Terrace and crews should be out there until about 5 a. M. Use an alternate. 580 is an alternate. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, some quiet conditions. We are in the green heading westbound. Eastbound across the lower deck of the bay bridge from Treasure Island to the decline, there will be the three right lanes closed for bridge work, completed by 6 30 a. M. Tribes are pouring in after the sudden death of San Francisco mayor ed lee as the city begins to look toward the future. Kpix 5s joe vazquez reports from city hall with reaction to the mayors death and where we go from here. Reporter from the front steps of city hall to the front gate of the mayors house in glen park, theres an outpouring of love and gratitude as the shock of the sudden death of mayor ed lee sinks in. The mayor was shopping at safeway when he collapsed. He was in cardiac arrest. He died at the hospital. I dont know San Francisco without ed lee. He has been a part of everything. He was at one time human rights director. Head of public works in my administration. He became the cao for the city. And i participated in helping him become the mayor so i cant imagine the city without ed lee. Reporter Police Officers escorted his body draped with an American Flag to a funeral home in daly city. Along the route, firefighters stood saluting on freeway overpasses. As San Franciscos first Asian American mayor, ed lee was an inspiration for many, especially in chinatown, where he worked as an activist before his long career at city hall. [ music ] the mayor was a tireless advocate for tenants, immigrants, the disadvantage. We have like were the a loss but honored by his legacy. Reporter the mayor found himself at odds with progressives and other Asian American leaders at times. There is a call for unity. This is a sad moment for San Francisco. Its important for us to come together to stand behind the family of mayor ed lee and express your condolences to the family and colleagues. Ed was not a politician. He did not always deliver the best sound bite or carry the room one spoken cries ma. What mattered most charisma. What mattered most to him always was helping fellow service. Reporter the president of the board of supervisors is now the acting mayor, london breed. I ask for your patience and your support and i ask for your prayers. Reporter she has a full schedule fulfilling the duties of her new position tomorrow as she and her colleagues continue to mourn. At 65, he cleared died much too early. He clearly had a lot more do and a lot more to give to the city. Reporter joe vazquez, kpix 5. A number of tributes around the bay area yesterday. Transit systems slowed to a halt to honor mayor lee at noon. Trains and buses briefly paused as the operators made a public announcement. All flags across San Francisco will be at halfstaff for 30 days to honor mayor ed lee. He was not just focused on issues in his own city but cared about the entire bay area. Mark sayre reports from san jose the bay areas other big city mayors are feeling the loss. Reporter in 2015, mayor lee appeared on public tv with san jose mayor sam liccardo and oakland mayor libby schaaf saying the three were teaming up to form a regional coalition. When we do all of this together, we raise the entire bay area to compete on a worldwide level because every company thats now established in any of our cities, they think globally. Reporter over the years, the three mayors worked together on an ongoing in shared areas of concern including Affordable Housing and transportation. I lost a good friend. But San Francisco lost a great champion. Reporter mayor sam liccardo says lee was a friend, mentor and advocate for San Francisco and the quality of life in the entire bay area. He cared so much about working together. And its a great legacy his leadership. Reporter mayor schaaf revealed a plan hatched by lee for all three mayors to go to the wine country as a show of support for fire victims and get the tourism economy back on its feet. He and sam liccardo and i were going to drive up to napa, have dinner at a restaurant in the napa valley just to send a message of our solidarity with the mayors who went through such tragic losses in that fire. Thats just the kind of generous giving thoughtful person that ed lee was. It is another example of how ed was always concerned about how we could bring people together. Reporter mark sayre, kpix 5. Governor brown said ext at San Francisco city people are already wondering what will happen next at San Francisco city hall. As kpix 5s melissa caen explains, selecting a permanent mayor can be a complicated process. Reporter so mayor lee is termed out. And already on the books is an election in november of 2019 to elect a new mayor of San Francisco. Thats already scheduled. It will still happen. But because now we dont