and westbound through the maze it's not too bad under ten minutes. live shot of toll plaza traffic is beginning to back up a little bit. metering lights are on. it's a little slower and carpool lanes are cruising through that scene pretty well. walnut creek southbound 680 moving well until you hit the 24 junction you will find bunching westbound as you head toward the caldecott tunnel. abc7news.com is the website. that is where you can go before you leave the house this morning and check on bay area traffic.

westbound on 580 is typically heavy. a little slowing for the single grade and fremont and milpitas corridor. 101 northbound, no delays as you head up from the coyote valley all the way down to san mateo it is an easy trip. we have added about eight minutes to the drive time. 31 minutes from navato to the golden gate bridge. >> to major accident and argentina. at least seven people are dead after a train slammed into a bus. the train derailed and was hit by a second train on the opposite tack. crews are on the scene and scrambling to help the crash victims. more than 160 people were hurt. many have serious injuries. the bus driver was among those killed. >> 7 07 a.m.. we are back with more and a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside from the mt. tam cam. fully covered in clouds in the distance. mid-80's when the sun comes out. we will be right back. >> a new message this morning from the leader of the al-qaeda, he has posted online eight video commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 911 attacks. the video fea

they will support the westbound structure. there is a different foundation for the eastbound structure so the structures can move in a large scale earthquake. and that is what this project is all about. these are a couple of shots that will be clear when you get there. they were taken from a airplane, a helicopter. there is the westbound structure that is being cast right now. you can see the columns down there below for the eastbound structure that we are getting ready to work on. and a shot from the platform of what it looks like toward the self-anchored suspension bridge. so, that is what is happening on the island. here, in oakland, there is a lot of work happening too on the open touchdown portion. i talked about that detour earlier. i want to try to break down for you what is happening here. with this image, you can see that we've got brand-new, very bright white colored structure that is a new bridge with westbound traffic on the outside, more to the north eastbound traffic sort of in the middle and the existing bridge

westbound 24 looks much better. the westbound 580 ride has been without any unusual delay or slowdown. the fremont and a milpitas corridor is heavy at the north and it. the rest of the south bay freeway has been doing pretty well. >> here is a live look from our roof camera. the heaviest fog is up near santa rosa. visibility is still impacted between 1-2 mi.. that is where we see the fog being the biggest impact. everyone else has very clear visibility. we see conditions warming slightly. in terms of temperatures we are expecting it to warm up fairly nicely. 81 will be a high of los gatos. warming as you head towards the delta and livermore. rohnert park at 77. your 7 day forecast coming up in a little bit. >> gas prices are going up in the bay area, especially if you cannot manage to hold the pump yourself. $4.63. i did not even know they did that for you anymore. craig skalar is falling gas prices. >> it is a rare pleasure if you find a place that offers full service.stop calling when i a $4 a gallon on average fo

we are looking at a modest back up for the westbound ride, 14 minutes for the westbound bay bridge. the golden gate bridge ride 101 coming in from marin county still through the fog and no delays for the southbound trip across the span. we will have an update look at the south bay coming up for you in our next report. >> in walnut creek there is no fault. we're expecting warmer temperatures there is a deed to marine layer giving us fog and drizzle much more than we have seen over the past few days. cooler temperatures this afternoon. throughout most of the bay area even and walnut creek although it will still be warm it is not as hot as yesterday. a cooler weekends on tap. the fog is giving us visibility reductions. santa rosa saw visibility down to 1/4 of a mile. the fog is causing problems at sfo. one hour arriving flight delays. a slow and steady increase in temperatures and hopefully it will settle around here with los gatos and morgan hill and the low 90s as opposed to the upper 90s. here are your expected highs for today. your 7 day forecast coming up in a little bit. >> we're

the university on-ramp to westbound 80 gilman on-ramp to westbound 80 both closed overnight. they have been doing some work on that stretch from albany towards the powell street exit. if you are heading towards the bay bridge toll plaza, the toll plaza itself looks great. typically give it another hour from now and that's likely when we'll see our first bit of backup at the bay bridge around 6:10 to 6:20 when they turn the metering lights on. golden gate bridge traffic, that looks great all across the span. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> president obama is on a mission to save jobs. how his campaign will bring him back to the bay area. >>> plus, no one saw it come. hundreds of jobs all lost as a bay area solar company calls it quits what it means for the future of green technology. >>> and barry bonds dodges a bullet. how prosecutors are giving the former slugger a break. ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ dogs barking ] oh! [ snarling, barking ] [ sighs ] nice hit. [ male announcer ] you do everything so they're at their best. so start their big days with the incredible protein. eggs. it a

