had this slowdown's before highway 24. and 80 is also slow right. -- 880. this is the slow traffic as you come down from the east shore freeway. this is into the macarther maze. it is extending closer to ashby avenue. what is a little striking about this is that a back up and the westbound direction is huge but does not translate to as long as drive times as you might expect in if your coming from the 80 -- 880, you could make the drive in 20 minutes take a look at the fast track lanes. they are moving fine. the metering lights are keeping things running on the brakes this morning. your alternate routes would be to take the san mateo bridge. there is a little bit heavier traffic on 880 at 92 this is a better trap the than the right across the bridge. you can also take the san rafael bridge the chasm is now back up was that. 101 south looks pretty good. on the golden gate bridge, you will have an easy ride if you do not feel like driving our cannot drive their art is a ferry service available at ac transit has a normal routes available. you can catch and at that at macarthur part station or at the 19th street bart stations. you may encounter long lines there. >>darya: 19 and the macarthur park station have a long alliance. -- law alliance. george >> >>george: a lot deeper tragedy with work, at graduation, at the u.s. open, of an all because of a fire that happened earlier this morning. will try and has the coverage karen pit >>will: i am not going to even guesstimate how long this is going to take than to analyze the problem and bring in there and clement. you can see the the fire is out but the fire department is still here they're able to finally get full access. we do know there was damage to a third rail and about 12 insulator. this insulators provided electricity to the rails. he might look at 880 traffic before you even get to the macarther maze because it is bumper to bumper traffic the fire department has to do a thing to do. they put out the fire and they have to monitor the hot spots that now have to investigate. crossfire was >>mark: we are told that there was and not very many people in the area on the fire started. we're asking that anyone is saw anything to call our fire units. >>will: this site is under construction, dean of recently the construction workers were there? then at their best in a afternoon. >> the parking structure was with friend and under construction. our first units on the scene arrive quickly. they call for a second alarm. >>will: do know when you'll be able to pull back and allow bartering in the heavy equipment to finally get to work on the tracks? >> we're waiting for pg&e to wait for the gas to be shut off red and there was a power pole that was damaged. it said that is a concern. >>will: said he would not say that will happen in the next hour to? >> probably not >>will: there is that we cannot it said the parts service would be continued maybe later on this afternoon. nobody twisted that from the part organization so do not pay attention to that. >>darya: thanks will >>mark: their people in light of our stations. we'll be talking to that later. let's get update on our weather. >>erica: we have blue skies and plenty of sunshine lovers set francisco. it is chili. savages and the '50's karen. expect cooler conditions then yesterday. we will have more information on the 7 day around the bay. >>mark: this is video from the u.s. of the. -- this is from the olympic club at the u.s. open. the first person to t off is tiger woods. >>darya: they're acquainted t off at about 20 minutes or so. >> will take a while for people to get there this morning. i'm sure not as many people that would hope will be able to attend for the first tee off. plan on the delay if your where to go anywhere. we are covering the u.s. open every day through the 17th. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>darya: they're trying to fix the bart disk problems that looks like they have made probably made contingencies for cinco tracking on the way home. >>will: they have gotten a good look at the tracks. they have relayed the message. what is going on? i know you're using goals not concrete plans. >> i am sorry to say that the morning commute is a lot. later on this afternoon we are hoping to get one track back on service. by 5:00 p.m. or so we may have both tracks back on going. room >>will: one japanese lunch at the trend does have a cisco. -- one track means one train goes to seven cisco. >> yes you have one train in each direction. that is obviously a slower commute that we normally have. >>will: he say that maybe this afternoon and there will be two tracks. >> that would be nice. there doesn't seem to be a lot of damage to the running rail. but there is significant per cent portion of the third rail that is lost power and his damage. there is an electrical cable that needs to be tested. the structural damage seems to be minor. . it is an electrical problem. the engineers are confident that we can get something moving later today. >>will: give any idea how long as whatever the product itself what to get your equipment there. >> one of the promise that there is a huge traffic backups of it takes longer to get our equipment here. we do have everybody here. we're getting their equipment in place. we need to make a tacit make the equipment modifications as quickly as possible. >>will: look at this. it is already bumper-to- bumper is your hat into the macarther maze the west oakland bart station is completely shut down. more than 50,000 people use this station every morning. there might be one track for two tracks by deceiving. they are not sure. >>darya: we is just like the rest of us, even the repair workers were trying to get all the materials are stocked in the back of the traffic. we are monitoring this. there is a trip of people to fix this problem. he would get no part trans bay service this morning. they may have the bart system up and moving this afternoon. home >>mark: here is a look from sky for. the more products we touch around the sink, the more dirt can spread around the kitchen. that's why we created the lysol no-touch kitchen system. one solution for sparkling dishes, plus clean surfaces, plus healthy hands. all in a no-touch design. 