>> yes, tori. the dry, hot condition, definitely aiding the blaze to burn the fuel faster and increasing the intensity. by noontime, we are into the noon hour, the winds coming into the east. so it's a dry, windy day. the relative humidity, 15%. into the afternoon, it's going to be a scorcher for the firefighters out there. 105 degrees. but notice the wind coming from the southwest at this point. it is a little bit of a moister wind. so that's some good news. but that's when we'll see relative humidity at its lowest, even critical in some of the higher elevation areas below 10% in those hills. and for the evening hours as we get closer to sunset, the relative humidity is slowly come up and the temperatures will drop with the wind returning to the east at about 10 miles per hour. right now, the easterly breeze gonna blow the smoke near clearlake and lake berryessa. in the afternoon, it will be going to the north and northeast closer to areas like i-5 and williams. tori? >>> starting today, newly- im

you have new information on the injured firefighter. >> reporter: yes, tori.t was a very intense situation when that firefighter just collapsed right here on 6th street. we just got an update from the captain. of course, she was very distraught, understandably, one of her comrades seriously injured. she said he was rushed to the hospital. she's at not sure of the extent of his injuries. before he was taken away by stretcher, he was unconscious. the tree-alarm fire -- the three-afarm started -- three- alarm fire started here on 8th street. there were parishioners inside, maybe a dozen praying. they all got 0 -- got out safely. firefighters were able to get the foyer outp when they arrived, a lot of black smoke, windows were popping and then when the fire was uncold, just a tu minutes later, the firefighter collapse -- was under cover, just a few minutes laterrer, the fire collapsed. we know he was transported with develop serious injuries. if you take a look at the roads right here, on santa clara street, it's blocked from 7, to 9th. if you are in the area, you

jennifer davis is live with more. >> reporter: hi there, tori. even though the storm has sed, they are monitoring -- passed, they are monitoring it very closely. if there's damage and destruction, this may still affect the schedule here. for now, things are up and running. you can see this floor is full of delegates. later tonight, they will hear some high prime time speeches. after a short delay and uncertainty about the weather, the convention is finally underway in november. mitt romney with paul ryan shortly after. ann romney is giving her speech down tonight. also on-deck, drink the keynote speech is chris christie. the tough-talking politician has remained tight-lipped about his speech. >> you will find out. >> i know this guy. i'm working for him. i'm committed to him. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio spoke to south carolina delegates this morning as well. >> the tremendous honor i will have is introducing the next president of the united states. >> reporter: and republicans say they are looking forward to showing off their candida

tell david cameron david cameron was today challenge by rising star tory m.p.'s to tackle league. britain and bring in tough new work reforms the m.p. said that the u.k. had to resist work ethic towards that of south korea singapore and hong kong rather than the office of factory culture in struggling european nations or risk slipping into grim decline with falling living standards oh you want to bring back workout says basically what he wants to do so yeah i mean i'm sure they'll have a revival of all over twist the west-end who served looks who are you know and i mean the tories of course don't want to address the elephant in the room the fact that their primary donors the bank stars have financially raped mercy mercy mercilessly the vast majority of british people for all their worth you know they don't want to talk about that they want to is the victims fault these people have their money stolen so let's put it in the workhouse we get this economy growing again if the productivity are they go higher productivity in the prison where you know people who like t

>> it is tori. i just dug down the sk know if i'lledthne s, don't it aittle differt pack your bags to cover a hurricane than to cover a political convention. tropical storm isaac still well down in the caribbean. the latest runs out of the national hurricane center have the storm sort of appearing off the coast of western florida and off tampa bay on late monday into tuesday. but tori some the recent runs and the model are trending it more to the west as of right now it could be a spread anywhere from the central part of the gulf all the way over to jacksonville on the eastern side of florida. right now it may skirt up the coast more than anything else and threaten the northern gulf coast but as of now, republicans say they're going to go ahead with their prep and everybody's going to arrive and start arriving really on saturday in tampa. and we'll have to see what the weather looks like at that point and time. but i'll tell you, a lot of the areas to the west of tampa and all around tampa bay a lot

i'm tori campbell -- >> i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, august 28th. >> reporter: antioch police were chasing a man who had a small child. what a sergeant tells us, was a toddler in the car with him as police were pursuing him. the chase ended with a deadly shooting and ended with a home up the block here. this neighborhood is near ponta loma boulevard and as you see, you can see evidence markers. antioch police shot and killed a man as he was up on the roof of a house in this area, pointing a gun at officers. everything began around 11:00 last night with a domestic violence call to another house nearby in this neighborhood. that's when the armed man ran from officers arrived at the scene and led police on the pursuit e had the child in the car with him. he eventually bailed out of the car from here, left the child and began run with police in pursuit. eventually officers used the chp to locate the man on top of someone's roof and certainly it was a frightening time for the individual living in that house. >> it was like guns