typically slow from westbound highway 4 towards concord, 25 minutes there.look at walnut creek, not too bad. slowing up by the 24 junction. and toll plaza, bay bridge, metering lights are on, traffic backed to the parking lot. still look like the commuter lanes and fastrak is the way to go. >> still ahead, big bank that is now considering a plan to cut as many as 40,000 jobs. we're keeping a close eye on wall street after big losses. and the dow is down 117 points right now. >> plus keeping a bigger toll, another hike may be around the bend. >> and tennis trouble, the star whose latest tirade could get whose latest tirade could get her banned frorororororororororo so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. perfect for finding your way home. you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sureou

westbound of 580 is a problem free.al grade is a little sluggish in the southbound direction but no surprises. in the south bay the northbound to 80 ride has really fanned out. northbound 101 is still a little sluggish. the peninsula commute still looks sluggish around the 92 interchange. that is normally we would find a heavier traffic. leslie your marin ride is sluggish. even that has cleared out pretty nicely. r >> his fbi agents are currently executing multiple search warrants at solyndra headquarters. will tran is live with details. >> talk about a fall for grace. the fbi served a search warrant at 7:00 a.m.. one of the agents right there at the entrance of one of the buildings, they are searching three-four buildings. i had a chance to speak with the spokesperson for the fbi and she confirmed that yes, there are in there. she will not go into details as to what they're looking for. she does and knowledge that this is being done not only by the fbi but also the department of energy. she would not confirm if this co

still slow and backed up westbound, it is much improved. drive times were running upwards of 50 minutes. now they're down to 35 minutes from hercules to berkeley. a much different story for the right to the richmond san rafael bridge. this might be good morning to think about another route. you might think about using 37 as an alternate or if you're heading to southern marin you might be better off going across the bay bridge. we mentioned at the bay bridge, we are still backed up to west grand. 16-18 the drive time. the san mateo bridge is normal. >> it 40 a.m.. let's get to the weather. >> here's a look at the current temperatures. 84 in mountain view. mid-upper 90s through the san ramon valley. check out livermore. yesterday we had this century mark. today we will get close once again. here is your 7 day around the bay. high today of a cooling trend come tomorrow. it will still stay pretty nice. >> jackie sissel is live in and rebuilt near interstate 880. >> they're picking projects as needed. a lot of people driving on the east shore fr

a live look at 24 westbound making your way through orinda, headlights are moving westbound and drive times to the caldecott tunnel is light nine minutes. interstate 80 heading through berkeley area, headlights are moving westbound, drive times from the carquinez bridge to the maze is about 20 minutes. let's get a check on few other drive times for wednesday morning commute. it's slow making your way out of antioch, westbound 4 to lone tree way, 242 is 20 minutes and half an hour to make your way altamont pass. go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link under abc7 extras. >> today oakland mayor will join counter parts from cities across california to committing to drinking tap water instead of bottled water. oakland is among cities that leaders promise to go bottle free and stop spending tax dollars and reinvest in california's water system. the system of davis and santa rosa are represented including 25 businesses. the campaign is headed up by a health and human rights group, corporate accountability international. >> searching for a new ceo. the unceremonious ending for yahoo'

slow spots westbound 4 past antioch and speeds improve through pittsburg and concord and westbound 580 an earlier accident near portola avenue near livermore backed things up so your drive time still about 30 minutes from the altamont pass out towards the dublin interchange. once again, once hit the road, remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:21 now. an added perk to drinking coffee. how the morning cup helps women beat the blues. >> can i buy you a cup? >> yes, you can. [ laughter ] >> a little dog and one big traffic problem what it took to finally corral this wayward pooch when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. we have a camera full of brake lights as you approach the pay gates at the bay bridge toll plaza because the metering lights have been turned on. must we are also following an injury crash. it is in orinda before you reach the caldecott tunnel. we'll tell you about that coming up. >>> thanks, elizabeth. 6:24. new data shows that the a traffic conges

that is in your future traveling westbound on the bay bridge. the limit from hayward towards foster city in the westbound direction no problem there. 580 out of the central valley continues to be slow accident before grant line blocking right line. 80 east shore, 580 out of the valley and highway 4 out of antioch. abc7news.com/traffic before you leave the house for the latest. >>> actress leisha hayley who started in the series "the l word" was escorted off a southwest flight yesterday after kissing her girlfriend. she tweeted i've been discriminated against by southwest. a flight attendant said it was a family airline and kissing was not okay. southwest says she was approached after passengers complained her behavior was obsessive. southwest is the official airline of the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation. >>> a mall making chances after complains about the store next door. managers at the north gate mall had no idea when this playground was planned a year ago victoria secret was negotiating to lease the store next door. when billboar

