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The commute blended in with the evening commute. We were at this spot at noon today and that side of the freeway was back up all the way to the bay bridge. This side of the freeway is slow going, basically wherever you are going its probably going to take you more time to get there. Rain has been the extra passenger. Riding shotgun all day. Its a good thing that we are getting all this rain. But its a bad thing as far as commutes go. The chp says between midnight and noon, there were more than 1...

The first ingredient in every General Mills big g cereal. And why we never use high fructose corn syrup. General mills. Look for the big g. It means goodness first. Good morning, everyone, im Carolyn Tyler. Thanks for joining us on this sunday, march 1st. Lets start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. Hi, carolyn. Good morning. Look at live doppler hd from yesterday to this morning things have really quieted down. Some light snow . The Sierra Nevada and 31 degrees...

Hi carolyn. As we start the new month, it is really quiet up in northern california. A few leftover showers in the sierra nevada. Those soon will be ending and in Southern California thats where they have all the action. They have the wintry weather the snow and the rain from here through Santa Barbara and los angeles and san diego. So for the bay area that means we will be starting out chilly. 35 in napa. Some fog in santa rosa, 50 in San Francisco and 42 in san jose. So with all the sunshine t...

Look for low to mid60s elsewhere. Plenty of sunshine. Another system on the way tomorrow. We will talk about it and pinpoint the opportunities for rain coming up. Carolyn. Well lisa, this weekend weather has been odd. Families in south san jose could not believe their eyes when they looked out their windows yesterday. They saw what appeared to be snow. Just a few neighborhoods were hit with the unusual wintry mix. Abc7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson has the story now from the south bay. Toto, i do...

New Year’s Day is coming up on Monday, which means some businesses, services and organizations may be closed or operating at reduced hours.

"The ridership of the MRT-3 has improved...Before the pandemic, [it was just] 260,000. And although there was a pandemic, the ridership reached 280,000. And now, the MRT-3 can board 300,000 safely," Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade was quoted as saying. 

THE Department of Transportation (DOTr) announced on Sunday that the Service Contracting Program (SCP) will resume today, Monday, providing transport stakeholders guaranteed revenues, while enabling certain segments of the commuters to ride public transportation for free. In an advisory, the department said the SCP is being implemented through the P7-billion…

"We want to serve as many passengers as possible, thats why we really prepared for this scenario where more passengers can be served by MRT-3. All of that is an effect of our extensive rehabilitation, which we all upgraded. of subsystems-from tracks, power, signaling, our wagons, including the MRT-3 facilities," he said.

STRESSING that the program has been very beneficial to millions of essential workers and commuters, presidential aspirant and former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will make the free rides at the Edsa Carousel Bus route permanent once he and his running mate, Mayor Inday Sara Duterte, are elected in the…

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said on Monday that the payout for drivers and operators that are participating in the Service Contracting Program has reached P4.7 billion. Citing data from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB), Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the total amount involves the P1.91…