again, the mexican heritage plaza has a new executive director. she's here with us and she'll be back with more. there's their information, and we'll have more when we return on "comunidad del valle," stay with us. ♪ the school of arts and culture at the mexican heritage plaza. so, my children did a couple of summer camps at the plaza. and it's amazing, i mean, it's not just a babysitting situation, they're learning about the cultura, as you mentioned.of aontinun of the school year pretty much. jessica: that's right, so, we have an academic year, and then we have the summer program. during the academic year, we have night classes for our youth, and so they will take classes in mariachi. danza folclórica, right? during the summer program, we bring back our visual arts classes, and that is a full-day program. and so, our team right now is getting ready for that. so, the plaza, we will have students running around and in classes. and it's just--it gets activated. during the summer, it's a busy season for the plaza. and from 8:30 to 5, we have students

there was a minor crash near the toll plaza there. as we look at the other commutes, i want to talk about that. the san mateyo bridge getting down to it, there is a little slowing in hayward and slowing approaching the bridge. doesn't look too bad dumbarton. bart is also an option and the ferry. 6:19. steve, how is today's weather? >>> thank you, sir. we are looking at rain totals, rain projections and also records. let's start with san francisco, the greatest may rainfall was way back in 1924 when they had 4.02, the highest on record going back to 1849. the second highest was 1997 which was 3.92 and the record tomorrow is 1.15 set in 1996. the monthly average is .70. the record tomorrow could be beaten because the six to seven day outlook shows 2-plus. to get to 2 inches or even 3 is not something that happens often in san francisco. all the possible totals here are way above that as you can see. an impressive system for mid- may. jet stream support and eventually cold air coming in. the models have trended consistently with some of t

and the united nations plaza. and street design improvements for the entire district. after two years of studying community engagement, our team is now finalizing the co consepual design. there are multiple lingual and youth focus groups, multiple days of onsite outreach which we developed through the ground play program. so some next steps, we're currently finalizing the conceptual designs, and we'll be working with m.t.a. and public works to design street designs and other details. following completion of the draft plan document, we'll enter into environmental review, estimated to take two years. while that is going on, we'll be working with our agency partners to continue ongoing conversations about phasing, funding, and implementation of the plan. with that, i would like to introduce willet moss to walk you through the plac spaces. place stations. >> the city department and various agencies, our sprawling consultant team, and all of the stakeholders we met with shared a mission to remake it as a part the city.

most of the slowdown is around the bay bridge toll plaza. we don't want to forget about other commutes in the east bay, there is a crash southbound 680 in the alamo area, also eastbound 580 at san ramon road. if you are going from the east bay to san francisco, please think of taking some alternate route, other than driving because the drive is going to really test your patience this morning. 7:06, let's send it over to steve. >>> okay, we have a lot of low clouds in place, some higher clouds as well, temperatures continue to struggle to get near average, they are getting closer but they are still falling short. santa rosa was close yesterday although it does look like they will cool off today. livermore, 75, it should be 81. oakland is close, within 4. speaking of oakland, baseball today, hazel is trying to start another winning streak, but i would say mostly sunny, mid 60s. there will be a northwest breeze but mostly sunny skies. some shower activity could pop up around mendocino county and lake county. tomorrow is the main day, we see that

the library. and then shifting to u.n. plazas as we know it, great success of the market, but live raning that further greating more of an efficient space for them to work and then taking that sort of derelict dog leg that is leavenworth and transforming that into a neighborhood park, a mini park that becomes an environment that serves the tenderloin but is a gateway into the tenderloin and back into the new civic center district as it's defined in this vision plan. so, i'll pause here for a second and just want to reiterate the historic bosart's plan as the foundational framework for organizing these spaces t.s plan comes from a structured 19th century. it is very symmetrical. everything is on axis. it's very static. a problem with them is that they're not working with the adjacent buildings, relative to the adjacent buildings having ground floor uses and there was no program ever considered for these kinds of environments. we'll get to that. civic center plaza. the historic bosart's plan was frame of mind by double row trees an

