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Rig and a honda sedan going the wrong direction, according to witnesses. That prior to the crash, the honda had entered the freeway and was traveling the wrong way, so it was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes. Just prior to the crash, the chp says the vehicles are cleared now, but theyre still cleaning up a fuel spill from the big rig. They say the southbound lane closures will last for several hours. Lets take another live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, where traffic, as you see , is just crawling along very slowly. We can also see red on google maps from the bay bridge backing up onto 580 and 880. We still have that live look there though, where you see it is just a parking lot at this moment. The drive up to the caldecott tunnel is looking rough too, and with so many people heading out over the holidays, so chp is going to be out there making sure that everybody is safe with their maximum enforcement period and yeah, its recommended everyone drive safe and a lot themselves a whole lot of time. Kristin. All right. I mean, they have to no other choice. Zach. Thank you so much. You know, triple a says we are, in fact, right now in that peak congestion window for traffic on this day. They suggest if you need to travel today, wait until after 8 p. M. When people have cleared out a little bit. So if youre coming home monday, you should avoid returning between 3 and 7 p. M. Along with everybody else. All right. It is the first big weekend for the newly renamed San Francisco bay. Oakland international airport. Officials expect more than 130,000 passengers to travel through the airport between today and monday, a recent report says. San Francisco International airport sfo is the airport where you are most likely to experience delays this Holiday Weekend. Officials say its due to runway repairs. An estimated 755,000 people will fly through sfo over the next five days. Abc News Reporter Morgan Norwood takes us to airports all across the country, millions of americans taking to the skies and whats estimated to be one of the busiest Holiday Travel weekends this year, according to triple a from dc to pittsburgh, charlotte and atlanta, passengers packing into airports from coast to coast, some arriving early to beat the crowds maybe a half an hour or 15 minutes earlier than id normally leave. But no, i wasnt expecting all of this. Tsa says its screened more than 2. 8 million people. Just yesterday alone, the second busiest day in history. This Holiday Weekend is putting some airlines to the test ahead of the busy Summer Travel season. United Airlines Operation director at Newark Airport telling our trevor ault theyre already gearing up. Were going to be flying larger gauge airplanes, so less 50 and 75 seaters, more 737 and while Many Americans will take to the skies , triple a says 38. 4 million will hit the roads to their holiday destination. Traffic already building in seattle and in chicago, cars slowly creeping along the freeway. All right, so listen up if you are driving. Experts say its best to leave late evening or Early Morning to avoid that traffic. Youll also find cheaper gas prices if youre taking a road trip. According to aa, gas prices are down about 0. 05 from last month, but up slightly from last year. Im Morgan Norwood, abc news, new york. Well, the roads and airports may be busy, but its going to be a beautiful weekend. Abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with a first look at the forecast. I think we step on up and get a little warmer each day, right . Thats right kristen. Right now we are on the cool side for this time of year. I want to show you a live picture from our sfo camera. Some areas are looking like this with lingering cloud cover as we take a look at the temperature change. 19 degrees cooler right now in concord compared to 24 hours ago, down ten in san jose. The winds are certainly up big part of it gusts to 35 right now. It concord 25 in san mateo. Heres a look at your memorial day weekend forecast. Tomorrow starts out cooler than average temperatures. Only in the 50s to low 70s, but slowly those temperatures recover. For sunday and memorial day. It is going to be brighter and warmer. And if you are traveling, heres a look at the forecast. 71 in los angeles. Partly cloudy, looking at 85 at bishop, 55 degrees in eureka with sun shining and 75 in sacramento. Ill be back with a closer look at your weekend forecast. Coming right up, kristen. All right, sandy, thank you. In the north bay, music fans from around the bay area and beyond are headed to the napa valley for this years bottlerock music festival. