it sounds like it is really bad, the walnut creek? >> yes, we have breaking news, our traffic is changing and you can see from walnut creek camera, southbound side, flashing lights are emergency crews holding to highway 24 and reportedly we have a big rig reportedly we have a big rig that has exploded at area at least six or seven vehicles are involved as well as the big rig and we have debris everywhere with fluid leaking from the big rig and it could be a haz-mat situation but, certainly, with lanes blocked, the traffic is already willing up and using our exclusive waze app you can see folks are reporting major accidents along the stretch of 680 leaving the san ramon valley headed to walnut creek so as you can see we have a major accident and slow traffic 11 miles per hour down to single digits at seven miles per hour near castle hill road. this is going to affect your commute. and this is now a sig-alert. as you saw they are headed to the john right now. again, just updating you northbound side 680 at highway 24, a big rig has expl

use an alternate from walnut creek.t will cause a trickle effect on the freeway especially for commuters on 4 through antioch and pittsburg. if you plan to take 680, avoid that and go to the eastshore freeway instead. look at this from chopper 5. it is a sea of cars out there. major delays both directions 680 right at south main street for an accident involving a big rig that caught fire. we'll continue to update you throughout the morning. >>> odds are better for much- needed rain this winter across california including here in the north. the u.s. climate prediction center now says there is a more than 40% chance of above average precipitation in san francisco. the odds for the south bay more than 50%. the reason? an el nino is gaining in the tropical pacific. julie, you have been keeping an eye on that. >> the only catch is our reservoirs are up north. and they have a 33% chance to have above average rainfall there. we would need twice the amount of average rainfall to make up for the deficit. we are look at above ave

billy. >>> october fest at walnut creek tomorrow.ight there a little bit early. what is going on steve? >> reporter: we're not touching anything yet. we are in walnut creek tomorrow. saturday will be october fest here. joining me byron best with walnut creek downtown. tell me about the event. >> it starts at 10:00 a.m.. runs until 5:00 p.m.. we are going to have lots of beers out here. 12 different varieties. >> reporter: we have very good restaurants too. >> we have great restaurants. high end restaurants. it will be a family event. we have kids activities going on here as well. so bring the family. come on down. have great time. >> and parking is at a premium. >> we have three garages available. two on locust street and one on broadway. >> all right, thank you. byron best with walnut creek downtown. joining me now is the owner of mast moes. hello max. >> good morning. >> reporter: do you think we might see anybody in leader hosen tomorrow. >> i'm sure i am here in leader hosen. we have bratwurst and the german franks for the kids.

big rig crash on interstate 680 in walnut creek. the delays it's creating right now and the alternate routes you need to know about. >> storm system led to flash flooding and mud slides in southern california. incredible video of the damage that has shut down interstate 5. mornings on 2 continues. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. welcome back if you have been with us. i'm pam cook in for gasia. >> i'm dave clark. we have a major traffic story. >> i'm surprised no one was more seriously injured. what happened was a truck driving on northbound 680 somehow lost control and took out a big section of the median and there was debris that hit cars on the southbound direction and now all northbound lanes on 680 are blocked. we have new video of the scene. this is video we have of the fire because a big rig caught fire on 680 northbound. and also we have someone who drove through the area for us and took video. there is the guardrail. a big chunk of it is taken out. i want to show you the picture we have of the traffic backup. if

about an hour ago, traffic finally started moving again along 680 here in walnut creek. this is a huge relief for commuters who spent a lot of their morning battling grueling traffic. >> it was a mess. i have never seen anything like it. it's the worst traffic i have ever seen on that road. >> reporter: he was one of the many people stuck in gridlock traffic this morning on 680 in walnut creek. his usual ten-minute drive to his son's school took 45 minutes. >> i called the school and they said there would be no tardy's today because everybody would be late. >> reporter: the driver of a big rig with dual trailers filled with 60,000 pounds of gravel had a tire blow out on 680 north at main and walnut creek. the driver swerved and hit the center concrete barrier. the truck then drove on top of the barrier, which created a spark and erupted the fuel tanks. the big rig became fully engulfed in flames. >> during the course of the collision, the concrete actually went over into the southbound lanes of traffic and caused about 10 vehicles to be involved with a collision with the