this is your back up the view and the toll plaza. ou just how bad it is a coming from the maze and for people paying cash fast tracking and car pooling this goes back through the through 5 80 through the sure freeway so leave extra early this morning because even if they clear the crash by 9.30. that's the estimate, we're still going to be dealing with major delays throughout your morning commute so stay on top of this and have another check coming up in a bit john. >>robin skies are clearing for parts of the bay this morning as we got plenty of sunshine ahead of us to be expected into the afternoon pleasant out blown the distance looking good out in the east bay with some blue skies overhead elsewhere across the bay, especially still holding on to some cloud cover mountain view in redwood city you're comfortably at oakland right there with you while concord pittsburgh and fairfield the each in the low 60's to kick off this wednesday morning later on today do look forward to temperatures back up into the upper 60's for san francisco.

the backup goes not just to the toll plaza and will be yond. it extends past el cerrito into richmond and 580 into richmond as well. what the toll plaza looks like. pretty packed in. this will take you a lot of time. not the use yual 15 to 20 minute delay but just an hour to get through this. your drive because of what is going on at the east shore freeway there, 95 minutes, almost and hour and a half. that is one of the longest i have ever seen it. filling in for sal on traffic here. your drive on 24 good. if you're talking to this get to the mac made and into the city, it will take you a long time because five lanes are still shut down this morning. >>> 6:51. here es steve. >>> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> we have a lot of low clouds and higher clouds in place. temperatures falling just short of where they should be this time of year. fog clearing and 50 this morning. looking for a high of 67 this afternoon in inverness. am i really seeing rain? no. unless you're in lake county, napa county i would not worry about it. this really won't be

i have to say, just from the u.n. plaza, the work the family has done and what's been happening has been absolutely phenomenal. i've worked in this exact area north of that in the tenderloin for almost my entire career and it's the cleanest i've seen it. it feels safe and their presence there is phenomenal. i know all of the different parties are working together. so i would say kudos to everyone involved. i'm curious about the outreach further into haze valley, what some of the switching has meant in terms of service level and maybe there's existing services provided by some that they're paying for themselves. and so those are concerns that i have. >> going forward, we'll have consistent cleaning in zone one. >> can you show us zone one on this map? zone one and zone two. >> it's in green. there is a key. it's chopped off the slide but i have a hard copy that i'll bring to you. >> that's find. so green is zone bun an zone one is zone two. >> the additional services are evening ambassadors for when the theatres are letting

the toll plaza is almost empty. about the highway 24 backup coming up. >> thank you, 6:43 right now, take a look at flooding in oklahoma city where they are experiencing significant flooding this morning, we have already seen a number of rescues, and in these live pictures, the effort continues. more than a dozen twisters have touchdown in the midwest in the past 24 hours. and now, there is a new threat. overnight, the severe storm overwhelmed low-lying areas throughout oklahoma prompting several flood rescues. meanwhile, the pictures showing some of those powerful tornadoes. in the southwest area, one twister damaged nearly a dozen structures including a 112-year- old house. and some homeowners say they try to write out the storm, but as these bonitos crept closer, they change their minds. before it was too late. >> we've seen it just right over there around where the softball field is which is not very far. finally, my husband says, we have to go somewhere. >> powerful tornadoes hit kansas and texas where they cont

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stopping at the toll plaza. yeah, i just feel that for them like what would you rather be stuck there for they can't move right or you hear about it now now robin and then you know your commute is going to take a lot longer, but at least you'll get there yet you get there you can, you know choose another bridge, san mateo bridge right, i'm noticing heavier traffic on the richmond center fell which means you're gonna have to pay to tolls that i don't understand folks doing, but hey you know they're closer to 5.80 so they're hopping on the san mateo bridge right to take the goal of tuesday, the richmond center back to the golden gate to san francisco. they're just trying figure out how to get around this back up i just hop on bart. you know parking is is challenging early in normal writers let alone the thousands are going to be in and day out just about certainly and those trains and platforms are going to be palhares the richmond center fell bridge toll plaza opened out it, yeah that backup is is well beyond mar