have a mayor who has been officially elected, we need to elect one so to find someone who will serve from 2018 to 2019 we are going to have an election in june of 2018. June 5, 2018, is the election for the person who will serve the final year. Reporter the board of supervisors can elect an interim mayor to serve until the june election or allow london breed to remain as acting mayor and president of the board of supervisors. As a young lawyer, mayor ed lee joined the San Francisco asian law caucus organizing a rent strike in San Franciscos chinatown. Lee worked with that organization for 13 years from 1976 to 1989. By the 90s he had headed San Franciscos human rights commission. He also served as public works director and a city administrator before taking on his final role as mayor. And this is the front page of the San Francisco chronicle. The headline, the mayorled city in time of change. He is so mayor led city in time of change. He is so going to be sorely missed. That distinctive smile. How is the weather . Its cool. When you step out the door, have your jacket handy, warm coffee or cocoa, whatever youre into. Later on this afternoon it will feel really nice. Lets take a look outside. Nice Clear Conditions contributing to the cool conditions, as well. So we havent seen cloud coverage. We didnt see much of that yesterday or today. Thats going to change this coming weekend. Look at the temperatures. 31 degrees in livermore. 31 in santa rosa. So below freezing for areas that but temperatures in the 40s for San Francisco, san jose at 39. So very cool start. Cooler than yesterday. As far as winds are concerned between three to fivemileper hour winds but well be watching the direction of the wind. I was noticing a slight onshore breeze. We had some west winds just about an hour or so ago. Things have calmed down a lot. San rafael westsouthwest winds at 5 and those west winds will help increase humidity levels. For now its extremely dry. I just checked some of the humidity levels in berkeley just at 29 for this hour of the morning. Of course, it gets drier later in the day. Air quality unhealthy for sensitive groups across the north bay. Moderate for the rest of the bay area. Sixth straight day of spare the air alerts. Tomorrow will be the 7th day in a row. Water vapor imagery shows how dry this air is. Its going to stay this way, no shift yet of any kind of sea breeze to bring moisture. But well be watching that very closely because your skin, the chapped lips will feel it. Right now, we are tracking a slowdown and this is if you are heading towards the lower deck of the bay bridge. Heres a live look. This is interstate 80 right at 6th street so just before that last San Francisco exit, that eastbound direction on the right side of your screen, we were seeing a big backup develop on the lower deck of the bay bridge. Caltrans is doing some roadwork that has the three right lanes closed just as you exit the tunnel there and when you head down the decline but it looks like according to our sensors they may be wrapping that up now. So thats the good news there. Well check in with them and have an update in the next report. We are still in the green. No backups. Over along the Altamont Pass, westbound 580 the usual crowds developing in the yellow. Youre looking at about a 24 minute ride between 205 and 680. Voters in alabama have elected the first democrat to serve the state in the u. S. Senate in 25 years. Doug jones will head to capitol hill after narrowly defeating roy moore. The former u. S. Attorney finished a point and a half ahead of his republican rival. Jones will serve the see the held by attorney general jeff sessions. Speaking to supporters in birmingham last night, jones said alabama has been at a crossroads in the past but he believes voters finally took the right path forward. We have shown not just around the state of alabama but we have shown the country the way that we can be unified. [ applause and cheers ] a cafe in San Francisco passed out free champagne in honor of jones victory. Moores supporters cried and prayed as the results came in at his montgomery headquarters. During his brief remarks he quoted scripture and still has not concedeed. What we have to do is wait on god and let this process play out. The votes are still coming in and were looking at that. This morning, President Trump tweeted with jones, republicans are 5149 in the senate. Jones will serve through 2020. City workers returned to work yesterday. More now from kpix 5s christin ayers. Reporter it appears one of the first orders of business for public works will be evicting one of oaklands sprawling homeless encampments. These pink flyers quite literally the first signs that public works employees are back on the job. They warned people in the massive homeless encampment on 6th and brush that the city