so you should avoid the bay bridge consider 92 the 7 tail bridge is not smooth. it's just better are definitely consider barge instead of sitting in this. i'll let you know when they clear that police activity and i'll have another check of other hot spots coming up in just a bit john. well robin skies are gray. >>and julie clearing but still overall pretty cloudy you can see those gray skies over sfo right now having not resulted in any delays across the day despite the fact that we do have a low lying clouds all across the bay at the moment, temperatures in the 50's still it's been that way all morning long conquered one of our warmer spots at 58 livermore just bumped up to 57 degrees and wind speeds while they're still definitely a factor making for a brisk feel to those 50's fairfield right now a 25 mile per hour winds been the breezy a spot throughout the morning. back to you. >>thank you very much john the sf more in food bank is now looking to expand so that it can help more people in need. they'll add about 28,000 square feet of new space refrigeration an

toward the bay bridge. give yourself extra time. it doesn't look to be blocking lanes, but it's involving a big rig. so there's the potential that this could slow things down this morning. once you get to the san mateo bridge, if you're headed across the peninsula, that's looking pretty darn good. those red running lights were backed up closer to t ra the seem to be moving along clearing things up. >>> looking at paris in notre dame cathedral. three big things coming from out of there from overnight. the bishop says the cathedral is going to be closed from five to six years and the french prime minister is announcing an architect competition to restore the spire. he wants it to be adapted to the technologies and challenges of our time. also, the firefighters still looking into the cause and at this point, no sign of foul play. back to you. >> anne, thank you. >>> worshipers at grace cathedral in san francisco will pray for the notre dame cathedral. the service starts at 6:00 at the church's location on calif

you out to get from oakland to san francisco there's also the san mateo bridge so consider taking 92 or hopping on bart instead of using the bay bridge. it is not a good bridge right now because those lanes are still closed back to you ok, thank you very much rob. >>now let's go to washington dc just outside the white house word. hose speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer had just come out from them. closed door mting with president trump talking about an infrastructure plan and whether they can come to some sort of agreement listen it. >>the trillions of dollars of a house need according to the american society of civil engineers, a deficit that we have in our infrastructure. and now we have an opportunity to work together in a bipartisan way though the infrastructure of america's never been a partisan issue and we hope to go for the very nonpartisan way for the future. but that i'm just lazio to distinguish well thank you and it was a very constructive meeting. >>both the white house and all of us want to get something done on infrastructure in a big and bold way and that was good will in this meeting

this is going to effect traffic coming in to the area of the bay bridge because people get off the bay bridge, right? they get off and go into san francisco. this starts melting in with westbound 80 off the bridge. it will have an effect on the bay bridge toll plaza now. right now on the bay bridge toll plaza commute we don't have a big back up but that could change depending on what happens on the bridge. we will be watching the bridge very closely and let you know more about that. talking about 880 today, remember there is a day time baseball game, the as and red sox. about 12:30 or so is when the first pitch is. that means the game should be over some time between 3:00 and 4:00, around there. and that will blend in with the afternoon commute. keep that in the back of your mind. if you are going to the game a great way to get there is to use bart. 6:19. steve? >>> thank you, sir. if you are going to the as game, speaking of the game, i would expect some rain. cloudy with some rain on the mild side, but it looks like light rain today at 12:37. for tomorrow the giants insist they are p

but there's a lot of heavy traffic out there so we'll talk about the east bay in the bay bridge all right and the highlight of the forecast would clouds cool way >>we can go with the into those good looking outside at the golden gate bridge. there is a bit of cloud cover it is cool out there or easy to. >>and we do a fog for the east that use an old just a moment ago which has now been nearly as clear as this shot at the golden gate bridge is what you had above this low lying cloud cover and fog though we are actually in for some very clear skies already clear out there again once you head above that low layer of cloud cover and later on today is going to be a nice one. this is your view of the east bay right here and as we make our way through the day today 50's will turn into 60's which will turn into 70's out there in our inland areas, mostly sunny skies can't complain about that we're getting spoiled again today. i'm talking for some even nicer weather in the days to come still ahead, robin we look forward to that for sure let's head over to the bay bridge you want to check in on 80.

elsewhere on the bay bridge, things look great with the exception of the cash lanes where things are stacking up. there's a wind advisory for the bay bridge and the san mateo bridge where we're seeing unusual brake lights and we'll check that out. there's a flashing light on the side of the road, so we'll be checking out what that is and bring that to you in the next 15 minutes or so. in the meantime,the's lane closures on the golden gate bridge thanks to construction. you can see they have it down to one lane northbound 101. two lanes headed southbound. we're going to check on that san mateo bridge for you next. >>> here at the live news desk, taking a look at a historic storm heading across the east and west. we're looking at pictures from jackson, wyoming. you can see snow falling at a steady clip right now. as much as two feet of know expected in some places along with high winds and blizzard conditions all over the country from minnesota down to the rockies and sweeping across the country today. looking all right there right now. but again, possibly historic storm expected across