. >> in contra cost extra county officials are working with students at walnut creek my school to keep them safe in the event of fast rising storm waters. middle schoolers at walnut creek immediate are being reminded of the dangers of the understood criminal channels that surround the campus part of "stay out stay alive," campaign. in 2011 two students drowned after trying to raft in the canals. >> chilly this morning but, soon, you will need the sunscreen. >> mike? >>> there is flood awareness week so i will post stuff on my facebook page about flooding and how you can happen tell and deal with it. check out our temperatures, low-to-mid 50s throughout our inland east bay neighborhoods until pittsburg at 57, and that is cooler than yesterday, and we have for instance at santa rosa ask novato and san francisco and san carlos at 57, and san jose at 54, and in walnut creek right now we look south under clear skies, 72 in san francisco and around 80 in the pent that and east bay, and 885, inland east bay, and north bay. leyla? >> heading right back into to south bay we have several disable

warning today for anyone who lives or works in walnut creek. police are telling drivers to avoid a stretch the road because of this. a leaning utility pole. pg&e crews have been trying to fix it since yesterday. traffic was going around the pole after police shut down westbound. it is not clear how long it will take. >> firm los angeles laker and keeping up with the kardashian reality star odom was found unconscious at a nevada brothel. the 35-year-old was found at the love ranch 70 miles outside las vegas. the owner told abc that he part of a bottle of c an herbal viagra. he has been staying there since saturday. they do not know if he will make it. >> scary situation in halloween aisle at the merchandise. we show you the damage account effort to take down the alleged culprit. >> this video was shot after a man walked into the san leandro wal-mart and set the halloween costume aisle on fire. >> i wanted to make sure the families were out. the parents were helping them shop. >> mario said it was at 1:30 in the afternoon. he waited at the pharma

walnut creek is 58. dress for 56 in santa clara, in san leandro and palo alto, you can sleep in. whoever is taking the temperature sure slept in. the east bay hill camera shows how clear it is to san francisco. 78 to 83. high clouds. filtered sunshine. coast and san francisco increasing low clouds. 66 to 72. offshore light wind brings us around 73 to 78 around the bay. in walnut creek, it is clear and 58 degrees. 60s and low 70s around san francisco and mid-to-upper 70s on the peninsula, upper 70s to low 80s around the east bay and inland east bay in the low-to-mid 80s and warm weather this weekend. this is the golden gate bridge still quite light as far as traffic. northbound side virtually empty as we move over to the san mateo bridge it is busy headed away from 880 to the peninsula, it will take you approximately 12 minutes to make it across and fought long, as all, and we still have construction being picked up, still slowing things down on 880 an indication by the red coming away from 98th so away from oakland airport to the vis street and it looks like it is receding. you c

moving over to walnut creek southbound side is six minutes between concord and walnut creek, and right now it looks like a clear commute up to highway 24, and it is nice headed into the san ramon valley. if you are coming in from another angle, say, through zoe, you have construction causing big delays and the project is starting to be picked up but expect it to be around until 530 and westbound to 980 with ramps in the area affecting 980 and highway 24 are closed. the projects are in the process of be, picked up. traveling along 880, that is the better bet so the natural is over to emeryville and macarthur maze and no problems through san leandro and along 880 out of san lorenzo and it is holiday light. >> amazon wants did know how the employees are feeling, offer the past few months the retailer has ramping up efforts to get regular feedback from corporate staff about their work environment. the effort comes to months after a scathing report in the "new york times" where employees shared stories of cutthroat working conditions and long hours away from family. the amazon c.e.o. defend

s and fremont today heading to our in the location of the seventies to low 80s including 80 in walnut creek low 80s and livermore and in brentwood and the impacts bird and 76 degrees and a round of check out the next three days heading into your weekend for tomorrow the temperatures continue the course down in the talks saturday is the coolest than a percent is the mid-70s and will expect mostly cloudy conditions tomorrow the chance of showers mainly in the morning mainly in the drop and on sunday with should be dry and the parlance and conditions temperatures are a little bit warmer ever so slightly lower '80s inland to mid-70s for the bay shoreline a quick check of their traffic on your friday morning. >>anny hong: hercules to berkeley on to state will take about 15 minutes this morning no major slowdown is pretty much all across the east bank that includes the antioch to conquer on highway 4 that would take about 15 minutes this morning the usual time and from cockatoo on a creek on 242 that was sent to about eight minutes this morning we do have an update to the santa rosa crashed basic

take a look at the walnut creek camera, southbound is moving along fine. one lane is taken away at highway 24. but this is a really impressive improvement from earlier this morning. now, northbound traffic hour a little bit different story with lanes slowly starting to reopen. the sigalert still is in effect northbound side at 680 at highway 24. still down to ten miles per hour and coming out of danville. you can use danville boulevard as alternate. it looks like things are slowly starting to improve here. we're going to swing up to highway 37 westbound side. still remains closed at wilson avenue. they expect it to reopen at 5:00 p.m. folks have been taking highway 29 to highway 12. that is also quite busy at this hour. so again, 5:00 p.m. is the estimated reopening of westbound highway 37 leaving vallejo. as far as walnut creek goes, amy thinks that all lane on northbound 680 according to chp should be around 12:00. >> wow. thank you so much. >>> developing news in southern california. hundreds of cars still stuck along a ten-mile stretch of state route 5

