several hours in traffic implications are huge red now with mass of backups of a the richmond san rafael bridgeand on 580 in the east and the back of the starting to build 4101580 interchange and san rafael will have more the traffic implications does it lead to the big rig fire in the tent covers jackie is live on the scene right now with more on the truck that is still smoldering 2 1/2 hours later >>jackie sissel: 2 1/2 hours where firefighters are trying to get the flames out that the smoke out blowing out front and side of the big reagan his latest is five minutes ago was the firefighters and side of the big rig battling flames air war rate ignited tearing 50,000 lbs. and 25 t of household material this is what look like at around 6:00 this morning the ups truck traveling westbound write off the richmond san rafael bridge lost control and high senate that means the middle of the truck and willows ended up on to the center to >>jackie sissel: punted the gas tank ignited the fire and the first tremor that he was carrying was not injured but the damage was done those lanes are closed you have

>>reporter: i am will to pull of the richmond san rafael bridge bridge @ to verify with that tactic backing up to the toll plaza quite yet in the richmond area i would not be surprised if he stops is a major backups. >>darya: police chase in the east bay and in of by a crash kron4's mike pelton is live at mike can you tell us what happened? >>reporter: they're still looking for the driver of the vehicle over and after that crash took place early this morning in the past hour the rebels open the west from lanes at tennyson road the eastbound lane as it to see pg&e crews in chatham at a traffic stop on the car for registration violation this on 880 tennyson off ramp authorities said the driver sped off and moments later crashed down the street slamming into to power poles. officials say both suffered minor injuries in the crash heracles in the chp and now involved in the investigation they're still looking for the driver and authorities are trying to determine who was behind the wheel of the car by talking to the two passengers it is a pg&e crews still have a lot of work left this morning rou

i would not recommend using the richmond-san rafael bridge. p on the center divider near san quentin. just off the westbound richmond- san rafael bridge. you can still see it, a little bit of smoke coming off of it. westbound traffic is being taken off the first exit and being put back on a little bit down the road. it's causing a huge traffic jam. eastbound lanes are closed. eastbound lanes may open at 9:00 but the westbound lanes won't be open until at least 9:00. there's another u.p.s. truck coming by the scene. this is very similar to the truck involved in the original crash. a set of doubles just like this was involved. let's go to the richmond-san rafael toll plaza westbound as you come up to the toll plaza. the traffic is backed up all the way into richmond. some people are trying to use the bay bridge as an alternate route and the bay bridge is very, very slow trying to get into san francisco. again, this is a look at 101 in san francisco. northbound 101, the central freeway there is a car fire there. might be slow traffic there. >>> 7:

so again this accident westbound 580 richmond/san rafael bridge at san quentin both directions completelyt down. we'll continue to keep you updated on that all morning. now, unfortunately, one of your alternates the bay bridge is stacked up. metering lights are on. you're backed up well into the maze. it's going to see some extra volume for folks avoiding the bridge to take the bay bridge instead. so again plan for that this morning. you might use mass transit. i know bart is right on time. >> good morning. live weather camera looking out to the bay bridge from the city of san francisco. >> we are going to see a pristine day. numbers 38 degrees in santa rosa but the wind are blowing out of the west at 6 miles per hour. so the wind chill this morning makes you feel like it's 33 degrees. you will need a jacket out out. otherwise we are in the 40s. it's now 50 as we venture a little east of the bay bridge into the oakland area. here's what you need to know today. fair skies for openers then sunny and slightly warmer. next chance of rain showers will occur on tuesday. tuesday, a good chance n

truck that appears to still be on fire at least smoldering on the richmond-san rafael bridge. is blocking all lanes, eastbound and westbound lanes. there are detours away from the bridge. people are expensing huge backups. we do have a c.h.p. officer on the phone, officer andrew barkley. officer, explain what the situation is now. >>> good morning early this morning we had a u.p.s. truck crossing the michigan bridge and as it approached the square -- square of san quentin the driver lost control and high sided in the center divide. shortly after that a fire break out in the front area of the truck and quickly spread to the first trailer of the two. the cruise are still putting it out and working to get it under control and right now from what we understand the truck was hauling 50,000 pounds of household goods so as mentioned earlier we want to make sure we find out what is in the truck before we start throw water or anything else on there. the household goods, any danger to people with the smoke going up in the air? >> not i have been informed of. fire is working. i am sure t

another live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. once you make it over the bridge from richmond traffic is diverted on main street in san rafael. the westbound lane of 580 was actually damaged in the crash. that's why it's taking them so long to re-open this thing. they think they will have the lanes reopened by 2 p.m. live in richmond, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> the accident had a domino effect on traffic coming into san francisco. this is what the bay bridge toll plaza looks like right now. a live picture there. still pretty backed up for a midday commute at this hour. people are using the bay bridge of course as an alternate route to the richmond/san rafael bridge. >>> in hayward, a police chase ends when the fleeing driver smashes into a utility pole on tennyson road causing on outage. pg&e is working on getting everything back up and running. >> reporter: here, you can see the damage to the power pole. according to the chp, it all started about 1 a.m. when a car evaded a traffic stop at 880 and tennyson. the chase was on. officers