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. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, august 22nd. >>> developing news in berkeley, an early-morning evacuation order has been lifted following a gas leak at the cal campus. it started with a car crash in the dorm building on chaning way. alex savidge is there to explain what's been happening. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. well, this entire building had to be evacuated this morning. it started with this car crash. the driver lost control, jumped up onto the sidewalk and slammed no that gas line. this all happened around 2:45 this morning. this is at the base of putnam hall of chan, right near the campus. as gas began to leak in the air, the staff manually activated the fire alarms and students all made their way out of the building. they were outside for more than an hour. we talked with one student this morning who was forced from her home after this crash. >> we heard a crash. we wanted to know what was going on. we ran downstairs. >> reporter: police are not releasing that individual's

tory johnson is next with amazing "deals and steals.", i am cynne simpson. it is a 8:27. local backlash over a chick-fil-a controversy. customers who stance on the chain's marriages packed chick- stores in order to show support. many became outraged as mayor gray tweeted against this. the washington post reports controllers let two planes take a landinghe path of yesterday. say there may have been in this half of the weather flight changes. >> 66 is a better story. eastbound delays our brief in centreville and manassas. 395ne is complaining on from the beltway to the pentagon. nothing to complain about on the beltway. let us go live. traffic across american legion. looks great. to 70, and minor crash. is clear. adam caskey. >> clouds of cleared on out. sunshine overhead. some called off to the west, is .uickly burning off washington. of town.rthwest cumberland, 68. martinsburg, 69. today.ay humidity in the air. sunshine. need the umbrella for a few days. weekend. >> thank you for watching. another news update coming up in minutes. ♪ i've

it's -- tori campbell. it's friday, august 3rd. [ sirens ] >>> police chased a stolen car suspect across the bay area overnight. the pursuit began in pittsburg, then to richmond and then here onto the bay bridge. watch carefully. you can see sparks flying from the suspect's car. its tires blew and it was traveling on its rims. speeds had reached 100 miles an hour. the pursuit ended when the vehicle came to a stop on willow pass road on concord. the suspect taken into custody. >>> oakland's police chief says he's ready make a bold move in his campaign against crime. the chief is renewing a call for a city-wide curfew. what kind of reaction are you hearing for this idea? >> reporter: well, people are skeptical. we're outside of the police department in downtown oakland. now, people we've talked to agree crime is a problem. they are just not sure that a curfew is part of the solution. the idea of a curfew, however, is apparently back. it first came back after the death of 3-year-old carlos nava in august of la

was it giuliana rancic, tori spelling, reese witherspoon. >> tori and giuliana both had babies. going to guess giuliana, she had a boy. >> wrong. she did have a boy but the answer is actually tori spelling. >> but they both had boys. >> they both had boys within four weeks. tori had 6 pounds 20 ounces. she says she's done. this is her fourth kid. she loves being a mother. >> i love there's a baby boom. >> maybe their kids can play together. >> let's get to our second one. i know i'll get it wrong but spidey senses might help. >> i said, look, in a couple of years i'll be too old to play peter parker but it's spider-man. i'm perfect. one, charlie sheen, two, josh duhamell, three, jake gyllenhaal. charlie sheen has tiger blood. i'm going with jake gyllenhaal. >> it's charlie sheen. he did a podcast, back in the day he had offices at orion film studios. he said, look, i need to play peter parker before i'm too old. they said no one is into comic books as movies. interesting enough his father starred in the last spider-man. charlie got 90 more episodes of anger management. he's doin

