first, let's look at the east bay freeways as we look at the ripe on 80 westbound hercules to berkeley, 17-18 minutes. there are no delays on 580 westbound coming out of livermore toward dublin and into castro valley. the south bay freeways are delay free and problem free. it will be the easy ride on 85 westbound all the weights and on view. your north bay ride is still without delay for 11 southbound. public transit is still quiet. there are no delays reported for caltrain, bart or valley transit authority. test box >>mark: according to aaa 42.5 million people are expected to travel, if that is the highest number since the start of the recession. gas prices are more expensive, 20 percent more expensive than it was last thanksgiving. but craig skalar is watching gas prices in milipitas. >> it is about $3.71 a gallon for regular and milipitas. that is pretty common in the south bay. you mentioned a year ago it is much more now. just about one week ago, it was 65 a gallon. if you are going on a trip thanksgiving weekend, is directly speaking prices are higher than they were a year ago. t

their ride on 680 south and 80 westbound, hercules to berkeley is a good ride. the south bay freeways are problem free. there are no delays or problems through marin county. 101 southbound looks good. >>james: a 67 year-old man who spent four decades as a fugitive is preparing to turn themselves in. he is wanted for opening fire on to south san francisco police officers back in 1968. his attorneys say they will plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon but he plans to fight separate charges in a 1971 murder of a san francisco police officer. >>james: contra costa at sheriff's deputies are taking--are looking for this man. investigators say the victim told over on the interstate and that is when this suspect came up with a gun and tried to rob him. the two struggled and the gun went off shattering a window. the victim, fortunately, was uninjured. >>darya: there are too into up teen-agers behind bars in addition to three already arrested in concord last week. they are accused in at least seven heists that took place is at gas stations and convenience stores. bo

westbound. drive times are under 20 minutes from hercules to berkeley. there is a potential for trouble san jose northbound. will little slowing in marin county. a little bit of slowing coming into nevada. muni has a buzz bridge in place on did avenue at 30th there is construction. >>mark: it is election day. voters are choosing a new mayor in san francisco and deciding on a variety of propositions. schools, reform and sales tax. a lot of candidates on the ballot for mayor. will tran is live at city hall. >>will: the polling places will open at 7:00 a.m.. they do expect a busy turnout. the polling places will close at 8:00 p.m.. in san francisco, they will have inspectors roaming around to see if there is any fraudulent activity. one inspector says that his state will not be done until 10:00 p.m.. >>darya: it is a crowded valid that you will see for san francisco mayor. there are 16 candidates in today's election. many of these politicians are business leaders. you'll have to rank the top three choices. this is their point choice system. you pick your fi

westbound 80 because of that accident in hercules it quickly jumped to 38 minutes in the westbound lanese carquinez bridge to the maze. and mass transit our bright spot continues to run on time. >> okay. can we have a jacket, please, for elizabeth? [ laughter ] >> that would be nice. >> bonfire maybe. >> all right. >>> there's a bird in indiana putting people in a foul mood before nage. it's holding up traffic. a few close calls. some drivers tried to help the bird along like this lady. this guy full-on chasing the bird. apparently the turkey did not want to be caught. we are just a couple of weeks out from thanksgiving so we understand why the bird stayed out of the clutches. >> he is two miles south of the canadian border, nearly free, making' run for it! >> caption

the east bay starting with the ride on 80 head was bowed, still a good drive time from hercules to berkeley. westbound 24, there are no delays to the caldecott tunnel. the ride on 580 westbound looks good. there ride out to the castro valley is problem free. south a traffic, no problems for 101, to 80, 17, 85 and the north bay ride is still easy. 101 southbound is delay free through marin county. >>darya: another developing story out of the east bay. occupy oakland protesters are launching a general strike this morning. will tran is live at 14th and the broadway. we are a couple of hours away from most of the activity. >>will: the first activity will begin around 8:30 a.m.. we saw someone stop by earlier to drop this off. however comes down here, they will get their hands on many of these signs. fans take a look at your screen. here is what we can expect for today. they will have a news conference at 8:30 a.m.. that will take place on the corner of broadway and telegraph. we have a truck setting out for speeches at 14th and the broadway and then, they will begin marching at 9, noon and 5:00 p.m.. they

. >>> back to hercules, 80 westbound past highway 4 accident lane number two, you can see significantg to about 10 miles-an-hour past the scene. drive times as you head out 580 highway 4 and there's your drive from the carquinez bridge into the maze now over 35 minutes. toll plaza metering lights on. slow one. >> hopefully the earlier sunlight giving an easier time getting out. that's it for this edition of the morning news. back with a local update at 7:24.