westbound bay bring coming into san francisco no major problems onto the upper deck. if you are driving on highway 4, westbound highway 4, this is a good time to get out there, traffic is moving along nicely getting up to pittsburgh, 680 traffic also looks good from the venetia bridge to concord and walnut creek. moving onto the east shore freeway on 80 westbound as you head out to the mcarthur maze, watch for road work along these stretches, we had road work on the dumbarton bridge, these roads are closed for another ten minutes or so. traffic is moving nice in hayward city even over 17 over the santa cruz mountains and even on the cupertino it looks good. we have slowing on highway 1 pacifica getting up to daily city but no fog, 4:51 let's go to steve. >>> looks like the coast is mainly clear, there is some fog out there, but it is not making much of a surge compared to yesterday. 60s for others, big difference between livermore and concord, a little bit of a breeze southwest 6, that is nothing but it is still a west winds. san jose has a breeze, santa rosa and main

an accident has just been reported for the bay bridge westbound at the island. a motorcycle and as you be reported to be blocking the number one lane. the back of has not yet reached the toll plaza because traffic is still moving through the metering lights. the san mateo bridge is a problem free all morning long. there are no surprises. the golden gate bridge, and you can imagine truck across the span is still pretty late because of the back of across the waldegrave and 101 southbound from timber on a boulevard through marin city. have a check on the weather, a foggy morning may have been a contributing factor this morning with those accidents. here is james fletcher. >> another vantage point of the fog. high-visibility is down less than a mile san francisco at the airport, as the boat is reporting the arrival delays because of the cloud cover. even beyond 7:00 p.m. tonight the fog does not 28 civil england pushed. let's talk about the tuppers that we are seeing this afternoon. a bit warmer today compared to yesterday. 11 degrees warmer today compared to yester

westbound 580 midspan they have the left lane blocked.ur cars are involved in this crash. chp is on scene. slowing from midspan to marin. so 38 miles an hour, one of our sensors picking up. but expect extra heavy delays if you are crossing the richmond/san rafael bridge. this new problem as well just reported in the east bay, westbound 80 before university avenue, this is in the commute direction going down the eastshore freeway. we got brake lights slow traffic on our sensors all the by through richmond. once you get past the accident scene past berkeley then speeds improve. but check out this live camera of the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights on, they have been on since before 6:30. so it is thick. stacking up now beyond the west grand overcrossing. it is getting harder to see our golden gate bridge with thick fog. no official advisory issued by chp but areas of low visibility through marin county. new problem in petaluma. southbound 101 before petaluma boulevard south, there's an accident reported there. we have taken a couple o

an easy trip westbound 92. westbound for is typically heavy. the 580 ride out of dublin still normal. no big problems. 680 southbound we are already starting to see some slowing for your trip into a single. san francisco is a problem free. a heavyset black woman in a gray sweatshirt and dark coat as well as a man with her during a robbery wearing a gray sweat shirt and knit cap, he was armed with a handgun. police believe this couple made it to robberies in the span of 10 minutes. the man suspected of robbing a safe will release a week and will be arraigned this afternoon. here is the video surveillance of the show's the robbery. that is philip taylor that you see a picture of right there from the surveillance. >> a quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues. here is a live look outside. >> a man arrested in the the death of a san francisco woman more than 10 years ago is said to be arraigned next week. lisa bell says pictured on the right with her mother was stabbed to death in her diamond heights apartment in 1998. anthony hughes has be

westbound 580 by portola avenue a two-car crash.njuries reported so an ambulance is heading to the scene. our sensors are picking up slow speeds. looks like under 20 miles per hour right there as you pass the accident scene. once you get past portola then speeds improve. your drive time across the stretch from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange is, let's see, nearly 17 minutes for that ride towards pleasanton. the bay bridge toll plaza looking great. roadwork on both decks picked up. mass transit is all on time. back to you. >>> 5:38. just a few hours, nurses at alta bates summit medical center in oakland are going back to work. the nurses who went on strike thursday blamed replacement nurse for the death of a patient saturday. this morning we are learning new details about the medical mistake. the "chronicle" reports the cancer patient was killed by a nutritional supplement that a nurse mistakenly injected into her blood instead of her stomach. the nurse was a 23-year-old replacement nurse from new orleans. >>> opening sta