leyla gulen is following a big rig on fire on the richmond san rafael bridge. [ inaudible ] >> this isff the richmond-san rafael bridge where a sig-alert because of a u.p.s. truck that crashed into the center divider at francisco boulevard. we are getting word from c.h.p. all westbound and eastbound lanes are blocked. this is at san quentin. francisco boulevard. you can see the yellows and reds an indication of where the traffic is stuck. we are waiting to see if there are going to be c.h.p. officers blocking the traffic. i do not see anything at the moment but you can expect to see the stalled commute. use the bay bridge instead. if you are traveling on we -- 101 use the bay bridge. this is the best way to get around. there is no word when it will re-open. no word when it will clear. >> double tractor trailer crashed into the center divider and it caught fire and there have been several explosions. we will have more details in a few minutes. back to you. >> now the weather forecast. >>> we are talking about a lot of sunshine. live doppler hd showing a quiet picture on early friday mor

san rafael from the east bay, vallejo area. if you're heading there, you need to know breaking news a big rig truck fire near the richmond, san rafael bridgeake a look at the backup. they have to divert traffic there. brian flores is out there. he will tell us more on the backup. sal is also going to help us get around this huge mess. >> a chase ended with a crash in hayward early this morning. the driver took off but left a child inside the car. you'll get a live report on what the chp is saying about this. >> reporter: we're live near the richmond-san rafael bridge where traffic backups continue because of this truck fire you see behind me. coming up we'll give you an update on the situation. >> reporter: an early-morning pursuit by chp officers in hayward end with a violent crash. a car takes out two power poles. the driver gets out and takes off. we'll tell you about the young passenger he left behind

macarthur maze for the westbound ride a when advisory for the bay bridge the san mateo bridge the dumbarton bridge and the richmond san rafael bridge bridge. trip time here for the san mateo bridge still not too bad running 13 minutes. >>mark: here is video from the east bay in berkeley as the winds were starting to pick up yesterday afternoon temperatures dropped off the clouds and this could be the last best chance for significant rain falls on the bay area for the chickens--drought stricken state. >>mark: send us pictures of you in the cave is at breaking news at kron 4.com enough to get detective for cash with you by downloading the mobile application it is free and available for apple and android devices. >>darya: police are looking for the person who held a clerk at gunpoint and stole prescription medication from a local pharmacy let's take a look as a surveillance video showing the man walking into a wall grison the 3900 block of alameda boulevard in san francisco last monday he headed back to the pharmacy and there is talking to the clerk then he pulls out was like a small handgun and hops ride over the counter he de

live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. roberta has the complete forecast coming up in the next hour. stay there. >> reporter: and i'm ryan takeo live at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's a wet windy cold commute! we'll show you what it looks like behind the wheel before >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> and here it comes! the rain, a lot of slick roads here, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. be careful out there as we travel this morning. a lot of wind. good morning, it's tuesday, april 7. i'm juliette goodrich in for michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00. get you out the door a little traffic and a whole lot of weather going on, roberta. >> yeah. not only is it windy outside but we have locally heavy downpours so that's going to cause some ponding on the roads this morning and liza will tell you about that effect and who it will definitely affect your morning commute. right now it's our hi-def doppler radar. it's picking up lots of green on the screen. yellow and o

between cattlemen in the bottle again have to make you a dog to send a fell along the richmond san rafael bridge bridge we have heavy rainfall at the moment we're not out of the woods yet will be part of the morning commute track in 4 minute by minute as it continues to move across the bay team covers all >>will tran: i am right next to 1 01 the cars are saying over the shoulder-heading south on 101 in san jose the rain has stopped his car manometers 1520 minutes ago but this spring clean at this time the damage is already done i can hear the car is heading puddles and for whatever reason with the tone of this in the first rainfall and a long time they're going so fast 20 minutes ago this history of a sudden this traffic break just a slowdown some of the cars it is when the is what hopefully because of the drop in this is we want every drop hopefully it will continue to reign steadily throughout the morning at this point we have not heard of any major accidents so far. >>will tran: i was being tossed all over the place take it easy again the team coverage throughout the morning. >>darya: will be

it shutdown traffic on 580 near the richmond-san rafael bridge. you can see how much smoke the crash created near san quentin. wayne freedman tweeted anyone waiting for a burned ups package? wayne will have an update at 5:00. >>> sheriff ross mirkarimi announcing that there was forced inmate fighting in the jails. a sfoephoto of the announcement was sent out. >>> and the police order released a detailed report covering the city's police operations last year. abc 7 news reporter david louie talks about the recommended changes. >> reporter: dan, we are talking about bias into police officers. this comes from the independent police audit over the past five years. there were a number of issues, but the number of bias stood out. san jose police get a b plus for the work. it is the job of the auditor, a retired superior court judge to look for deficiencies. in the latest analysis, san jose police are criticized for not recognizing biases as it serves a community 2/3 minority. >> we don't need to put our heads in the sand. look at the numbers. >> reporter

to san francisco 21 minutes from about into downtown and we will check a clip on the richmond san rafael bridge hitting to the richmond san rafael bridge very light for 580 approach in the towel was always seventh on the pay is on the richmond site. >>mark: police are looking for personal fired shots the offices in menlo park this happened yesterday after a chase will start in fremont jackie is live with more on what happened >>jackie sissel: and is now with a shot in fire and police but also an arm home invasion robbery that he may be part that led up to this pursuit and of smell the shots fired at the police department the course of the fremont they receive the car yes to that this is three men had entered his home with the guns and shot to were fired the three suspects fled the house but witnesses a detective from the fremont police department going spotted the car on highway 84 and initiated a stopped the car would not stop at that point to pursue was alternately ignored police department got involved in this pursuit as they were traveling over the dumbarton bridge apparently one of the sus