my suv parked at the bay bridge toll plaza side looking over the only can you. >>show me here i can see looking at their rearview mirror. i can see my car parked right next to all the other media tracks we hopped into traffic just to give you a vantage point but i could see my car right there, and it's been about 8 minutes and i probably got about 80 maybe 90 yards. all right. thank you very much we'll and where he is of course the me to realize that we've got. >>what 1415 lanes at the toll plaza all merging together into the normal kid now they all have to compress to just the 2 left hand lanes and that's that's what takes so long as people are trying to get filed an absolutely and you know sometimes we have big problems on the bay bridge, sometimes the car colors. >>can get through the tolls a little bit faster but that he saw from the live shot, this is one of those mornings where all all of the lanes are just for a lot of funnel yet and not only is at the tolls but it's through the maze so anything that brings you from oakland san francisco or emeryville it

courts ruled the factory inspectors from abroad will stay another year it's 6 years since the run the plaza collapse or the world's worst industrial disasters if fish will say they need more time to get safety up to scratch at the country's 4 and a half 1000 factories that make clothing for the west every step is painful healing for begum hasn't walked without crutches for 6 years she was working in the rana plaza complex when the 9 story building collapsed she lay under the rubble for 10 long hours her legs crushed she was given 3500 euros in compensation but that was nowhere near enough to pay for the numerous operations she required. i would do for them i want the government to compensate me none of the workers were adequately compensated they fucked us all for a small change what happened to all the money from abroad we need that money we want ronald to be brought to justice. the disaster sparked an outcry western clothing manufacturers demanded health and safety compliance and better construction standards many factories have not been modernized but local managers say the large compani

in the meantime here is a look at your drive at the toll plaza. can't see it in this picture but there is a report of a crash near the toll plaza. more information on that straight ahead >>> and the fog bank has really picked up because of an system dropping in from oregon giving us drizzle as well and maybe to the north afternoon thunderstorms. we will take a look at that coming up. >>> welcome back. the time is 6:16. people in san jose complaining about an increase in to noise coming from trains that run overnight. t. that will wake you up. in recent months a change at the union pacific train schedule has meant more trains running overnight. people living off of oakland road near brokaw and japan town say the horn noise is keeping them up at night. now the san jose mayor sam liccardo says enough is enough >> it is really hard to sleep good because the trains are really loud. any time in the night time. >> there is a reasonable response to that. if they are creating nuisance in the city of san jose then we have legal options we should pursue and w

this is at the toll plaza. up as a result of three lanes being closed for a major accident between a bus and a box truck. and they have got all sorts of people on scene. the fire department, unfortunately, they have got the coroner out there. this is a bad backup. this is not just affecting the bay bridge. it's now backed up onto the east shore freeway as well as backing up on 580 and 880. look at these drive times. down to 7 miles an hour, 13 miles an hour through berkeley as a result of that crash and these backups, there have been accidents in the wake of it. so there's a new one westbound 80 at gilman, a lane blocked there. it is slow and go. in fact, here is a live look at our camera from gilman. you guys, this is absolutely disastrous if this is a part of your commute. here's my suggestion. i would not take the bay bridge because it's going to be a 16 minute drive just to go 4 miles and getting there is even worse. so my suggestion is, take 580, the richmond san rafael bridge, a 10 minute drive and worth t

there's an accident at the toll plaza, you can see that in the live picture.nother accident that is supposedly a car fire. it is potentially a gas tanker which could start to back things up. these are backing up. there's another crash, two are at the treasure island. there is one eastbound at treasure island offramp. if you are headed across the bridge, you are seeing some delays, most especially westbound. last thing, there is a stall right there is you get off the richmond bridge in the westbound direction. e in addition to the construction happening until 6:00, we now have a semi blocking a lane right there is you get off the bridge. ge off the >> i am katie at the life news desk, breaking news out of stockton, you are looking at a live picture from a pallet yard fire, we do not have a lot of information at this time. we do know this is a four alarm fire. that is right now going on in stockton. firefighters are on the scene trying to get as much water as they can. this pallet yard is actually right along highway four in between i-5 and highway 99, not too f