westbound bay bridge getting a little bit of a backup. westbound 580 two lanes blocked. people coming from tracy if that is your commute to livermore you need to give yourself extra time. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> thank you. 6:01. a disturbing story. two burned bodies were found inside of a suspicious apartment fire in oakland and may have been the victims of murder. ktvu kraig debro is in oakland right now where this is all being in facted by -- investigated by inside teams. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the fire happened at coolidge and coal behind. me. you see we have a light up there in the second story. i was able to look inside a few moments ago. it appears the fire may have started on that side based on the burn marks. they say they have no positive ids on either of the victims just yet. the fire started around 1:00 a.m. on sunday morning. police say the fire is suspicious because they are investigating because of the two bodies inside. not only that because they found somebody or at least witness accounts that someone was running away on

southbound into hayward delays approaching westbound 92.ll tell you why coming up. >>> the san francisco mayor's race just got nasty. the first shot has been fired the interim mayor ed lee. >> i am sure i'm not going to run. i mean, this has not been my agenda. >> state senator and fellow candidate leland yee ran this attack ad. he says the mayor is breaking his promise to the public by deciding to run for a full term. lee says these are the exact tactics that he wants to fight against. >> negative campaigning like that is another example of why i wanted to run for mayor in the first place. it does nothing to suggest how we create jobs, improve the economy or make the city safer. >> yee says chinatown activist rose pack influenced mayor lee to enter the race. jeff adachi says lee has cut back room deals with unions over pension reform. >>> house speaker john boehner plans to deliver a speech today on the nation's job crisis. the nation's top republicans will likely include comments about president obama's latest plan to reduce unemployment.

interstate 80 heading through the berkeley area, headlights move westbound. now the drive times on the carquinez bridge about 25 minutes and then once you do reach the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on, backed up to 880 overcrossing, about 10-15 minutes through the toll plaza and heading into san francisco. live look at the contra costa commute, this is 24 making your way westbound heading through orinda. headlights you can make them out the drive time to 680 through caldecott is about ten minutes. go to the walnut creek camera and check out -- no, this is north bay. live look, taillights are moving southbound making their way out of novato, it's about 10 minutes to 580. this is 680, these taillights moving southbound into san ramon valley. for the latest go to abc7news.com and click on the traffic link. >>> thanks so much. >> 9/11 memorial at the site. world trade center will be dedicated this weekend. we're learning more about the complex al go rhythm how to arrange the names of the thousands of victims. according to a group, the names are not a

this is westbound 580 so watch out for that.our drive time not too bad out of the altamont pass. as far as accidents go, incidents, it's been quiet this morning on our chp logs. so that is the good news. take that extra sip of coffee. if you are coming into downtown san francisco now from the peninsula, 101 moves well heading towards the lower deck of the bay bridge looks good, 280 quiet, as well. not so quiet at the bay bridge but it never usually is this time of the morning. metering lights have been on so that's when we see backups, to the 880 overcrossing so at least 10 minutes to get on the bridge. starting to get sluggish down the eastshore freeway. 24 minutes now on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. the marin county commute no issues across the golden gate bridge. fog not as bad, as well. and nice stretch all the way down from novato down into san rafael. westbound 580 just your usual stuff through here past the windmills, 26 minutes is your drive time there from 205 towards 680 and the dublin interchang

westbound 4 making your way out of antioch towards concord, 18 minutes. 23 minutes westbound 580 fromass transit. for the latest traffic updates go to our website at abc7news.com and click on the traffic link. eric, kristen? >>> and airport security pat-downs? officials may be replacing them. >> here is jane king. >> instead of looking at your body in a scanner, don't be surprised if they ask you questions. tsa testing a plan to engulfing travelers to determine which ones need to go through the naked scanners and which ones don't. >> and if the bank has repossessed your home, you have the right to review. they are requiring the reviews but sources also say the difficulty in determining which former homeowners were victims of wrongful foreclosures. >> and getting your amazon delivery can be a pain and now they are testing a new system with 7-eleven. they will e-mail you bar code at seven learn store and theochb you use it to open a locker there. at new york stock exchange, bloomberg big report. >>> amazon and state legislative leaders are expected to announce a deal today in a sales ta