tory johnson is next with amazing "deals and steals."eratures. we see 77s in ocean city, stevenson. 71 degrees right now in catensville and the humidity is up there. oh, it's sticky outside. i just stuck my head out there, not feeling too good. ocean city right now we could see some sunshine mixing with a few clouds. that will be the scenario as we head throughout the day. so we look at the hour-by-hour forecast, lunchtime close to 90 already, but feeling like the low 90s. we will be in the low 90s as we head towards 3:00, but feeling into the upper 90s. let's go to time saver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >>reporter: good morning, lynette. we are dealing with delays on 695, all due to a crash on hawkins point road. as we check in and take a closer look at wilkins avenue, you'll notice traffic moving slowly, and fortunately the inner loop moving along just fine. if you are using the scr fx to get into the city, no delays heading all the way downtown to east vance street, but a water main break on the northeast side of the city

tory m.p.'s to tackle lazy britain and bring in tough new work reforms the m.p. said that the u.k. had to raise its work ethic towards that of south korea singapore and hong kong the tories of course don't want to address the elephant in the room the fact that their primary donors the banks. financially raped the vast majority of british people for all their worth you know they don't want to talk about that they want to . it's the victim's fault these people are their mother's dollars almost better than the work they get this economy growing that the productivity they go to our productivity in the prison. they owe us has special operations troops in the middle east on standby to enter syria american officials say the military is ready to go in and if the white house decides it needs to secure chemical arms depots under syrian army control president obama earlier threatened that he might order intervention into syria if the regime moves or uses its chemical chemical munitions meanwhile there are

tory dunnan has more. can't we all just get along? what are we birking about tonight?> reporter: rarely do we reach this level of nastiness. all of this started last week. >> the word is out that help hasn't paid-- he hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years. >> reporter: this from a source we called credible but will not name of the the romney campaign denies it and points to two years of tax returns. on friday mitt romney has a message for read -- reed. >> harry reid needs to put up or show up. >> i think he's lying about his statement, knowing something about romney. >> reporter: on abc this week. rnc chairman rinse prebus took it farther. >> hasn't filed a single page of tax returns himself. >> reporter: jay carney appeared to distance him ceive from reid. >> i would simply say that you all probably know senator reid well and he speaks for himself. >> reporter: so, a poll released last week in three critical battleground states found the majority of voters actually believe that presidential candidates should release several years of tax returns. some people are saying th

good afternoon, i am tori campbell. we are about to get information on the big fire at chevron. this is the fire in richmond. ken pritchett joins us live. good afternoon, ken. >> reporter: it should begin in 10 or 15 minutes. we will hear from chief mark ayeresidents s, he is the emergency chief and we have had a number of press conferences here today. the day started with an apology from chevron on the fire and the impact to the surrounding community. we learned a partial answer as to the cause. >> chevron said at 4:15 yesterday. a vapor leak was detected which processes diesel fuel. >> emergency crews responded. they were not able to seal off the leak. the volume of vapor increased and they evacuated the immediate area around refineary unit four. for unknown reason, the gas ignited and sent the column of smoke over the refinery. >> the california epa, costa county -- cost tra -- contra costa county and the manager on scene did not hear a thing. >> he was on site. there were no explosions. there was an ignition. that may be what people are talking about hearing. there was not a

jennifer. >> reporter: hi, there, tori. well, they did gravel in the convention for a brief time, just for a minute, so they could turn on the clock. they've recessed for the afternoon. even though the rain has loved -- moved on and it's a beautiful day, isaac really made his mark on the city causing events to be rethought and replanned. >> it centered off the gulf of mexico. >> reporter: although it's a big week for mitt romney, severe weather has taken some focus away from the republican national convention. >> the hazard are many for the northern gulf coast hurricane warning area but we need to prepare for a category 1, possibly 2, hurricane. >> reporter: that presentation has caused a shift in the convention. the four-day convention, now down to three days. >> as long as this storm threatens the public safety here in louisiana, i'm not going anywhere. >> it's important for mississippians to take this storm seriously and prepare now for its potential impact. >> reporter: back in tampa, there's hope the show will soon go