jammed through concord and blast were hill and walnut creek and highway 24. you along the stretch and we shade over to the san mateo bridge toll plaza where an early crash involving four vehicles cleared and the damage is done. between 880 and across the water it will take you 36 minutes. >> we know about. ifance reviews at work but what about your marriage? some recommend performance reviews for couples. yes, a review from your spouse. the marriage therapists say it is helpful to check in on a regular basis to avoid misunderstanding. do not be too critical and do not attack your participate's character with "good morning america" having more after the news. >> volkswagen will have a plan for those emission cheating vehicles. >> next night could be more crewed than ever in the new crewed than ever in the new jets. because at&t and directv are offering yesterday's technology, today. tv from space. [whispered] space as long as it's not too rainy. [whispered] rainy or windy. [whispered] windy or there isn't a branch in the way. [whispered] branchy welcome to the

breaking news in walnut creek. boy, just a mess on interstate 680.ant to go right to sal for that. >> yeah, we have a crash on 680. this would be 608 northbound south of 24. the crash is somewhere south of here. and there is a big rig. you can see the traffic is going to be slow. and now, it does look like there are several crashes, because look at all that northbound traffic. it is slowing up into walnut creek. southbound traffic is slowing down and going that way. it is a little confusing. there is a big rig that is fully engulfed. we are hearing word that may have exploded in flames. and the debris through that explosion hit other vehicles. multiple vehicles involved. southbound and northbound 680. so let me show you here. let me -- see the police cars going that way. there is something going around the corner. there is something coming up in walnut creek here. this is going toward concord. so we're not sure what is going on. avoid the interchange because it's just a mess. it's not going to recover any time soon. and now, this go to the bay bridge

highway 4 to walnut creek is since minutes.san ramon valley you will not find any delays, northbound either. the bay bridge toll plaza shows the metering lights have been turned on from the east bay so we have ten-minute delay. as you need from oakland to san francisco. that is a look at the accident. right now, all lanes have cleared. that is good news if you are headed out of mill valley. >> 5:39. today you can get a if you look at highly anticipated "force awakens." it will be shown dug the giants and philadelphia eagles matchup on espn with tickets on sale after that. it is the dark side and the lighting to on the new official movie poster released yesterday. the movie opens december 18 and the franchise of star wars is owned by disney which is our parent company. >> it is has been a lot like ... winter in parts of the country and where mother nature is tightening her icy grip. so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. >>> walnut creek, burli

walnut creek shows it is thick here.peratures in san francisco are stuck in the 60 and peninsula drops into the 60 on wednesday with a chance of wet weather and mainly in the 70's by thursday. many roller coasters having to do with rain and the latest information i have on that. leyla? do you have drive times? mass transit? >> we will talk mass transit if you are worried about getting stuck in fog be aware you have mass transit to fall behind on, 43 trains are running on time and ace train one and on the tracks and on time with no delays reported on a.c. transit. and, yes, we have plenty of fog and we will take you back over to the cost where highway 1 is definitely socked in. 57 miles per hour is the speed at this moment but i have seen it dip into the single digits where pockets of red with folks cautious traveling northbound and southbound through pacifica and as far south as to area. if you are traveling through these areas including half moon bay, it will be dicey commute. as you head over the san mateo or dumbarton

, westbound, walnut creek to 13, it is eight minutes, and 580, tracy to dublin is 37 minutes. a san francisco gym is feeding the hungry locally. the two week food drive starts today. you are encouraged to drop off food items. move for hunger reports 136,000 people in san francisco including one in 45 children struggle with finding the next meal. >> we have break news with a chase that sent a san francisco police officer to the emergency room. an interview with a man who stop add would be robbery and his account of what happened. and the surveillance video and the surveillance video showing the frightening moment. Ñ and the surveillance video showing the frightening moment. it's halloween. but inwe carve cran-o'-lanterns. and we make hot cranberry cider with our tasty, good-for-you ocean spray cranberry juice cocktail. scary, huh? mm. aah! [ plop ] find all our recipes at oceanspray.com. >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> it is monday, october 5th. hope you had a from weekend. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco to see what is in store. >> a

>>george: leading into walnut creek a leading down to highway 2 to 4 with surprise they're more backed up and they're right now runs about 5 6 mi. of shore pleasant hill road and a two concord are no concord when backup begins to both of those grow to 42. >>darya: you would not go into this traffic in now you know about a to download the application to each of zero ways around it is this something that will be continuing our live coverage throughout the morning >>anny hong: to the sea wall in the creek that could come through but it looks like now over san somewhat showers substance to it was probably end result out toward danville navy also not approaching hayward also taken and the more aware and have spent for activities this morning that a continued drop more hours during the residual moisture getting a little shower activity most of the israelites out there we're looking at clouds guys who did track a couple of salsa and to the north to include novato and is a lead sprinkles the south of the bar right now >>anny hong: 10 as a looking pretty good right now the big creek fire in wal

