>> in the news this sunday morning, february 19th, caltrans says construction work on the bay bridge is on schedule to reopen on tuesday morning, maybe even ahead of schedule. and pleasant hill police investigate a shooting during a robbery behind an elementary school. a 20-year-old man is in critical condition. >> good morning. clouds will increase throughout the day and perhaps lead to some showers overnight. >> thank you, lisa. thanks for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler. caltrans is due to give us another progress report at 9:00 this morning on the work, done to reshape the westbound approach to the bay bridge.

take a look behind me. you see the upper deck completely closed. it is shut down all weekend for the around-the-clock project. caltrans spokesman said so far everything is on track to reopen as scheduled on tuesday morning at 5:00. possibly sooner. right now it all depends on workers surgically removing the bottom section of the existing bridge to make room for a connection to the new span. >> one of the biggest challenges we have is that we are trying to put that bridge in some cases in the exact same footprint as the original bridge. so this is one of those efforts that we've been doing in order to accommodate that, and also improve on our schedule. >> crews have now dug up the old roadway and shifted lanes a bit to the south from the lights to the incline. overnight they began striping the new lanes. this is the last of the planned closers for the bay bridge until the new span opens on labor day weekend, 2013.

the first traffic snarls hit yesterday afternoon. sky 7 over marin county shows traffic on southbound 101 moved at a snail's pace through the waldo tunnel. across the bay westbound 580 was jammed with drivers trying to get on to the richmond-san rafael bridge. drivers inched their way across the golden gate bridge into san francisco, even though all toll lanes are open with extra staffing this weekend. at street level sergio found some drivers sitting in traffic when they did not have to be. >> a stream of headlights on lombard street and a team of traffic cops guiding drivers. this is all part of a backup of cars coming into the city from the golden gate bridge. >> the bay bridge is closed so we are having to take a detour. >> san francisco traffic officers said the backup didn't start until about 4:00 p.m. that's when driving over the golden gate as an alternative to the partially-closed oakland bay bridge proved to be a time-consuming choice. >> it's really bad.

through the tunnel, a lot of patience for sure, yeah. a lot of people honking. >> she was stuck creeping over the golden gate along with thousands of other drivers. >> took a long time. >> how long? >> i would say an hour and a half, two. >> from where? >> san rafael. >> but people heading north toward the gate also got gummed up. she took a break to drive home because traffic was at a standstill. >> i think people misunderstood and thought they couldn't go across the bridge at all. i know the sign said westbound, not eastbound, but nobody got the message. >> among those who may have gotten mixed up about the partial closer on the oakland bay bridge is peggy thomas. >> i just called my husband and said i'll wake you up when i get home. >> it took her 45 minutes to get to lombard and from union scare. she thought the route was home until i reminded her the bay bridge opens to east bound traffic.

>> it's only closed coming this way, not going back. >> i didn't know that. i thought the whole bridge was closed so i thought i had to go this way. >> traffic over the golden gate bridge did thin out around 10:00 and is now flowing smoothly. at the golden gate bridge, abc67 news. >> abc7's exclusive waze traffic tracker is helping people navigate around the bridge closer. this is live gps data sent by traffic spotters. you can download abc7s exclusive waze traffic for your smartphone. go to abc7 news.com/waze. it's free and it can help you get around those congested areas caused by the closer of the span. if you still want to get into san francisco this president's day weekend, there are options. the new major alternatives are bart and the ferry. bart is running nonstop through tuesday morning while the ferries are shift their schedules to accommodate more passengers. >> i would have been home by now.

>> if you had driven? >> yes, if i had driven. >> sometimes driving is a little bit more convenient because you can do it on your own time. it only takes about 20 minutes to get from alameda from here, so it is a faster way to go. >> i think the ferry was more fun than going through bart and all the turnstiles and all of that. >> all a. c. transit transbay buss are driving passengers to bart stations. for complete coverage for the closer stay with abc7 news. you can also go to abc7news.com or check abc7 news bay area anytime on twitter for the very latest. it is not just traffic that might be keeping some people off the roads this weekend, gas prices are skyrocketing. the cost of filling up is the highest its ever been at this time of year. well over four dollars a gallon in the bay area. it's left drivers in a bind. some are cutting commutes and others believe oil companies simply have them by the tanks.