let's go right to sal. >> all right, tori and dave. good morning. 101 near atherton avenue is where this crash has been. we do have a look at the team also on the map on the left, you did see where -- you can see where the two accidents were, not too far apart from each other. here is a picture, a live picture, of traffic passing the scene. there was an earlier crash lone and northbound 101 here on the right is where the fatal accident was, near this pole. if you are driving through sonoma county, please give yourself a little bit of extra time, especially on southbound 101 as you drive out of sonoma county. people still kind of slowing down. now, ktvu's alex savidge has been on the scene early morning. coming up at 7:30, he will have more on the fatal accident that knocked over a power pole, including how long pg&e says it will repair. back to the desk. >>> san jose police are investigating the city's 29th homicide. it was the fifth homicide in san jose in the past eight days. tara moriarty is live at police headquarters with more who

good afternoon, i am tori campbell. two people apparently tried to break into the marin county juvenile hall. we have new information. alex savage joins us where we have learned the reason was to bust out an inmate well-known in the area. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. that inmate max ray, charged with the brazen theft of a high end sports car, this morning or today i should say, his 18th birthday, so he was being transported here to the men's jail but investigators believe during his last few hours in juvenile hall this morning investigators are thinking someone tried to free him from that facility. two people used bolt cutters to cut through a chain-link fence on the perimeter of the juvenile hall this morning. after that they used a sledgehammer and tried to smash this window but guards were alerted and this break in was stopped short. the facility locked down as they searched the area but not able to find the people involved. now there is no direct evidence linking wade to that break in but for investi

. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori.xpect carnage, pile ups, not exactly what you'd imagine you'd hear when you see these beautiful catamarans with big time fancy sponsors like the pry boats behind me but come to these 45 vessels will turn the bay into a bow ground. >> this is like nascar in the water. of course i'm excited. >> crews racing in the qualifying meets this afternoon do the final checks on their americas cup vessels. today they challenge each other to one on one sailing duals. its hoping each other don't flip over like yesterday but stanley experts say san francisco weather can be ruthless. >> sometimes they go over the edge. so far just in training we've had five boats capsize. the most we've had so far is eight. >> the home team, oracle team usa may have an advantage over the next few days, not only because it's their territory, but also because they will be encouraged by the cheers from the crowd. this is the closest fans get to americas cup action forever. >> for them it's incredible to be sailing this cl

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. >> reporter: good morning, tori. first, it should be pointed out that the state agencies in charge of oversight have no concerns about safety. still, the state senate transportation committee will hold a hearing next week and they will take a closer look at reports about potential structural safety issues on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. this week, the sacramento bay reported a team had found intentionally modified test data on the $6.4 billion bay bridge project. caltrans has questions about seismic work -- reports about false test data, irresponsible, says foundation concrete in the bridge is safe. and of course, i'm covering a safety defect -- would cost tense of millions in added construction costs and delay the opening of the bridge, which is slated for next year, labor day, 2013. next week, caltrans officials will be grilled at that senate hearing. that will happen on tuesday in sacramento, several lawmakers on that committee will be involved. they will take a closer look at the numbers and one bay ar

. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, august 27th. >>> we're following developing news in san francisco. there are reports of a suspicious package near pier 39. police just confirmed to us that the package was reported near beach and powell streets just after 5:00 a.m. the bomb squad is on the scene trying to determine what's inside. we have a crew on the way and will bring you more information as soon as it comes into the newsroom. >>> meanwhile, imagine arbaggage screening concerns -- major baggage screening concerns. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: good morning. those bags that you check in at the ticket counters, workers say those baggages are going on without being checked this is all according to baggage screeners who didn't want to be identified. they spoke to the san francisco "examiner" over the course of a year. six screeners allege that hun doctors of bags identified -- hundreds of bags identified make it through each day through peak times without any inspection and they say their manager is

lawyers say they're battling the from bringing up alleged torture inside military tribunals within a tori's prison still open despite president obama's promises also. here in washington and the u.s. is not our father or a teacher to punish us we have the same rights as they do. foreign minister talks exclusively to r.t. spanish channel saying his country will go as far as their hate to defend its asylum for julian assange which. could even live from moscow ten pm this is r.t. and it's very good to have your company my name's kevin now and first there have been fresh clashes between pro and anti assad supporters in lebanon at least eight people are dead and dozens injured it's not a sign that the conflict in syria is long stopped ending at the borders especially with the mass exodus of syrians into neighboring states is a middle east correspondent paula sleep. the crisis in syria continues to spill over into neighboring countries for the second straight night on tuesday several people were killed in the northern lebanon is the city of tripoli during clashes between alawite and sunni muslims