it brought the morning commute to a standstill in walnut creek. chunks of concrete flew in all directions but no one was hurt. lisa chan talked to commuters stuck in the mess. >> it was a mess. i have never seen anything like it. it's the worst traffic i have ever seen on that road. >> reporter: he was one of the many people stuck in gridlocked traffic this morning on 680 in walnut creek. his usual 10-minute drive to his son's school took 45 minutes. >> i called the school and they said there would be no tardies today because everybody is going to be late. >> reporter: at 6 a.m. the chp says the driver of a big rig with dual trailers filled with 60,000 pounds of gravel had a tire blow out on 680 north at main and walnut creek. the driver swerved and hit the center concrete barrier multiple times. the truck then drove on top of the barrier which created a spark and erupted the fuel tanks. it became engulfed in flames. >> during the course of the collision, the concrete actually went over into the southbound lanes of traffic and caused about 10 vehi

walnut creek is free of fog this morning south on 680 and light shows are possible this time tomorrow and look at clearing and the warming trend on thursday, friday, i will let you know if it lasts through the weekend. >> as we look at walnut creek a little by busy as you head out of pleasant hill to walnut creek and the drive is determine minutes. we have stacked and packed traffic. we will take you to oracle arena with worse home opener, and 7:30 is when the game begins. there will be heavy traffic on 880 and the surrounding streets. so far as we look this morning, we have mostly green. we are at top speed. >> a surprising arrest overseas, a star wars character is facing charges. >> big changes could come to your passport. the federal government is asked to change the options for gender. >> new details of the treatment of former nba star lamar odom after being found unresponsive and why hospital employees have and why hospital employees have been fired. that's a fact. but this whole "blondes have more fun" thing... ♪ standing by for fun. ♪ >>> cupertino, concord, wine country, and a

. >> walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> if you details this morning on a brazen art heist in the middle of a wealthy san francisco neighborhood a man claimed to have purchased the multimillion dollar man was actually ransacking the place instead. alan wang report was led to his capture. >> an art heist in broad daylight from an his tock home of san francisco. neighbors called police to this mansion on washington and maple in presidio lilts where officers confronted a 39-year-old. >> he produced a document saying he was going to be the owner to house and was in the process. >> police arrested him before he sold another piece of art crated and ready on go. he had already sold often other pieces, all valued at more than $300,000. >> it is more sophisticated than the average squatter. >> he sold the art to pawnshops and social media during the weekend stay at the $17.9 million mansion. >> it is it from being. though could walk into your house. >> the 14 bedroom 11 bathhouse has been vacant for years and it is not clear who owns the home and police

our view from the chopper over walnut creek. look at that.ver main street where you see all that surface street traffic. northbound completely stopped. number of crashes onner side and as chopper shows you, this big rig right here and that was the one on fire starting the whole mess. there is a fuel leak, a cleanup and a big backup and we'll show you this as well as your friday commute. we're tracking that. >> thank you, mike. decision 2016. a possible boycott in the works and ben carson saying that they will skip the next republican debate, if the rules don't change. "today in the bay" tracie potts has more on what the candidates are demanding and a look at who is really raking in the money. >> that's a promise! >> reporter: hillaryçó clinton raised $30 million last quarter. more than any other candidate. and our new nbc news online poll conducted by survey monkey just out this morning found she won tuesday's debate and now leads the field by double digits own over bernie sanders. sanders was second last quarter in fund-raisinfund-raising. i

next week, 70s and 80s and 90s. >> a problem here at walnut creek and a look at walnut creek cameras, standstill, southbound 680 i will t area around the circle of activity with flashing lights because of an accident blocking a couple of lanes. we have slow traffic because of this. here is a look at it on the map. this are delays through concord in concord through pleasant hill and slower and slower to the accident. in san jose, northbound 880, the off-ramp is closed because of the solo crash and debris is everywhere and building on 101. but not this 101, the drive through the north bay, traffic is still quite nice. and a nice break ground we have. >> appreciate that. >> we back with seven things you need to know before you go. and looking at mt. diablo with the sun rising. the sun rising. it will be [get up to 48 monthsw interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends soon at sleep train. >>> good morning. >> wants to give you a moment to soak that in, the sun rising ove

and walnut creek and everyone else is low-to-mid 60. the heat is lurking around the bay until you get up into the north bay at 54 at napa and santa rosa and half moon bay at 52. it is 74 degrees with per hour wind so stuffy if you are hiking. lake clouds across the coast at 75 to 80 and that is the last hot afternoon an the bay at 82 to 90 in san rafael no fog. traffic is picking up. the temperatures are going from the 80s and 90s to the 60s and 70s and barely 80s by friday with more cooling this weekend. sue? >> we have brake lights in walnut creek southbound 680 so if you the drive takes you out of concord, you will have slowing past north plain to highway 24 and we are getting reports on highway 24 of debris if the lanes, at the orinda and bart station causing folks to pull over so use extra caution, richmond-san rafael bridge is looking good if you competent to marin to the richmond side of things in marin it will take you eight minutes to cross the span. westbound 580 before vasco road, it is sluggish off the altamont pass, into li