bridge. they are doing it on the san rafael side. i just want to see on the richmond side if there is anything going on over there. and if we can bring it over here. i'm not really sure. it looks like they are letting some cars drive through. but they are talking about not doing that in the future. because these cars and trucks will be stuck in traffic when they get to the other side of the bridge. we will see what happens here with the richmond bridge traffic again. it will be effected by a truck fire. it may have been carrying hazardous material. emergency vehicles are still trying to come through. it looks like they might have a closure coming. we'll keep you updated on this. let's go to the toll plaza. that is backed up early. it is 5:45 or so. the metering lights are on. if you are driving in san jose. still in the lanes or being cleared from the lanes. let's go to steve. >> mostly clear. really hard pressed to find anything. over all it is clear out there. temperatures will settle in a little above seasonal averages. there is a

closing both lanes on 5 eight ya drivers were stuck on the richmond-san rafael bridge for at least an hour. commuters around the area inched along at c.h.p. diverted traffic. >> i drove half a mile in an hour. it is bad. >> trying to get to the bridge but i am going left into san rafael so i don't have to deal bit. >> crews spent hours putting out the fire in the first trailer hauling u.p.s. packages. >> we are concerned what is in the damages because they are not labeled. >> c.h.p. is investigating but it does not appear there are any commercial violations. >> u.p.s. has confirmed that the big rig was traveling from san bruno to the san rafael u.p.s. facility carrying up to 900 packages. u.p.s. spokesman told us this morning that the driver has been with them for 13 careers and this is his first crash. he has been fined and an investigation is underway. >> now, traffic has been a mess all morning. >> right to our traffic reporter, leyla gulen. >> in san rafael you can seeing if but red on the map as you head in the westbound direction. c.h.p. has updated the westbound 580 will remain

ago and a couple minutes ago westbound lanes have been reopened for traffic on the richmond san rafael bridge. the driver was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs, but are looking into the possibility that he fell asleep at the wheel. >> fallout tonight from yesterday's video of the vie leapt arrest of a horse thief. the fbi is conducting a civil rights investigation and the county sheriff placed 10 deputies on paid administrative leave. the sheriff revealed they were wearing audio recorders which will be useful efd. sheriff john mcman described injuries suffered by the suspect as bruises and abrasions. you see pusok has a black eye, presumably received during the arrest. the sheriff said he already started an internal investigation. >> if there is criminal wrongdoing on the part of our deputy sheriffs or policy violations, we will take action. >> pusok's legal team says the mistreatment didn't end with his arrest. his family could get no information on his medical condition. >> we got down here and the family wants us down here to find out what does he look like he is breathing, is he

and that's a look at the richmond/san rafael bridge heading west coming out of richmond and there is the toll plaza there. it's been a domino effect all day. earlier this morning, the westbound 580 highway looked like a parking lot leading to the richmond/san rafael bridge. drivers inched along many of them had to pull off the highway. we spoke with some who actually were running out of gas. >> i have been out here for a long time and i need to get to a restroom. >> we were trying to go to work over there but i mean it's really, really packed right now and i mean what's the point of going through here? >> the big rig driver escaped without injuries. drugs and alcohol don't appear to be a factor but chp is investigating if he fell asleep at the wheel. as far as the 800 packages, u.p.s. insures up to $100 for each one. >>> a driver tried to escape police landed into a utility pole in hayward. the man jumped out leaving a woman and a baby in the mangled car. both of them were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the crash knocked out power in the area of tennyson and ruiz roads fo

this is the approach to the richmond/san rafael bridge. they have the left lane block until 5:00. a full look at your "kcbs" drive to work is coming up. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> 4:55 now. governor brown touting his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as the most aggressive goal of its kind in north america. yesterday, he signed an executive order to cut emissions so levels in the year 2030 are 40% lower than 1990. >> it's going to require a creative response on the part of industry, agriculture, energy, local, government, state. all of that. >> he wants the focus to be on renewal energy and fuel- efficient vehicles. >>> a fire damaged a popular san francisco pub. a shed behind liverpool lil's started to burn at 7:30 yesterday morning. several neighboring buildings were evacuated as firefighters battled the flames. the pub had extensive smoke and water damage. no one was hurt in the fire. >> make the best burgers in san francisco, too. >>> youth soccer teams won their fight against the 49ers. the team withdrew their $15 million bid to buy the land right adjacent

here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. proach pretty typical stuff for this time of the morning, as well. the cash lanes, a few delays filling in right there. but overall, big picture, no problems driving the richmond/san rafael bridge. in fact, relatively quiet on our major freeways. this has been our one hot spot that we have been watching since earlier this morning. northbound vasco road this is out in booth approaching marsh creek road. we know that intersection is blocked so we don't have sensors but again expect some delays. that's "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's roberta. >>> good morning, everybody. we are going to be taking a look at our weather watchers. we have 95 of them in and around our microclimates. i want to see who is up and awake with us early this morning. let's check this out right now 50 degrees currently linda in san rafael. another reported reading from one of our weather watchers this morning 41 degrees, who is is that? that's gordon. thanks, gordon from san mateo for checking in with us. 4