i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clarke.he crews are busy, still trying to fix downed power lines in oakland. early this morning a car hit a power pole, then hit a fire hydrant all near 81st avenue and san leandro streets. tara moriarty is there. what is pg&e saying? >> reporter: well, pg&e crews, more of them arrived momenting ago. if you take a look behind me, you can see the new light pole has arrived. they pushed back the perimeter. they told us most of the customers without power will be back in business. but this entire block here where u haul is located will not have the power back until late this afternoon or early this evening. initially the outage affected more than 660 customers in and around the area of 81st avenue and san leandra boulevard. the car smashed into a light pole. it ripped the wires right out of the ground. then it sheered it off the sidewalk. early this morning we watched about 60 employees at a nearby bakery drive off, sent home because of the outage. >> we were told to go home. we can't bake in th

it was a tragedy that tory family and community apart a teenager accused of running down and killing it father and daughter of a bike along the boulevard in concord a last april of now reports this user will be in juvenile court tomorrow morning to rearrange his juvenile and two counts of ahead to a manslaughter. 41 year-old solomon 91 urals and the seven year-old honda were at the sidewalk and there had dynasty v but the district attorney's office says there's no evidence the teenager was driving and the influence or using his cell phone when the collision occurred. in the wake of a particularly violent we can see to status eight committee members came together snakes lydia on the brazil against violence. they prayed for the victims and one bloody week in san jose seven people have been killed in gang-related murders. because we're dedicated to each individual has dedicated his or her life to the project of grading. >>> then they marched a symbol to take back the streets gang intervention rose families and children send their one community working together is and the violence. >>> w

top out with the temperatures and there will be a coming trend sunday next week looking much cooler, tory. >> if you want to get cool, go west >>> a legal battle between the cell phone industry and the city of san francisco. the lawsuit stems from a san francisco ordnance requiring warning labels on cell phones. labels are supposed to list possible health risk of using cell phones and explain how some actions, including the use of a headset could cut the risk. the industry argues that the labels violate free speech. >>> san jose leaders and bicycle advocates went on a bike ride to celebrate some major improvements for bicyclists. sam locardo was among those who took an inaugural ride on songs' first buffered bike line. the city renovated some lanes down town other changes include wyther bike lanes and lower speed limit. another car pool lane opened today on highway 101 in marin county. today's new north bound lane goes from highway 237 to atherton avenue. the project costs almost 4 million-dollar and means there are now four lanes in each direction. this week, cal tran opened a new southb

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and wide receiver tory smith is getting ready for his second nfl season after a breakout campaign.he speedy receiver broke ravens rookie records. quickly became a fan favorite. and today, he talked about starting his second season with a much higher profile. >> it's definitely different, especially publicly. and before i can walk anywhere. i like going everywhere. you know, i'm a mall guy, a movie guy. now it's a lot different. so i just appreciate it. and being in baltimore, you definitely appreciate our fans. >> tory smith and the ravens will be in atlanta for the preseason kickoff game against the atlanta falcons on thursday. and smith's former college team is getting prepared for the upcoming season. we were in college park today, as the terps held their media day, some picture taking as they begin the second season under head coach randy edsel. and c.j. brown begins the second season. brown is a multiple threat at qb. he show showed last year his ability to run and throw. but he says he is not concerned about the added risk about injury as a running qb. >> i don't think i'm go

he has been -- flacco has a second year rising star available in tory smith, whose hands look confident. despite the rigors of training camp. >> at this time last year, i was thinking so much about [unintelligible] boring.and just try to develop as a player. it is definitely a lot stressful. >> the head football coach sounds ready to make any adjustments necessary. maryland has a new field in place in college park along with a new office of philosophy. he expects -- the coach will not let the back of slow them down. the terps will open up their season september 1 against william and mary. tom tasselmyer is back with your seven-day forecast straight ahead. better schools. that's what a world-class resort casino at national harbor would mean for maryland. but it won't happen if the special interests get their way. with thousands of local jobs and millions for maryland's schools on the line. we need to fight back. call your lawmakers and tell them to put national harbor on the ballot this november. because it's not up to the special interests, it's up to you. >> hundreds of tickets to the