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[ male announcer ] now u-verse high speed internet has more speed options, reliability and ways to connect. rethink possible. >> >>darya: a big story right now is at a disaster at the bart states and where there was a fire that affected the tracks. there is no trans bay bart service from san francisco or the east bay this morning. there might be service restored by tonight. there are thousands of cars jamming the bay bridges. we were trying to get around this by car by boston but there is. will have more with islamic comeback. people are trying to get around this by car, by bus, and by transit. >>mark: >>george: there is a cancellation of trans bay barge service this morning. it has crippling impact to traffic. there was a structure fire this morning get bart had in stock to get fans to the let china to find all to his fearful try to make the drive to cross the bay bridge opinion let's take a look at the result of the back. this is a shot of the bay bridge toll plaza pit it is amazing how much gets through that fastrak lanes. even with a back up the drive times are not as bad. it is still a place to avoid. let's take a look at the macarther maze. 242 southbound is probably backed up into walnut creek. it starts to back up before the call caldecott -- tall >> you can say 80 northbound is backed up beyond the 980 ramp. your alternate would be to take the san mateo bridge. we are starting to see some heavier traffic on some approach to it. you can see that getting off of this san mateo bridge there try to march off there is this a lot. he can go to the richmond salmon tell bridge. -- san mateo bridge can you might see some -- in my try that one the golden gate bridge. it looks like that there is a lighter way southbound. >> we will have more on our continuing coverage throughout the day >>darya: if you're sitting in traffic in your car or you try to get on a bus and a line is as defrosting. >>mark: with the 20 a street broadway the caps adopted >> it is an absolute nightmare. where 23 and broadway. there are hundreds of folks out here. the line to get on the bus wraps all way down broadway a round the corner down the middle of 21st street and the light is still growing. >>mark: how long do have to wait to get on a bus? >> the buses are writing about every 50 minutes. was to devise a sad they also diverted a line that normally goes to alameda to this location. but it is not nearly enough to deal with the volume here. >>darya: instead of lining up here at the last stop were before you get older i think they would line up earlier. >> some of these folks are just hearing about this situation whereby was a to kron 4. there were no messages on the actual train to come here. what ever heard other passengers. a lot of folks said the there are not getting the information that they need red >>mark: so we were getting on bart think the the glove got all the way but then they are dropped off the 20th. we understand that ac transit was offering a bart a writer is a free ride if they saw the broadcast. a.c. >> ac transit is telling me that if you have your bart ticket that will allow you to get on the bus is a year bart option. >>darya: it is better than being able to have rented pay for >>darya: there is everyone try to get on the same bus. >>haaziq: this line is has almost reached telegraph at this point. >>mark: of what is the mood, and they taking it in? as the >> has the >> there is a lot from station. the most common response is that they were aware that this is a situation and that's a lot of frustration. >>darya: he would love to be seen less when something like this happens. hopefully they will be able to a single track you hall. >>mark: will tran is at the scene with the fire broke out. let's get the latest on the situation there. >>will: else -- they are giving this track a good study. they hope to have a single track by this afternoon. it looks like the damage is not as bad as they thought. with the work that they are doing, they have the supplies readily available in the warehouse. they just have to drive it here karen if they have to bring over the supplies they also will be caught in traffic in as far is double tracks or two tracks that might happen by this evening but at this point they are calling at " goals, ". it will not be normal service. the the bart spokesperson is using the term more frequent trains. if take a single track, it could be 15 minutes or maybe longer than that. the trains could be lager so it can carry more people. if people are reporting bart because it is not available so that they will be driving in this morning. so they will have to drive back for the evening commute. the good news is and will not be -- in a dozen not look as bad as they thought encourage. the problem is the damage where the electricity is was supplied to the track. if there had been damaged of the the concrete platform itself there would be different situation. but the concrete platform is fine. >>mark: he talked earlier with the oakland fire department official there. are they starting to finish up? >>will: they have to make sure that control the scene. the platform is turned over to bart engineers. they have to monitor the hot spots. the huge concern are the two power poles that have to sit on both sides. they have to allow pg&e crews to take out does power poles. that way when the bart engineers work they will not have the fear of the polls come crashing down on them. according to the oakland fire department a could take another couple of hours before they feel comfortable to turn this over to the bart crews. and then bart will be able to start working on the tracks. that is why if you are relying on bart for the morning commute to cancel it and don't rely on bart today. >>darya: if tend is out -- that tens of thousands heading to the u.s. open right now. we also have a game for the giants at at&t. >>mark: appeal be talking about the impact of that coming up here and among the will be back your >>mark: crew looking at video of a fire this morning that shut down bart station. the will never the not be any bart trans bay service from oakland to san francisco are back. people are standing on line for hours on end to get on ac transit. >>darya: from the perfect storm in traffic and the perfect game in the giants. one >> at the u.s. open and is going this morning and tiger woods is not his first hole. we will be back in a minute. >>justine: we're watching breaking news. there is no trans bay bart service id there is a fire that caused some damage. they are allowing it did use the buses with your past pit you can use the ferry service but the east bay ferry service web site just crash. for more from ageing go to mark grace -- facebook fan page. >>george: most people that love taken bart jumped in the cards and headed to the bay bridge. where is the toll plaza. the ride on 580, at 80 and 24 is backed up through the caldecott tunnel all the way down to the connecting with 580. 