this is on the richmond/san rafael bridge, right next to san quentin.n quentin is to the left of you on the screen. that yellow fire truck is on westbound, part of the highway, so both ways are affected and cut off. anthony slaughter working this from our traffic center. he'll have an update in a few minutes. >>> and now to a developing story in the midwest, where at least one person is dead, and seven more are hurt, and an entire community is devastated by a stripping of tornadoes, all of this in illinois. the storm has moved east but the damage remains. >>> nbc's kevin tibbles joins us from one of the hardest hit areas, kevin, we can see it behind you. >> reporter: hey, kris, this is fairdale, illinois, what is left of fairdale, illinois, after the massive storm system moved through yesterday leaving a lot of damage. in fairdale as a matter of fact the authorities are telling us this morning that every single building in this town has been damaged in one way or another. this is the place where one woman 67-year-old woman lost her life as this storm sy

golden gate bridge traffic heading south bound we are starting to see almost of an open up and is still very quiet on the 101 heading into downtown san francisco to get the richmond san rafael bridge on 5 it was found still quiet we're also talking about cool temperatures and a call after no with breezy conditions and then you start to one letter this week. >>james:today, the years long saga of convicted killer jodi arias is about to draw to a close. >>james:she's scheduled to be sentenced today in a phoenix court. >>james:the sentencing is largely a formality after a jury was deadlocked on whether or not to put her to death. >>james:the mistrial removed the death penalty as an option. >>james:arias was convicted of murder in the 2013 killing of her ex-boyfriend travis alexander. >>james:but that jury also deadlocked on her punishment prompting the sentencing retrial that began in october. >>james:three men have died while diving for abalone. this happened sunday afternoon off the mendocino county coast. >>james:rescue officials say the men were among a group of divers who went searching for the prized mollusks. when they found themselves in rough seas. >>james:the bodies o

at the golden gate bridge very light traffic this morning no surprise here all 101 heading from and are placed into downtown san francisco here is a look at your richmond san rafael bridge traffic is very quiet this morning >>james: thousands of local college to will not have a class this morning this after news the clinton and colleges are closing 28 campuses nationwide displacing $16 students. students were given less than a day's notice and a public statement the closure includes hill college here in the bay area everett's and while tech. the correct you consider the colleges or have the third million-dollar the fun as the penalties imposed upon by the government. they decided to close up shop there is some silver lining of those government panaceas word deceptive claims to job prospects altering grades and attendance records so as part of that settlement for her date million dollars in student loans will be forgiven. >>james: that is little consolation to people who were credit potentially worthless. authorities in the paul confirm the death toll from saturday's powerful earthquake as was done well over 3000 people killed does a credible death toll new video

chp says high wind advisories are in effect for the dumbarton bridge, san mateo, bay bridge and also the richmond/san rafael the four bridges altogether on the bay bridge talking about a 20-mile-per-hour wind. that's what was reported earlier this morning even gusting up to 30 miles per hour. you want to make sure you have a good hold of the wheel here when you're driving on the bay bridge. live at the toll plaza. i'm ryan takeo kpix 5. >>> the chp has a traffic alert in place for the macarthur maze eastbound 580 highway 24. a big rig accident with one car pinned under the rig two lanes are shut down. very slow approaching the scene. and the bay bridge toll plaza you heard from ryan takeo, still backed up into the macarthur maze. wind advisories in place for most bay area bridges. take a look at these live pictures of the nimitz. it's bumper to bumper northbound 880 approaching 23rd. that's where we have an accident also involving a big rig and other cars. traffic is backed up. high street is your alternate. the 680 commute where we had that big rig blocking labors, some lanes are now open northbound 680. r

bridge heading into downtown san francisco looking at the san mateo bridge traffic and the westbound direction of a small lead not any breakfast i concede the clause 92. looking at the richmond san rafael bridge traffic quiet and looks bleak as of this morning i would do a quick check of whether you can see it as a little quiet out there but you can see that we have a cold front that will continue to move closer to the area of that will continue to put some strong winds in the area just ahead of a plan on a strong sea breeze given as the cooler temperatures later on today. >>michelle apon: there fell 26 m.p.h. it will be very difficult to drive in this region it will still be, as a step out the door but it will pick up this afternoon with the strong sea breeze. as you get ready for today temperatures will be on the call aside all around and lend a '60s only warming up into the upper seven is a lot '80s 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday it was a warm one across the peninsula some of our sixties and low '70's temperatures on a slightly milder side heading the mid-60s during the afternoon from the area and full of mid to upper 60s across the east bay at antioch on a to 80 degrees acro

hand side of the screen the drive times is holding at a quick 14 minutes using the richmond san rafael bridgee a nice light traffic approaching the toll plaza of it is a quick seven minutes from the richmond at the page from the 101 connector heading into san rafael. >>darya: the more police are warning people there are sexual assaults have been on a popular hiking trail the most recent tuesday night mike pelton his life. >>reporter: mike pelton: on the popular trail after 29 or a woman was sexually assaulted tuesday night this was right near the road livermore police said the woman was walking alone on the trail to the evening around 6:00 when a man came up behind her and returned the man sexually assaulting her and then left the atlanta as a white man early to mid '30's about 5 ft. 7 in. 6 ft. tall and weighing about a hundred and 80 lbs. he was less a worm or dark along sweets was cheered and clapped as being scruffy in appearance the police said their response to a sexual assault on the trail in each of the past three years although at this time it is unclear if they're all related to the