fog on the carquinez and benicia bridges green sensors, traffic still flowing well on westbound 80 through herculessurveillance video has led them to persons of interest in that frightening shootout that wounded seven including a toddler. a vigil had been held for that youngster tonight. terry mcsweeney is live at the oakland police department. how is the little boy doing? >> reporter: you are talking about hiram walker turning two next month still in critical, fighting for his life at children's hospital in oakland. police and city officials are wondering why with that as a background nobody who was there that night is stepping up to help police maybe a crimestoppers reward of $35,000 will help. police using surveillance video to help with the investigation. three again men approaching along the side of the state market liquor store at 7th and will low open fire on a group in the parking lot who are making a rap video. some of the intended targets return fire. silver lining here, a group of men who used to be among the troublemakers now are peacemakers, visited that bloody parking lot yesterday to

not so much for 680 to the san ramon valley or 480 leading for hercules to berkeley, but 580 westbound, heavy traffic through the also want, livermore into the dublin interchange. off south bay freeways are delayed free and problem free. 6:08 a.m., let's go to the kron4 news room with the latest on employment benefits. >>justine: applications fell to 390,000. the department says that the applications are at the lowest levels since mid april. applications still need to be consistently below three of its 75,000 to signal sustained job gains. they have not been at that level since february. we will have the latest out of penn state won the kron4 morning news comes back. >>james: a developing story this morning, this time the campus of penn state, students stormed the university overnight. this is video capturing the right and progress and the damage that was done. students and police clash after word that the president and head football coach joe paterno would be fired immediately. a news van had been a turnover by writing students. >>darya: gov. rick perry ran recall the third agency tha

in the east bay as we look at the ride on highway 1 01 westbound looking at the commute from hercules to berkeley, the drive time is still at about 16 minutes. the south bay freeways are still very light. north bay traffic is smooth on 101 from the county line to the golden gate bridge. the time is 5:38 a.m., we will take a break into the kron4 morning news will be right back. >>darya: one of the mothers of the alleged victims in the penn state sex scandal describes what happens. >> i went to the school and i met with a counselor and principal. when i did, they told me my son had said some things about a problem with- just jerry. he didn't really admit anything at that point. he said he thought he needed to tell someone where he thought it would get worse. the principal said, jerry has a heart of gold. i was extremely upset at this point and messing-just yelling at them that they need to call the police. i told them three times, call the police right now. they said i needed to think about the ramifications of what would happen if i did that. >>darya: this was just a boy at the time. t

right now seeing some lanes blocked through hercules and into richmond if you are coming down the eastshore freeway that westbound 80 commute. now, according to caltrans they should be picking this up by about 5:00 but once again once you get past san pablo then looks great through berkeley into emeryville and we have this. this is ongoing roadwork. we have been seeing this out there for a whileful the eastbound lane of highway 4 that left lane is blocked there approaching railroad avenue until 7 a.m. now, westbound 4 traffic if you are heading towards pittsburgh into concord looks great and bridges are quiet, as well. westbound 92 so far pretty nice start to the morning drive and eastward toward hayward. 13 minutes in both directions. the milpitas commute so far looks good. like i satisfied, we don't have too many problems out there now. westbound 237 pretty quiet all the way towards san jose. and if you are coming out of downtown san jose, all green on our sensors this morning from the guadalupe parkway all the way out towards the 880/17 inchange. nice and quiet all the way through towards cupertino and, of cou

westbound. it is right outside of the berkeley tunnel. the other major hot spot this morning is the right on interstate 80. it is really not breaking up but it is slower than normal. still, from hercules to berkeley the commute time is 25 minutes and the backup begins westbound before the highway # for. that however, is how we no. 4 -- the backup begins. on highway no. 4. this is a quick look at the interstate - 80 looking good on the approach to the bay bridge. the 92, still experiencing problem-free conditions but volume is a bit heavy. no delays on the span northbound, or southbound. 9:18. ericka. >> good morning, george. you can see those low clouds but those gloves will burn off. the same with the patchy fog. by reach this afternoon coast -- fought the it's callethe fog will burn off this afternoon with the sunshine experiencing 60s for this afternoon high temperatures. currently, 50 degrees in san francisco, just reaching above freezing and some areas such as santa we will see low 40s as the common area and los gatos, and san jose. as we take a look at the visibility chart, we're still experiencing limited visibility. as we go towards this afternoon, 60s by 3:00 p.m. we will see

we're seeing more red westbound stretching all the way up to an all near hercules and the highway for interchange. tack on an extra 20 minutes to your usual drive time. speeds are under 25 mi. per hour for a good stretch of roadway. here is a live look at conditions. this is where 580 needs interstate 80 in albany. gridlock conditions. allow yourself extra time as you head out the door. as you take a look at other traffic around the bay area, there are no other hot spots we are still contending with metering lights, traffic is pretty heavy of the incline and across the upper deck. the standard tale bridge ride is looking better. we are no longer dealing with a dense fog advisories. traffic is returning to about 14 minutes from end to end across the stand. as we take a look at the golden gate bridge, southbound 101, there are no major problems. if traffic is moving pretty well coming out of marin county. on the traffic mounts we will show you what is happening in the south bay. patches of slow traffic near the 87 interchange. that is where speeds dropped to just 30 mi. per hour. we do