580 is backed up nearly to park in the westbound direction. it is slow from 66 happened to all the way up to the toll plaza. the east shore freeway is stand all the way to from golden gate fields. your alternates this morning would be to use the richmond san rafael bridge which is now starting to show some sort slowly conditions from the richmond parkway. we are now starting to see where people call are looking for the alternates where these rides are having an impact on the rest of the commute. galley the showing on the map and 92 in the westbound direction karen that has not been a problem on the bridge. if you had to the rich and for san rafael bridge or driving across the golden gate in the southbound direction it is not bad but it is heavier than usual in the southbound direction. you if he did not what it drive you can use the ferry service out at a vallejo. you might consider using the ferry because ac transit has big lines at 15th and macarthur stations. other routes you may find it quicker service. >>erica: today will be the coolest of the week. tamara we will see temperatures in the '90s. the will be a warm-up and this of >>darya: the first perfect game for the severance is the giants'. did you watch a gary? ] >>gary: 130 years. you think of all that exciting things that happened but for one night, white achievement i think is the greatest thing that ever happened. >>darya: when they went to the world series is it was different. i felt this incredible pressure and even more nervous for this game. ] >>gary: i just try to picture the excitements. when bonds hit is 500, run. with the one night, his wife was on about 150 times. it was tough to be less night. >>darya: what at 25? it was amazing pit. we have a collision between traffic and sports. here on the heels of this incredible perfect game you try to get to the giants game and is stuck in traffic ] >>gary: you'll be there until 5:00? . >>darya: is a perfect storm in sports and a perfect start in traffic in irian. if you wanted to see tiger this morning you had to abandon the card. parking is impossible. the park at ways in, and. >>darya: there's a stream going on. tiger does a great fairway shot. he missed a birdie. but but but got and the rough. it was phil mickelson at that into a tree and had to go back when end antioch again. is in that horrible. ] >>gary: i have been flipping between bart updates and golf. people are marching a red polo shirts taking of the world. nothing is worse than a media person telling it the you can get to it. san francisco does it right. on the golf channel is an army have guys with short hair and golf shirts marching around. hi i'm in a golf shirt and i probably went to dartmouth. >>darya: tiger is even with a bogey and that's all i know now for those of you that on your way to the u.s. open it is going to be a rough ride. this is a major problem. we have the u.s. open. we have the giants game in irian. we'll be right back. soft sof >>mark: bart service across the bay is cancelled. they're hoping for maybe cinco track surface this evening. the will of latest details coming up in a minute. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ transforming sounds ] [ male announcer ] transformers. the ride. ride it at universal studios hollywood. >> we have a breaking news. bart has no trans bay service. a fire damaged the track. there is no bart across the bay. you will have to find another way. a lot of people have been turning to the roads. they then turning to the ferries. in turning to ac transit. their long lines at ac transit. was taken on the buss of course the buss has to wait in traffic as well. it is a nightmare >>darya: cars and buses are hung up on the bay bridge right now. >>george: we have this live shot up of the bridge. he can see this sand to the toll plaza. this is only part of the story. here you see cars and. . the switch to the traffic maps. what a laugh last time that all of this was bay bridge traffic all of the red pen is all of it because of bart problem spare high 24 is backed up behind beyond the coliseum. you will see a wider view. this is traffic coming up out of the alamo. it is getting all the way out here. 80 is backed up behind beyond high before. there is no access on the nimitz. no accidents on for pit no accidents on a. >>darya: by is saying is it taking the bus, go on caltrain and go up. with the dumbarton express. let's take a look at the alternates. here is the san mateo bridge. but a normal commute day that is green all across. it turned yellow because his exit cars. it is still a better route. it is backed up here trying to get onto one a one was about karen >> and then is abridgment sam befell bridge. there is red chili. it is going to be hard to get onto what no one doubts about. look how heavy the golden gate bridge commute has gotten to be. where have we ever seen this much traffic on the golden gate bridge. i still think it is better than trying to get across any of the point. get >> the trans bay bart service is out for the entire morning. if there's no damage to the other tracks, they will be able to cinco track. is like having a two-lane highway and you shut down a one-way any move the traffic across. so as one trade in one direction and one train in the other direction. people can leave work at different times. usually you have to be at there at a certain time. there is very service available. we do know this they are trying set add extra rows at the alameda ferry. ac transit is maxed out right now. they are back amain amending the use the dumbarton express and take caltrain. >>james: we're talking about the possible cinco tracking this evening. that is an optimistic and hopeful situation. they're not guaranteeing it. stay today and to cross. with the sec kron 4 we will let you know if it were actually able to do that. we're going to oakland at the west oakland bart station and where will tran has been there all morning. this is where the fire broke out. you can see where the flames were cooking the other side of the bart track. has the fire crews made any progress. has pg&e came out to work out on the pow poles? >>will: you can see sea chantey out of. -- pg&e @ europe. they're looking into power poles waterside. power has been turned off on that area so it is safe to have to take the equipment off the call remove it and then possibly cut down the poles. we do not know how long the repairs will take. bart to told us 30 to 45 minutes ago that we hope that some the we would have cinco tracks by this afternoon. and trained in both directions by this evening. the platform itself is fine. even the that fire was so very high did not damage the country. some of the insulated on -- some of the insulators on the third track were melted. they have to bring the new insulators from a nearby warehouse but i radically they have to bring get it via the freeway which means when they at the rose they will also be stuck in traffic. so that may be delayed repairs for quite some time. we may be four-five hours away from cinco tracking. the good news is they can add some extra trains if a single track. is there as long line that can add extra cars to that particular train. >>james: i guess bart crews are up there. they're looking at the third rail. that the >> the tracks that the trains ride on were not damaged. it was the third rail where the insulators or melted that was the problem. they do not have to replace the tracks karen that's what they think they can't get some service resumed by this afternoon. >>james: thanks will. dayton to kron 4. if we were on the air will tell you whether not we are what the progress is. otherwise you can check us on facebook. >>justine: the east bay ferry website has crashed. that ac transit web site is also crash. if you're trying to find a different way to get there, the websites are down. here is the new picture showing as the extremely long lines