Crawl approaching hillcrest in the westbound lanes. We teamed this out well. You can see they are doing the lanes changes right now across the Golden Gate Bridge. Eventually they will get four southbound lanes open in the commute direction heading into San Francisco. No delay for your Silicon Valley ride on 237. Easy breezy for you. Its been nice so far. So far. But its still early. It is. See you at 6 00. All right. Thank you, elizabeth. Well, one of the most powerful political jobs in the bay area is up for grabs today as san jose voters choose a replacement for their termed out mayor chuck reed. Kiet do has more from city hall on whats at stake. Reporter good morning. A lot is at stake here in san jose as voters in northern californias largest city pick a new mayor. Santa clara county supervisor dave cortese seen here on the left came in first in the june primary. City Council Member sam liccardo was the runnerup and the most recent polls show cortese with a lead but a large group o
Chief and working hard particularly on this ambulance response time. Reporter think theres something more to this than just ambulances . There are discipline cases that i think there are people not happy with doing things differently than my predecessors would have done but its the right thing to do in this day and age. Reporter a firefighter was said to have been drunk going to a call driving a rig and hitting a motorcyclist and then there was an alleged coverup and, in fact, she was dealing with that today. This is she is trying to douse the flames as best she can. Veronica . All right, mike, thank you that letter is expected to be delivered to the mayor tomorrow. New at 6 00, scientists have said it, sea levels are rising and parts of the bay area are more vulnerable to flooding. Kpix 5s Ann Notarangelo on the historic steps San Francisco is taking to protect valuable property. Reporter Mission Creek is one of the lowest lying spots in San Francisco so it will be hit first in floodi
Fatal bus accident. Reporter the intersection has just been reopened after being closed for most of the morning here at lombard an van ness. The investigation is under way. Before dawn a woman jogging between van ness and lombard was hit by this bus. It was taking commuters from novato to San Franciscos financial district. The driver is very shaken up. Reporter the jogger died at the hospital. Still trying to determine the cause of the collision. Reporter the bus was making a left turn on to van ness from lombard when it hit the woman crossing the street. The driver is one of our senior drivers for golden gate transit. He has been with the agency for more than 35 years. And he has a very good safety record. Reporter the investigation will include Surveillance Footage from the bus itself. Its a very, very dangerous spots. Lots of traffic, lots of fast traffic, confusing turns. Reporter this person works nearby. Extremely sorry for the victims and those who are in the streets have to be
Reporter police are looking at Surveillance Video from this parking lot in front of the Nordstrom Rack. It all started with a little girl who was being loud and her mother was not able to calm her down. I told her to go to hell and she said, ill see you there. Reporter that was in the checkout line between that woman and the mother. Heres what happened directly afterward. The woman said she was punched twice in the face but still defends her choice. She told me not to tell her child what to do and i said i didnt tell your child what to do. I asked you very nicely to calm down your child just a little bit. Reporter today her mouth is black and blue and she may end up losing three teeth. The little girl who sparked this whole fight was between the ages of 4 and 6. In colma, anne makovec, kpix 5. The Surveillance Video of the attack is available at kpix. Com. Sam liccardo has declared victory in the san jose mayors race. His lead over Santa Clara County supervisor dave cortese is about 2
Is sort of marking just how large this fire is. Authorities are telling us again that there were about 200 evacuations as this fire continues to spread. We are expecting the possibility that we could see more evacuations tonight. Well keep an ear on it and keep you updated. Back to you. Thank you. We want to go to Elizabeth Cook in the newsroom. She is watching the live pictures come in from chopper 5. Liz . Reporter veronica, we have literally had a birdseye view of how crews have been attacking this fire. You just saw an airplane drop retardant on the flames. Some of the shots of the flame and smoke are eerie. We have asked the chopper to maneuver over the most active part of the fire. Now, this is at one of the ridgetops of pope valley. You can see how the flames have made a run up the steep hillsides making it very difficult for firefighters. If you look very carefully, those are those spot fires that christin was mentioning. Now, what they send up that dark ominous pillars of smok