They made it out. @MayorShengThao was on message as she emerged. She said she has more understanding of the teamwork required to fight fires and fire risks in Oakland’s varied environment. @carroll_fife says wearing 65lbs of gear is exhausting, “like childbirth.” @KCBSRadio

This is what it looks like. @MayorShengThao is in there right now. #firefighters #oakland @KCBSRadio

I’m at @OaklandFireCA’s training center with @MayorShengThao and @carroll_fife today. They’re suited up with air-tight masks, tanks and full turnout gear — 65 lbs of gear — to withstand the heat in the burn box. @KCBSRadio

High fives all around. That’s what many #Oakland parents and caregivers will do when the #strike is over and their kids go back school. #teachers too! @KCBSRadio

What @TonyThurmond said: he wouldn’t have held this early childhood Ed event today if the #Oakland teacher contract negotiations weren’t productive. As a mediator btw @OUSDNews & @OaklandEA, he can’t say much. He sounded hopeful, said both parties are working hard. @KCBSRadio

This visit is to highlight the state’s expansion of TK and universal access to preschool. So now we’re in a preschool classroom, where @TonyThurmond is doing pretty well with another Gerald and Piggie book. @KCBSRadio

I’m at Burbank Elementary in #Hayward today, where CA’s Schools Superintendent and @AsmLizOrtega is reading to a TK classroom. After the Mo Willems book, I’ll ask @TonyThurmond how contract negotiations are going btw @OaklandEA and @OUSDNews. #oakland #strike @WeAreCTA @KCBSRadio

The falcon fans set up a watch party here at @BAMPFA’s big screen to gather and celebrate #Berkeley’s resident peregrine falcons. @KCBSRadio

Raptor action at @BAMPFA via @CalFalconCam. It’s Hatch Day in #Berkeley & these human hatchlings from a nearby preschool got to watch Annie feeding her 1st chick, the ball of white fluff. Another egg is about to hatch soon. More on @KCBSRadio shortly: https://t.co/sOAQDpX33J 🐣

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Benicia Public Works does not have an estimate for when the water main will be fixed. Here’s one of their staff for scale. Behind him is I-680 which will complicate repairs because crew will have to keep mud and water off the freeway. @KCBSRadio

This is why the residents of #Benicia are being asked to slash their #water usage by 40%. A mudslide in a pasture beside the freeway north of town damaged a 3 ft. water main. More on @KCBSRadio at 2pm and online: https://t.co/oPG7JPqyin

Can’t make a snowball out of this but exciting all the same.

Backyard weather report: hail in North #Oakland! #cawx @KCBSRadio

Heading back now. Here’s the traffic heading East from Livermore to the Altamont Pass, which is down 2 lanes. @KCBSAMFMTraffic @KCBSRadio Drive safe! Listen live here: https://t.co/oPG7JPqyin

That tiny creek down there is to blame for the eastbound traffic on 580 today. It’s roaring. Also, this is my office today. Pretty view but cold and wet! @KCBSRadio @KCBSAMFMTraffic

Workers from @CaltransD4 are here but there’s not much they can do until the rain stops.

Look how the retaining walls just slid down the hill into the field of mustard. @KCBSRadio

Here’s why I-580 eastbound is likely to be a mess this afternoon. @CaltransD4 is waiting for the rain to let up to re-stripe the lanes. I’ll be live on @KCBSRadio with details at noon. @KCBSAMFMTraffic has the latest in the meantime. Drive safe and stay warm!

Officials from @SFBART, @BayAreaCouncil and Union Square Alliance promise a safer transit system with more officers on trains. More on @KCBSRadio shortly. #SanFrancisco #BayArea #publictransit