try to get on the ac transit bus is at 20 and broadway. he saw how bad it's getting. people are trying to get on the buses. we talked to some passages in as you can imagine there fostered. >> i'm calling to be in trouble at work so if my boss is watching this, and the end jamie are here together appeared >> with all the money goes into bart they should have their own bosses for something like this. >> where is the enemy get back up plan? partly 30 minutes for a bus ride is one to take another 30 minutes to get of a dead. >>justine: we a vice -- invitee to visit our facebook page that we can get the latest updates. the right back. >>darya: everybody is affected by the no trans bay bart service. the fire the bart station has done a wrench into everybody's commute. but you're taking a bus are driving have long lines. but the lines waiting for the get caught a bus on a at this plane ac transit is so overwhelmed they are saying take at dumbarton express and had ever on caltrain. cars are backed up for miles tried again on the bay bridge. will be right back. >>darya: because there's no trans bay bart system the fraser overload. look at the alliance of ac transit 20 of them brought way station. this is a sky 4 picture. these buses are not anti. they were arriving with only a handful of seats available. darya now we see a mob. what is going on and on >>haaziq: you have folks that are very upset at this point. they are already packed as far as seats available on the buss. people have been waiting for hours. they're pushing and shoving. it is a mess out here. you said some of the people that were in line that they've road bart not knowing there is a problem now they are stuck here. are you getting the sense that bart was not telling the people at the point when they got on the train. >>haaziq: people sit are coming from richmond. they had no idea that that one half to get off and not be able the make it across to the city. a lot of people are saying that they had no idea. people are falling and then here at this location. there are hundreds of people here. they're very, very frustrated but concede >>darya: you can see by sky 4 that there is a line and then there is just a mob. where are the police? studies that have to stuck it is organized cleared >>haaziq: there is one ac transit supervisor. there is a bus driver tried as you apply to mr. that the buss. that is that ticket -- this is about it. i would not cause a mob. i've got a bunch of angry folks. for the most part it is in control. the bus is a showing up but they are already packed. people are getting on for the death new-line before it gets >>darya: what is a mob i mean icloud pin -- a crowd. >>haaziq: haaziq madyun the that is deadly case. the supervisor is trying her best to keep everybody,. some people have been waiting for hours in. some of them feel like they have not been adequately advise. there is a lot of frustration at here. >>darya: we're looking for a sky 4 at 20 street and broadway. what they do get on the bus is those buses will be waiting in the traffic with everyone else. we have never seen anything like get. when >>james: you tinkly can take advantage of the car pulled lazing get a little bit ahead. let's go to georgia. >>george: i'm not even going to show you the bay bridge camera. that does not show the story. take a look at every approach from the macarther maze. when have we ever said seen this much red on the approach to the bay bridge. this is not the result of an accent. but it 880. look at the nimitz freeway look at 58. it is backed up beyond 13. holly ford is backed up through the caldecott of the way to walnut creek. it is so out of san leandro on the nimitz freeway it is sunol from sunol. we are starting to see people use some of the alternate routes at the san mateo bridge. we're seeing some slowing on what no one northbound into the city. for the richmond san rafael bridge, and it's got a little bit better on the bridgman parkway but i little heavier coming out from san quentin. that will be a slow ride. even with that, it is a better route to get you to the golden gate bridge pier get. i think the golden gate bridge even that which the traffic we have seen it is a better drive the trying to get to the bay bridge was that. where finally having a possible role in place. get set them up. ac transit this try to pick up people at the bart station. take in march and down to the union city bart station. take the but dumbarton express across the peninsula and then had on caltrain. how >> websites this jam force varies service. even if you normally drive this might be a day consider taking ferry service. >>erica: it is blue skies in plenty of sunshine in the weather center. today will be a little bit cooler compared to yesterday with three the breezy and spot. as we head into the evening, we will see that some of the coastal fog will return here. as we check out future cast4 we see green along the coastline '70s at the heart of the bay and as we push the clock and what looks like we will stay within those callers. temperatures will only warmer couple of degrees. and the '90s are outside our forecast area. it is the '70s and '80s for the most part. it can't get into the upper 80s for antioch. let's look at the north bay. we will see windy conditions until the afternoon. plenty of '70s here. the be 64 in san francisco. we will have a little bit of coastal fog tomorrow morning but things will heat up as we had to the weekend. >>james: will be right back with our major news story for today. traffic is backed up all around the bay. 50,000 bart riders are finding alternate ways to get to work. we'll be right back. >>darya: there are thousands of commuters stuck in traffic. there was a fire at bart station that knocked out trans bay services and they cannot not run any bart transits of from -- in december its is the. >>mark: let's get our latest from the ferry service. marty good morning what you seen on your end. >>marty: there going to be heading extra fare trips. the fares will be rented day until we get everybody ready to go. >>darya: have you been able to get to workers there to run after us? >>marty: of the crews get your very early in the morning. >>darya: as we look like from sky for we are seeing huge lines of people try to get all losses. they're trying to get into san francisco. it is a great way to take the ferry to get to the bay bridge but who have seen crowds of people trying to get out that bus. are your crowds orderly? >>marty: things have been orderly and later this morning people are excellent and handling this installations. crowds will continue to bill. will have people to manage the crowd. how's the parking. the parking lots are already fall this morning. their claim to have to look for off street parking. having heard people the carpal -- car cool tricks >>darya: tried to avoid the bay grill because their cars and buses trying to get from the east bay into san francisco. will be right back irian. francisco. will be right back irian. laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get some work done. there's a three-prong plug. i have club passes. 