it's bumper to bumper downtown into san francisco skyway head together east bay. that is oncoming traffic lower deck of the bay bridge. much better on the righthand side of the screen. back with more on abc 7 to thosuffered in silence... hoped... and lived in a state of fear... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find quality, affordable coverage. financial help for those in need.

let's take a look outside from our san francisco skyway cam. you can see there traffic is your 80 east bay commute so if you're going to be towards the bottom deck into the maze and oakland you're going to be seeing traffic and going to take but 40 minutes to head into oakland. southbound commute or westbound commute coming up to 101 packed right now. it will start to loosen up south of the 280 extension. here is a picture of berkeley. you can see traffic is almost status quo right now away from the maze and into san pablo. >> now, to the fluid situation, bart meeting face-to-face oad, carolyn? >> we're meeting here on the second floor at mtc. the system has been reporters waiting for late word. bart officials including paul overseer in meetings in base fais to face negotiations with the drivers just a short time ago, atu local 1555 president came out of the building refusing to talk. she came back, we peppered her with questions. >> what word? >> i have no comment at this time. >> when did you start talk something. >> 11:00. >> has it been goi

let's take a look outside from our san francisco skyway cam. you can see there traffic is your 80 east bay commute so if you're going to be towards the bottom deck into the maze and oakland you're going to be seeing traffic and going to take but 40 minutes to head into oakland. southbound commute or westbound commute coming up to 101 packed right now. it will start to loosen up south of the 280 extension. here is a picture of berkeley. you can see traffic is almost status quo right now away from the maze and into san pablo. >> now, to the fluid situation, bart meeting face-to-face oakland, carolyn? >> we're meeting here on the second floor at mtc. the system has been reporters waiting for late word. bart officials including paul overseer in meetings in base fais to face negotiations with the drivers just a short time ago, atu local 1555 president came out of the building refusing to talk. she came back, we peppered her with questions. >> what word? >> i have no comment at this time. >> when did you start talk something. >> 11:00. >> has it been

on the left you can see the san francisco skyway, gridlocked there. and right sit our commute cam in traffic in san francisco and going nowhere at light speed. >> yes. we're here with a look at roads right now. >> it was agonizing and going to be this afternoon. let's go outside now and take a look at this drive. it's going to be your berkeley commute into the east bay section. you can see how close traffic s about 15 minutes. >>. >> there is a briefing underway from the deadly bart accident from the weekend. >> we planned for and scheduled interviews accomplished today. this evening, and every evening during this portion of the investigation, the parties will meet, report and discuss their progress, findings and activities and also, plan and coordinate for next day's activities. the on scene face is a gathering phase and can last from days to weeks. the organization that are assisting us include state of california public utilities commission, bay area rapid transit district, federal transit administration, the department of industrial relations as fo

let's go to san francisco skyway. you can see travels is looking like a stand still. into oakland. this is a long stretch but a slow one. going across the way to the maze you can see traffic is sluggish there. you're moving to get you from the maze into richmond. >> well st. anthony's gets a significant amount of help from east bay. but those people are now not able to get into the city. some put out a call asking people to lend a land, and the dining room. >> if unhelp go to abc 7 news.com and click on see it on tv for more nchgs. coming up at 5:00, abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman will show how businesses are being affected by the bart strike. >> commuters got to tryout bart's plan b this morning. amy hollyfield tells us how it went at walnut creek bart station. >> there is no need to run for a bus, as soon as one filled up, there was one ready to go. >> i'm very frustrated with this. like every day. i just stopped checking news because. yae. just frustrated. >> i feel nervous. i don't know how long it will go. >> bart provided buses and will bring them tomorrow tonight. the st

let's take a look outside from our san francisco skyway cam.here traffic is your 80 east bay commute so if you're going to be towards the bottom deck into the maze and oakland you're going to be seeing traffic and going to take but 40 minutes to head into oakland. southbound commute or westbound commute coming up to 101 packed right now. it will start to loosen up south of the 280 extension. here is a picture of berkeley. you can see traffic is almost status quo right now away from the ma

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visibility will be low in the accu-weather forecast coming up >> let's go outside and look at the san francisco skywaytle bit tricky to get to the bay bridge those cars are on the lefthand side of the screen comingh too bad going into another direction stay with us the news at 4:00 continues here in just a moment >>> check out this speech the west lake high school junior broke a record foremost back hand springs she did 44 of them, i think i'm going to be ill watch thchlth she broke a previous record of 36 it does make you dizzy to look at this, she had been pursuing this goal since beginning of football season, she's been cheer leading since age four you'd expect the coach and fellow cheerleaders say they're very proud looks like she's winding down there >> wow >> i can't do one of those >> yes >> a pair of panda cubs finally have names thanks to a poll by good morning america >> the names are may loo and may wan >> that is sam champion revealing names the show teamed up to let viewers decide and as you've just heard they were chosen they mean giant panda cubs that are beautiful and magnificent >> th