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard is live in napa, where the party is just getting started. Cornell hey, kristen, can you hear it . Uh thats a sound of bottle rock kicking off for three days of music. Fun music, fun and food, of course. And, there was a lot of people still filing in behind me. Thousands of people are expected to show up here this weekend. Even local businesses are now getting into the act. Bottlerock napa pumping up the volume for the 11th year, three days of music and fun across 36 acres. Not to mention pie for barb anderson from half moon bay. Yummy, she says. So far, this years festival is hitting all the right notes. Good weather, good fun, good music, good food. Stevie nicks is showing all wristbands. We do not want to look for a wristband. Most of the coveted three day wristband passes sold out weeks ago. Inside you can make a pit stop for a smart, refreshing cocktail if thats your thing. We have two bars here, so were just having everyone come and try. The number one cocktail in italy steps away at the culinary garden is exactly that food. Glorious food deliciousness all around. Very good. Very hot. We stopped by the empress and booth, where napa Restaurant Owner Margaret Wong is super excited to bring her cuisine to a new audience. This is big deal because this is not just napa. This is worldwide, and were so proud to be here and be able to present our empress and authentic chinese food. Somebodys birthday today. Its my birthday. Natalie, carlos and husband ronnie came from new orleans to celebrate a bottlerock birthday fit for a queen. This is my first time here and ive heard a lot about it. Ive talked to different people. We took a little bus ride here and they were telling me that im going to love it. If you love music, youre going to love it. Ive been to napa to see the wine and stuff. Wait, 15 years ago now im back and i love what i see again. Its tough for me to say it by promoters say 120,000 people are expected here over three days. And were told that general admission tickets are available for tonight only. Stevie nicks Megan Thee Stallion tonight, pearl jam saturday, ed sheeran sunday and many, many more because we are right here in the middle of a neighborhood. There is that dreaded 10 p. M. Curfew for bands to stop playing. So if i see stevie nicks, i will remind her about that. Just kidding stevie, were live in napa. Cornell. Bernard abc seven news i can totally see you doing that. All right, cornell, thank you so much. The effort to recall oakland mayor chantal is moving forward. The group behind us says theyve collected more than the required number of signatures to get that recall on the november ballot. Abc seven News Reporter lena howland explains what happens next. She is toast. We say tau is toast. The group behind the recall effort, known as oust or oakland united to recall. Shengtao says theyve collected more than 30,000 signatures in the past three months. Thats 5000 more than the 25,000 needed by july in order to get the recall on the november ballot, they want to collect at least 10,000 more before turning them over to the registrar of voters. The extra signatures could be vital. Youll recall organizers of the effort to recall Alameda County District Attorney pamela price gathered more than 123,000 signatures. However, just under 75,000 were valid. It is going to be on the november ballot, and voters in oakland will be able to let the mayor know that we are not pleased with her leadership. Brenda harbin forte is a retired judge from the Alameda County superior court and president of oust. I could be doing a lot of other things in my retirement, but this is important to me. Mayor taos firing of Oakland Police chief laurent armstrong, the effect of crime forcing some businesses out of the city, and a missed deadline for millions of dollars in funding from the state to help fight retail theft are among the recall organizers top concerns. But oakland faith leader pastor Jeremy Mccants says with less than two years in office, this group hasnt given mayor tao enough time or grace. It just didnt come out of thin air. Its been past administrations going past eight years that have really neglected the city, and havent really set the city up for a sustainable future. He calls the recall effort a waste of taxpayer dollars, given the deck of cards that she has been given, you know, i think shes doing an awesome job. If the recall moves forward, the city council would have 120 days to set a special election for a new mayor in oakland, lena howland, abc seven news, the union for deputies in San Franciscos jails, is asking city leaders to raise starting pay as it deals with a staffing shortage. The San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs Association says jail staffing is extremely low and dangerous, fueling increasing violence by inmates. The union says the Sheriffs Office has more than 180 open positions, a College Player pay day. The new settlement that will give even exCollege Athletes a piece of the pie. The future of the bay area, what Climate Change could mean for you and changing chinatowns. Why so many across the country are shrinking a slow network is no network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. 