the south bay but now you are going to look at where? >>> we are looking at the east bay. but we will check in with the south bay. let's start with the bay bridge, though. i want to show you the traffic is getting busy at the toll plaza which it has been since they turned the metering lights on. bay bridge is backed up for 25 to 30 minute delay with no major issues here. traffic will be busy. also looking at traffic here on the san mateo bridge, looks okay. slow traffic on highway 101 in san mateo headed up to burlingame. as soon as you get off of the bridge so be aware of that. 101 through burlingame and san mateo is slow. there is a crash on the embarcadero on ramp to paulo alto. look at 280 to san jose, it is pretty slow. let's go back to the desk. >>> happening today in oakland, opening statements set to begin in the ghostship warehouse fire. the two defends are facing 36 charges of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say that max harris and derick almena are responsible for the conditions that allowed a fire to tear through the warehouse during a party. the defense says they are happy that a diverse jury will be hearing the case. >> it's

the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. you will see traffic slow, 25 minutes. not bad. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up beyond the maze. 24 is where it begins. a lot of people are still stuck in traffic one way or another. if you are going to the bay bridge it is a tough day. 880 north and south here. still looks good in and out of downtown oakland. the peninsula traffic looks all right. yesterday we had a bad day. today it looks good all the way down from san francisco to san jose. you can drive on 101 so far and not have a lot of slow traffic into that silicon valley. at 6:00, to let's bring my good friend mr. steve paulson in. >> mr. sal castaneda, my good friend, thank you, sir. >>> we have a mostly clear morning. why? because there is a little bit of fog. there was some on the bay bridge golden gate bridge but it will probably get wined out. nationally the same system that gave us light rain monday night to tuesday morning, watch how it came out of arizona, into albuquerque and new mexico, boom. now it is gone. the line of severe weather now is stretching from housto

a motorcycle officer chased him across the bay bridge and this is where he crashed. just east of fremont street on the san francisco side of the bridge. he died from his injuries soon after. the pursuit started just after 7:30 this morning in the middle of the morning commute. the chp initially shutdown 3 lanes of the highway as they conducted their investigation leaving commuters in a messy traffic backup. >> it was like two and a half hours, it was awful. >> some oakland to san francisco. no other injuries were reported in the pursuit or the crash. in san francisco, anne mackovec, kpix5. >>> unfortunately the bad news doesn't stop there. they have cleared those lanes, it is causing a backup that's going to last into the afternoon. let's look live at the bay bridge where it's stacked up at the toll plaza and there's no sign of this easing up anytime soon. it's down to a slow crawl. it's not just backed up to the foot of the maze. it's backed up beyond that. so that issue was on fremont, that crash. but you can see the speeds coming across the bay bridge span getting

the tolls on to the bridge picks up near mit span and starts to. finally improve so read about 15 minutes, it's packed on your approach to the toll plaza bay bridge ands finally recovering looking more like the normal. we had an overturned accident in san francisco, one on south cesar chavez but that backup to spilled on to the bay bridge and into the maze where it was already slow so justin help we're down to 17 minutes at one point was almost 40 minutes all that looks pretty good right we're checking in on one or 30 minutes from brisbane to 80. no problems on 2.80 leaving daly city and then even the east shore freeway looks better after a hot spot. we're down to 35 minutes that's much much better from crockett down to oakland. >>in the morning buzz of get the money today is the first day and last chance that you can buy tickets to the warriors first-round home playoff games in their last championship run ever at oracle golden state gunning for their 4th title in 5 years and little did we know the whole time. they're sharp shooter didn't have sharp vision steph curry's just now letting us know that he's never had clear vision and just now got contac

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a quick peek at the bay bridge. we want to check in on traffic heading into san francisco and there it is a live look add your approach to the toll plaza as you can see it is packed, yes, it goes all the way back to west grand and that's where it starts anew just arriving the brakes. all the way up to treasure island there was a stall that was a push over to the side. but you still dealing with a you know the typical jam up so at least it's under 20 minutes, making an end and then i have some heavy traffic on the nimitz right here 80 south and whipple, a motorcyclist went down so crews are working with that they're clearing it and it's going to be very sluggish back from to 38 all the way up to the scene and then another little pocket as he inter fremont so we'll put it at 43 minutes, i'll keep my eyes on it 43 minutes and growing for 80 south 2.38 to to 37 more so now it's coming up james. >>happening today, the san diego community will lay to rest the woman killed in this weekend synagogue shooting 60 year-old lori

head outside, a glorious look at the bay bridge. a nice day, in fact, the hottest day of the year so far, so remember to grab your sunscreen as you head out the door today. >>> summer-like temperatures you say? >> yeah, pooech reareaching the will be nice to get out there, so as you are making plans for the day, that's a live look outside, we are going to also see the clear skies continuing. if you are about to head out the door if brentwood, it starts out with low 50s, throughout the day, it will go from 52 to 74 by noon, we continue to warm up from there. check out the 7-day forecast at the bottom of the screen, checking out our high, napa reaching years ago 85 in morgan hill, santa cruz, if are you thinking of making it a beach day and you are standing in front of the closet. you do still need to start out with a jacket, maybe for the afternoon shorts, it will be a day you use layers, constantly changing, very nice in time for the sharks game. we really need all the cheering that we can get and all the fans there, we have to win