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[ male announcer ] the united mileageplus explorer card. get it and you're in. explorer card. >> we're back pit bart is no longer providing service for the day today. ac transit is trying as best as it can to pick up the slack. you can see hordes of people at that pick up points as they're trying to get onto the bus is karen. people have been waiting for new-line in line for hours and when a bus pulls up it is full. >>brian: we are running out of alternates >>darya: we're ready at alternates. the the the red. no matter where you wanted though we want to go is back up. >>george: look at 580. this is highway 13. it is that that be on highway 13 coming out of san leandro. it is not unusual to see some slow traffic on 880. >>darya: i did not know how many different ways to say this but did not take the bay bridge. >>george: 880 from the nimitz freeway south of the 38. san mateo bridge which is now looking at stopping go conditions across the span. we all the usually see this when there is a big accident. this is not an anomaly. now they're heading south to the dumbarton bridge. look get one no one northbound won a one from there is back up. other alternate route would coming across the bridge and san rafael bridge karen look get the traffic on the richmond parkway is solid. 580 has actually improves. so has sir francis drake boulevard. and here's the golden gate bridge tran it is heavy in the southbound direction. with all of this i still think the golden gate bridge is the best choice. >>darya: this is a better round about the going down south karen >>george: it depends on where your coming from. don't forget about all the people that this is not even their commute. they don't even take heart. the buss they got even take bart systems. you ask me before 5 ever seen this ad this bad. i have never seen it this bad. >>darya: the best advice is to just knock joke. >>george: i am not quite to put myself in the east bay this afternoon because, quite to get back all. work from home with you can cure it -- work from, if you can. >>darya: and afternoon can you, you are still going to run in a bunch of cars. all bart is running late system wide. >>george: that means they would be a single track using the south bound tracks. i think that we might see the traffic in both directions. i think it we are going to be service restored in both directions by this afternoon. bart is not saying anything officially yet. >>james: we have has seek an oakland all morning long pit there had a ac transit kick at -- pick up all morning long. >>haaziq: it stops here 20th and broadway. a bus stopped in 10-12 people were able to get on that bus career. people have been standing in line for up to two hours. you say the line goes around the block and beyond. gusts up to broadway to 21st and down broadway. you have a lot of frustrated people. ac transit people are trying to do the best. that bus is it coming every 20-30 minutes. many of the buses are already fall by the time they reach this point. >>james: they the talk to someone from ac transit earlier they said. want to try to mobilize more buses. >>george: you have to at imagine the frustration in the crowd. >>james: where they try to get to be an orderly process get on the buses. as the >> there are no police officers here. there's several buses driving by passing this stop that are virtually empty. you have writers standing here waiting. many of the bus is the drive by are empty. i do not know if fence putting buses and for it decision are what you're >>james: that has to add salt to the loan for a lot of the people that's been sitting there. >>haaziq: this is something you hear people they need to send a bust just pick up these folks. >>james: we have a live shot from sky for overhead in you can see the crowd is waiting and waiting in is another crowd for the back on the sidewalk karen it is going to be a while to get all these people on the buss. >>darya: has leak is on the ground. the boy tried to take the car is to work today. either way you're trying you're going to be look at a commune that is going into the hours to get >>james: we will have continuing coverage. there will be more live reports coming up. we will be back in a minute.. >>justine: they're looking for breaking news. traffic is a mess this morning. written can see from our chopper there are hundreds of people standing out there trying to get on ac transit was is we're that is how people are trying to get around this morning. the district a live report that some of the buses are antsy when they are pulling up in some places there are huge crowds of people. that a are passengers they're talking about how frustrated market >> this is terrible. i'm going to be late for work. is it frustrating. under the south hayward i took bart end and i did not hear anything pit i had to walk to 19. >> >> i did not know what's going on i decided to work. >> as of the tour bus is not buss buses. >>justine: here is a new video and the kron 4 news of ports of people trying to get on to a see bay transit buses. bart is not running this morning because of the fire this morning that damaged parts of the fire. so many people need a different way to get more than one in though. i didn't update from ac transit the web site and then not crash completely. it is just of are loaded and is not responding to requests and timely fashion. they are try to work on it. we're looking at ferry passengers. in texas out on facebook. or breaking news coverage from a cutback. -- come back. >>darya: we're looking from sky for on the bay bridge get now >>george: what is really remarkable is is is the first reported incident all morning long. we think about how much extra traffic and how much frustration is it is amazing to me that we have not seen any have three problems reported for now. this is the first incident on the bridge. it is an injury accident whenever there is a motorcycle and fall back and often mean will take a long time to clear. that we could get this cleared out of the way fairly quickly. despite the huge back up, there's been something very unusual about the pattern of the back up. and this would start toll plaza camera. all morning long we had this big opening. this is because the metering lights for set in such a way with they were moving to get traffic quickly. all of that is about to change. even with the huge backups the drive time has not been as much as on other days. the macarther maze drive time was actually only 20 minutes in the days of the wings is bad the rest of the 25 to 27 minutes. of that is starting to change because this is when to start the build and because of the accident on the upper deck of the bay bridge. one of the problems with clearing a motorcycle accident is that actually have to pick it up and carry it out of the way. that can oftentimes been were complicated and time consuming then was the a car at a the way. i am not sure that everyone