>> we have to find an alternate fuel source. that's all we've got. >> its going to cost me $70. you have to pay for it. need it no matter what. you have to get around. >> we don't spend a lot of time in the car fortunately or we would go broke. >> you can blame the pain at the pump on rising oil prices and pump on rising oil prices and some refinery closers. don't expect any difference anytime soon. some predict the spike could hit five dollars a gallon by memorial day. >> a 20-year-old man is hospitalized in critical condition this morning after being shot in a robbery behind an elementary school. it happened near pleasant hill near strandwood elementary school around 7:00 last night. the victim was walking with three friends when they were robbed at gunpoint by three men. when the victim put up a struggle he was shot once in the upper body. the suspects in their early

20s ran back toward the school. they got away, despite an intense search by police from pleasant hills, martinez and the contra costa county sheriff's office. this morning two stabbing victims in san jose are recovering after a fight at the east ridge mall. it happened around 7:30 last night. trails of blood were found at macy's and j.c. penney's. both stores were shut down while police investigated. officers detained three possible suspects at the mall. a city-run teen center in the heart of east oakland is now under the scrutiny of the fbi. according to the san francisco chronicle, federal investigators are suspicious of renovations done two years ago at the digital and culinary arts academy. they want to know why bids for the project worth more than $120,000 weren't publicly solicited until after the work was completed. oakland's vice mayor, you see her there, desley brooks,

spearheaded the funding efforts, but denies any conflict of interest. coming up next, music icon whitney houston will be laid to rest this morning after a moving tribute by family and friends.

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>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> this morning whitney houston will be laid to rest at a private service. she will you buried next to her father in westfield, new jersey. yesterday friends and family of the singer gathered at new hope church to say farewell to houston, whose voice with defined an era. abc's tj winnik reports. >> whitney houston's casket was carried into the church. it's privacy guarded by numerous road closers around the church. ♪ send an angel >> the service filled with music, and scripture, and people from show biz. >> the whitney i knew filled with success and worldwide fame thought am i good enough? it was the burden that made her great and the part that caused

her to stumble in the end. >> billed as a home-going for whitney houston, it was held at the same newark, new jersey church where she learned to sing as a teenager. ♪ just 20 minutes into the program houston's ex-husband, bobby brown, walked out of the service. there had been rumors of tensions between he and houston's family. >> let us leave here recognizing that whitney left too soon. let us leave here impacted by her life. >> the focus this day was on whitney's kind nature and angelic voice. but her very public and often ugly battle with addiction. >> no matter how much struggle, no matter what she had to go through, no matter what she had to walk through it still wasn't enough to separate her from the love of god. ♪ i'll always love you

>> tj winnik, abc news, newark. >> a free all-day concert at ocean beach will honor the memory of philanthropist warren. hellman. founder of the annual hardly strictly bluegrass festival in golden gate park. hellman died of due keep ma in december at the age of 77. his band will perform today along with festival favorites, including emmylou harris and boz skaggs. parking is limited. consider taking public transit to this free see vent. shuttle rides to and around golden gate park are now being offered for free on weekends and holidays. the shuttle will drop you off at various locations, including the deyoung museum, the academy of sciences, conservatory of flowers and ocean beach.

the free shuttle rides are courtesy of the city's recreation and park department. >> lisa argen is here to talk about it's been cold at night, at least. >> yeah. >> not during the day. >> no. we've seen some sunshine in the afternoon. today, though, we will see more clouds out there. there is a chance of rain coming our way toward president's day. it's not a big chance but it should bring us some sierra snow. we will talk about our warmup, our spring-like temperatures. even warmer weather coming our way next week. that's all next. >> thank you, lisa. also next the u.s. dons upset gonzaga. mike shumann has the highlights coming up in sports.