looking at the golden gate bridge traffic in the southbound direction quiet as you continue across the span into downtown san francisco rookie at the richmond san rafaelridge and still quiet and best really has not changed we have the car fire was brought on 80 in their cabin way >>james: it was much calmer after the citywide curfew went into effect the night before the process' is refuse to leave the sea in this bill they were throwing smoke try to recover. >>: is in fact working we have not a lot of controversy. we would not tolerate violence or looting. let's talk about thousands of anxious they patrol national guard to people on the street they're making sure that it stays calm. the death toll for saturday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the call is now talk 5008 workers said it would take time to get to a remote areas of the country that will cut off by the quake by all accounts the kaiser permanente employees with the beloved husband and father and a friend. >>reporter: he was known as a happy adventures guy who loved to travel and risky activity which is what led him to the base camp of mount everest one of the most dangerous places on earth. he

we're still looking at clear conditions as of now less the not list live look at the richmond san rafael bridgebridge you see a light and easily right here on interstate 580. >>james:in national news this morning. north charleston police have fired michael slager, after he shot and killed 50-year-old walter scott. >>james:even with slager charged with murder, there have been questions about his story. >>james:andrew spencer reports the man who captured the shooting on video can shed new light on the incident. >>reporter:the video of a police officer shooting a man as he runs away gave prosecutors enough to arrest michael slager and charge him with murder. >>reporter:.but the video doesn't tell the whole story. in an exclusive interview with n-b- c's lestor holt, the man who recorded it fills in some of the gaps. >>reporter:feidin santana says there was a struggle between slager and walter scott. >>:"they were down on the floor. they were down on the floor before i started recording." >>reporter:with the two on the ground santana says the officer seemed to have control. >>:"you could hear the so

from san francisco, across the bay bridge, green through richmond, once you hit the richmond san rafael bridge it is all red. ktvu's tonv is out there now. >> reporter: take a look. just 60 seconds ago they started routing cars over the area that has been closed. there were reports it would be till 6:00 p.m., it just happened right now. we saw the police direct the first cars over and they are moving. that doesn't mean things will remain calm and steady. there may be anxious people, who knows if we have another fender bender. at the moment they are starting to trickle across. that will be a relief to people. some who have been on the bridge for a very, very long time. it is only been able to take one exit. but now it is opening. the traffic is very, very slow. here is what happened earlier. >> reporter: at 5:30 a.m. this morning the westbound big rig swiped the divider for 400 feet. that ruptured the fuel tank that started a fire that consumed the trailer and packages. the busy bridge, especially westbound in the morning commutes, quickly became a basket case and quickly from a trick to

hayward over to san mateo and looking at the golden gate bridge ride problem free here as a usually is no delays at the direction on westbound interstate 580 can you for the richmond san rafael bridge approaching the toll plazas of castro street best of this and drive times for you here. >>george: was about the miller highway 24 just 15 minutes now for all muckrake headed out toward berkeley and highway 13 that is a good ride and commit for the east your free web the drive times at 28 minutes now tracking some delayed for 680 south this morning to the the heavy commute to the sun bowl parade--sonul grey. >>george: conditions are starting to slow a bit more for 1 01 north on with the drive times not to take minutes heading north from the capitol expressway to the monte expressway. >>mark: the launch is scheduled this afternoon with the with operating it will happen for the third time space button to land is left a booster on an ocean birds this criminal defense immersing--isspresso machine such it is emily's to see this all the way was lost and a lot to explosion near we live you one of a lot of 11 this morning . there's a to present some of the key evidence to support a murd

let's get a check on the big traffic mess near the richmond san rafael bridge. >> here is some earliertinuing right now. those are packages that were on that first trailer. jammed up traffic coming out of richmond. so you've got bumper to bumper traffic on the richmond san rafael bridge. you are advised to totally avoid it. >> and weather-wise take a live look outside. generally clear skies and lots of sunshine on the way. temperatures are seeing 30s in the north bay right now. a mild pattern and lots of sunshine for friday, saturday and even into sunday. >> the news continues now with "good morning america." i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] ♪ wake me up when it's all over ♪ >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m., and real-life drama for alyssa milano. the actress' battle with airport officials over her own breast milk. why fellow moms are rushing to her defense this morning. >>> and she's the former teacher who made headlines around the world for her love affai

wind advisory this is place for the san mateo bridge, dumbarton, the richmond/san rafael bridge, and if you are heading for 101 through marin county, expect to see flooding in the usual places through larkspur. now, the bay bridge commute, the good news is that there are no at the toll plaza. there is a wind advisory at the bay bridge. you will feel the winds, high wind advisory but no delays approaching the toll plaza. there's a look at "kcbs traffic." now to roberta. >>> we have 95 -- 95 weather watchers in and around our microclimates. we need every, single one of them today to check in and tell us what to expect right here in the bay area. at this particular time, we have mostly cloudy skies, we have a little bit of light rain on our camera lens as we peer out toward the transamerica building. but what we are looking at is rain. from lake to napa to sonoma county across the central bay into san jose. i'm picking up lightning at this time with the risk of the thunderstorm blossoming. some of the t storms could contain small hail. 580/680 corridor moderate rainfall. around the sunol

bridge toll plaza. no delay into san francisco. no metering lights. give it another half-hour or so and likely it will look different and the richmond/san rafael bridge is quite as well on westbound and eastbound 580 between the east bay and san rafael. that is "kcbs traffic." let's go over to roberta with a check of the forecast. >> you have all those traffic cameras to give you a look at what's going on outside. i have weather watcher to give us an idea. they are my eyes out there throughout our microclimates. right now we're seeing 60 degrees very mild at this early- morning hour. paul from brentwood reports that condition there. also let's take a look at 52 degrees. who's that? dave in napa. 52 degrees and clear skies. thank you very much. we do have lots of clarity this morning. not quite as foggy as yesterday just 24 hours ago. low clouds hanging tight to the coast right now. temperatures 47 degrees in santa rosa to 54 degrees in oakland and concord. by 8:00 this morning when many people are heading out the door we have temperatures into the 50s from the coast to our inland areas and the burnoff will be a little quicker today in comparison to ye

