big fog bank that will slow you down. the cooler breeze is trying to establish itself. temperatures are running slightly warmer for some. but i think the sea breeze will win out. the fog, when it stacks up like that, it's rarin' to go. there's more of a southwest breeze, 60s, to

ktvu's sal castanedo has been keeping viewers up to date.n show you three lanes of southbound traffic are closed in santa clara. we're just in front of the santa clara exit off the 101. as you can see, this accident investigation is not over. police are not giving us any details other than this was a deadly collision involving one speeding motorcycle. i was just told by the chp there may be more vehicles involved but for now, that's what we can confirm. the medical examiner is not here yet and officers are not telling us much about the victim or the cause or how the van's driver is doing. let's take a look at newschopper2 video. newschopper2, this accident is starting to back up traffic moments after it happened around 6:00. this traffic tieup may last up to an hour and a half more until the chp opens up the lanes. right now we've been told that we can't go past this highway patrol squad car. you can see the accident. there's squad cars just down the road and a tow truck. as soon as we get more details, we'll pass them along to you. we can t

. >>> we want to check in with sal castanedo, keeping a close eye on the commute for us this morning. >> hello, tori an dave. we have a problem -- and dave. we have a problem. this moodied lar office slip -- moodied lar office slipped off the trailer. here northbound 101 coming up to eastbound 0, usually three lanes and -- 0 usually three -- 80 usually three lanes. northbound 101 traffic is very slow. this is gonna take them sometime to get this out of here. we do not suggest using 101. if you want to get on the freeway, want to get on the bridge, you can do -- you can do that. make sure you don't get on 101. get on the bridge downtown on fulsom first, that area there. don't get on the 101 and expect to get on the bridge in quick time. that's what's going on there. the bay bridge westbound, that traffic seems okay coming up to the toll plaza. if you are driving in contra costa county, clearing an accident on west g street, on the east side, it looks pretty good driving out to the macarthur maze. we're looking at traffic in hey war, 0 southbound, slowing down -- 880 been slowing down.

>>> we want to check in again with sal castanedo, keeping a close eye on the commute. people busy -- busier on this back-to-work day. >> yeah, they are. you will see a backup as you drive on westbound interstate 80 heading out -- from vallejo to the carquinez bridge and out to the pinole area. once you pass pinole, it should an nice i -- nicer drive through rich month and pinole. if you are driving in hayward, union city or fremont, southbound 80, that traffic is gonna be busy through union city, not quite the same volume we see on a normal day. and in the south bay, we've had a couple of problems on the freeway. but for the most part it's a moderate commute. i want to remine you that both the giants and as have home games tonight which rarely happens. so you 4 have traffic on both sides of the bay attending those baseball games. >>> there's no sign of fog yet. its it's there. although a cooler breeze may come in, but not before we get 90s inland. it will be another dat 1 hot day for those away from the coast. it cool down by the coast and that trend will continue toda