>> a little bit of rain. do you think it impact the work on the bridge? >> no. everything looks promises. >> we don't want it this time. >> i know. it tends to fizzle out and i wouldn't be surprised if it did that again. as we head outside this morning we have the dry condition out

there and a nice look over the city from sutro where the sun will be up at 6:55. there will be a lot of clouds. the sun setting at 5:53. you notice the winds have subsided. they were so, so gusty yesterday. we had the nice aerial shots. all the traffic. you know, the chopper barely got up because of all those gusty winds out there. but with the calm winds, we have dried out. our atmosphere chilling out with numbers in the mid-and upper 30s from mountain view, 36. redwood city, good morning, 38 for you. 35 napa with 35 san francisco, 46 half moon bay. yesterday we were in the 50s, we had the cloud cover and a little bit of a breeze. but this morning, my goodness, everyone, anywhere from five to fifteen degrees colder than you were on saturday morning. livermore waking up to much chillier conditions. 11 degrees colder this morning. definitely a chill to the air out there. we aren't going to see any rapid

warming because we will see clouds on the increase. the rain, if we see any, it's going to be late today overnight and it's just the chance category. in fact, we are talking about a couple of hundreds if we see any tonight and over into president's day. then we are looking at a much, much different forecast. we have some moisture to the north and west of us, and we also have some returns a little closer to home. but we still have a ridge of high pressure over us. that will be protecting us today. we aren't going to see any rain. but once we get a little bit more energy headed our way from the atmosphere, we could see some of this rain just push or brush the coastline and perhaps the north bay. so we will play it all out for you in the next several hours. there's the system. still pretty far away. we have the high and mid-level moisture throughout the day today. then by about noontime you will notice more clouds begin to overspread the area. here's the rain. it stays offshore throughout the

day today. then by the overnight hours towards monday morning some of you working, the commute looks dry. if not, we could see a little bit better chance of rain from so momenta to mendocino. but the light shade of this, still moisture in the air but it doesn't look like it's going to move over the bay. still just chances throughout the afternoon on monday. temperatures still in the 50s. so a cool regime numbers where they actually a little bit cooler than they should be for this time of year. then after that we've got a big ridge building in for much of next week. 70 in palm springs today with a big sur of here, as close as san luis, high surf advisory. 46 with some snow showers 'nibble the sierra nevada in the next day. 59 in press no with 55 once again half moon bay, but without the wind today, 57 in morgan hill. partly cloudy along the central coast. here's the look ahead. a slight chance of showers tomorrow and then we will look for dryer, sunnier, milder,

should we say warm weather midweek? >> boy, that is definitely summer-like. >> i know. >> all right. thank you, lisa. coming up after our newscast at 7:00, good morning america. we are joined live from new york to tell us what you are working on. good morning. >> good morning to you, carolyn. we are going to have a comprehensive look at whitney houston's final fare well yesterday. the extraordinary service, as you know, was filled with song and prayer. family and friends saying their emotional good-bye. but the day was not without controversy. big question why did her ex-husband, bobby brown, leave angry? we have the latest details. plus a huge scandal rocking the political world. a rising star known for his top immigration stance is now accused of threatening his mexican exlover with deportation if he revealed their gay love affair. what did he admit to in their press conference? weñçç will devil into that. and the bruce court tore was

brought to tears in the case of george huguely, the lacrosse player accused of murdering his girlfriend. his fate is in the hands of the jury. >> there's a guy from your neck of the woods jammed jeremy lin. >> yeah. >> i'm not sure if you have heard of him. but here on the east coast we are calling it linsanity. this time we are getting an up-close and personal side of him. an exclusive sit-down interview with the man of the moment, hotshot nick superstar. it's the espn exclusive everyone is talking about. you will see a lot more of that this morning we will get some more insight as to who he is, how he is reacting to all of the game, and also a little bit on his personal life, his love life. some rumors flying there as to who he is dating. i'll leave it at that. >> do you get into the slur? or was this before that? >> this was -- i believe this was before. >> okay. all right. >> i believe. >> well, everybody here will be tuned in to that. of course, we know jeremy lin from palo alto.

we look forward to hearing everything that he has to say. thank you. >> great. good to see you. >> nice to see you. in sports this afternoon, stanford is hosting oregon at maples pavilion look for their 19th win of the season. as the cardinals try to bolter their case for making the ncaa tournament. last night the warriors played a nail-biter in memphis. here's mike shumann with your highlights. >> good morning. well, the warriors have struggled on the road and that continued last night as the grizzlies defeat golden state for the sixth straight time in memphis. memphis wearing throwback uniforms from the aba. ugly. but the grizz come out roaring. the steal after rudy gave him the flush. 27-9, memphis but it's early. warriors get more in the second. steph curry from downtown. how about another. warriors up 43-42. curry, 36 on the night. fourth quarter wears down. a mine left. monte for the lead. 10 seconds left. rudy gay, the jumper. misses.