here feels the sense of urgency to get this thing cleared as quickly as possible. let's go to the traffic map. i have never seen traffic is bad try to get to the day bridge. i had a covering the traffic in the bay area for over 20 years. is back at all the highway pork. all 24 is backed up to what walnut creek and the on. 580 is backed up the on highway 13 and the san leandro. i spoke to what are kron 4 employees. they took our advice they cannot cross the bridge and san rafael bridge and he said it only took him about one-and-a-half hours. that is from clayton. if there's anything that you can do to avoid the bay bridge that will be a good idea. traffic for the salmon take a break is still have the but it is a better route than the bay bridge. the ride to the richmond san rafael bridge looks better than it has been. even though traffic is heavy on the golden gate bridge in the presidio park way i would still consider that because of the accident which now blocks the middle lanes just before the island on the upper deck. >>darya: nobody provides more comprehensive coverage they kron 4 news. the bay bridge is a night bay area -- bay bridge is a nightmare. that ac transit system is shut down. >>will: right now there are repairing this particular part of the platform in the repairs began about 10-50 minutes ago. i got at the desk 10-15 minutes ago. one of the workman said that they do not need to bring in heavy equipment. the third rail was damaged karen-everything that supplies electricity to this tracks that can bring in. they hope to have single track up by this afternoon in double track in both directions by sometime this evening. the good news is that they are working on it creek look at this p.t. he is doing that juppe to make sure power is safe. -- pg&e. they're taking up the equipment off the top of the poles and then possibly cut down the poles. this is the case the poles of compromise because of the fire. they did not want them to collapse on to the workers the working on the part contract. there asking anyone who saw some people in the area around 215 a m. they do not know the cause of the fire. they do believe that the fire could be suspicious. no one was injured. this was a structure that was under construction. it could not happen any worse places far as bart is concerned because it spread to other platforms. the concrete platform was not damaged a >>darya: thanks well. this is practically paralyzed the bay area. will be back with more coverage in a minute. will be back with more coverage in a minute. 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" with this accident on the upper deck it's going to be difficult for the buses to get through to. >>darya: it looks like the best alternative would be the ferry service. we've already talked this morning to the delay of ferry. let's go live to attack london square to the ferry terminal there karen gabe slate is on the fun there. >> >>kate: the line is pretty big. i have never seen anything like it. five or six other people deep about three blocks. when i arrived a new ferry boat did too. about 200 people packed on to that of. i'm right in front of a steady stream of taxicabs and cars and family members stopping people off. when they see the line they are running to get into the line. it cost about $6 to ride the ferry into san francisco. i would say that you have about one hour wait. this is a good alternative. i did not part here. take @ capt. or get chopped off. all of the ferry service says dry up right away. but take a taxi cab or get dropped off by a friend. >>darya: there is no bart service and they're trying to gore the bay bridge it will take about two hours at bass. now there is an accident on the bridge. now they are saying that taking a ferry is the best way to go. >>gabe slate: is saying that there 3 in extra ferry. this very deftly started worrying about 50 minutes ago pinhead -- to 15 minutes a go. >>darya: they are still heavily moving which is more than the can say for traffic. >>justine: we had a chance to talk to some very passengers. you can see it all of the people that are try to exit the oakland ferry this morning. there are long lines again there are people the usually by the ferry service and then there are all those extra people. >> i went to jack london square to catch this ferry. it was not that bad. the ride was very nice. i never take the ferry so is a nice ride. >>justine: here is another look at what's happening with ac transit trying to get people where they want to go. there are long line. they're crowding on the in a few spots that are available. there is a fire damaged part of bart systems tractarian. the best thing is to stay with us of kron 4 will keep you updated. >>james: the allocation of the fire that broke out in oakland is what's causing the problem. will tran has been out there all morning long. you have three things going on right now. you have oakland fire and try to put this out the hot spots that came out every night. you have the but system workers of working on the track and you have pg&e out there trying to address the to poles. will >> you can see the bart crews working on the third rail that was damaged. this is where they need to repair the electricity that was provided to the track. they are expected to have at least a single track by this afternoon and may be two tracks by early evening. pg&e are also working and analyzing the poles. there's a call on a side. they need to make sure that the workers below us are safe. if they need to they will cut down the poles. they have to shut down the power to the poles record is looks like they are making good progress. they do not need the fire crews to really clears this area to them. the bart equipment is small enough that they can carry it to the area. they did not need large equipment. they're working on the repairs. days. who will be right back with more care >>james: will be right back with more. great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. 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avoid the bay bridge do that. is not your best commute pit use any of the bridge to get across the bay. kron 4 news will be right back. >>darya: the bay bridge has been thrown into a frenzy and has been paralyzed by an early morning fire on bart tracks. there is a accident on the bridge which is it worse. >>james: there not having much luck getting across the bay bridge karen pit ac transit was caught off guard by this to. clarence >> clearance-ac transit rep. we have a major crisis going on here that cause will require patients on all our parts. right now ac transit was is that been diverted to major ac transit stations. we are transporting bart riders from the trans bay terminal instead of his appearance we're trying to divert as many buses as weekend pinhole. we're trying to get as many buses to that area to provide transfer their services give >>darya: what are we still see some bosses than amply going right by these crowds of people that are waiting where the bossy and brothers buses waiting. where