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. >> taking a look at the san francisco skyway, you can see it's the usual picture here. traffic on the lefthand side of the screen slowly snaking its way on to the lower deck of the bay bridge. things better for drivers >>> i'm abc 7 news morning anchor kristin zee what. do you want to tell bart and unions for the possibility of another strike? just post your video message using hashtag dear bart. don't forget to tell us who you are. you might see the video on abc 7 news. >> you just might. you'll hear from riders and impact that these negotiations are having on their lives coming up at 4:30. >> on to business news now black berry troubles continue. emily chang is here with this afternoon's after the bell report. hi, emily. >> good afternoon. stocks in u.s. rising on hopes for a fiscal beyond watching. also net flix is ramping up battle for living room. kpt has been called a cable killer now net flix may be on the verge of embracing their one-time enemy. bloomberg learned net flix is in early stages of talks to add its app to set top boxes of large and small cable compan

a lot of people are waiting in line skyway leaving san francisco is a mess. usually is this time of the day. strike or no strike. you can see it looks worse than ever. it appears to be moving slower than usual. >> and this is a street level view of the drive home live from our cell 7 technology. it's on vanness tonight heading south as you can see. it's not moving along too badly. but it's been a rough afternoon for many people. and the bart talks may be stalled like trains for the moment but within the past hour unions addresse addressed -- announced a plan. >> abc 7 news joins us live now with the latest. laura? >> this afternoon unions here held a press conference announcing a plan they called riders first plan them. say they can be back to work at 10:00 tonight. the strike in the form of this letter they say they have sent to all board bart members and general manager. this after a full day of picketing like we saw here, in the letter the unions say they will end the strike if the district creates this item. >> saying they'll agree to the proposals on the

a lot of people are waiting in line skyway leaving san francisco is a mess. usually is this time of the day. strike or no strike. you can see it looks worse than ever. it appears to be moving slower than usual. >> and this is a street level view of the drive home live from our cell 7 technology. it's on vanness tonight heading south as you can see. it's not moving along too badly. but it's been a rough afternoon for many people. and the bart talks may be stalled like trains for the moment but within the past hour unions addresse addressed -- announced a plan. >> abc 7 news joins us live now with the latest. laura? >> this afternoon unions here held a press conference announcing a plan they called riders first plan them. say they can be back to work at 10:00 tonight. the strike in the form of this letter they say they have sent to all board bart members and general manager. this after a full day of picketing like we saw here, in the letter the unions say they will end the strike if the district creates this item. >> saying they'll agree to the proposals on the

a lot of people are waiting in line skyway leaving san francisco is a mess. is this time of the day. strike or no strike. you can see it looks worse than ever. it appears to be moving slower than usual. >> and this is a street level view of the drive home live from our cell 7 technology. it's on vanness tonight heading south as you can see. it's not moving along too badly. but it's been a rough afternoon for many people. and the bart talks may be stalled like trains for the moment but within the past hour unions addresse addressed -- announced a plan. >> abc 7 news joins us live now with the latest. laura? >> this afternoon unions

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. >> yes this, is a live look at the traffic in the skyway in downtown san francisco. and looks like this every day. i came in at around 2:00 this afternoon and it was backed up this, has been going on hours. another live look at the traffic. this is the san mateo bridge. heavier traffic is going back to the east bay. it's normal this, actually looks lighter than usual at 4:00 in the afternoon. we we'll keep you posted. >> union leaders and management meeting now to finalize details of the agreement worked out last night. so far, neither side is releasing specifics about the deal. >> we want members to have the opportunity to review to it ask questions and get everything flushed out in their minds before we get into deep details. >> union members are now in the process of reviewing the offer and will vote on knit five days. the leaders of the two major unions expect it to pass. if it does not, you can see a return of picket lines next week. >> this morning's massive confusion felt like a continuation of the strike. >> yes. waits frustrating. amy hollyfield was there wh

. >> we have been watching a stall on the skyway westbound and ninth in san francisco.port was that the bill " was not able to be remote and the chp checked and only have recently cleared this. it has managed to back up the trafficay to the island. it is slow traffic across the upper deck on the old suspension span. they filed in the incidence of a belief is that the lanes are clear westbound but it did mean that the meeting lights were activated. >> the backup does not reach all the way across and this is about the time when the metering lights would have been activated, but it is still possible that this single stall could translate to a bigger backup. >> let's take a look at the other bridges. first, 92 at the san mateo bridge is problem free 11 to 13 minutes. the golden gate bridge ride is without delay is whether north or south bond. we will update your drive time 16 minutes from hercules to berkeley. west 24 is slow but 680 south is looking good. there are no surprises 4580 or 680. the south bay freeway is looking good and we are problem free 4101, 280, and 87. >>

san francisco. now, at the toll plaza, it's backed up onto the bridge because the metering lights have been slowed down. there's a problem in san francisco that has made the skywayslow. it started as a crash. southbound 101 at 280. it's taken a very long time for them to clear this crash. let's take a look at 101 san francisco right now and finally, they've made some progress. they've moved everything out of the way. you can see it's different from what it was. it will take a while for the traffic to unwind but again the better news is they've opened up the lanes on 101. still pretty slow getting into the city. let's talk about the livermore valley. the traffic here is slow getting into dublin. a lot of slow traffic this morning on the nimitz freeway. 88 0 south hey bard as you drive down -- hayward as you drive down to the fremont area. most of that is slow traffic. let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you, sal. two minutes after 8:00. happening today -- negotiations in the b.a.r.t. labor dispute are set to resume in two hours. now, as we heard trains are running today following another marathon negotiation session that ended early this morning. tara moriarty j

