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Avoid. They could reopen it as early as 7 00 but not before that. It happened at 2 50 this morning. We are near the coliseum. Traffic is being forced to exit at 66th avenue. This was a fatal accident as a fedex truck crashed with a sedan and one of the drivers was killed. Our officers found paramedics were already on scene working on the driver of the overturned sedan. A person was pronounced dead on scene. The big rig driver was transported for injuries. Reporter they dont know the cause yet of...

Reporter deeply offended. I was shocked. Am i hearing it correctly . Everybody felt uncomfortable but didnt know how to handle it. Reporter retired judges spoke at different Memorial Service for the mayor thursday, this one in chinatown. Felt uncomfortable when one person spoke about slanted eyes. Reporter say they dont think schutz was trying to be racist but found the words uncomfortable. And lack of seating arrangements and lack of asianamericans in reserved area of the rotundra. Not very sen...

Memorial. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze in for ama daetz. Today in chinatown people gathered to remember the mayor who got political start in that community. Held their own event because felt not represented at public memorial. More than 1,000 people attended but only asianamerican speakers were ed lees two daughters. Alyssa is live. Some offended by how a prominent speaker described late mayor. Reporter talking about his smile and squinty eyes, and lot of people took great offense with. Some pe...

Outside of the sfo terminal, the traffic was manageable but inside the terminal was a virtual ghost town with counters packed with employees but very few lines. And the security line was actually manageable. Not bad. I got here a little early for my flight. It was pretty quiet. I had a friend send me a picture of him at sfo and it was an hour long wait. Down south was another story. A total traffic nightmare at lax. Cars were backed up bumperto bumper and lastminute travelers rushed to get to th...

Reporter charging drivers to use an express lane help traffic through this area which can be pretty bad. They havent gotten far enough to talk about how much it would cost you but people can use the express lane in the hopes of keeping people moving at 45 miles an hour. The possibility of carpool lanes. There are none on 101 or 280 north of redwood city. That has evolved into talk of express lanes. Now there are questions where would the money go. Would this cause congestion and push traffic on ...

But it did frazzle some nerves. It was just a quick jolt. And then it just kind of shook for a minute and that was it. I just waited for it to be over. Reporter the seismology lab, earthquake Early Warning system sounded the alert this morning but because the epicenter was in berkeley the warning time was limited. The farther seismic waves travel, the longer the warning. The earthquake was right under berkeley. People in oakland would get one or two seconds of warning. In San Francisco about thr...

Reporter it means future prosecutions would be left up to individual u. S. Attorneys to decide how to prioritize resources to crack down on pot possession, distribution and cultivation in states where its legal. Its business as usual as harborside dispensary in oakland. We sort of saw this coming. Im not really terribly concerned about it. Reporter the same goes for berkeley patients groups. We certainly intend to keep on with our operations. We are a state licensed locally supported fully compl...

Flooding. Winter weather watch is in effect from maine down to the carolinas. Some areas expecting 18 inches of snow with bone chilling temperatures to follow. Live coverage from Lauren Blanchard in Atlantic City new jersey where the governor has declared a state of emergency. Reporter up and down the east coast the storm blamed for multiple deaths plus it is knocked out power to 100,000 customers. This is heavy. It is heavy snow. Reporter a massive storm system technically known as a bomb cyclo...

Light rain . What happened to winter . These are mid latitude systems. Wheres all the cold air . Its bottled up east of us. I will take you back 48 hours. This is coming in from the west and southwest. There is no cold air. In advance of that here comes the next system. Thats coming from the west and the southwest. We have a southerly breeze coming in. You get a southwind and no cold air. Our lows which were in the 20s and 30s a week ago, they have come up along with the cloud cover. Thats why i...

Santa cruz coast but it will eventually get there. Theres not a lot with this system but it is warmer for many. Upper 50s and near 60s for some. These are midlatitude systems. They dont have much cold air. These are coming in from the west, not the northwest. Look for mostly cloudy skies and occasional rain. Nothing too heavy. The heaviest amount should be to the north. Far less to the east and the south. There is a much bigger system on the way for next tuesday. Actually next monday and tuesday...