offramp from the westbound lanes. now, there are reports that the water could be covering some of the eastbound lanes as well. traffic is not unusually back up yet, but it is a potential problem. another potential hot spot is the north bay ride on 101 southbound at francisco blvd.. it is actually going to be right about here that we have a report of an accident. this report just came in a and it says that the fast lane is blocked. at present there are no backups or delays. again, a potential hot spot for the marin ride on 101 southbound. we do have heavy traffic and petaluma because of an earlier occurring crash at petaluma boulevard. that has been cleared. at the bay bridge toll plaza we are backed up to the 880 over crossing. it is a 14 minute drive westbound. we have been incident free but there is heavy volume this morning for the bay bridge. heavier than usual for friday. the san mateo bridge ride looks about normal and it has an easy drive time, 13-14 minutes out of a were heading over towards foster city. the g

take a look westbound 24 through towards the caldecott tunnel, everything is moving at the limit westbound 24. we have an issue that is cropping up westbound 580, an accident cleared to the shoulder before north flynn. road sensors are not picking up any slowing but westbound through the parkway, an accident there and we'll follow that one four. take a look at key drive times this morning on the areas we've just mentioned. so far everything is moving pretty well. abc7news.com is the website for the latest incidents and current drive times. just click on bay area traffic. >>> a chemical commonly used in products could be a health hazard for women fighting breast cancer. unexpected danger. >> and also a san francisco landmark gets a shiny new addition, a renovation in golden gate park. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> good morning, 5:23 on the morning news. a live picture from our emeryville camera -- is that what this is? of traffic on 80 showing you things are mov

we're looking at 80 westbound, looks pretty good. there is a little bit of road work that you can see westbound 80 right near golden gate fields race track. you can actually see the flashing lights up there. they should be gone in about a half hour or so. there is a small delay coming down on 80 past golden gate fields. there are no major delays, though. this is a look now at the bay bridge toll plaza, and you can see traffic is light here coming into san francisco, and they're picking up some road work near the island on westbound 80. this morning's commute in san jose looks good on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17, but there is a lot of road work out there this morning. we're going to make sure that it opens up on time, or else we're going to have some big commute delays. so far it's scheduled to open by 5:00 or 5:30 in most cases. at 4:37 let's go to steve. >> thank you very much, sal. we had a cooldown for a couple of days. today we start to reverse things a little bit. i'm buying into it. there is he a decrease in some of

westbound lanes.thing in 880 through oakland, you can see passing the coliseum headlights moving southbound toward oak land airport, quick trip, down toward hayward, northbound traffic looks good. they've picked up overnight roadwork near high street. a few brake lights near the altamont pass by the wind turbines. bart is on time. ace train number one and three look good. muni, cal train everything reporting no delays. back to you. >>> some of the top stories, an officer-involved shooting overnight in san jose. police say the shooting happened after officers tried to stop a stolen car, a mustang. one suspect hospitalized, another is under arrest. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton speaks to a global gathering this morning in san francisco. the subject is women in business, her key know speech is before private and public leaders from 21 different economies. >>> libyan rebels are now moving in on one of the few remaining strong holds of muammar gadhafi. the prime minister of turkey is the latest wo

and the san mateo bridge westbound 92 traffic looks good heading out to the high rise and westbound dunbarton bridge also looks pretty good. there you go, a couple of bridges for your morning commute. they're doing well. 5:17, let's go to steve. >> thank you for taking it to the bridge. reporter: you're welcome. >> thank you, sal. 52 to 56. patchy fog on the coast. kind of pockets of it, but it's still there. i'm just a tad nervous about this because the fog -- you need a north wind to scour that out, not happening yet, but it's not as thick as it was the past couple of mornings, that's for sure. but it's still there. mostly sunny later on today, so we'll go 64 to 74. partly cloudy with some low clouds around the bay and then mostly sunny, nice to warm, 74 to 84. biggest jump should be inland, but a cool morning, clear and cool. there's a lot of upper 40s and right at 50 degrees on some of these lows, but it does look sunny and warmer. the sea breeze has really been cut in half. that's kind of the key. i'm not seeing any warmer air aloft yet. if i saw that, then it would be a slam dunk, but i

we have 80 westbound as we head out to the mcarthur maze. traffic is looking good if you are driving westbound i-80 and eastbound i-80 as well. driving looks good on the westbound bay approach and nice into san francisco or the other way around from san francisco into oakland. and all over the place on 280, traffic is light, let's go to steve. >>> we have clear skies coming up the coast skipping in the san was keen, the main impact will be cooler by the coast because fog is roaring up the roast. 50s for some north bay, san jose sitting at 66 degrees. went out by the delta, there is an on shore winds, so far that would signal a big cooling trends and that's not happening but what is happening is in the transition zone. that system will start to work its way out towards us but today if you are away from the coast, it will be warm to hot, not as hot as yesterday but if you are closer to coast and bay, get ready for a sea breeze and then our temperature drops and the system kicks in. we are still being held in check, it is warm to hot inland and