are very slow, especially the bay bridge so do expect a lot of heavy traf ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putting on a runway show for new york fashion week. ♪ ♪ he could. or, he could make it even easier - and set up recurring payments to his neighbor. for cat sitting. (meow) whoa. you've groomed her, too. (cell phone vibrating) and now she's ready for the catwalk. life, lived jason's way. chase. make more of what's yours. ♪ ♪ they're the moderne stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. >>the morning i recommend getting out there this morning enjoying these cool temperatures. well we've got a you are looking at bethel island, nice and clear this morning. take a look at where temperatures are sitting right now for the most part it's the 50's and its 60's. so good chance to get outside enjoy som

bridge fire on the san mateo bridge. it's not affecting your eastbound commute, but it's slow westbound. there's a stalled vehicle on the bayasting into the maze and beyond onto the e-shore freeway. give yourself extra time this morning if you're headed over the bay bridge this morning. headed into san francisco, you're going to need extra time and a reroute. several accidents on southbound 101 has several lanes blocked. i would take 280 and try to go around that because it's going to be slow and go. ry. >> thanks, emily. >>> a spectacular view on our treasure island camera with mostly sunny skies. a cool start to the day, and as we head through our afternoon, we are going to warmup with plenty of sunshine. enjoy it. 67 in san francisco. oakland, 69. fremont, 74. san jose -- as well as for fairfield, 74 in napa. we warmup even more for tomorrow. likely the warmest day out of the year so far with high pressure in place and light offshore winds, we're talking mid 80s tomorrow. 70s for the bay. and mid 60s for the coast. average above friday into the weekend for easter sunday looking great with plenty of sunshine. >> have a fa

the bay bridge is pretty much full. h just west of the toll plaza -- to the east of the toll plaza, just beyond here, a report of a three vehicle collision, moved to the side but you can see the traffic is still trying to recuperate from that. a 20 minute delay to get on the span. >>> and here are a look at the top stories. firefighters are battling a huge fire at a pallette yard that started just after 3:00 this morning. firefighters are trying to keep it from spreading. >>> a magnitude 6.4 quake hit the central philippines one day after a magnitude 6.1 quake hit the northern part of the country yesterday. 11 people were killed and the search continues for 24 people still reported missing after a grocery store collapsed. >>> the death toll in sri lanka keeps rising after the bombings onies you are sunday. the prime minister says the attack was carried out in retaliation for the shooting massacre at two mosques in new zealand last month. sara zendehnam, you have new video that claims to show one of the suspected suicide

the weekend. robin i want to check in on the bridge is because they are still quite slow, especially the bay bridge 80's recovering from an accident. >>i told you about the motorcycle accident that was blocking at fremont street that's gone the backup stretches into the maze at least we're down to 27 minutes but it's just going to go up and down this traffic is recovering from that accident. all right let's over to 92, it's looking more like a parking lot right, the traffic york's squeezing out of hayward over to the peninsula and 21 minutes so still very slow. golden gate, not too bad a little busy the salt on your left are heading south into san francisco and it's a little crowd it but it's not bad at 33 minutes of auto to the tolls james. >>all right robin thank you coming up next on the crop for morning news a high school baseball team gets burglarized in the bay area are going to tell you about some of the essential items that were taken and how maybe you can help. you buckle up, start the car, put it in gear and take off. next thing you know, the phone is in your hand! stop! we should be hold

the proposal after this month. 6 oh 2. >>the bridges are much better than the bay area. we have some of the most track i hold and though structurally deficient bridges in the country and some of them desperately need help and that's according to the american road and transportation builders association crop for sarah stinson is live in concord with more details. hi sarah. >>hi there you have one of the worst bridges in the bay area, according to this report is behind us and this is in concord right over monument boulevard and on 6 80. it's the top one of the top 10 in the state and the most traveled all of these deficient bridges any most of us would call this an overpass but according to this report, this is one of the most efficient bridges. it was built in 1998 new out 235,000 people drive over it on average per day so it is heavily used now the annual bridge report as we said is put out by the american road and transportation builders association and the report says about 7% of the nearly 26,000 bridges in california are structurally deficient meaning they're in poor

at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the traffic is going to be backed up here at the toll plaza which is nothing unusual. if you are driving on interstate 880 it is moving along okay. remember tonight there is an as and warriors game, same facility, one is obviously inside oracle one and the other at the coliseum. sharing the same parking lot. the best way to get there is to take bart. if you are taking the east bay commute, slowing on 880 out of hayward south. no major problems in the fremont yet but the commute is beginning to wake up, so to speak. back to you at the desk. >>> clean-up is under way nearly 24 hours after a thriving oakland business was destroyed by fire. american emperor specialized in combustible materials. now we have sara zendehnam live in oakland where it is still an active scene. >> reporter: that is right. pg&e crews have been out here hours and hours. we were just told she just wrapped up their work a few minutes ago. i will take a step away to look at what is going on out here. still

