The 9th. Donald, you go way back to the tournaments infancy. How has this thing taken off . Its amazing. Well, we started the tournament in 1969 at the public parks there at 16th and kennedy. Johnny harris and i were cochairman. We ran the tournament for three years. And it started to catch on a little, we got some traction. So we thought it would be different and we gave the tournament and the sanction of the week to the Washington Tennis Foundation which was just starting up as a foundation for tennis for kids. And our concept was very simple. We thought if we could get a lot of interested tennis fans washington is a very good tennis town. Historically. And the profits from the tournament and all of the surrounding benefits to go back to junior tennis in the community and we have done that. And i think the wtf and alanny have done a terrific job. Like the tournament its grown and grown. I have been lucky enough to go over there to southeast and see the amazing really incredible work
49 trains service no bart delays, muni noer is issues reported there and yesterday we had trouble with vtas light rail, today thats not the case. No delays. Take a look at drive times coming up next. Speaking droof times, construction to ease traffic on a major bay area bridge is hitting another roadblock. The creation of a third lane on the richard monday san rafael bridge is hit a wall. Amy hollyfield live at the bridge this morning. Good morning. Reporter hi, this impacts the people you see behind me on their commute home. That is where it gets really congested, thats where they need this relief. Thats where they need this extra lane and it sounds like its going to be delayed. According to our media partner the marin independent journal, its now looking like that third lane, that eastbound lane might not open until march, thats about four months later than planned pushing back the retaining wall has been tougher than they thought it would be. Theyre adding the third eastbound lane b
In the ground in mississippi. Investigators revealed 16 people onboard the c130 tub o prop. They all died. 12 of the 16 bodies have been recovered but thats changing in the hours to come as more bodies they discover. Fisher agents are on the scene. No word yet on what caused this military plane to crash. And if there is any type of foul play involved. Now this crash site a soybean field 85 mile north of jackson, mississippi our local nbc investigators who found debris on both sides of a nearby highway. They suggest the plane could have exploded prior to this crash. Well be on the story through the night and have the latest on air and online at nbc bay area. Com and on the facebook and twitter pages. Fire moves through parts of the southEast San Jose this evening. Of the prompting evaluations. Weve been track going since we brought to you at 5 00. It sparked near the intersection of metcalf and sand philipa records. Its putting some people in the rural areas on high alert. Ian cull join
This is new video into our newsroom. The farad fire has burned 600 acres. Its only 5 contained. Mike, i called the chp moments ago. Theyre up against a tough one with this fire. This fire is raging and both of us know that i80 is very popular this time of year. I just drove that route coming back from reno. If it happened now, i wouldnt be able to get home for tomorrows shift. Fortunately were here to tell you whats going on. Heres bait, rigthe bay, right . I80 comes across the bay. Most folks from here will take i80 here, and for my family we traditionally cut down 89 toward tahoe city. Thats where alpine and squaw valley are. You know that route. As far as i know, as of now, interstate 80 is clear here, but truckee goes a little bit north of here and i80 right there. From what i understand, its just past that 89 junction all the way over to the nevada state line. That whole section of i80 is affected by this brush fire because of all that smoke across. It cuts across 267. This is fro
anny hong weather conditions more typical of mid july are likely through midweek as onshore flow and the marine layer influences the region. A gradual warming trend is then likely late in the week and into the upcoming weekend as High Pressure builds back toward the west coast. Thus, inland temperatures will again warm into the 90s to around 100 degrees during the afternoon hours this weekend. Conditions then look to cool back to near seasonal averages early next week. No major hot spots. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Bay bridge wb 30 min from the maze to sf. tiffany our top story this morning. A bay area tennis coach is accused of raping two of his teen players. And police fear there may be more victims. The popular coach was taken into custody yesterday morning in richmond. Kron 4s jr stone has the story. Normandie burgos is behind bars right now facing at least 20 sex crime charges and police say that number could increase. Normandie also goes by norm and antoni