westbound 237 not too bad.pitas going to san jose, check out this camera, fog once again an issue. you can see it over the sand. watch out for that if you are heading into san francisco from marin. no big delay. nine minutes from 101 toward highway 37 and toward 580. westbound 580, slow spots westbound passing the windmill, sluggish toward 680 and the dublin interchange. highway 4 through anted ok, some speeds under 25 miles per hour. a longer line of red here unfortunately past hillcrest, pretty sluggish out toward love ridge. the south bay commuters, you are doing great. no major issues so far. coming out of downtown san jose, these headlights are moving northbound approaching the 880. everything is quiet along the peninsula. 101 and 280. bay bridge, it's always backed up. metering lights are on. it's jammed to the west grand over crossing, about ten minutes to get on to the span. back to you. >> we need a ten-lane bridge. >>> a stock to watch today is bank of america. a lot of jobs are on the line today. >>

we're looking at the bay bridge in the westbound direction. we're just starting to see the beginnings of a back up. this is just at the time the metering lights are activated. they could have just been triggered or are likely to be. your ride on a san mateo bridge, there are no metering lights or backups reported at the toll plaza for the westbound ride. a smooth commute in both directions. the volume is definitely building up. looking at your ride on highway 101, your commute is still easy to miss out on direction. there could be attracted break at the north end of the bridge. >> around the bay area that you may have noticed a lot of repaving. >> drivers around the bay area and this did california have probably noticed something missing from the highways. it is usually those grim rattling the pot holes. caltran has begun repaving roads at almost record levels over the summer. a big question is where is all the money coming from? some of it is looked over the stimulus money, some of it is bond money and a big chunk of it is savings. during the

westbound 580 at basco and livermore. large rock in lanes.bit of minor slowing past the scene. public transit today, good way to go, we've been mentioning the spare-the-air day and checked in with bart, muni and ace train, one and three all running on schedule. great alternate for you. new accident westbound 37 at the infineon raceway at 121 in sonoma. apparently a motorcycle and a big rig mixed it up there and that has been cleared out of the lanes. looks like sensors are showing no slowing past the scene. bay bridge toll plaza, very light. metering lights are on but a bit of slow traffic as you come into san francisco but no major stalls or accidents to report to you there. >>> our time is 6:37. >> things are not good in trading this morning. we'll have a live report from the new york stock exchange, you can see the big tumble out of the gate. dow down 233 points. we'll go live to the new york stock exchange. >> based on those unemployment figures. >> and alanis morissette among several celebrities to help raise money for a new children's h

toward concord westbound 4 and out of the central valley. we have report of an accident westbound 580 at grant line. possible lane blockage there. 24 westbound through orinda a pretty drive. headlights snaking through the screen and bay bridge back up, metering lights are off. minor delay there. kristen, eric? >> sue, thanks. >>> 6:10. >> just ahead -- onstar's new privacy policy that can be a big help in an emergency but you might not like what happens if you cancel the service. >> online poker site is called a global ponzi sche >>> welcome back. 6:13. navigation service onstar is letting customers know it will track speed and location of their vehicles even after their cancel the service. this week onstar began sending customers the new privacy policy. notifying them about the continuing tracking. onstar says it will remove personal information from the data before selling it. privacy advocates don't like it, but onstar say customers can opt out of continued tracking. maintaining the connection makes it easier to reenol in the service they

eastbound 580 from 80 westbound, i'm not seeing much slowing in the maze. just be aware you may come up on the stall once again. 80 westbound ramp to eastbound 580. blocking the lane. light at the toll plaza. stall on the other side of the bay bridge, ninth street off-ramp is blocked with a stall westbound sky way. take a look at drive times. no at bad ride out of antioch, 580 central valley is cooperating, if you are traveling from san mateo to dumbarton, 6-minute drive. >> call it a sound track for your social scene. new buzz that could make facebook friends more musical. >> beware of the baby-sitter bill. new legislation that could make it more expense i have to watch kids at home. >> and coffee lovers, the best boutique coffee. we'll look at the rankings when we come back. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, washington says no to a major merger. they are blocking at&t's acquisition of t-mob. they say it would increase prices. >> justice department it's blocking that deal because t-mobile puts pressure on the othe