>>early birds out there, here's the bay bridge. the drive into san francisco. what is looking pretty good right. no reports of any major trouble spots are accidents are hot spots right now we're at about 8 minutes to make your way over to fremont street keep in mind that there is some bridge work wrapping up from the eastern span all the way over to fremont street. you'll see the 2 right lanes close with folks are getting through without delay and all of your on-ramps and off-ramps on the bay bridge are open to keep that in mind. >>all right we're heading over to 92 we want to check in on san mateo bridge. it's looking good right. how they fix the camera thank you whoever tip add her last time i checked id. it was a pointed way up high we could hardly see the traffic now this is much much better. 13 minutes to make their way from hayward over to the peninsula. all right want to want to cross the golden gate looking good. no big problems here from the north bay hot spot free trouble 20 minutes. that's quick and right on time from highway 37 in the photo across t

the san mateo bridge, you're looking at 12 minutes. not a problem on the left side of your screen that's the counter commute direction from one to one into the east bay right now plenty of space nothing to worry about on the san mateo bridge. golden gate bridge. actually holding steady at 19 minutes from novato across the toll plaza and into san francisco, richmond sandra fell bridge. you see some lights right there as they might have a prwith that looks like a car therel o big d right 8 minutes from richmond across this richmond, san rafael bridge and on to want to wait, okay now part 2 the. >>another look at the golden gate bridge this morning. it's clear out there not just traffic pretty clear but also the skies. >>that's something that we're going to notice well throughout the day yesterday was partly cloudy to mostly cloudy all across the bay. we finished the day on a clear no but today from start to finish this coming those clear skies. a bay area already nice and soft and nice and clear since a sunny just yeltsin has arisen over the horizon, but once it does see much cloud cover blocking it out today tomorrow even on into sunday we're going to

the ol' crash from the bay bridge is cleared from the upper bay shore.registration as far as the metering lights are on. the quadrant from the bay. the southern area, southbound areas, northbound 101 and northbound 280 may see slowing right here at the interchange, guys. back to you. >>> all right. we continue to follow breaking news out of the north bay. a 4.2 magnitude earthquake hits in the mountains north of healsburg. it hit just before 5:00. a pretty remote area hit 15 miles southwest of clear lake near the guysers. we have had a series of small aftershocks. no reports of damage or injuries so far. >> more breaking news for you. this in the north bay. a fire tearing through a strip mall overnight in novato. pete suratos live for us this morning. pete, how badly are we talking about when we talk about the damage for the building. >> reporter: marin keys boulevard in novato. there is still a few engines here, although the fire is fully contained. i got an update they have one arson investigator already on the scene to help determine exactly what caus

west 5.80 goes back to marina to the toll plaza getting on to the bridge are averaging abou14 minutes to make it from the pay gates across the knots i want to what the baycked up all the way through the maze meaning all major connector ramps are solid like 5.80. the northbound limits shore freeway but at least it's under 20 minutes, this is a normal slow crawl into san francisco. it's rolling south, it's going impact from to 38. all the way toward union city before it opens up and then northbound at 2.38 there's a stall so look out for that that's going to cause some northbound slowing from hayward to san leandro but much heavier going south from san leandro all the way out so union city so we'll put it at 37 minutes and then we have 6.80 look at this busy leaving the dublin interchange rolling south and to send all but overall not bad at 22 minutes total to make it a new into fremont with no major interruptions if you take one on one it's about 42 minutes and growing a little crowded. but not a terrible commute from san jose to menlo park are you. thanks a lot 6.48 national headlines 3 people were killed when a helicopter tour when out of control and c

i'm tracking and no delays here at the bay bridge toll plaza you can see cars are jarrett they're just fine and it's going to be a delay free all the way across the upper deck into the city. just an eight-minute drive right now that i am clocking switching things over to of the golden gate bridge right now yes trans been talking about the fog we are seeing a bit of a foggy start here so 1, 1, going south into the city just be careful if that is your commute this morning. but the drive times stands at 21 minutes from highway 37 so not bad searching things over to the san mateo bridge show the right hand side of your screen that is the commute direction westbend 92 looking good i'm not tracking any hot spots only 12 minutes to make your way over to that 1 one connector and foster city and we're still looking good for some drive times around the bay area from particular danville only 12 minutes on 6.80. and then if you're trying to make your way from walnut creek in 2 of the macarthur maze that's under 15 minutes so far at this hour. crockett out to to the maze as well only 16 minutes and

a live look at the bay bridge this morning. tracking a new storm that is also headed to the bay area. more on that in just a minute. good morning to you. >> taxes and the bay bridge toll plaza. >> money, money, money. >> monday and rain. just go back to bed. >> right. it's going to start out nice, though. it won't be too bad. a quick moving system moving through this afternoon. mobile doppler radar on san bruno mountain. a couple of light showers from the north. we will start to see the rain spreading across the bay area, going into the afternoon. once again, we start out dry, especially in the south bay. we see mostly clear skies. temperatures in the 50s. heading into the upper 50s. it won't be as warm. more clouds moving in as we go throughout the day. mike, you were hearing about a traffic alert. >> a traffic break over here at the top of the screen. the south bay, all along the peninsula. here the east bay, tri-valley, everything is moving as you would expect. it is moving as you would expect in contra costa county. but we h

it starts at 2:00 north of the bay bridge. 8:00 south of the bay bridge. it goes until about 3:00 in the morning tomorrow. so winds will be of the northwest, cutting across our bridges up to 35 to 45 miles per hour. there may be tugging at the steering wheel. temperature from 54 at 7:00. 60s at 7:00. low 60s this afternoon. look at the east bay valleys, sunny just about every hour i should say, at 3:00 there may be a cloud. look at the temperatures jump. our last stop will be the south bay, the clouds are clinging longer, the drier air is slower to rush to your neighborhood. low- to mid-60s as we head into the afternoon hours. yesterday could have been the last chance of rain for a while. we'll take a look at the weekend coming up. first we want to say hello to alexis and how the commute is going. >> we are looking at a quiet start. exactly what we like to see on a tuesday, i want to give a heads up for something that happens later today, half moon bay area, we got a closure of highway 1 near grey will cove state beach between noon and 6:00 p.m. not a full