. >>> great news on 580 heading to richmond on the richmond-san rafael bridge. all westbound lanes heading over to san rafael are now open. one lane open a few minutes ago. this traffic is beginning to inch along after the 11-hour back up. as you can see it is not bad here. moving fine in that direction. traffic is finally getting moving again >>> in southern california, den deputies placed on leave after showing the deputies punching and kicking the suspect on the ground. abc 7 news reporter ted rowlands has more. >> reporter: the video shot by knbc in los angeles shows the horse back chase in southern california. the suspect seems to be giving up putting his hands behind his back as deputies converge. the deputyies start kicking and punching him and hit him with a taser. more deputies arrive and the beating continues. >> somebody should go to prison over this. this is as bad if not worse than what they did to rodney king. >> now they are trying to do everything they can to avoid them being in trouble. >> reporter: the incident is under investigation after watch

chopper 5 is over the san rafael bridge. you can see the pavement where the truck caught fire. those lanes were supposed to re- open just about now. instead, caltrans says it will be closer to 7:00 tonight. it has been a nightmare for drivers since before 5:30 this morning. kpix 5's anne makovec takes a look at the flames that destroyed hundreds of packages and caused gridlock. >> reporter: this is the accidental final destination for 8 to 900 packages being sent via u.p.s. the big rig carrying them was westbound on i-580 in san rafael when it hit the median and drove along the center divider spilling diesel with one of its two trailers catching fire along the way. it happened just before 5:30 a.m. and the backup lasted all morning long. >> it's terrible traffic today. very bad. >> reporter: after crawling for hours, many drivers had to pull off the highway. >> i have been out here for a long time and i need to get to a restroom. >> reporter: other drivers were running out of gas and just gave up. >> we were trying to go to work over there but i mean it's really, really packed

here is a live look at the toll plaza at the richmond san rafael bridge. it is calm, but that was hardly what it looked like when it accident closed the freeway. cornell bernard is live. amazing how long this thing lasted. >> it was dan. smooth sailing at the richmond bridge. it is hard to believe hours ago this toll plaza was a parking lot after the early morning crash caused commuter chaos. >> cal trans crews reopened the westbound lanes of 580 near quintin on friday night after a 10-hour repair job to the roadway. the freeway closure created more than traffic problems. it was epic problems. she canceled her evening plans after a quick trip took hours. >> we were headed to have denar with friends and a movie. now we will go home. >> sky 7hd was open when a ups hauling two trailers slammed into the center divide and caught fire. hundreds of packages were destroyed and the driver wasn't hurt. it closed both directions for hours and the log jam stretched into the evening commute. some drivers had no choice but the richmond drij. bridge. >> why didn't you go

. >>> i want to get you updated on a developing story, the nightmare traffic on the richmond-san rafael bridge. all the westbound lanes coming into san rafael were closed for nearly 12 hours. however, at 5:00 p.m., just about an hour ago, one lane was reopened. you see is the slow trickle of traffic from our nbc chopper. our chopper has been on the scene throughout the day. here is the latest plan. they hope to open all westbound lanes by 7:00 p.m. so about an hour from now. this saul started when a u.s. delivery truck, a big rig crash new year's day san quinten prison this morning. here was the view from most of the day. that same shot of miles of backed up traffic. the crash happened around 5:30 a.m. shutting down traffic in both directions on the bridge. eastbound traffic finally started moving around 1:00 this afternoon. first the crash and then the ensuing fire. this is what it looked like. it burned hot. hot enough to damage part of the roadway. and hundreds of packages inside the ups truck were destroyed. remarkably, there were no injuries. investigators have determined the driver of th

it was also a slippery ride for drivers who were going across the richmond/san rafael bridge. advisories were in effect on many of the bay area bridges and the rain isn't over yet. roberta says when we can expect more showers. >> we have seen over 1.5" of rain here within our microclimates. it's not so much how much rain they are get to get it's how it will arrive. pretty much in the form of thunderstorms is what we're anticipating. frank keenan .75" of rain in novato. thank you for checking in with us. 59 degrees pretty mild on the peninsula. robert sullivan nice smile there robert. he is reporting nearly a full inch of rain in redwood city. we thank you for checking in with us. not only are we tracking the rain at this particular time, but it has been blustery as far as the winds are concerned. it's our hi-def doppler radar and with the approaching cells we are picking up wind gusts, those are lightning strikes and pretty much determined cloud-to- ground. so it bears a watchful eye. here's the next round of rain offshore poised in position to move onshore. this is ominous. t