you can see walnut creek is looking theirly dry.ing through early with temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60 and the day planner is upper 60 at the coast and mid-70 around the bay and 80 inland and brighter this afternoon. is it friday lite everywhere? that is the question. we have cars piling in to san francisco from the east bay with the metering lights now turned on at 5:29 which is early for a friday. looking to the eastern span of the bay bridge from emeryville and beyond the meter lights traffic is slowing smoothly. 580 tracy to castro valley, at the dublin interchange, a 40 minute commute 101 northbound highway 85 to the san jose airport, 11 minutes and 280 is clear through daly city. >> if you head to southern california you may want to find an alternative. a launch section of interstate 5 is closed not of los angeles after severe flooding. we have the latest from janet. >> it is called a sea of mud and you can imagine it is a big mess as crews continue to work at this hour to clean up the aftermath of yesterday's severe thu

a fourth teen is in critical condition. >> traffic is bad away from pleasant hill to walnut creek it to make the southbound trek to highway 24. we have one stalled vehicle on the shoulder taking you into the south bay, southbound highway 101 at capitol expressway a motorcycle crash is blocking one lane. >> you, too can see a blood red sky if you head out right now, or check out this beautiful picture from sutro tower. the big story is it will not be so hot today at 77 in san francisco, and peninsula, is 83, and south bay is 86 and east bay is 84 and 90s inland, north by tops out at 88. the trio accused of murdering a canadian backpacker and a yes good instructor will be arraigned. today. morrison haze lampley and lila scott allgood and sean michael angold. analysts say hillary clinton reaffirmed control against four challengers at the ifal debate last night in las vegas. a campaign officials it wills abc that year was the best day, yet, of the campaign. >> six, we are waiting open word of lamar odom's condition, the former star was rushed to las vegas hospital last night after he was

let's take a look at walnut creek.jor accident big rig fire shut down 680 in walnut creek this morning. got a live view here from chopper 5. the big rig caught fire several cars hit by debris and there are four people injured including the driver of the truck. traffic now being diverted off the freeway on to the northbound side as the clean-up continues. a diesel spill there. southbound 680 is back open. go to cbssf.com for the latest information. gianna will have another update in just a couple of minutes away from that. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," as airlines merge operations, will your next trip be easier or cause headaches? that and more on the traffic situation and weather too right after the break. [announcer] through sunday at sleep train, get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. >>> good morning. let's jump right back out to chopper 5 right

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to the north and to the east that is walnut creek southbound 680, tail lights heading away from pleasant hill to highway 24. and chugging along nicely we have an area of so verify

another look at walnut creek southbound 680 pushing to highway 24. it is clear.o the south, that is a look at the san mateo bridge, a necessary commute. south of 680 from, say, the central valley or livermore to pleasanton we have construction. that is causing 11 miles per hour speed. it is very heavy traffic pushing westbound over to foothill road. the project will end at 5:30 so we still have some delays expected. give yourself a few extra minutes as you head out the door. >> the federal government will regulate the use of personal drones. >> those details and more in the ten -- tech bytes. >> there are 500,000 drones and thousands more are expected after christmas. the government will unveil land to get them registered that will be if place by the end of the year. >> verizon customers with galaxy devices can pay by waving the phone or tablet with new software update. >> amazon is suing more than a thousand people for posting fake reviews. they are targeting those who sell reviews on a website. people look for odd jobs on the web site. >> in april they sued sev

drive time traffic is 680 southbound from highway 4 to walnut creek, you are in good shape.t highway 24, from walnut creek to highway 13, it is nine minutes. 37 minutes over 580 from tracy to dublin and mass transit, to avoid the roads, you are moving along at top speed. >> now, a photo that your co-workers will be talking about this morning, it shows the mountain lion on top of a 35' utility pole in southern california in pasadena, a staffer at a local newspaper snapped the shot on tuesday much the mountain lion was gone the next day. a school bus full of screaming kids spooked the lion and made it scamper up the pole. >> senior citizens in marin fighting the bodes over a feds over a duck who escaped from assisted living in tweaks ago. a gardner found the duck when she was four day old duckling wandering the street. everyone at the gardens wanted hour back but the government rules create a roadblock. >> i love her. exceptions are made all time. it is a matter of them considering an exception. >> right now, wild care will put the duck on display as an educational animal. >>

francisco is gray at 64 to 70 and average around the bay at 70 to 76 and no fog to speak of in walnut creek. tomorrow is the cool of the day, upper 60s to mid-70s and the 80s returning by friday and i will have the halloween weekend forecast coming up. we will look at mass transit we will look at mass transit with 225 trains on downtown san jose an easy ride sound, as will, and no problems with construction in the south bay and a lot green on the map at top speed along 101 headed up from 280 and 680 to the nimitz and san jose airport, and 280 we have construction that will last until 5:00 and that is in the south direction. watch out for the cone zone. watch out for the cone zone. always slow for the cone zone. job over a beef with management. >> choose room confrontation caught on camera and growing backlash as this video goes backlash as this video goes viral the amopé premium foot disccare line,atest from to see why women are admiring their beautiful nails. they have good reason... introducing the latest innovation from amopé, the new electronic nail care system specially designed for yo

moving over to walnut creek, southbound 680, pushing in from pleasanton hill, taillies are looking nice and big spaces between the cars so you are running at posted speed. northbound traffic is lighter, of course, with no accidents to get us started.