those bus is going. >> un we're sending them to other places and artistic to pick up passengers. was still trying to reach iraq is as many buses as possible the would normally be returning to the bus ride this -- was chard this time today said it we can alleviate some of the crisis it is going on in the heavier areas. >>james: so some of the writers like get 20 at the broadway see those buses that are going by the said the buses that are rerouting other bart stations. i know that >>darya: what about the crowd control. i have not seen a lot of police. i see a few people at the doyle the best they can't. we're looking over at groups of people in the organization. >> on our primary purpose is to try to transport we do have some supervisors on some occasions to try to bring order in a sense of come to what is going on in there. our primary mission is to get our vehicles to spots where people are in to get them across the bay. >>james: i do not in the job clearance in irian. you are scrambling here trying to accommodate all these extra writers as morning. we will give you an update on the flow. >>darya: flow is the word because it is not happening. was to get on the bus after waiting two hours they still have a hard time getting across the bay bridge. >>george: i would think that passengers that use the ac transit would at least get to use the carpool lanes. the carpool lanes were open and flowing. that is change. traffic is still trying to get into the toll plaza. getting to the carpool lanes is harder. let's switch to the upper hand you. this is traffic heading from the toll plaza is out to the incline aryans these are carpool lanes and a bus is a stuck in the same stopping good traffic. this is all a result of the accident that was just click the lanes give. it it will take a long time for this to smooth out. this was already a very bad commute. this was spelled bound ride coming down the east shore freeway, a london nimitz freeway every cinco road heading to a bridge is back at more than i have ever seen it. the entire length of the macarthur freeway is back up the nimitz freeway is back up all way to to 38 pin and is backed -- san mateo bridge is an alternate route. there are no accidents or stalls on the span. traffic is moving 25 mi. an hour across the bridge. one of one is happier now. -- one no one is happier now. even with the extra traffic, in your golden gate bridge is your best route into the city. let's go to the weather with erica. >>erica: it looks like the forecast is the bright spot in the morning. temperature unwise i think if you step outside the door you will see it is cooler outside. temperatures will still be in the upper 80s for some of bart east bay ballets. debitors are in the upper 50s purines future cast4 is predicting '60s along the coastline '70s at the heart of the bay in about about 3:00 we will see the red moving in but that is out of our forecast area. is pretty sunny conditions and is expected to be the coolest day of the week. it looks like we could get pretty close to nineties for antioch. 72 for castor valley. let's get to the north bay. there are plenty of '70s here. in 64 in san francisco we shall a little bit of a warm up as we head into tomorrows. you have a bit of coastal fog. but we were be flirting with triple digits heading into the >>james: we leaseback on this breaking news story did it has caused a nightmare bay area wide. we will be back in a few minutes. >>justine: bart has suspended trans bay service this morning and there are long lines people trying to get on ac transit bus is available. this is a picture from are chopper. you can see crowds of people trying to get in to the lines in long lines try to get into the buss. . we caught up to someone is trying to get to the u.s. open. >> we came from davis and the we took that amtrak to richmond and when we got on bart be found at the it is going to be shut down. if we had known and had a time we would have taken another alternative. we're still trying to get a shuttle bus to the u.s. open. we wanted to be there on time to see tiger woods t off >> i feel about the possibility of missing tiger. >> i guess that's the cake is seeking cash in on another call. >>justine: is a huge increase in passengers on the ferry system this morning to. >>darya: here's a picture that fire the west oakland bart station. without bart, everybody is trying to get on the bay bridge. the only way to skip the whole problem is to take the ferry. sky 4 is showing is shot to the ferry. >>james: there are lots of people get there were 5-600 people trying to get on to people get there were 5-600 people trying to get on to these ferr [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives you more of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hot spot that connects your wi-fi devices and can even save on your smart phone data usage at home. so call now to get at&t u-verse high speed internet for just 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. that includes access on-the-go to our entire national wi-fi hot spot network, with nearly 30,000 hot spots. at&t u-verse high speed internet. now on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection your whole house can count on. ♪ >>darya: this serb breaking news story. this is the breaking news story. the bay bridge is overwhelmed karen bart trend is system is down. >>james: will tran is at the scene of the fire. he said that that people are trying in mass to try to get on the buses. if people up and the shopper -- and the chopper try to get shots people gabe slate is at the ferries as people try to get on the very spirit >>darya: gabe slate. >>gabe slate: if you are up and needed to sampras's go. the best thing is to take the various -- a very. i must say it is excellent managing and problem solving skills. the are long lines of people tried to catch the. . they use the money of the pocket and hired a private contractor. they attacked 650 people on to the ferry. they ended nx at very of the are. right now we were about to witness no lines. come here and catch the ferry. >>darya: remember this the parking there's a you have to be talked out. now they have got rid of the backlog. >>gabe slate: it looks like an impressive move. if they had to stay here tomorrow and is labeled of gone on. they brought in a giant no. a giant boats. they are loading and there are begun to been no lines and just a little bit. i would deftly come to the ferry. >>darya: just to clear this up, on the right hand side reversing a light sat at the ferry. this is the ferry service on harbor island in alameda. there is a different boat. it is also a good choice. they go to south san francisco. so the lights are not nearly as long. the ride from the east bay is a mess. >>george: we have seen a marginal improvement at the toll plaza. the accident on the upper deck is cleared. we're starting to see once again an opening for the carpool lane. we had only one accident on the bridge. i'm surprised that there was only one this morning. a tie at the bridge