here is a live look at the toll plaza at the richmond san rafael bridge. it is calm, but that was hardly what it looked like when it accident closed the freeway. cornell bernard is live. amazing how long this thing lasted. >> it was dan. smooth sailing at the richmond bridge. it is hard to believe hours ago this toll plaza was a parking lot after the early morning crash caused commuter chaos. >> cal trans crews reopened the westbound lanes of 580 near quintin on friday night after a 10-hour repair job to the roadway. the freeway closure created more than traffic problems. it was epic problems. she canceled her evening plans after a quick trip took hours. >> we were headed to have denar with friends and a movie. now we will go home. >> sky 7hd was open when a ups hauling two trailers slammed into the center divide and caught fire. hundreds of packages were destroyed and the driver wasn't hurt. it closed both directions for hours and the log jam stretched into the evening commute. some drivers had no choice but the richmond drij. bridge. >> why didn't you go

richmond and san rafael bridge, we have high wind advisory. all bay bridges other than the benicia we have flooding. we have flooding in san francisco. it is on the skyway. southbound 280 there is an accident involving a vehicle blocking a line. it is sideways. at king street, southbound 280, another accident involving injuries. one lane is blocked. busy morning. drive safe. >> this is "national selfie day." you are justified in taking a glamour shot today. here is kristen leyla and mike each taking a shot last year and we will update that with matt and drew but we want to see yourselfy. use hash abc7 get up. ago ago. >> mike is just trying to get a selfie of leyla. >> samsung is responding that the new phone bends. >> today, samsung enduring their own version of bending. they have posted online video to review claims the galaxy bo under pressure after the scrutiny when first released. >> a woman is granted permission to file for divorce through facebook. >> a judge grade after the woman explained she has been unable to contact her estranged hu

so you can see the backup at the richmond/san rafael bridge. ps are showing major delays on the westbound side. and eastbound. use highway 37 or the bay bridge as alternates. that's the best way around. >>> the coast is not clear. good morning, everyone. we have a few clouds gathering at the immediate seashore. air temperatures into the 40s and 50s, santa rosa at 39. today warmer than yesterday. 50s beaches 60s bayside and peninsula to the low 70s inland. extended forecast, >>> this is michael bloomberg talking about, a billionaire, former mayor of new york city said college might not be worth it for everyone. >> over the last 30 years college tuition skyrocketed since 1978 tuition and fees increased s1,120%. >> i did not expect that information. oh, my god. wait. how much was that again? wait. i'm still thirsty. >> 1,120%. >> hmm -- >> larry wilmore will join us in the 8:00 hour and something tells me he won't be spitting out his water here. looking forward to meeting him. >> his show is hilarious. fantastic. looking forward to that. >>> welcom

here's the richmond/san rafael bridge. within probably the last 15 minutes we started seeing traffic stack up at the pay gates westbound heading into marin county from richmond. slows just past richmond parkway and here's a live look near the dublin interchange. one of our slowest drive times has been all morning long. fender-bender were cleared to the shoulder. drive time 34 minutes from the altamont pass. the south bay is relatively clear of accidents but northbound 101 seeing delays. that's "kcbs traffic." here's the forecast. >> everybody knew that except for frank. [ laughter ] >> but that's okay. good morning, everyone. >>> hey, we find it very difficult to get all the conditions, the current conditions, around our microclimates because we're so diverse. that's why we call on our weather watchers and we have at least 100 of them across the bay area at this time. let's check this one out 49 degrees, lindsey, he made a comment that the weather today very similar to yesterday which is overcast and drizzling along the co

. >> and roadwork has already been picked up as you cross eastbound on the richmond/san rafael bridge. so yeah, things look good now in both directions. the rest of the commute coming up. we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy@kpix.com. or tweet me at #ewengerkpix and watch to see if your question gets answered on air. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing good for me around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of craving something that i can't have ♪ ♪ turn around, barbara ♪ ♪ forever i've been praying for a snack in my life ♪ ♪ and now i have a brownie ending all of my strife ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good morning. it is tuesday, april 22. it is 5:11. this is your tuesday. looking towards the transamerica pyramid we have a gray slate, remaining cloudy and cool at the coast today. sunshine away from the beaches. your full forecast is still straight ahead. >>> and to get your weather on the go

here is a live look at the toll plaza at the richmond san rafael bridge.is calm, but that was hardly what it looked like when it accident closed the freeway. cornell bernard is live. amazing how long this thing lasted. >> it was dan. smooth sailing at the richmond bridge. it is hard to believe hours ago this toll plaza was a parking lot after the early morning crash caused commuter chaos. >> cal trans crews reopened the westbound lanes of 580 near quintin on friday night after a 10-hour repair job to the roadway. the freeway closure created more than traffic problems. it was epic problems. she canceled her evening plans after a quick trip took hours. >> we were headed to have denar with friends and a movie. now we will go home. >> sky 7hd was open when a ups hauling two trailers slammed into the center divide and caught fire. hundreds of packages were destroyed and the driver wasn't hurt. it closed both directions for hours and the log jam stretched into the evening commute. some drivers had no choice but the richmond drij. bridge. >> why didn't you go the

happening along the richmond san rafael bridge. looking live that situation. that back up at the toll plaza. we learned the two westbound lanes would be closed till 6:30 p.m. tonight. just for a few more minutes. this comes after an accident this morning involving a ups truck. 5:30 a.m. this morning official say the truck finished crossing the bridge when it hit the center divide and caught fire. it wasn't just people's time but 30,000 pounds of packages, all of it burned. leaving people wondering what to do. ktvu's tom vacar is live near the bridge with the answer. how traffic is looking at this hour. >> reporter: what we see is the traffic continues to move. i reported at 5:00 p.m. all lanes were open. turns out it was only one. cars funneled beyond where we could see. it will be 6:30 p.m. before all lanes are opened unless they run into more delays. the next phase of this is settling up with the customers. many who lost packages in the blaze. >> reporter: best case, a thousand packages were burned in one trailer with possible more in the second trailer. max