when you look from the polk street steps, and you look all the way down the plaza, down market street, daniel burns' design, this was meant to be this way. it's really special. >> the city approached us off the grid to provide food and beverages at the event as kind of the core anchor to encourage people who leave a reason to stay. >> it's really vibrant. it's really great, just people walking around having a good time. >> this formula is great food, interesting music, and then, we wanted to have something a little more, so we partnered with noise pop, and they brought in some really fun games. we have skeeball, we also have roller skating lessons, and we've got a roller skating rink. >> if you're a passion jail skeeball player like me, and you're deciding whether you're just going to roll the ball up the middle or take a bank shot. >> our goal is to come out and have fun with their neighbors, but our goal is to really see in the comments that it's a place where people want to hold their own public event. >> i think this is a perfect example of all these people working together. every

taking a live look at the toll plaza there. metering lights are on. and the backup goes all the way to the foot of the maze. it is slow and go as you are making your way westbound on the bay bridge this morning. two more trouble spots on two more bridges. this westbound 80 and maritime, that was an injury accident. both of those folks had to be transported to the hospital. and as a result, it's taking time with its car fire to get out of the way. slowing things down if you are headed westbound on 80. now, if you are headed southbound on 680, a similar story there. there is at least one lane blocked due to an accident. once you are over these bridges and into the east bay there, everything seems to be moving right along. >>> a live look at capitol hill this morning. we're hearing of the house judiciary committee just getting under way without attorney general william barr. barr is refusing abe mueller a in the senate. barr spent five hours explaining why he did not charge president trump with obstruction of justice. after the special counsel laid out 10

chase center in san francisco just a few months from opening the warriors have struck a deal to name the plaza around it. kaiser permanente bought the naming rights to the 11-acre plaza and will call it dry city. the plaza in the city's mission bay district sprouting up with more then just chase arena and uber's new headquarters. restaurants, shops plus public space for farmer's market in ice-skating rink. it will open in sepan how much? the warriors aren't saying. >>> this popular community garden my now be in jeopardy. schools and students trying to keep it from going retail. >>> out here today filling potholes ourselves. >> making the streets smoother around parts of alameda county. oakland mayor addressing the massive pothole problem. >>> are you a master tweeter? you might have a sweet tech job lined up for you. tweeter in chief. >>> around here we have been tweeting beautiful pictures from the sky. of the parts of the country dealing with tornadoes, we are dealing with warmer weather. coming up how warm we get and if rain returns to the bay area. . >> the community garden in santa clara

with the toll plaza which is spilling be on west grand so from that point through the tolls upleast it's under 20 minutes to fremont street, no hot spots, no major issues, one wants decent right check out the drive time 7 minutes heading north from brisbane to the 80 split and then to 80 wide open from daly city to san francisco. so now's a great time to use it, i'll check more coming up james all right. >>much so star wars fans you can try to book a trip now to a galaxy far far away beginning this morning you're looking at aerial pictures of the new galaxy's edge theme park in disneyland in anaheim. they're going start taking reservations for thatdtheme park starting this morning. >>when what so you can this is a whole world listen to little the arab world so used just you know that 8 o'clock this morning they're going to start opening reservations because the demand has been so big they're expecting a crush of people that want to go. so you th awful puns on may 31th you only need reservations though if you're planning to go between now between then and june i think it's june