alise kirschner is in walnut creek. this is common around the bay area, not in my backyard. what's the plan where you are? >> reporter: this is a controversial plan that the city has shot down several times. part of the reason is the location of this shelter that will house homeless overnight. it's a few blocks from the downtown here. and it's right next to a park and right next to many homes. just blocks from walnut creek's busy downtown, new neighbors are arriving. >> the same complaint anyone would have. it could bring more crime. >> reporter: the homeless will be housed overnight in the national guard armory near city park. >> what's your concern with having them there at night? >> vandalism. >> they're already here so what we're doing is we're taking people out of the park, off the street. we're making it safer. we're working with people. >> reporter: the city's trinity center will run the shelter at the armory. homeless will stay at trinity during the day and will be bussed to the armory at night. executive director donna columbo says the 30 people allowed in each nigh

walnut creek, the camera shows 66 degrees.ick warmth because we are starting so warm and late high clouds but a day where you want to protect the eyes and the skin. the heat will slide starting tomorrow and showers are possible this weekend. i know we talked about a possibility of showers on wednesday and thursday. we talked about how it was a small chan and smaller now that it will break the heat wave. >> three miles per hour wind at concord and everyone else, nothing. here are the would areas of high pressure dominating our forecast and the low is turning to the south and that will throw the high clouds late this afternoon into the evening and's it does we will make another run at record high temperatures. to low is what will deflate the area of high pressure and break the heat starting tomorrow. until then, how about 90's throughout the south bay, low-to-mid 90s but for milpitas and you are behind it at 89, all psychological. santa cruz is 86, and on the peninsula, today, we will flirt with 90 from redwood city south to los

>> several people here in walnut creek have gotten a wake-up call.king northbound so the headlights are coming to the south and tail lights are heading north and traffic is light and drive time traffic if you get to walnut creek trying to make it to dublin through the san ramon valley it will take you 13 minutes and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is june minutes and through the santa cruz mountains there are no issues open highway 17. we have a crash eastbound i-80 out of san pablo to el sobrante we have a gasoline leak. we have the fire department out there to were month it up. >> an effort to increase the cigarette tax in california has a new of the to raise it by two dollars a tax. right now the tax is 87 cents a pack. the initiative calls for increase in taxes for e-cigarettes and other tobacco products going to public health programs to help smokers kick the has beenibility. >> the oldest person has revealed her secret to a long life. it is setting the experience on fire. >> the woman from brooklyn eats a serving of bacon every

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>> as we look at walnut creek we were tag about how busy it is in the east bay.southbound 680 we are at 12 minutes in highway 4 to highway 24. it look like the traffic is building. where did friday light go? westbound highway 4 antioch to hercules before 680, that is 48 minute commute. i-80 from highway 4 to the maze is 19 minutes and 87 northbound from highway 85 to the san jose airport, eight minutes. we have construction for six weeks starting today but, first, the drive near the cordelia interchange i-80 is slowing as you meet with 680 and the drive is 57 miles per hour on i-80 and 680. the construction is starting today through the next six weeks and willow avenue for half a mile between the hercules transit center to highway 4, sycamore avenue is the ultimate around it. >> we are honoring hispanic heritage month and today we recognize celi brothers and big sisters and she and her legal sister celebrate their eight year anniversary this month with more details on instagram. the reason shows could be dealing with strange tasting water starting today. >> a pop

inland east bay from 78 in walnut creek to livermore at 83 degrees, and my seven-day forecast shows a little deficit an uptick in temperatures on tuesday, wednesday, and a drop on thursday, and barely noticeable but you will notice the 70s at the coast and 80's around the pay and 90s inland and a lot of wax sunshine on friday, saturday, and sunday. leyla? >> we have a few things happening with activity in the south bay but we are starting here as you push in from highway 4 to by thole with an accident blocking a lane involved in the center decider causing delays out of rodeo so it is slow-and-go traffic and as you push in it clears up, and you are back on the brakes as you head over to richmond and a little bit further to the north we have this accident blocking one lane and the backup is getting heavier as you approach the parkway and the one lane is blocked and it clears up into fairfield and it is nice up to the cordelia interview over the altamont pass, grand line road traffic is heavy and we had an early four car crash and that has been pushed to the shoulder and in the south bay