let's check out the bay bridge who want to check in on the early birds heading into san francisco. >>there they are crowding out the bay bridge toll plaza cash lanes filling and quickly as we expect we're only at 11 minutes off to fremont street haven't found any hot spots so that's good news. but a busy commute here heavier on the san mateo bridge right we see all the crowding on the flat section so more and more folks making their way to the peninsula but not encountering any problems and the richmond center birds west 5, 8, it's been quiet all morning will it stay that way we shall see 7 minutes right on time here from the tolls to want to one more purchase more freeways and drive times. coming up, we'll back to you. >>robin the wet weather is beating up our roads potholes are popping up all across the bay area and in oakland, the city council will soon vote on a million plan to fix those potholes if you drive anywhere in oakland might have run across that look at that you can damage your car and cost millions of dollars for all of us. every year $25 million of the proposed plan.

get a break at the bay bridge. a smooth drive, upper east shore freeway, showing a little more traffic flow, over in san francisco, that's where we've had the only problem this morning. a series of three crashes kept these tied up. still slow. recovery, see how this red to yellow headed up to the 280 interchange, a standard build up to san francisco, where that slow drive towards the interchange. the rest of the bay shows a smooth drive and now building in san mateo, a typical pattern. in the south bay, we have a gradual push. san jose has had an issue. north 101 23r ofrom our camera, the crash still in the center divide. that's enough distraction at this time of build. so we can see a little extra slowing right there. everything else, though, lighter than normal. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> 6:53. >>> happening now, the fbi is serving search warrants at the home of baltimore's mayor and city hall. kathryn puig, a democrat, has taken an absence, investigators say while puig was a board member of th

like a lot of people are off today or lease a slow start and that's good for you if you're on the bay bridge looking to cross it to go into san francisco. >>just checked our sensors 60 minutes for the maze down on to fremont street from the bay bridge too. the richmond san rafael bridge. you are going to go about 18 minutes from one end of the of the richmond san rafael bridge to the other and look at that they're all stacked up, but at least the wheels are moving from the richmond san rafael bridge to the bridge. it's about 90 minutes from one end to the other plenty of space especially on the right side of screen. plenty of space between the car so no problems there, the golden gate bridge from novato into san francisco, according to our sensors, you're looking at approximately 21 minutes. ow under arrest for stories no having child-porn he teaches at gomesa elementary school. so we sent crop for us christine act hate wrote to the school this morning with the very latest on the case christina. >>his name is gerald jus and he's a 3rd and 4th grade combination teacher right here at combs ele

the north bay. and we are learning this morning he is the same suspect responsible for shutting down a bay area bridge just two weeks ago. "today in the bay" pete suratos is live at the benecia bridge. pete, what do we know about this guy? >> reporter: yeah. good morning to you, kris. a new piece of information about this standoff in benecia. he was out on bail following another incident that took place behind me on the benecia martinez bridge a couple weeks ago. then he takes part in this police standoff that happened overnight. i want to show you video from the standoff that took place in benecia. 54year-old rodney brinker,hoff - firearm was threatening to harm a relative he was living with. they were able to negotiate on the phone and got him to peacefully surrender just past 11:00 p.m. they located multiple unloaded and loaded firearms con fist stated as evidence. this happening two weeks after a previous incident on the benecia martinez bridge with the same suspect. let's go to that video of that incident. that took place april 5th. they had to close down the bridge for hours due to a bomb and su

towards the bay bridge, a 17 minute threat, all the way down to the curve of the bay bridge toll plaza. we see the backup starting to slow into the fast track lanes and the lanes off to the right. we are starting to see a little more volume, back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> coming up, a major scare in the middle of new york city. take a look at this video. still ahead at 5:25, the investigation into what is causing man hole explosions in manhattan. >>> and in the financial markets, companies are reporting their profittors investors and tesla falls way short. >>> scott, how would you like to spend your golden years at the golden arches? mcdonald's latest promotion isn't to sell happy meals, but to hire more older workers. the organization and the fast food joint the organization is turning to for help. turning to for help. >>> ♪ [ crying ] ♪ you protect them at home. we help protect them online. this is beyond wifi. this is xfi. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>>. >>> right now at 5:14. if you are planning to head to the sierras, expect great travel conditions.