it's not in the shot we're looking at traffic before the toll plaza and then the crash just popped up as 80 west after after the toll plaza, a couple of folks may be in tow lines number 1112 so that will be on your right side if you're driving in looks like they may be out of their cars with its just not saying which lane or how many lanes are blocked be prepared for that new accident it doesn't look major though just expect a minor weight before and after the tolls were checking in on what i want to cross the golden gate looking good both directions in turn out of san francisco, smooth sailing for those of you working away from the north bay were in 20 minutes nevado to the tolls which is good and right on time. we want to look at a more freeway see if you can find one of your commute freeways here we have the east shore. it's 15 minutes from crockett to oaklyn maybe you take 24. that's looking pretty good wannacry through the caldecott on over to the maze, no issues for 5.80 and then the nimitz going north 11 minutes in san leandro to downtown oakland. candlelight vigil is planned t

you want to get to the toll plaza and through the toll plaza and we are kind of stop and go before thenot even mid-span. we are on our way to san francisco. usually at this time it doesn't take 45 minutes to get from oakland to san francisco, but that is what it is looking like here this morning. you may have to stop at treasure island on our way to the city because it is so congested. >> right. i can see it. thank you for that, allie. let us know more if you have more. i want to show you as allie rasmus said, look how slow it is. look at the maze maids, it is taking 18 minutes to get there, but once you get there -- pardon me, i had to cough there -- it is very slow. so, give yourself extra time to get through the toll plaza. you may want to consider taking bart to get into san francisco. let's talk about the other commutes. with we usually talk about gilroy at this time. it look goods in san jose with slowing in morgan hill. the san jose commute still looks good. we will keep on top of that bay bridge and all the commutes, but right now let's bring in steve with today's weather. stev

it's light, it's 36 minutes right on time nevado to the toll plaza. so that's exactly what we expect. now the rest of the mayor you have moderate crowding the normal slow and go traffic for the nimitz for a 6.80 put a call to danville if you leave me if you're leaving the south bay right now one oh one will be slow in stretches from san jose to menlo park clocking in at the normal 65 minutes back to you. >>thank you very much rob and happening today, president trump will be unveiling his new immigration reform plan. some have concerns though about what is not included in that proposal. the immigration plan includes secured points of increased border barriers it creates a merit based for visas for immigrant entry. however, the proposal doesn't deal at all with dhaka or family separations are low skilled immigrants and the millions of undocumented migrants that are in the us currently the white house's solutions to those issues will come later. if republicans are able to reach consensus on immigration they still need to get support from democrats, howeve

>>the backup at the toll plaza is growing by the minute already stretches into the maze. it's spilling over to the shore freeway. so it is pack and it's from that point through the tolls up the eastern span and all the way out to treasure island so yeah, too late to beat the rush. we're in a whopping 26 minutes and growing for your average to fremont street. here's better news 80 south right around 60 are crash finally cleared. but you're backed up the on 9.80 toward broadway so take 5.80 instead of the nimitz if you're looking to save some time 5.80 is wide open. we'll check more so now it's coming up in a bit james started, thanks a lot rob and. >>so happening today witnesses are set to take the stand in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire trial in oakland. >>2 men and the face charges for the 36 people who died in the fire conference here stenson is live at the santa rita jail that's where one of the defendants is being helped sarah. >>we're at the santa rita jail that is where ago ship warehouse, creative director, max hair, is being held in his attorneys actually fi

. >> later on on the "today" show, from the block to the plaza, j. lo performs live. summer concert series. set the dvrs now. can you imagine what a force she is. any time you get her, even more so live in the plaza. >> right, i love the summer concert seri j. lo. amazing. >>haupdates on early today's >>> a horrific scene in russia where a jet liner made an emergency landing engulfed in flames. passengers trying to evacuate using emergency chutes, dozens feared dead. >>> a tentative cease-fire half issued after dozens are killed on both sides of the border between israel and gas za after hundreds of missiles are fired by each. >>> about face. president trump does not want robert mueller to testify before congress. >>> more fallout after the disqualification at the kentucky derby. >>> all that and a major chicken recall to warn you about. "early today" starts now. rlie hall. >> i'm frances rivera.