a small chance of rain on sunday >> walnut creek southbound 680 will take you eight minutes. we have a few more clouds heading on to the road and a few brake lights flashing. that is an indication we are seeing the heavier traffic building as you make the drive south out of pleasant hill to walnut creek at highway 24. right now, only eight minutes. to the south this is along 84 we had an early accident and still have debris not lanes eastbound highway 84, in the westbound direction coming from sunol it is looking clear to mission boulevard pushing up to pleasanton and 680, still managing to be light, and 580, through pleasanton and into dublin, the dublin interchange and at the interchange roads you could see a tap on the brakes but you are looking at green conditions which are at top speed. the slowest speed is 24 miles per hour out of tracy and right new you are looking at approximatelily 40 minutes to make it from tracy to dublin. >> 5:18. after waiting these years, fans of halo are ready to get the latest chapter. >> ready, master chief? >> fans are lining up for the rele

walnut creek is 56. beautiful look at sutro towering in but clear skies.ament of suspect shine, and sun soaked. a fine looking forecast, we will warm by 4:00 in the afternoon. here is the hardly strictly bluegrass events planner, sunny skies, temperatures at 1:00 o'clock, around 72, a light jacket by 7:00 and cooling off under stars and temperature of 64 degrees. that is weather. how is the traffic? leyla? >>> fantastic if steve martin came with the banjo and did a pop-up concert. >> we should go. >> i am practicing my fiddling. on the of radio. a picture of the bay area shows green mostly. a couple areas of red. i will show you how it looks in the san ramon valley at 63 miles per hour from alamo to san ramon. we had an early stalled big rig in the northbound direction. it is now cleared along the castro valley drive, making it up to 880 it is clear and spots of heavy trash, 29 miles per hour as you leave 238, and to the south toward highway 92, 34 minute so traffic is willing in suspect spots. >> heads up if you take bart through oakland's 12th street sta

walnut creek at 78. eighty-two for morgan hill and gilroy. sixtys or 70s on the coast. mainly 70s and near 80s on the peninsula with 06s by the water. seventy-three in san francisco. a little warmer on wednesday, thursday, into friday. no record highs and then a slight cool-down going into the weekend. >> all right. we'll take it. >> you got it. >> all right, steve. >>> 6:19 is the time. an increasing challenge for 911 dispatchers in san francisco. the reason the research shows accidental calms are straining the system. >>> plus what is going on with cheerio's. details of a major recall and why general mills is pulling certain chererio's boxes off store shelfs. temperature. >>> emergency trespassers have a troubling challenge to deal with. they are blaming cell phones. people who accidentally dial 911. accidental calls make up a big part of 911 calls in san francisco. this is according to new search bygoing. the calls are often made by smartphones that are in your pocket or your purse. researchers recently shadowed dispatchers. they found that 30% of wireless calls that

walnut creek is clear and 61 degrees right now, inland from the north bay to the east bay, 90 to 96 and we will neither with records at the coast with clouds rolling in late at 75 to 80 and our last hot afternoon around the bay at 82 to 90 and all of us will see high clouds and it could be a beautiful sunshine # abc7now. by friday we are in the 60s around san francisco and 70's to 88 and 10- or 15-degrees cooler than today and tomorrow. sue? >> good morning, everyone, so for, so good. we have a couple of trouble areas but we will go to the golden gate bridge first with four lanes moving at the limit from marin county to the city. and we do have clear sailing on the east shore freeway, however, it is getting busy as you can see with the wall of headlights here, and no major stalls or accidents to slow you making your way to the macarthur maze but a last company. we have a new accident just reported westbound 580 before vasco road and it looks like it is in the center divide but i am sighing slow traffic approaching and we do have this early significant northbound 880 at dibs son landing

teen 880 and 101 it will take 14 minutes. 680, sow, walnut creek to dublin is clear and all green.oist roads, we are looking at 22 minutes from highway 1 to los gatos. >> a photo your co-workers will talk about this morning, a mountain lion on top of a 35' pole. it happened in southern 8:00. northeast of pasadena. the staffer snapped the shot yesterday. the mountain lion was common the next day, a school bus of screaming kids scared the lion and it scampered up the pole. >> it would work for me. >> it would work for me. >> feds are being fought retired center. a guard neither found the duck when she was 4. everyone wants her back and the government rules are creating a roadblock. >> come on. exceptions are made all the time. it is a matter of them considering an exception. >> right now, wild care plans to put the duck on display as an "educational," animal. >> stay-at-home mom was stunned to find a bill in the mail after she missed her cousin's wedding. an invoice tore $75 to cover the cost of two democraters at wedding reception. jessica baker said she did in an rsvp but could not

this one just before 6:00 this morning south of highway 24 and walnut creek.ighway patrol says the fire started when diesel from the big rig ignited. the gravel truck had slammed into the concrete divider separating north and southbound lanes. the impact sent concrete flying. several cars were damaged. all northbound lanes of 680 were closed for hours. several people suffered minor injuries. >>> the days of rapid job growth may be behind us. 2900 jobs were added in september across the bay area. compare that to gains of nearly 15,000 jobs in august. and santa clara county actually lost more than 4,000 jobs after five years of increases. one business analyst says a slow down had to happen eventually. if there is any good news, it is that the state's jobless rate is currently at only 5.9%. that is the lowest level in eight years. on wall street, the markets closed the week with modest gains. the dow jones up 74, nasdaq up 16. the s&p 500 added nine. it is the third consecutive week of gains for the markets. >>> the governor's mansion in sacramento has been empty