westbound 92 traffic, 13 minutes from hayward to foster city. south bay, we have a photographer standing by showing us traffic on 101 passing alum rock and it's good to go towards santa clara. southbound 101 looks good, in fact, a nice drive along the peninsula. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. that is your traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> right now, dozens of wildfires are burning in texas. the largest is 25,000 acres that have destroyed nearly 500 homes in the bastrop area south of austin. thousands of people remain evacuated. texas had suffered through months of drought and extreme heat. fires have burned an estimated 3.5 million acres in the lone star state since december. that's roughly the size of connecticut. >>> a new week of trading begins in about 10 minutes from now. u.s. stock futures fell sharply over the holiday weekend. stocks ended last week with a sell-off that followed a dismal jobs report. the dow losing 253 points on friday. n

so is the opinion as you head westbound on interstate 580. the moves are a little sluggish heading through livermore and coming out of the altemont pass. the westbound ride for 92 starts right after some slow traffic leading from san leandro and hayward. again these are pretty normal delays we're looking at some sluggish traffic around the 17 interchange for 85 and 280. the 101 northbound right continues to be really good. >> we are following the latest in the disappearance of michelle le. remains found in the week and have been confirmed as hers. will tran is at the hayward police department on what is next in this case. >> what is next is that they will have to determine how she died. joining me now is unmanned when the hayward of lieutenant. it has been quite some time since you've spoken with the media. now that it has been identified that the remains are michelle, where to go from here? >> the greatest thing that has happened is a level of closure for the family. that has always been a part we were waiting on. knowing that our investigat

for the westbound ride. this is a good to me for the bay bridge this morning. the san mateo bridge ride is a problem free. a 15 minute drive. the golden gate bridge looks good. the last check was 36 minutes for the drive time from high with 37 out of nevada heading down to the toll plaza of the golden gate bridge. >> the u.s. government giving several bay area police forces more money to put more officers on the street. a federal grand is paying for the additional police. the money covers salaries for the officers over the next two years. a total of 36 officers will be added to for a area communities, local and getting the most help with 25 officers headed there. that will give oakland 675 officers but still down from the over 800 officers and had two years ago. >> working with the community and city we have identified where the use is most at risk. we would like to place, philosophically, a protective barrier around our children and start from the school perimeter and work our way out into the community and

these headlights are moving westbound.r drive time still about 15 minutes from 205 through pleasanton. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. >>> 5:20. it is no shoe-in but you may be able to keep your shoes on when you go through airport security. homeland security says it could be a while because technology to check people for bombs without removing shoes is not yet available. some shoe bomb detectors have been tested in airports but so far, none have passed muster. travelers have complained about taking off shoes since the policy was implemented in 2001. washington, d.c., secretary napolitano is addressing a national security panel talking about the evolving terrorist threat as well as the importance of intelligence and this is hosted by the centers for strategic and international studies. >>> this all going on as america prepares to remember the worst terrorist attack in the nation's history. >> now a small piece of 9/11 is stirring up some emo

westbound highway 4 traffic looks good if you are driving up to the bay point area.y slow traffic in antioch. this mornings commute looks good if you are driving on interstate 880 north and southbound here. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> we are learning about an aggressive public relations campaign launched by bart to try to sway public opinion. claudine wong joins us now with the tack tickets bart used some people say went too far. >> reporter: we have been talking to riders this morning coming in and out of the civic center station. everyone has been asking the same question is there another protest today? no protest planned today but it's public relations and the public relations spin that is causing the controversy this morning. this comes out of the protest like you are watching now. it was then when bart was holding multiple press conferences. according to the bay citizen, bart not only tried to recruit riders for one of the press conferences but prepared a script for the riders to read. they also hired a cost for a car service. we spoke to one man that opp

westbound i-80 riddled with problems.nately we had the earlier accident approaching grant line road. crews are out there. we took a couple of calls, steve and allen telling us traffic is still slow behind the accident, because that's a new stall reported. so sluggish from at least tracy boulevard. so again, expect a heavy ride through there. injury crash in los gatos. an inalert out there, completely shut down between highway 17 and university avenue. chp investigating a crash involving a pedestrian. a car struck a pedestrian. so in the meantime, lanes are still blocked. all went down in milpedas. the westbound ride sluggish at the valley. and at

