let's check on your traffic with gianna. >> all right. new trouble spots especially along the peninsula. northbound 101 at peninsula. two-car crash blocking the road. south 280 black mountain road vehicle hit a mountain lion in the road there. so they have some activity there in the right lane. san mateo bridge, so far, so good, no wind advisory. extra volume but speeds good between hayward and foster city. bay bridge stacked up. >> look at that. >> busy conditions there. metering lights are on. so take it slow this morning. >> back to work. a lot different than yesterday? >> a lot different. >> there were four cars yesterday. >> at the bay bridge. >>> it looks like the royal newlyweds will not be visiting the bay area during the first trip to north america. >> yeah. their loss. the duke and duchess of cambridge will visit southern california instead. they will arrive in california in june and visit 8 cities there and heading to los angeles on july 8 to 10. they couldn't squeak in time for the bay area. >> too bad. i was looking forward t

gianna has traffic. >> let's check the roads. we have a snag out there heading through san jose northbound 101 connector to 680. we have reports of an injury accident. no lanes are blocked. just south of the wreck we are seeing delays along 101 in san jose on the northbound side. antioch westbound 4 starting to load up looking good off the antioch bridge. if you are taking the all the month pass, seeing delays westbound 580 and it gets a little busy at the dublin interchange. traffic is loading up around pleasanton. buckle up. >> you guys like our fancy new traffic cameras? >> cool! >> where is that? >> westbound 580 approaching 680. [ laughter ] >>> it is 5:56. in the next half hour, clean-up efforts under way in joplin. why animals are being used to move tons of debris. >> a safety warning for craigslist users. how mask men are luring victims into a bay area neighborhood. >>> lawyers are confident they will be able to clear the man arrested in the beating of bryan stow. what they plan to do today. we'll update you on stow's con

let's check traffic with gianna. >> thank you, lawrence. all right. we're getting more information about this trouble spot in novato. just north of novato, northbound 101 at san antonio. we have been monitoring this overnight accident that resulted in a fatality. northbound 101 the left lane still blocked so one lane is open according to the chp and they say it's not impacting traffic too badly through there. it's still very early. there aren't a lot of cars on the road north 101 at san antonio so the left lane remains blocked for the investigation. they are waiting or two flatbed tow trucks to arrive on scene to load the vehicles up and get them off the freeway. so we'll keep you updated on that. still okay to take north 101 because it's early, not impacting traffic too badly. roadwork eastbound 4 at loveridge. full freeway closure until 5:30 at least. bay bridge toll plaza not bad. look good towards this direction. clear across the upper deck into san francisco. no delays coming out of san francisco across the lower deck towards oakland. golden gate

right now gianna has traffic. >> you're on the move this morning, lawrence. thank you. let's head out to the roads. the traffic looks as good as the weather. no accidents. we are dealing with construction though. westbound five five at the richmond/san rafael bridge -- westbound 580 at the richmond/san rafael bridge, that should wrap up at 5:00. northbound 280 at bascomb road construction possibly blocking a lane. so give yourself some extra time. the rest of the south bay though looks like this. not too shabby. nice conditions as you work your way on 880/237 through milpitas no snags. and first look at the golden gate bridge. traffic is very quiet. not a whole lot going on through there but, of course, that could change. we'll keep you updated. we'll have mass transit next. back to you. >> lawrence looked lonely? >> he did. he has his barbecue all ready to go and everything. >> we are going to send him a few revelers. come on, it's cinco de mayo. >>> traffic tickets doubling in one bay area city. why drivers are paying for california's broken budget. >> pg&e plans a ra

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i know, like poof from gianna to elizabeth like magic. >> you're a tag team today. >> i know. all right. let's go out live towards the dumbarton bridge. we still have a little bit of ongoing roadwork in those eastbound lanes of 84. so watch out for various lanes blocked. there is no delay westbound. that construction was picked up. the san mateo bridge so far looks great in the commute direction right there. hayward toward foster city should be about a 13-minute drive so off to a nice start. more traffic coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> about 90 minutes from now, president obama will be leaving the white house for ground zero. >> he will mark the death of osama bin laden in a somber ceremony at the former site of world trade center. he will also visit with relatives who lost loved ones on 9/11. now, the visit comes a day after the president announced he will not release photographs of bin laden's corpse. he said making the photos public would not provide further proof that bin laden is dead. there was also concern that the graphic nature of the photos could incite vio

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