tory dunnan has more. what are we talking about tonight?rter: we're talking about this tropical storm that's brewing in the atlantic. yes it's early and a lot could change. an extra 50,000 people are headed to tampa this work and next for the republican national convention, so imagine that potential night mayor. tropical storm isaac is making its way toward the southeast coast of the u.s. some projected models have the host city in its path. >> i don't think this will be a factor in this particular convention but we are prepared in the event it is. >> reporter: four years ago hurricane gust taf hit the area and minnesota scaled back the first tight of events. contingency plans are in place. >> what a welcome. thank you oar meanwhile, the convention's main attraction, mitt romney took his message to iowa, a state that went to president obama four years ago. >> the president promised he would cut the deficit in half. it didn't happen, dit it? >> reporter: the president wraps up his two day swing through iowa. >> i have a question for governor

. >> i'm tori campbell, it's thursday, august 30th. >>> breaking news. san jose firefighters are at the scene of a fire that threatened several businesses earlier this morning. lorraine blanco was first on the scene and just moments ago, lorraine, you spoke with investigators. what did they say this. >> reporter: yes, i did. we just got another update from the public information officer for san francisco. he told me after checking a little bit more here on the scene, they notice that the damage is minor-to-moderate. the not so good, it will be a while before they open capitol southbound between alum and florence. firefighters when they arrived, they saw the smoke coming from the mexican restaurant. so that's where they believe the fire originated. the stores share a attic says that's common. so they found a second fire between a tae kwon do shop and a bridal shop. >> as can you imagine, when you have water flowing and live electricity, you can get sparks. so one the things we always do when we fight a fire, we shut off the electricity so we won't get the

pam cook, let's go back over to dave and tori. >> thanks. >>> 7:49.year-old east bay female and her newborn are back home after they were apparently kidnapped. the search for the suspect in the center of an amber alert. >> san francisco miewni under a- - muni under attack. what they are doing is an insult to riders. >>> welcome bafnlgt 7:52. a sus secretary in an oakland amber alert on the loose. 19-year-old marco hernandez is accused of kidnapping his 17- year-old girlfriend and their 2- month-old daughter from an apartment near 84th and mcarthur. the mother and child they were found safe at a friend's house yesterday. hernandez was last seen driving a car that was similar to a 2006 silver ford focus. you see it in the picture. >>> it's 7:52. a scathing report released yesterday criticizing san francisco muni system for a frack known as switchbacks. in this practice passengers are forced to get off the bus or train before it reach the end of the run and wait for the next one. the report released yesterday about the san francisco civil grand jury said

tory dunnan live from d.c. we'll stay tuned for that. >>> the white house is hosting a state dinner on monday, but it's a twist. it's not actually a dinner but a luncheon. it won't feature politicians or dignitaries. it will feature children. it's part of the first lady's let's move campaign. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, police say an armed man tried to kidnap a woman in annapolis. where the investigation stands now. >>> and they lost a daughter and sister in a crash in the city. the latest on their public battle with the company that ensured her. we'll have those stories and a whole lot more coming up on abc2 news at 6:00. >>> stocks plunged to a new low today after a ban preventing early investors from dumping shares was listed. it freed up about 271 million shares. it is not yet known whether any of those stocks were the ones sold. investors just may be dumping them in anticipation of a decline. facebook has lost nearly half of its value since it debuted in may. >>> if you're having a difficult time findin

>> it is a little bit dave and tori. no no. if i say tori people will get all upset. >> it's still pam. >> pam. don't drop anything you are doing in the kitchen. let's take a look at the commute. traffic is moving along a little slowly in some areas on highway 4 getting up to the willow pass grade. and it's still pam for about an hour and 15 minutes or so. let's not get upset. westbound bay bridge that is backed up. you can see it's backed up in some of the lanes. once you get on to the bridge it does look nice into san francisco. if you are in the valley the commute looks good. it's getting a little slow near 880. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. tropical storms rick continues to get a little better organized. so far it's not strengthening yet. but that could happen as it moves into the gulf water. right now winds 65 miles an hour. moving worth west at 13-15 miles an hour. where it's going to go somewhere between probably pensacola and new orleans. that looks to be the track. although heavy rainfall the consensus is not