the bay area in through tomorrow. this is not too bad. just keeping our roads and commute. >> starting the week off a little easier. we have the bay bridge toll plaza filled in as usual. it started to slow down. it is crawling out for the cash lanes. the good news is up until a few minutes ago things were moving. this backup is not packed in solid like it sometimes can be. slowly of course over the incline. the amazing approach contra costa county looks good. 101, caesesar chavez, car on th shoulder. it should be fine. 101 in san jose, no surprises, guys. we send it right back to you. >>> thank you, mike. >>> begging for mercy. the family of a 4-year-old boy in oakland who accidentally shot himself is asking the governor to let the boy's father leave prison to be by his son's bedside. >> kris sanchez joins us with what the governor is saying this morning. kris, the little boy still fighting for his life. >> still fighting for his life. it is not good. they are putting the pressure on governor gavin newsom. they are pushing hard to get him to consider that request by asking him to behave as a father. the family put out a photo and i have

of course the bay bridge toll plaza with the metering lights slowing you down from the east bay. not a lot slowing you down around most of the bay. it is a smooth drive. san neyeo bridge, an earlier sweeper truck. they might be moving more pieces of equipment. back to you. >>> thanks so much, mike. 6:01. just 21 hours away from when the mueller report is set to be released. tracie potts joins us live in washington where reports indicate a lot of growing angst about what this report may actually reveal. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning, laura. because people who worked and still work in the white house had to go talk to the mueller team. now they're wondering if what they said to mueller's lawyers behind closed doors will be revealed in this report. and if their identities will be protected. there's growing fear at the white house. >> i mean one person described it to us as breakdown level anxiety. >> reporter: more than a dozen current and former white house staffers say they are worried it will read like a tell-all novel. >> we never did anything wrong. >> reporter

on the bay bridge, oh, they just cleared it. there was a spin out moved to the right hand shoulder, but it looks like they have been able to get that out of the way. the meters lights are not on at the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge has something going on. you can see the flashing lights slow things down. it hasn't popped up on chp's cad system yet. i'll check with them to see what this is. it's slowing you down as you're coming across the san mateo bridge headed toward the peninsula. i'll let you know what that is in the next half hour. the san raphael looks good with the exception of a lane closure. i'll check your trouble spots in a little bit. >>> i'm katie neilson. we're following storms in the midwest that's bringing a threat of severe weather. take a look at this damage from pennsylvania and ohio. 41 twisters touchdown across nine states. it's from pennsylvania to texas. homes ripped apart by multiple f2 tornados. we don't have tornados here, so if you're not familiar with the -- it means w wind speeds between 113 and 15

the e. we kno bay area. the bridges are seeing some more activity starting off of the bay bridge. >>no major problems now often on you'll see it back up in those cash lanes as usual. but for now it's a great trip across the upper deck through downtown. the skyway wide open no problems for the james lick or to 18 over to 92 it's busy busier than the bay bridge right. we have more brake lights leaving hayward but these folks are behaving so no because spots are major problems are at 14 minutes to make that trip over to the peninsula. we're checking in on west 5 any the rich then sandra fell bridge, i don't see anybody nobody's home at the toll plaza. it's only 6 minutes for the big games out to want to watch. here's a peek into more freeways in numbers and we are in the green, which means it's all good for 6 8024 the east shore is quiet problems right now from san jose to milpitas on 18 north but you should leave now because you ome more number and freeways coming up in a bit. trial begins for the 2 men charged in the deadly. goshen warehouse fire that killed 36 people derick almena

robin checking in on the bay bridge. ave a new crash couple of cars collided at the treasure island on rap. >>2 westbound 80 they are blocking that right lane so it's adding to the slow traffic right now rolling into san francisco backed up down the eastern span through the toll plaza which is what we see here and then that backup stretches all the way beyond west grand and it's a slowly stretching toward the bottom of the mason i have some slow traffic and a crash in the mix to read about 15 minutes and growing off to fremont street and then 24 we had a nasty crash in oakland westbound at telegraph that's out of the way but it backed up traffic through the caldecott tunnel so that puts you at 20 minutes which is still not terrible for wannacry to oakland, but the east or the macarthur and the nimitz they're all doing fine, i'll talk more coming up james started, thanks robin 5.32. and our top story now we're just hours away from the release of robert mueller's report absolutely so attorney general william barr can redact

it's south of the bay bridge. 7:00 and goes to 9:00 and northwest winds across our bridges up to 25 to 30 miles an hour. a look at the north bay. in the 60s by 11:00 and in the 70s this afternoon. 67 wonderful degrees. a nice time to head to the wine country. 54 at 9:00 and then you can see low to mid-60s for the lunch hour and upper 60s for the afternoon hours and for san francisco a few high clouds from time to time. i want to show you that because it is pollen high today, tomorrow, sunday, monday, a chance of rain and a chance of relief. i did that just for you. >> thank you. i do appreciate that. there is hope coming, at least on monday. >> i hope so because after that will get hotter than even this weekend. first let's talk more with alexis. >> we do have a sig alert this morning in the east bay. eastbound 580. the lighter side of traffic, we have heavy conditions back to 880 and that is due to a crash. it is just past the 238 merge. we do just have the far right lane blocked. we did have three lanes blocked

