Map. We have Golden Gate Bridge, light traffic, southbound four lanes of traffic for wednesday morning commute into San Francisco. San jose, 101 at 888, looking good with headlights headed in the northbound direction and a problem, still, out there, in the sunol area southbound 680 beyond 84 an early accident is now clearing from the lanes. Sue is here for leyla. A bay area lawmaker is pushing to ease the commute for people who travel between the north and east bay with a third lane to be opened on the richmondsan rafael bridge now but caltran said they have years of work ahead. Amy hollyfield is near the bridge with more. The congestion from the bridge is backing up on to highway 101 in marin county, commuters say it is a nightmare. A lawmaker said the solution is simple the idea is to open up the shoulder and turn it into a third lane and do it as soon as possible. Assemblyman wants this process done by the end of next month. All they have to do he said is pain the new lane and commu
Completely empty to completely full by 5 30. Back to you. A tour bus is more than a dozen people onboard up in flames. It all unraveled on a busy san jose freeway overnight. The fire is now out but the investigation into how this happened is just beginning. Today in the bays bob redell is live in san jose with the latest on that investigation for us. Good morning, bob. Reporter good morning, laura. It will be up to the california Highway Patrol to figure out what caused one of medina tour buses based on seventh street, caused one of their bus toes go up in flames. This happened around 9 40 last night. This bus was headed northbound on 880 at the exit when it had to pull over and you can see what happened. The video shows how severe this fire was. It started in the back. Possibly in the engine and started to move forward. It incinerated about a third of the bus before the Fire Department was able to put it out. Chp tells us there were several passengers along with a driver onboard who a
The billionaire nominee tweeting overnight, . I have accepted the invitation of president Enrique Pena Nieto of mexico and very much look forward to meeting him tomorrow. The mexican president confirmed the visit, tweeting i believe in dialogue to promote mexican interests around the world. That facetoface meeting comes as the republican president ial nominee is set to give one of his most anticipated speeches of his president ial run. Immigration policies after weeks of posturing. The Clinton Campaign responded to trumps scheduled visit with a statement that read, in part, . What ultimately matters is what donald trump says to voters in arizona, not mexico, and whether he remains committed to the splitting up of families and the deportation of millions. For more, were joined by nbcs tracie potts. And tracie, what else can you tell us about trumps planned visit and upcoming speech . Reporter well, i can tell you he was invited. Shes met with pina neto before. But they will be giving th
Of rain pummeled our area earlier today. At last check 2thousand people were without power in the milwaukee area this afternoon. Is our wet weather done or could we see more rain meteorologist jesse ritka has the all showers will be gone before midnight, and tonight is partly cloudy and becoming less humid with lows in the this is the view from the International Space station of two different hurricanes. Lester. Which is currently churning in the pacific ocean. And madeline which could cause issues for hawaiis big island. Zika alert. Theres new evidence that the virus may be causing hearing loss in babies. This hearing impairment was found more commonly among babies who had microcephaly and whose mothers developed a rash during the experts say its possible for children without microcephaly to face hearing loss as well. Deputies in South Carolina are increasing patrols after receiving reports of clowns trying to lure kids into the woods. The reports have people in several communities on
Just before the start of a new school year lets get straight to meteorologist Justin Thompson gee for a checkf ready weher. 3 30 second tease 15 seconds ahead today a w clouds and still a toh muggy in the morng becoming sunny and comfortable by afternoon. Cooler with highs in the middle 70s. Wind ne 515 mph. Tonight clear sky. Little chilly with lo in thupper 50s. Wind ne 515 mph. Weeks end stays a little chilly for most students first day of school on thursday with jackets needed at the bus stop and highs in the upper 60s thursday. Lots of sun sticks around for friday with temps reaching the day weekend stays sunny to start the Holiday Weekend with clouds returning for labor day itself but rain chances holding off for now. Warming up slightly starting in the middle 70s saturday and right around 800 forsunday and monday. 3 roads are in great shape this morningweather shouldnt impact the morning commute. Lanes will close overnight along i894 nb from national through the zoo for sign str