has deemed the area uninhabitable and will be clearing it out. James, who has a tent here, was watching friends picking through their belongings preparing to leave. They are trying to get away fast. Reporter this man said he would rather live on the streets than in a tool shed. He is talking about the 20 tuff sheds the city built to house the homeless. James said he was one of the first to accept the citys invite to move into the tuff shed shelter and he is glad he did. Oh, its been beautiful. Reporter the impending eviction has been part of the tuff shed plan all along but some people told us when they are pushed out, they will just go to another tent city. Christin ayers, kpix 5. Antolin Garcia Torres who killed sear sierra lamar is sent to prison for life, no parole. He was found guilty of kidnap and murder although the body was never found. At the san jose hall of justice yesterday, sierra lamars mother told the defendant, i find it incomprehensible you can make a choice to perform a heinous crime to rape and murder a child, you would rob sierra of what god had planned for her. Reporter have you had a chance to think about forgiveness . No. He has to tell us where she is first. Garciatorres has 60 days to appeal the sentence. The coowner of a San Francisco restaurant is accused of Sexual Misconduct. Details on the disturbing allegations. Firefighters are getting a handle on the largest wildfire burning in Southern California this morning resign over Sexual Misconduct allegations. The president sent this suggestive President Trump is feuding with democratic senator Kirsten Gillibrand after she asked him to resign. The president called her a lightweight and flunky who once begged him for Campaign Contributions and would do anything for them. It was a sexist smear attempting to silence my voice. And i will not be silenced on this issue. Neither will the women who [ indiscernible ] the president yesterday. Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren accused the president of trying to, quote, intimidate and flesh shame gillibrand. If your mind is in the gutter, you read it that way. More than 100 House Democrats asked that the House Committee on oversight investigate reports of misconduct against President Trump by more than a dozen women since the 1980s. Congressional leaders declined to investigate saying, it should be handled by the department of justice. The coowner of a restaurant in San Francisco faces allegations of Sexual Misconduct. More now from kpix 5s andria borba. Reporter the coowner of restaurant in San Francisco has been swept up in the Metoo Movement after former employees at several new york restaurants came forward in the New York Times with Sexual Misconduct allegations. The article cited two dozen interviews with women who worked at the famed spotted pig in the west village who are saying that ken friedman demanded sexy text pictures, groped them and [ indiscernible ] friedman bought a cafe in San Francisco with a female chef in 2013. He apologized in the times story and has been removed from management operations of the restaurant. In San Francisco, andria borba, kpix 5. Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire yesterday in the Oakland Hills that started on snake road where two houses were under construction. 30mileanhour winds fanned the flames. Neighbors woke them up to get out. I grabbed my cat. I got out. We had a rain of fire covering us across the sylmar down the hill so it was terrifying. Reporter the houses that were under construction were destroyed. Several other homes were also damaged. Firefighters are make some progress in their battle against the massive thomas fire in ventura and santa barbras counties. Its 25 contained. Since it began more than a week ago near st. Paula, the fire has burned 236,000 acres and destroyed more than 900 structures. Meanwhile, in los angeles, investigators say a cooking fire at a homeless encampment sparked a wildfire in the bel air region. The skirball is now 85 contained. Big difference between the Northern California fires in wine country and the ones in Southern California. We had some precipitation and rain after its bone dry. Its been dry in the state of california in december. We usually get 1. 