>>i'm checking out the sun insist they on the folks here the bay bridge toll plaza, maybe a little hard to see look at that coming from over crossing maybe some shades overall traffic is slow normal. backed up into the oakland mazen all connectors are stacked up the only thing that improving our the car pool lane to see those of the far left and far right hand lanes everybody else cash payers fast track are sitting in traffic and it's tough from the bottom of the maze all right, here's traffic tracker it does not include major accidents or hot spot. so that's great news, we're up to 27 minutes, dublin to fremont that's for 6.80 and when i won only 46 minutes, san jose to menlo park not that we'll check more coming up. >>but i know why people work hard pay not just under a $100,000 in student loan debt. that's an issue that's going to be top of mind for me is to lift this next generation of americans who went to college and have debt that keeps them from buying a home and starting a family. we're proposing 0% interest on student debts and allowing employers to contribute tax free. the st

the east bay coming into san francisco. an accident involving one vehicle over to the side as you hit the bay bridge. ow and go right coming out of the maze. let's go way to the south bay, we have a crash involving a vehicle, it is facing the wrong way in the north plane. it is right at the summit. speeds are dipping down to nine miles an hour, that is a slow and go ride. once you pass the crash, traffic eases up on the rest of highway 17, south 101, lookout for crash here on the offramp. there's activity to the left shoulder as well. north 101 is where you will see brake lights coming away from 280. that is where traffic really starts to bog down the morning right. getting a little busy, getting busy south of here. the super commuters are making the trek out for the morning ride northbound 101. 17 miles an hour, it is getting slow. most of the delays are in cochran. we had a stalled vehicle just north of there. it is not causing any problems. finally good news on highway one. we did have a crash there, blocking one lane. everything is clear and traffic is moving nicely. it seems like the weather migh

something just popped up over here on the bay bridge. i'll check on that. we have no detail except something is going on around the berkeley curve. we are looking at the tphorblgt bay. a report of a truck fire. it is the cargo section. it is over off the shoulder. they are handing it off to the vallejo fire department. it is counter commute. we're tracking that because there is a lot of brush in the area. a smooth drive to the bay bridge. the toll plaza is great. dry on the lens. no active rain. that is just like my car. we have to wash it off. no problem clearing the roadway. it is moving in towards san francisco right now. back to you. >>> thank you so much. a live look at notre dame cathedral in paris where the focus is now squarely on rebuilding. france this morning announcing an international contest to design a new spire. some fear the rebuilding could take decades. church leaders estimating a six-year closure. donations started pouring in before the last flames were out. nearly $1 billion has already been raised. the spire and the roof both collapsed.

the richmond san bridge. you can see here still very light this morning. 8 minutes and as you make your way up to the north bay make that connection with one to one. the golden gate bridge yes, it has little bit foggy there. john has been talking about it all morning long so just be extra careful at this is your commute and it takes you across one to one into san francisco, your drive time looks great though you're under 20 minutes from highway 37 in nevada down to the pay gates. a couple of drive times so the viewer with things are in the green green means good speeds are at the limits were looking at from antioch in to conquer that's 15 minutes on westbound east on for a west bound for rather from dublin into fremont under 20 minutes on southbound 6.80 and then as you make your way from san leandro into a milpitas on the nimitz freeway that's only 21 minutes right now. and if your commute takes you through downtown san jose, no problems no delays on the north one to one getting into the palo alto area. now back to the news. james star ian thank >>so course, one of the big stories. we're following this mornin

it will be a much easier drive into the north bay 19 minutes so far from end to end i'll be back with the san mateo bridge and a check of the golden gate coming up in just a bit james. >>very much rebecca now to the east bay where a sinkhole in the town of that is growing and city officials say it might be threatening the town storm drain system. so the sinkhole is outside the green valley auto repair business on center street right near where he boulevard. it's now measuring what to buy 5 feet wide and 12 feet deep. 2 weeks ago it caved in and public works now is working with the private property owner to fix it before the underground pipe fails so we'll see what they do with that. >>it's 7.43 coming up on the ground for morning buzz, another sharks player sacrifices his teeth for a win. kevin durant remembers who he is underlines everybody else plus jason momoa remembers what he looks like without to simone, i leave the van gogh. to harrison, the wine collection. to craig, this rock. the redwoods to the redheads. the rainbows to the proud. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one

stop and go traffic right through the toll plaza before it improves we're up to 17 minutes or slow its bridge west found 5.80 leading up to the toll plaza. here's your baynd it's really not that bad. this is a huge improvement compared to the early morning hours. we're down to 15 minutes. we've had no hot spots, no major hopefully it'll stay that way but keep in mind that the baseball fans going to start heading and they get in a little early as they should that's going to mix in with the bay bridge one a one to 80 city streets in san francisco later on so you want to be prepared for that giants game traffic, here's a look at some more freeways and drive times they'll barton bridge in great shape at 14 minutes fremont to bayfront expressway. and if you take 85 normally it's sometimes it takes like 15 minutes or an hour from san jose to mountain view no not this morning. it's only 24 minutes there and then 2.80 still great san jose to cupertino will back to you. >>and we should expect more big earthquakes in the years ahead and that's because scientists say we have not had a major earthquake at least many of them over the past 100 years, scientists are o

and here's the bay bridge, 80 west. 's already stacked up from the bottom of the oakland may still a slow drive coming in we'll check more after the break stay with us. >>1, 5, 41 on this thursday morning now one of the things about that when this is helping to contribute to some high pollen levels that will be looking high again today in some parts of the day medium to high levels will persist into tomorrow and saturday looks even higher yet that will be your best day to get outside so make sure to get the allergy meds out and ready to go robin. >>checking back in on the bay bridge because it's our slowest busiest bridge right now traffic leading up to the toll plaza at a crawl. this goes back into the oakland may's so it's too late to beat the rush or at 15 minutes off to san francisco. we'll check more coming up james. all right robin. >>check this out of the top of your screen you're going to see a dust devil caught on camera wait for it actually can see how strong it is there to there goes there's forming with it, s