dave price in for dylan enjoying off. >> get outside say hi to folks on the plaza in a moment. ry on this ersaturday. >>us weather. certainly in parts of the midwest and plains. we begin there. violent weather with a threat of severe thunderstormsnd dangerous tornadoes likely in store for the central area of the country today from texas to iowa. some of the areasfi specilly still reeling from a massive amount of rain, heavy winds and resulting floods. wnbc's dave price is here tracking the storms. dave? >> sheinelle and peter, begin with a really scary sight. a tornado outbreak in nebrasok. lot this video. reports of dozens of twisters in the plains, and accuweather storm chaser reed timmer h tornado land right on him. of take a look and a listen. >> tornado! rnado! >>imhaty is terrifying. you can watch that debris spin around. that's not a movie. that's reality and mother nature at work. thankfully, reed and his crew were just fine but, of course, it gives uslon up cse and personal look at the dange and the fury of storms which can roll through with little or no notice. all the

there were a couple of fender benders at the toll plaza. hings have recovered, this is more or less what we do ask, once you get past the metering lights, things are pretty open. the problem is getting to this point, that is the issue we have been following, that westbound 580, that 80 connector, that tanker truck that caught fire. let's show you a picture again, from that scene, because one of the liens, two of the liens are still closed. that tanker is still there, so it is stop and go through the area. people are having a hard time getting through this to even reach the toll plaza. let's show you video of what the drive looks like. this is highway 24, as you approach 580, you can see a lot of tail lights in this picture, and just general congestion as you make your way toward the maze, get through it, and get through the toll plaza. this is what it is going to look like, not too bad, this is what we would expect to see around 8:00 this morning, and once you get through all of that mess in the macarthur maze and through the toll plaza, thi

you are backed up here at the toll plaza so prepare for slow down. officially in the maze the 5 80 connector, the sure freeway connector from those points right up to the toll plaza so leave early will check for bridges coming up james. >>so billionaire investor with area ties gave a life changing commencement speech for this year's graduates at morehouse college in atlanta. he told nearly 400 graduates he was paying off all their student loans. >>generations of mice family who have been in this country. plenty of fuel in your book. he is making a grant to eliminate the student. >>he's paying for everybody student everybody that's robert f smith is the founder and ceo of vista equity partners headquartered right here in san francisco. and the reason that's and that well quite a bit 40 million as matter of fact when you add it on he's a billionaire so he can afford it he just wed out 40 million dollars in debt for these kids fact more single largest gift to the college last year forbes magazine named smith, the richest african american in the country

to the toll plaza itself. we are also seeing a traditional normal slowdown making your way westbound on the east shore freeway this morning, thanks to pretty normal conditions, there's not any report of an accident or issue there. off to the golden gate bridge coming in from the north bay, everything looks good. you guys are moving right along. you have a beautiful view as you are making your way into san francisco. and that beautiful view is only going to get more beautiful, right, mary? >> for sure. it's going to be a gorgeous day across the bay area. you know, i walked into the studio and said to emily and michelle, we are wearing sunrise colors and a viewer just tweeted and said the same thing. the sun just about to rise or rising over mount diablo, a spectacular sight and we are going to see plenty of sunshine as we head through the day. temperatures on the chilly side. definitely feel that difference once you step outside. temps in the 40s and in the 50s. 51 in concord, 53 in oakland, 46 in livermore, san

once you get through the toll plaza, you are good to go. mateo bridge still looking good, your commute in the green. i'm going to keep an eye on those accidents and bring you the updates later on. >> thank you. >>> who leads the pack for this year's tony awards and what's different about carrie underwood's new tour? >> reporter joy benedict has your eye on entertainment. >> reporter: the broadway donation n't toprd came in ads is based on songs by the temptations. awards will be presented on rojeeyhaveing tf am tht for the streaming platform. they include the story of frederick douglas, who escaped slavery to become a leader in the abolitionist movement. country star carrie underwood kicks off her new tour tonight in north carolina, including the opening act, the show features an all female lineup. >> i feel like it's been a really great time for women to kind of come together and just be like, let's support each other. let's all -- we are all in this together. let's be all in this together. >> reporter: underwood's cry pretty tour will play