5 of rain. We have had nothing just a couple of raindrops thats about it. We desperately need more rain. Late next week theres a slim chance for rain. Thats it. Heres whats happening. We have a battle going on with this High Pressure system and a low to the south. And when these two kind of line up against each other, it doesnt allow them to move away very quickly at all. So they have stayed put and yes, thats why these systems are stagnant. Because its been similar not much change at the High Pressure ridge our air quality again another day of air quality in the unhealthy sensitive group. Thats where it tends to be the worst. San jose 39. Cool across the south bay. Livermore 31. Below freezing right now. And heres where we stand this afternoon. Well be above average. Cool mornings and nice afternoons. At least the afternoons will make up for it. Across the region, lets check the neighborhood, 66 the high in santa rosa. Warmer at the coast at 65 degrees. Looking ahead, on friday, saturday, this High Pressure ridge that we have will start to flatten out and that will bring us some wind. So we could be under a wind advisory this coming weekend for the north and east bay hills. Over to you. No advisories for drivers heading through the north bay right now. This is near spencer avenue as you head in and out of marin. Speeds at the limit. Different story at 580 through the Altamont Pass towards the dublinpleasanton interchange near north first street. Taillights moving westbound and you can see, its already starting to get pretty crowded. We are in the yellow just under 25 minutes between 205 and 680. Highway 4 at hillcrest in the green westbound to 680 and 242. Eastshore freeway 80 at gilman things looking like everyone is joining the wednesday morning commute but were still at the limit. So thats a good start to the wednesday morning ride. We are seeing the backup starting to develop. We dont have the metering lights just yet but do be prepared for some slowdowns and we were tracking some delays in the eastbound direction due to roadwork with closed lanes. Its a spare the air day. Bart has 36 trains in service. We have some ferry advisories in the next traffic report. One bay area lawmaker is sounding the alarm overkiller robots. He said we need to ask before its too late. Another 2am stroll, huh . Im worried. I have this medical bill. Dave, you have anthem and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help any question you. Is, is he okay . Real people . Living and breathing. Hopefully not breathing like that. For all the things that keep you up at night, Anthem Blue Cross has a solution. Renovated International Arrivals building. the 45million dollar upgrade includes new lighting and floors. Oaklands International Airport has opened a newly renovated International Arrivals building. The 45 million upgrade includes new lighting, floors, two new baggage claims and extra booths for processing passengers and checking passports. They serve about 13 million passengers each year. It may sound like something from Science Fiction but a video about killer robots has one San Mateo County lawmaker seriously concerned. Its fictional video created by in part by a ucberkeley professor called slaughter bot. It shows drones used as military weapons as a warning that the potential danger of Autonomous Warfare in the future. That involved a supervisor introducing legislation to call on congress to create rules for the use and development of autonomous weapons. Now is the time to act before we feel that the threat is is present. None of us will be safe. Even inside our homes if autonomous weapons are allowed to proliferate. San mateo supervisors continued the robot resolution. They will take it up again january 24th. Not something you see every day at a surf shop in surf valley. A golden gate bus damaged a fire hydrant yesterday. The mishap sent a 30foot geyser of water onto the nearby proof lab surf shop. The store has some roof damage but no one inside or on the bus was hurt. A man is dead after he was hit by a vta light rail train in san jose. It happened around 6 00 last night on the citys north side. Investigators say that the man was walking on the tracks at first and rosemary streets south of the station. It was a northbound train from santa teresa headed to alum rock and there were 100 passengers on board. None of them reported injuries in the incident. They have been transported safely to another train. The investigation forced the vta to use a bus bridge in the area much of the night. Its unclear why the man was on the tracks. Employees are back on the job and one of their first orders of business is cleaning up homeless encampments. The details coming up. Reporter and it is a new era at San Francisco city hall. Coming up, our continuing coverage of the death of mayor ed lee and whats next. And im kenny choi. Lets start with a live good morning, everyone. Its wednesday, december 13th. Im michelle griego. Good morning, im kenny choi. Lets start with a live look outside on wednesday morning a live look at the traffic on 880 in oakland. Not looking too bad right now. And nice shot. Pretty shot of the bay bridge this morning. Clear conditions. Clear conditions for a while, yeah. Its clear around here. It also means its cold. It is theres nothing but cold air right above us. It will wake you up as you step outside. Clear at the bay bridge. Temperaturewise, we are down below freezing for a