but that doesn't mean we should be controlling them all from whitehall. governments that have the arrogance to imagine that 100 misters and 1,000 civil servants can fix the country all by themselves. governments like that fail. so we will restore power to people, families, communities, neighbourhoods and councils. turning the tide of centralisation and for the first time giving power away. councils, like all parts of governme, are going to have to make do with less money in the years ahead. but they will have more freedom than ever before. labour rattled on about decentralisation, but they held the purse strings tight. we are different; we are liberal. because we will put local government back in charge of the money it raises and spends. budgetwhy in our first we unlocked more than a billion pounds of ring-fenced grts. that's why we will end central capping of council tax. that's why we will allow councils to keep some of the extra business rates and council tax they raise when they enable new developments to go ahead. and i can announce today that we wil

the federal government issued a proposal today banning truck drivers from sending text messages whitehalling hazardous materials. >> back over to sal. >> right now traffic is busy around the bay area, especially at the bay bridge, we are getting that big delay now about 20 minutes waiting at the end of the line before you make it on to the bridge then on the span itself it looks okay as you can see here. also the morning commute driving on 880 north and southbound still looking good. this area does get more crowded later on but right now you can still get your chance to drive along relatively unimpeded right through here, 880 southbound at dakota a crash on the right shoulder caoing a slow down on the way the dumbarton bridge. here is steve. >> good morning, everyone, the last full day of summer, this is it, tomorrow night, 8:09 p.m. fall starts. today it is all summer. it will feel fall like. cooler, west-southwest winds in place, west sfo west 12. oakland airport southwest, concord buchanan south at 13, fairfield west-southwest, vacaville west-southwest at 7. when the sea breeze makes it t

obama administration also issued a proposal today to ban truck drivers from sending text messages whitehallingardous materials. >> let's go right back to sal see how the morning is moving. is it moving good? >> i would say so, dave. right now we are off to a nice start in many areas. of it is early so we don't know what it is going to be like in any hour here at the bay brag toll plaza, for example. but looks pretty good so far into the city. smftd road work you see on the bridge into san francisco is gone. northbound 101 coming up to the 80 split also looks pretty good. if you are driving down the peninsula along highway 101, 101 and 280 you can see the road censors doing pretty well but getting slow traffic on highway 1, you can see those road censors are turning color, yellow and red mines slower and slower traffic. 5:44 here is steve. >> good morning, everybody. a cooler forecast today. we will carry that into tomorrow as well. this is the last full day of summer by the way. fall starts tomorrow at 8:09 p.m. i will be out banging pots and pans. heres our cool down, a little low right there