he is a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza. it is okay, about a ten minute delay to get on the span now that the metering lights are on. it is 5:19. steve? >>> well, allie, we have a little change today. the fog bank is much deeper, a little drizzle out there and cooler temperatures. the delta breeze kicked up and there is a system dropping in firing up more thunderstorms. the sierra was lit up yesterday and the northern sacramento valley will repeat itself and also in lake county. this is just a little north and east, but close enough. it looks like today it will pick up more so as the system slides in. the line may be about santa rosa north, but close enough to mention the fog has really picked up here big time. the little spin in the atmosphere is enhancing the thunderstorm activity later today. that will give it a little lift. the time of year a high sun angle. we are not far away from the official start of summer. a warmer pattern kicked in yesterday. we ease up a little today. more fog and cooler temperatures and maybe thu

quick update from rob and it's packed out there and i just got word of a new accident at the bay bridge toll plaza so uncle searching for in a candidate, david rich these hurry there just boot. some people get to work where it's at following and it's a with our clearest morning of the week so far so that'll cause you very little issues. >>as you're getting outside of bethel island skies abundantly clear and you can start to see a bit of glow over there on the horizon. >>temperatures very much so the same as they were yesterday, it's back to the 40's and 50's we've got calm winds yet again so kind of repeating yesterday besides skies being on the clear side of things this morning berkeley sitting at 48 oakland and san francisco, both of 50 degrees right now let's make our way through the day so low clouds at the coast this morning, plenty of sun towards the noontime in a warm afternoon ahead of us highs back in the 60's and 70's a very nice day to look forward to talking a bit of a switch up this weekend though all still have your forecast rob. >>all right. thank you, let's head over to the bay bri

it's faster on the other side of the toll plaza then it is getting there. ing at the map, take a look at this, several accidents along the toll plaza. there are some fender bender's for a major traffic alert, give yourself extra time. how much? look at the delay. the backup has extended past richmond. have a little bit of green pretty much to highway four. my suggestion is to take the bridge. go down to moran, that commute has not gotten bad. if you have to get to the city, it's the only way to go coming in from that direction. otherwise, i would take the san mateo bridge. we are seeing some issues, there is a stall right there. that is certainly better than an oil truck on fire. the construction has wrapped up. there is another accident, 880 southbound as you try to get onto the bridge. it is slowing things down. 19 miles an hour is better than the full stop we are seeing at the bay bridge. look at your travel times, in the red. 580 also in the red. the rain is coming back. here is a beautiful live look. you can see the sunrise -- it is breaking through the

that one happened at the plaza and took place at the civic >> trial. henry lee was inside the courtroom and he says we learned more about the theory that the fire was deliberately set. >> reporter: officially the cause of the deadly ghost ship fire in oakland is undetermined. for the two on trial, they state's arson. >> there is no way you can guard against arson. >> reporter: the attorney, tony serra, said -- >> one witness close by heard popping sounds like glass breaking right before the fire and then he saw people run out the back door and that suggests that molotov cocktails or at least bottles with gasoline were utilized in the arson. >> reporter: in his opening statement to the jury, serra said the unidentified arsonist should be the one facing trial on 36 counts of voluntary manslaughter. the attorney said oakland police and firefighters visited the warehouse several times before the fire and never brought up safety issues. he compareed the ghost ship to the louvre. >> they thought it was beautiful and awesome and they never told him it was a f

the plaza hotel and the trump schultz. he would buy them and there would be a lot of hoopla and he had no knowledge of thou run them. he focused on the fabric swatches. it played into his germophobia. he was replacing the carpets and the drapes and he was always deep cleaning the airline seats and that's what his life became. he would say what do you think of this piece of velour and i feel it and we would talk about it. at the center of this chaos was this man feeling fabric. >> you said this. one of the aides said every room in the plaza could be at the list price and the revenue would not cover the monthly payment of the loan he took out to buy the place. perhaps trump knew it because someone told him and the one thing he is above average at is compartmentalization. what is your theory about how this man managed to get through 40 years coning people? >> the nuts and bolts are, the banks were caught up in the whole trump image thing. they were believing the art of the deal over what they saw on his balance sheets and wha