. >> he said the traffic coming westbound on market street and turning right to go westbound on fourteenth street would conflict with people coming east on fourteenth accessing market to turn left or go straight. if it has a green light, wouldn't westbound church and market street, everybody will have a red light and nobody turn right on iran? i don't understand the conflict. >> we have heard the explanation. that will be the end of this conversation. next item? let's do 12 or 13, whateve rit is. -- whatever it is. >> you do have one member of the public. august 15, 2011, approving the employment agreement. the only speaker is christopher. >> i don't know enough to oppose or approve the gentleman's appointment, but i like to point out that he has a connection with security issues. i would encourage you to go gentle and a continued connections there because we know the homeland's security in the fbi come looking for cabdrivers, and it has created one of the problems. i don't pretend to represent any of the individual drivers for any of the special matters, but there is a juggling act that i

close to peak traffic on the westbound right. was a report of a stalled and dump truck on the bridge but it is on one of the shoulders and not blocking lanes. you're right on the golden gate bridge, once or one southbound is paltry. -- southdown 101 is fog free. , to 8101 are still ahead. good ones or one ride in marin county is still not that bad. the drive time is still about 24 minutes south down from navato to the golden gate bridge. >> the president will announce that he is sending his bill to congress as soon as they come back from their session. the speech from the rose garden start at about 7:45 a.m.. we will take you there live. >> we will be back in a couple of minutes. here's a live look outside at the james lick in san francisco. a little sluggish. >> the only rugger of the russian hockey team to survive the slain crash that killed 44 people had died of his injuries. here's the crash last week. . now the death toll is at 45 including 37 players, coaches and staff. this little store or at this point is a member of the

westbound or eastbound 237. or any of the on or off-ramps an use the matilda off-ramp at this hour and chp remains on the scene, continuing their investigation which will likely continue for a while because the driver was killed. and let's go to the maps and show you what else is going on. and the freeway traffic is not impacted. westbound 237 looks okay as you travel through millipitas toward san jose. and just getting word of a new problem now, westbound 80 approaching american canyon road. we know it sounds like it was a solo car crash blocking the right lane. the sensors are not picking up slowing although it is blocking the right lane. chp is on the scene. >>> it looks pretty good down the east shore freeway to berkeley. no delay at there hour. all green on the sensors. until you get to the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights remains off. fast track users get by okay. in the cash lanes you can see it stacking up toward the end of the lot but once they turn the metering lights on, that's when we start

traffic is getting by southbound 880 at westbound 92 without any incident.westbound 580, a car hit a bicyclist and investigation is under way there and may be blocking lanes on castro valley boulevard. popular drive times, 580, we'll get back to those in minute. live look at san mateo bridge, that picture looks like it's a bit frozen. let's move on to walnut creek, 680 is moving well as you move through 24. a little bit of cloudiness. and your bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights have been turned on. fast track and lanes getting by okay, no major delays. go to abc7news.com, click on bay area traffic, get all the latest information. >>> sue, thank you very much. >> and some of the best moments in life happen by accident. >> it looks like a monkey. >> still ahead, loving couple who is cccccccccccccccccccccccccc so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] the epa-estimated 42 mpg highway chevy cruze eco. pe

i want to mention westbound 80 you can see there is a closure on 80 coming out from university avenue. traffic looks like it is narrowing down so if you will be going out any time soon give yourself some extra time. you see the truck backing up this will be gone soon. >>> we are following developing news out of tehran. word came overnight all the necessary signatures have been obtained and two american hikers jailed in iran may finally see freedom after more than two years behind bars. we have been following this story. >> reporter: there have been several new developments, it appears they are several minutes away from their freedom. lawyers entered the compound about an hour ago and two swiss embassy cars were seen entering and at this point we are waiting for confirmation that they are free. shane bauer and josh fattal were in prison along with sarah shaw who was released but the two remained in jail.$♪ a couple of years ago they were tried and were sentenced to eight years in prison for those crimes but negotiations to get them out continued and last week the first signs that a rel

westbound 237 the silicon valley ride, nice and quiet this morning. have wrapped up some roadwork in sunnyvale. so now things look good as you leave 880 towards 101. the san mateo bridge, we'll show you a live look at one of our other bridges across the bay area. westbound 92 a 13-minute drive no issues across the san mateo bridge. looks great out towards the high-rise. if you are coming into hayward they were doing some overnight roadwork near the 880-92 interchange, should have been picked up by now. bart, ace, muni and caltrain all on time. remember kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. >>> lenders are catching up on their paperwork and it's hitting more americans with foreclosure warnings. realtytrac reports initial foreclosure notices were up 33% from july. that's the highest in nine months. the increase indicates banks are starting to take quicker action against homeowners. processing issues have led to a sharp slowdown in foreclosures in recent months. >>> california's largest