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between walnut creek and oakland, it is a nice-looking drive. no problems on the open side.e're also looking at the san mateo bridge n. traffic looks good. heading to the high-rise, it has been a very nice drive. the morning commute isen okay on the golden gate bridge. not a lot of fog here. it looks good to the toll plaza, and at the toll plaza of the bay bridge westbound, traffic is light and the weather is good. at 4:17, let's go to steve in the weather center. >> the steve paulsen audobon. >> okay, good. for your fancy german car. >> thank you, sal. >>> we do have mostly clear skies. there's fog going down the coast. a little bit of ath noerly breeze. it did not kick in that -- northerly breeze. it did not kick in that strongly. maybe higher elevations. it is a little warmer. gale. >> maybe gwen does. >>> are we beginsing to lose hope with this el nino? not just el nino, but this. gail? be patient. patience. patience. it's only october. the last two strong el ninos. 1982-'83 and 1997-'98 in san francisco. we had 46.7. forty-seven mt. 414. the el nino range did not kick i

from walnut creek you can see some drops from earlier today and those are not recent drops. they are making the lens fuzzy and 680 is dry. san jose, one of the areas that had a light shower this morning but 280 and 17 are looking dry, also. this is the big story today because this affects, probably, more of us than anything else, the cool friend from the lack of sunshine and when water evaporates it does the same as it does on the skin, it cools so we are 11 degrees cooler today. we are in the 60s and 70s everywhere but for fairfield at young degrees. getting closer to average with the marine layer developing. showers are possible, limited to no totals like this morning, and cool weekend breezes with a chance of a shower on saturday and fall is on hiatus next week. our future radar shows the batch in the central valley rotating to the north bay and that puts us under sprinkles with the p.g.a. event the rest of the afternoon and another batch could wet us overnight while we are sleeping and wake up tomorrow morning with fog but pretty dry. in the afternoon hours we are going

walnut creek is 60. 57 in american canyon and petaluma and pacifica at 58. right now you can see through the sunol grade it could be wet, 680 and 880 with light showers rolling through the last hour. can you see they were row must. now they are scattered. you can see 101 and 880 is damp. the showers dropped .0 1" of rain overnight. that could have been the best chance in the south by. today, our best chance of anything measurable is in the north bay, 70 to 74 headed to under land east bay and coast and san francisco is drizzle to light showers 64 to 68 and around the bay, scattered light showers 70 to 74. moving forward you can see temperatures start to rebound as we head to tomorrow and friday and possible halloween on saturday. more of the weekend forecast coming up and any residuals from the moisture? >> so far so good. the golden gate bridge shows traffic is light and dry. we move over to walnut creek and the commute on 680 southbound is moving along just fine and we see cars bunching up as we are closer to highway 24 and that is a result of morning cong

in walnut creek, we could have had a little bit of a sprinkle a second ago. be careful. if you run interest varying conditions as far as being wet and dry. 68 in san francisco. 76 in peninsula. the east bay, southbound bay, 79, inland east bay, 85, and the north bay is 78 degrees. our best chance of sprinkles this morning and clouds we will see the increasing sunshine this afternoon. we are going to be coolest tomorrow with a chance of showers in the morning and as we head to sunday we will stay around 80 and the warming trend begins on monday. good morning, i want to first show you san jose and a look at a quiet ride if you come in to julian street downtown san jose and senator for the north that is the look at 101 headed through san rafael and you have past the auto dealership and it is a clear drive, as well, as you make the commute up to mill valley and golden gate bridge and now up to glen el were we have an accident that is causing a sig-alert because the crash involved one vehicle into a power line and we have power lines down causing delays. avoid highway 12 comp

. >> the earthquakes were along the calaveras fault from danville and walnut creek and it is fairly routine along that fault. >> we could get a much needed break from the hot temperatures. from sutro tower we can see that clouds are hanging over san francisco and the clouds could bring showers later today. >> meteorologist mike nicco is joining us now with more on that. mike? >> thank you. good morning, everyone, from the top of the broadcast center. we have a lot of high clouds, not the kind we will get rain. we have been tracking the area of low pressure to our south and that is what is hurling the clouds up to us. look at the south, the showers and the storms moving toward santa barbara and that storm is going do migrate our way and we could possibly have a stray shower even a thunderstorm around 9 monterey bay and the santa cruz mountains. i we no you are sneaking a look down at the lower part of your television where more storms are developing. i will tell you if they have a chance coming our way in the big forecast. >> thank you. if you do get rain where you live please show us what y