. >>> a marin county lawmaker is pushing a plan to create a third lane on the richmond san rafael bridge. to streamline the environmental review of the project has passed its first committee vote. the plan is to turn what is now a shoulder into a third eastbound lane during the evening commute. which has gotten increasingly congested. the plan would create a new lane in the westbound pedestrian. he hopes the lanes could open as soon as next year. >>> bay area transit agencies are calling for congress to get moving. stand up for transportation events are being held across the country. this one was in san francisco yesterday. organizers say the national highway trust fund is almost exhausted and the current federal program is set to expire at the end of the month. commuters will feel it if congress doesn't act soon. >> eventually the buss will stop running if we don't get federal money this year and most transit agencies are not sure they can make it through the rest of this calendar year. >> cortez says stopgap measures that only last for months or a year put transit agencies in a bind. >

for the industry of mankind, we couldn't have the approaches to the toll plaza on the richmond san rafael bridge. i need to quit hitting those buttons. concord 63 degrees. liver more 71 and san francisco right now is 73 degrees. beautiful day in the bay area. look at the golden gate bridge. how about the bay bridge? quite a backup. as we have a look at some of the numbers around the bay area right now, it's all standing out beautifully. the numbers are going to be warming up a little bit tomorrow as we get high pressure coming in over the bay area. mild today and tomorrow, and then we get a little low pressure coming in. it will be cooling off on monday and tuesday. partly cloudy skies and on the mild side for the early part of next week. there's even a chance as this low pressure sinks south that we could trigger a few showers coming into the north bay monday night and tuesday morning. but it would only affect marin and sanoma counties. but the rest of the bay area probably won't have anything from this little system and maybe the north bay will escape unscathed. events next week, tomorrow look

as we take a look outside from san rafael to san bruno, bay bridge and san jose as well.riving very treacherous this morning. multiple reports coming up this morning. we begin with bob redell live at the summit of highway 17 where the rain has been coming down basically in sheets all morning long, bob, but you were finally able to take down your hood. >> reporter: good morning to you, kris. coming down but not as much as it was about 45 minutes ago. the roads are still wet because rain has been coming down for a good few hours now. while most people were asleep overnight and certainly continuing on. you see the headlights, heading northbound on highway 17 in the commute direction across the santa cruz summit in santa cruz mountains into los gatos and san jose. as any chp officer would tell you, even if the speed limit is posted at 65 miles an hour, they prefer you drive whatever you feel is the safest limit, if that's 60 or 55 because they obviously do not want to have any accidents. there have been a few throughout the bay area this morning. most notably the one anthony

larks spur at 61 miles per hour at the golden gate bridge and that is a look over the richmond-san rafael bridge at top sped and accident free. nothing but green here so we are at top speed on highway 4 i-80 from 4 to maze and into san jose. >> thank you, leyla. a high school senior in long island, new york, is facing a tough choice about picking a university because he has been accepted to all eight of the ivy colleague schools. >> tough decision, harold was accepted with full scholarships with college preparation mentoring and winter of the science search and parents emigrated to long island from fly clearia so he and his brothers could get a better education. >> i just think that through hard work and perseverance and dedication you can accomplish anything. >> harold is leaning toward yale. he wants to be a neurosurgeon. >> not a bad choice. >> save lives and make money. look harold, not your father but there is a great school on west coast called stanford. i would put it up against any of eight ivy school. >> and the weather is better. >> much better. >> what ellen pao is saying against losi

the richmond/san rafael bridge also clear this morning. and our eastshore freeway commute looks good, as well. here's a live look at conditions as you head across the golden gate bridge this morning into san francisco. just a couple of cars making their way through there this morning. westbound 580 altamont pass we are seeing some yellows here on our sensors so speeds under 40 miles per hour through there so starting to get busy as you work your way of tracy but no accidents. roadwork on the eastbound side is cleared. but again we are starting to see a few slow-and-go conditions through there. now, the peninsula is a bright spot right now. no delays 63 miles per hour northbound 101 as you work your way out of san mateo headed into san bruno traffic looks good. early flight to catch at sfo, no delays right now along 101, 280 a nice ride this morning also. checking your drive times you can see we're in the green so 280, 92 has clear this morning. we'll have a look at the golden gate bridge once again coming up in just a few minutes. right now

marin county to 101 lose good and wide on the canute and a possible here looking at the richmond san rafael bridge traffic is quiet loosely--smoothly. >>james: the latest with the warriors that is the top story two to nothing but war is the feeding the pelicans and game 2 last night at the hour or arena the choice of the highlights the warriors did creep back by halftime with back-to-back the likely thompson of final three by steph carrying with a three- point lead and to the third it was a tie game at 71 points apiece golden state would take it for the final score 97 to 87 that was a big relief for the fans if you're in the arena. >>: i thought it was great warriors one perry >>james: it was a sellout crowd for 19,000 fans wearing gold and yellow shirts. all two mineta san jose international airport raising its perimeter fence after several troubling security breaches over the last year is going up from 6 to 10 ft. tall the most recent bridge was the one found inside the fence line. >>reporter: the most reasonable effort to keep on authorize people out of the airport the faa rules and the cases a