also word of a new injury crash out of san francisco, southbound 101 approaching caesar varves and stacks onto the skywayand looks like temperatures on the cool side, 40s and 50s by the afternoon. we'll keep you cool, too, maybe some 50s towards the coastline, a few 60s inidentity the bay and valleys. warmer weather into halloween. >>> good morning. welcome back to "cbs this morning". the obama care law is forcing more than 2 million americans to give up their existing policy. why would anybody retire without a real retirement plan? we will ask the president of black box why so many of us are afraid to invest. >>> and some are calling the biggest wave ever ridden. he says if you fall you hurt yourself or you die. >>> i want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. >> that is the first obama administration official to testify about the website. >> cbs confirms more than 2 million americans have been told they cannot renew their current insurance policy. >>> the fiercest storm to hit new jersey. >> you have to work with your partners in the federal government. >> european l

skyway, interstate 80 in berkeley traffic on the right hand side going east towards berkeley. slow and coming back into another direction towards san francisco and 580. stay with us. abc 7 n >>> amazon says it will hire wiy it's adding to a group of under writers. >>> a big pay day for cisco's ceo. john chambers received $21 million. the company says chambers salary was quote, historically low and increase brings compensation in line with his peers. a major policy change at etsy, selling hand made goods says it will now allow sellers to use outside manufacturers and hire as many employees as they need, trying to ensure goods still meet it's definition of hand made but the move will allow sellers to keep expanding their businesses. u.s. stocks rising as investors see limited impacts from the government shut down. your bloomberg silicon valley index rising led higher by a gain in yahoo share autos and google's you tube will be handing out awards to artists, too. the you tube music awards stream live november 3 and will feature performances by lady gaga and eminem. larry, carolyn, back to you. >> thank you. >> buying a house may be more complic

san francisco. southbound 101 at cesar chavez one lane is blocked and things are backing occupy on the skyway on 80.nd 880 just north of the oakland coliseum, that's when you begin to see those brake lights up towards downtown and if you are heading towards the bay bridge you're backed up for 20 to 25 minutes all the way through the macarthur maze. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." with more on your forecast, here's lawrence. >> starting out with patchy fog around the bay area this morning but i think a lot of sunshine throughout the afternoon. still, some clouds over russian hill now hazy, temperatures a little chilly in spots down to the mid-30s into santa rosa. 39 in the napa valley and 40s and 50s elsewhere. this afternoon, we should see sunshine temperatures in the 60s inside the bay, valleys 60s into livermore, gilroy sunshine and upper 60s there, as well. and 50s out toward the coastline. i think as we look toward the next couple of days, we are going to see plenty of sunshine coming our way, some warmer temperatures on thursday, halloween looking good through friday cooler over the weekend

san francisco. it's southbound 101 near hospital curve. four cars injuries involved a couple of taxicabs. traffic is already stacking up on to the skywayotorcycle accident. that was on the incline. everything there is cleared but it is a pretty big backup behind the pay gates jammed well into the macarthur maze and that highway 24 is slow all the way out towards 580. so definitely give yourself some extra time. or consider using alternates. the san mateo bridge looks okay right now out of hayward although it is starting to get heavy approaching the incline. that is traffic. here's brian. >> all right. thanks, elizabeth. we are starting out with clear sunny skies around the bay area temperatures going to warm up nicely today as we look at the pointy little shadow of the transamerica pyramid being cast on to the city of san francisco. 65 in santa rosa, san jose starting the day at 56. 55 in santa rosa. 77 later today. a look ahead windy tonight gusts up to 50 miles an hour above 1,000 feet. female announcer: the savings really stack up during sleep train's inventory clearance sale. save 10, 20, even 35% on a huge selection of simmons and

san francisco on the james lick freeway. an accident near the 280 interchange at the alamein the off ramp. here's a live look from our james lick freeway print best-camera. the traffic on the skywaynot backed up onto the upper deck of the bay bridge print this could start to affect the bay bridge toll plaza ride. whatever to go when-judge whether center for erica with an update. >>dan: not as clear as it was yesterday. >>erica: it's cold out there. we're seeing quite a range of numbers. we are san about a 10 degree spread to that print futurecast 4 shows by lunchtime '60s inside the bay. a lot more in the way of 70's. we will climb into the 80s by 3:00 this afternoon under total sunshine. just a few patches called across the coast. fog is back in the picture as we head into your saturday. >>darya: albany police on the lookout for a man taking pictures of children on playgrounds. and cupertino says yes to a massive new headquarters for apple. details next. who they say has been taking unauthorized pictures of children on the playground of an albany elementary school. the principal of marin elementary school says that on at least two occasions this man has come up to fence, by the