hercules down into richmond. we had an accident near central avenue. actually one in the westbound and eastbound lanes.m road and this is what we're left with a 47- minute drive time on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. want to let you know all those incidents are cleared to the right shoulder. but obviously there may be a visual distraction and towards the bay bridge, it is backed up for about a 20-minute wait. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> yeah. elizabeth, cool start to the day around the bay area. looks like it's going to be dry. still, quite a few low clouds outside right now. that's going to break up throughout the day. and the temperatures, well, we'll keep them cool. 50s and low 60s as we head in toward the afternoon. but at least it will stay dry even in the afternoon hours with some sunshine. next couple of days catching a break from the storms. dry toward tomorrow. storm clouds expecting to return late wednesday into thursday. ,, ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. which is why safeway has everything

westbound 80 before san pablo dam road one lane blocked so it is -- looks like it's backed up. we are seeing brake lights as far as hercules'll have more traffic in a bit. back to you. >>> "occupy" san jose protestors have gone mobile. kcbs radio's matt bigler has more from city hall. >> reporter: "occupy san jose" decided to move on from city hall over the weekend. on saturday, they actually went to the house of mayor chuck reed and then yesterday, to the house of city manager deborah fagone, both live in san jose. they had been camped out at city hall, having some recent confrontation with police and city leaders so they went mobile. we talked to sean cartwright with "occupy san jose." he says that they are angry the city denied them a permit to stay camped out near city hall. >>> they forced us to go viral and mobile. so when they find us on their front lawns? who put them on those front lawns? >> reporter: now, they chanted and temporarily set up tents and driveways. they moved on. no arrests were made during these demonstrations. we talked to the city and the city says and the "occupy" san jose movement is okay to sta

in the backup, westbound 80, there's another accident pushing the backup in towards hercules.e you get to university, there's slowing towards the berkeley curve and the toll plaza. accidents 1201 and 87 as well as matilda. ba back to you. >> check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. >>> 8:00 now on this tuesday morning. it's the 8th day of november, 2011, and matt, we have tracked around the globe, is in full swing this morning. is he in madrid, spain, as he told us earlier this morning, a city that's roughly the size of chicago with a population that's just smaller than los angeles. we're very excited. you look very happy there. >> yeah. what a beautiful day. >> matt, we want to say good morning to you once again. by the way, the hat is working for you. >> oh, thank you. we're going actually tell you more about these hats a little later in the show. you see a lot of guys around here wearing these. by the way, in this city they will party for just about any reason. they love a good festival here. they are actually, if we go back into the plaza right now, you can see the

blocked off and we have a traffic alert on hercules, going against the commute, eastbound 80 at willo. and three lanes are blocked. it is also pretty slow westbounde bay bridge, it is backed up to the maze. here is lawrence. >> we are looking at patchy dense fog around the bay area. most of that is located in the north bay. and where some of it is less than a quarter of a mile for visibility. >> out to the beach we go, and patchy fog in the distance. but we are planning on some sunshine in the afternoon and most spots inland, a lot of 60s showing up there and 50s as you head out to the beaches and looking pretty good over the next couple of days. as he wed to thursday, the clouds roll back in, and chance of rain thursday night. unsettled into next weekend. ,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> look at those beautiful fall colors still here in mid november in manhattan. welcome back to "the early show," everyone. i'm jeff glor, along with rebecca jarvis. erica hill and chris wragge are off this morning. >>> coming up here, the low down on lay-away. we told you how walmart, sears, toys "r" us are bringing back lay-away plans for a the holiday. you play a little bit down,

westbound 80. right now i just saw them pass the san pablo dam road exit so -- or they are heading that way anyway. so it's clear across this stretch. earlier they were up in pinole and herculeshe fog was really thick and they had to slow down quite a bit. they just hit fog and you have to be careful. so watch out. fog all across the bay area including near milpitas. normally here you could see the 880/237 interchange. it's behind a cloud of fog. no delay, but obviously you are going to want to give yourself some extra time. live look at the san mateo bridge. there is a fog advisory in effect for most of the bridges this morning, the san mateo bridge, the bay bridge, the carquinez bridge, benicia bridge, the dumbarton bridge, golden gate bridge all have official fog advisories from chp so mass transit might be a good option. bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries on time. we haven't seen too many accidents. this is one in oakland. it turns out it is blocking the right lane. emergency vehicles may be on scene. for a while we were told it was blocking no lanes just off to the right shoulder but westbound 24 at broadway in oakland we are told it's slow from highway 13. th