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The whole station is basically over there. But the good news is, even though the metering lights are backed up once you get to behind us right here, the bridge is flowing. So traffic is moving now, but its going to be backed up for quite a while. All right. Here we are. Here we are putting you right to work. All right. Well, San Franciscos union square has been the epicenter of struggling retailers with empty storefronts and crime. But there is some good news. A new retailer is opening their second us store in union square. Abc seven News Reporter luz pena is here with a look at what it means for the city and for a better bay area. Louis. Thats right. Its been almost 20 years since the nintendo opened its first store in the u. S. Now theyre choosing San Francisco as their next location. The opening date is set for 2025. Nintendo is coming to San Francisco. Its new home, union square. Yeah, this is great news with a nintendo who doesnt like a nintendo. A Nintendo Store in union square in San Francisco is fantastic. Details on the San Francisco Nintendo Store are still unknown, but the video game companys first us location , located in new york city, could be giving us a glimpse into what the San Francisco store could look like in new york. Its a two Story Building with nintendo games, merchandise , and all the consoles. Union square has a space for a similar look. You know, its a great psychological boost. Its a great financial boost, and it really tells us that union square is still alive. It is still vital. Its still attractive. This is the second nintendo experiential store in the united states. So its really a breath of fresh air. Supervisor aaron peskin represents the area where union square is located. He says theyre focusing on making the area safer to attract more businesses. My belief is that nintendo, of course, will have their own on site security. But San Francisco has been very clear that we have devoted resources of Law Enforcement in that area of additional ambassadors. We have a Police Substation at union square. Weve been paying overtime for Law Enforcement at union square. It is clean. It is safe. The Union Square Alliance has been pushing for more storefronts at union square. The president of the San Francisco chamber of commerce said 32 businesses have recently opened here, but union square has a number of different restaurants that have opened high end retail stores, rolex, Patek Philippe commercial Real Estate Services firm cushman and wakefield represent the majority of the commercial spaces in the city. They are noticing a promising trend. Id say were now at the point where theres a lot more tenants coming in, theres deals that have been done some time ago, but you dont see it until they actually open. A recent one that just opened is breitling. So what should we expect . What else is coming to union square . So i think you should expect to see a lot more Stores Opening this year in particular. I think youre also going to see some other tenants relocating, expanding and driving by union square. You can still see some for lease signs. I asked cushman and wakefield about this. They said there are many stores already under contract despite having the for lease signs out there projecting at least six more businesses opening in union square this year. Luz pena, abc seven news lucy, thank you. The sports world is buzzing today. This is a big deal that will allow student athletes to get paid directly by colleges. The move comes after the ncaa and five Major College sports conferences, including the one that stanford and cal are in. Right. Okay. They agreed to settle antitrust allegations. Yeah, they were in the pac 12. Now theyre going to the Atlantic Coast conference. Abc News Reporter melissa adon takes a look at the impact. The new move is college sports, allowing current and former student athletes to get directly paid to play. Following a landmark agreement between the ncaa and its five largest athletic conferences, giving colleges the green light to pay their players as early as next year. The new deal includes nearly 2. 8 billion in damages for athletes who played as far back as 2016, and allocates over 15 billion to players over the next ten years. It would be an amazing step towards ending the ncaas exploitation of College Athletes. The settlement, coming from an antitrust lawsuit, were athletes sued the ncaa for 4. 2 billion, claiming the organization broke federal law by prohibiting College Athletes from profiting off their own name. Many people speculated that this could have been the end of the ncaa bankrupting them if they had lost, so there was a lot of pressure on them to come to the table and have a settlement that was agreeable for both sides to allow the ncaa to exist, but also for some back pay for the athletes who are suing them. The deal allowing student athletes to earn money from their name, image and likeness from the ncaa directly for the first time. It also calls for a new revenue sharing model, which will pay athletes a cut of the money their schools generate from revenue streams, including ticket sales and broadcast deals. The framework of the deal is still being worked out, including how much funds to distribute to schools and the settlement could also face legal challenges as this awaits approval from a federal judge, which could take months. Melissa don, abc news, los angeles. The mayor of santa clara is criticizing an agreement that resolves many long standing disputes between the city and the fortyniners. That agreement reduces the amount that the Stadium Authority owes the fortyniners for police costs by 7. 5 million. It also provides 7 million in whats called performance rent to the city. City manager jovan grogan says the deal provides a fair and advantageous resolution in the dispute, but mayor l