>>at the bay bridge toll plaza look at the traffic your cash lines fast-track claims filling and quickly this was in here like 10 minutes ago it was wide open and now we have a backup so that's how quickly things can change are already stacked up from the 8.80 over crossing right through the tolls 21 minutes for your trip off to fremont street which is a bit early for that's heavy traffic. so we'll check more bridges and drive times coming up darnya chain thanks a lot rob and 5 oh 01:00am. >>and this is the night game wanted the portland trail blazers are going to try to take down the warriors but we've got step and they've got little brother sets s. >>battle of the brothers we got cross for sarah stinson standing by and also i were that we don't have katie at least for this game either. >>yeah we will definitely not be seen kevin duran on the court and during this finals game one. but doesn't look like he's going to be heading out any time soon either he's not likely to be out here for game 2 as well coach kerr says it's difficult to say when his right calf sprain we'll heal. now of cou

e let's show you what it looks like at the bay bridge toll plaza. it has been unchanged for the last hour, cars barely moving and the carpool lanes backed up and extending throughout the mac maze and beyond. we have a new report of a crash in berkeley west 880. that will extend the congestion into richmond here. you see the backup extending on 580 in oakland as well. give yourself a lot of extra time if you're hiding into the city. >>> time now is 5:48. i will send things over to steve. >> thank you. a mix of low and get to near average. we would hard pressed to get po where we were on sunday. 50 to 53 on the water temperatures and very, very cold. more thunderstorms look likely again to the north. some may creep into lake county today and then more so tomorrow. areas north, santa rosa, nap na north for tomorrow. something to watch here for the next 24 to 36 hours. they will fire up over the sierra as well. >>> mainly 50s. 51 napa and 54 ukiah. 53 monterey. yesterday 81 in las vegas and palm springs. palm springs did hit 90 yesterday. you can see the

no big trouble spots here it's a very very quick 20 minute trip rolling south from nevado to the toll plaza so you're in pretty good shape with no major issues we're checking in on 92, and it is crowded, we have a a bit of a sluggish traffic right here on the flat section west of the toll plaza but after this it doesn't proven look a whole lot better up and over the high rise where can you into foster city still tracking crash in the santa cruz mountains southbound 17 after idlewild mostly on the shoulder. no major delays getting through but you want to keep your eyes open for it because this car flipped over on its side but so far it's not blocking that may change wants. emergency crews arrived by looks great for you live or more to dublin, you're fine dublin to fremont that's for 6.80 south. no major issues for the nimitz no major issues for to 37 6 minutes 8.80 out to one on one. so i'm looking for a man caught on camera and person aiding an officer. so surveillance video check this out it shows a man wearing a vest with sharon right on the back and he has on some jeans, he's walking dow

on this gorgeous saturday morning on the plaza. that's a look at the weather. outside. thank you very much. ed sheeran and justin bieber teaming up for what some are calling a surreal music video. >>> and a blunder with bordeaux, a waiter sells a legendary bottle of wine to -- ser at work for instance one that cost your job thousands of dollars, and one that goes viral. >> this is a case for one british restaurant worker this week. dave has the story in the orange room. this didn't go so well for this person. >> it did not. the whole thing is foreign to me because i get my wine in a box. that's a different story. two people walk into this restaurant and order a $300 bottle of wine. that's expensive in and of itself, but not nearly as outlandish as the one that was actually served to them. that's right. look at these numbers. the bottle, which is listed in the rarity section of the wine list costs 4,500 pounds, that equates to nearly $6,000, so how did this all happen? well, a waitress asked a manager at the restaurant to do her a favor and go grab a bottle and