the richmond bridge looks good. trthis is westbound the bay bridge coming out to the macarthur maze. looks good. no major issues at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is 4:32. back william barr he said the government spied on the trump campaign. doug luzader is joining us live from washington with more on what the attorney general said. good morning, doug! >> reporter: good morning. this is something we largely knew that there was, in fact, surveillance, but that word certainly got tongues wagging yesterday. we knew that attorney general william barr's appearance before congress would be explosive but it sounded like almost a nonchalant statement that really got things going. >> i think spying did occur, yes, i think spying did occur. >> reporter: barr acknowledging there was government surveillance of the trump campaign back in 2016, looking into allegations of russian collusion, and he says we need to know more about how and why that happened. >> itis my obligation, i usually very concerned about intelligence agencies and law enent agencies stayi

in the meantime slow and go making your way on 580 to get to the bay bridge. way through the toll plaza as well. another accident on northbound 680 but it is not causing any issues. >>> i'm anne makovec at the live news test. live on capitol hill where the mueller report is about to be released. this is outside the office of attorney general william barr who will have a press conference at 6:30 our time. the report is the compilation of the investigation into possible russian interference in the 2016 election done by robert mueller. it is 400 pages in it will be released on cds with the redaction's regarding grand jury information and other classified information. president trump said he may speak after william barr this morning. a big morning in washington dc. cbs news will have a special report at 6:30 our time in less than one hour. back to you. >>> new this morning officials in north korea say they know longer want to work with mike pompeo. the state news agency said they want someone "more careful and mature.". this is the first test in six months but it's

>>bridge is not the only one that needs some help take a look at your screen there's a other 9 bridges in the bay area that had been deemed structurally deficient in terms of how much they're traveled on. the report says about 7% of nearly 26,000 bridges in california are structurally deficient meaning they're in poor condition. and this is after being rated by inspector state has identified about 5,000 bridges that need repairs which could cost nearly million which you know this all sounds very discouraging but if you actually compare this report to the 2014 report. it does show that we are doing better then i hear trust me a 1000 more bridges at that time needed repairs and were deemed structurally deficient so we're doing better. but the work's over as we can see driving the bay area we see this the feel is and as we just told you about pot holes. it's something that we have to take care of a people and called for an hour just telling me they're wondering. how is this going fix why taxes going to make sure that bridges like the one here in concord are taking care of so that's a question that's

the patterns go. richmond-san rafael bridge. westbound building a tad bit. no problems towards the normal bay. you're at speed southbound through the areas of 101, golden gate bridge. a little bit of slowing shows up right here out of vallejo, toward mirror island. >>> coming up next, they say that triplets amazing. >> i would sale yes. >> a set of triplets and what they have done that no one has been able to do in the past six decades. you don't want to miss this one. >>> first, a look at what we are sharing on social media. kari hall sharing a photo of a fresh strawberry coming right from her garden. be sure to follow kari on facebook, twitter, instagram to see all her posts. and keeping an eye on the forecast. she posts on-the-go updates. a lot more ahead. you're watching "today in the ba bay". ♪ [ crying ] ♪ you protect them at home. we help protect them online. this is beyond wifi. this is xfi. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> 5:24 for you right now. tributes are pouring in for late film director john singleton. fans are leaving flowers on his star at the walk of

the metering lights at the bay bridge. r incident, slowing west 24 toward the caldecott tunnel. highway 24 the ma kwrort of the way open there. a little build for 101 north through san jose. nothing major. this is about the time we typically see a little burst of traffic. back to you. >>> all right. thanks, mike. happening now, classes canceled at louisiana tech university today. this is after a tornado ripped through the campus. the strong storm brought down power lines, busted out windows and knowledge daed t damaged th baseball field. no students were hurt. the main challenge now is trying to clean up all the debris. classes have been canceled to allow students to be with their families. >>> next and new this hour, troubling news about peanut allergies. treatment designed to help that may make kids more likely to have a reaction. >>> it's a lot more than just kids playing video games. >>> don't call them nerds. call them athletes. still ahead, the high-tech high school sport sweeping the nation. cleanup continues this mo

i would recommend using 237 or the san mateyo bridge, instead, easy then getting to that side of the bay at this hour. westbound the san rafael bridge construction is backed up because of the construction plates on the span. 80 westbound between the carquinez bridge and the maze is okay, the bay bridge toll plaza is slow. the san mateyo westbound bridge is slow. the south bay commute, in fact, i can drag the map to the silicon valley commute, some commute like 85 northbound are beginning to take shape. at 6:49, let's bring steve in. >>> our system gave totals of about a tenth inch to over half for some. we are seeing clearing taking place and a mostly sunny day. temperatures will bump up. i agree with you 100%. i am a rain year fan. that starts july 1st. that is the way we used to do it and goes to june 30. i still think you will get 30 before that, chris, but the idea of adding a total to this season next september does not make sense to me, dave, so there you go. chris and i are on the same page. thank you, chris. i agree. i prefer the rain year. we don't get much rain in july, august