for only half an hour. it jammed up even the bus traffic trying to get to the bridge. let's take a look at the traffic map. have you ever seen this much bread on coming to the bridge. then nimitz freeway, the car there macarthur freeway interstate 80. of these approaches to the bridge are solidly back up. >>darya: we have a viewer that just treated as she started at 7:00 a.m. and chief is made it to the back up. see is going to be a three- three and a half mile ride our ride -- three at half hour ride. what ever kron 4 employees went of with the golden gate bridge in it took about one- and-a-half hours. but a wine getting into some of its is the is because there's so much extra traffic in will forget the ac transit were advising potential passages to take bart down to the in bart station taken them out bart and expressed in take a caltrain. the san rafael bridge you see the red on the senses. it will take you to the golden gate bridge and traffic here is probably the easiest find -- that he will fight. >>justine: people are waiting to get onto the ac transit buses. they're telling is what it's like this morning. >> i am stuck here. i think people should have provided is more information. a lot of people would it take in their cars. i hope they find more buses for us because we're sitting here waiting. >> they should have a plan b or a back up plan. there should be prepared for this >>justine: it is worth repeating that ac transit is accepting bart passes. there'll be more of what passengers are feeling later. >>james: this is a light you from the scene of the fire this morning. there is a set of tracks that would damage. engineers and now try to repair them. will >> >>will: they are working to make repairs to the third rail. you can see workers on the platform. they had been working for 90 minutes or so. they do not have to bring in any heavy equipment. the pieces of equipment that they need to repair this a small enough that the campers to carry them into the site. we're hoping that for a single track by this evening. it would like to have to tax by this evening but that is to that goal. they do not a the cause of the fire. they believe they were suspicious people in the area about 230 this morning when the fire broke out. if anybody has seen anything please give the fired from a call. every now and then there's a hot spot the kicks up and the five promised to hear karen the workers are working as fast as they can. the pg&e crews need to make sure that the to poles and a set of the track are stable. if the poles were copper mines are burned by the fighting will have to cut them down. we could be looking at best case scenario at 3-for hour spin >>james: we would get updates from bart and pg&e and oakland fire as it comes in. we'll be right back. >>darya: we're providing a full team coverage of the commute today. the bay bridge is a mess. alternate bridges are slow because of the traffic. are ferries are the best choice. gabe slate was out there. >>mark: >>james: there moving people long. gabe slate will have the latest details. >>darya: will be back on at 4:00 p.m. for your eating. will be right back. >>james: if you haven't heard are ready beatify air at the west oakland bart station this morning. that forced cancellation of all trans bay services of bart. that caused the rose city sand pit -- the roads to be jammed and bridges to be jammed >>george: >>darya: looking like approach to the bay bridge is getting better. >>george: there is good flow at the toll plaza. there is a nice opening for fastrak. >>darya: just getting to that spot is almost impossible. >>george: there actually seen some ever so slight improvement. that is meaningless because it is still a place to avoid. they cannot pay me enough money to get into this traffic in. the governor here in san miranda. lookit castro valley. try to get into a castro valley to connect with 80 is backed up softly through oakland. head south to the san mateo bridge but that is when to been not much better. we're still backed up on highway 13. we're slow and go. we have reported 70 minutes to get from walnut creek to hear. and then number another 40- 60 minutes to get through. it is not a great ride. look at this. southbound 880 is a little bit better. getting to it is still have the. it is still where the to get that way. the richmond san rafael bridge has improved and is still a much better right. it is a greater distance but it will take less time. i would prefer to be moving instead of sitting in stopping the traffic in the golden gate bridge is still little bit heavy for. but is still a good right to get into the city. >>darya: you cannot take bart. you can take the bus systems. but they have to be in that traffic to. >>george: the carpool lanes are cleared but they have to get to the carpool lanes. getting onto the bus is is when to be a problem. here is another look from 880 in the nimitz freeway. but how badly back that is try to go north on the nimitz. it is not unusual to see some slow traffic on a 80 but we would normally see heavy traffic from the coliseum to 23 1/3 but this goes all the way. >>darya: we will stay on until 11:00 this morning. the best alternative is to take a very. you have to get in line for the ferry. you have to get in through traffic in the ferry. do not park there. get dropped off. >>george: maybe today would be a good day not to drive a tank of various debt. >>justine: check this out. >> we are little grubby to start with. i took a bus the day before that is always a good the big challenge. the ferry has a much quicker line and they have the chance -- to the bosses. you can follow information on kron 4 news interface. the investigation into the fire that started all this is continuing. >>james: if this is not raining. >>erica: there is not really windy conditions out there. a lot of the fog as part of. we have made it up to 61 degrees from mountain view. everything else is mostly in the 50s pin we're seeing lots of sunshine but is expected to be the cooler day of the week. we will start our official warm-up by tomorrow. later on this weekend precedes a possible triple digits entablature. here is the forecast fall -- future cast4. you can see by the after day the red living in but that is not in our area. it'll be mostly the '70s and '80s around area. plenty of sunshine and upper '70's and the north bay. downtown san but cisco is 64 degrees. downtown san francisco is 64 degrees. tamara and looks like temperatures will rise as we head into the weekend. that it will call back down a bit next week. >>george: >>james: . point to stay until 11:00 this morning and that we will be back at 4:00 p.m. for evening commute. >> we're looking at part of the traffic jam that is part of the commute in the morning. >>james: we regard to santa lebanon would be back on at florida had success of the morning warehouse rely on us for the most as a a hundred in the area is allot [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. our newly expanded 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