come on, block out. tony allen cleans it out. grizz up one. last chance for the warriors. david lee, whistled for the offensive foul. warriors drop a heartbreaker, 104-103, the final. don't forget to check out the farmer warrior laramie lin and the mavericks here on 7 at 9:30 a.m.. >> gonzaga, three-time winner bill cartwright appreciates a night on the hilltop. robert, the pretty move in the paint. zags up one. and bowling through the lane and in. he had 16. dons by 1. harris gets tied up and they swarm the floor. dons upset 24 gonzaga, 66-65, your final. saint mary's trying to gain some national respect. facing 14th rank the murray state but they come out swinging. murray state up 8 in a flash. and playing to fight a bum ankle. 104-103, the final. don't forget to check out the farmer warrior laramie lin and the mavericks here on 7 at 9:30 a.m.. >> gonzaga, three-time winner bill cartwright appreciates a night on the hilltop. robert, the pretty move in the paint. zags up one. sign side of four minutes. fourth quarter, ten seconds left. dons on the move. and bowling through the lane and in. he had 16. dons by 1. last chance for the zags. lance harris gets all teed up and they swarm the floor at war memorial. dons upset 24 gonzaga, 66-65, your final. saint mary's trying to gain some national respect.

facing 14th ranked murray state but they come out swinging. murray state up 8 in a flash. matthews, playing despite a bum ankle. the jumper. within 4 in the first. the three plus one. he had 23. razors by 9 at the half and they poor it on in the second. cannon to brandon garrett, and saint mary's will likely fall out of the top 25 with a 65-51 loss. cal hosting oregon state. senior night. jorge fired up the first half. of cavs jump out to the lead. the beavers kept gnawing away, kevin mcshane wide open for the flush. beavers by two at the half. cal seniors say that's enough. and he gets it to fall. he had 13. the feed. the circus shot. 17 points, 8 boards for jorge and a lot to love for mike montgomery. cal went to 77-63 and remains tied for the lead in the pac-12 with washington. let's serve up the semifinals of the san jose open

milos raonic and facing young upstart ryan harrison. injuries have depleted this year's event but this should be a good one. first set. harrison up 5-4. milos. the ace serve clock at 150 miles. 5-0. the tiebreaker. harrison, the backhand winner. now 4-2. set point for milos. harrison's return is out. he takes the first set and harrison never recovers. milos puts him away with a forehand. he's headed to the finals after a straight set victory. second semi, julian facing the man who knocked off andy roddick. denis istomim. he has never won a set before him before last night. he ties it up at a set a piece. with we go to match point. benneteau will face milosraonic for the title today.

that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike sure man. see you again tonight at five. have a great day. next at 6:30, the latest on the impact and progress of the construction of the bay bridge. why some of saying an apology just isn't enough after a racist headline about basketball player and palo alto player jeremy lin. [ female announcer ] off limits?

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caltrans is due to give us another progress report at 9:00 this morning on the work being done to reshape the westbound approach to the bay bridge. no traffic, as you can see behind me on the upper deck. it is shut down this weekend for the around-the-clock project. a caltrans spokesman says so far so good. everything on track to reopen the bridge as scheduled tuesday morning at five, possibly sooner. crews have dug up the old roadway, demolished part of the old bridge structure and shifted lanes a bit to the south from the metering highlights to the incline. overnight they began striping the new lanes. caltrans said this is the last planned closer for the bay bridge until the new structure opens on labor day weekend 2013. despite the smooth scenario described by caltrans, we saw the first closer related traffic snarls develop around 4:00 yesterday afternoon along some of the other routes into san francisco. in the east bay there was a

huge backup on westbound 580 approaching the richmond-san rafael bridge. in marin county, southbound highway 101 was a slow crawl from san rafael through the waldo tunnel, across the golden gate bridge. >> really bad. through the tunnel, a lot of patience for sure, yeah. a lot of people honking. it took us a long time. >> about how long? >> i would say probably like an hour and a half, two. >> from where? >> san rafael. >> traffic also backed up in san francisco on lombard street and doyle drive leading to the northbound golden gate crossing. but remember the eastbound direction of the bay bridge is open. so you can take the lower deck out of san francisco to get to the east bay. abc7s exclusive waze traffic tracker is helping people navigate around the bridge closer. this is live gps data sent by traffic spotters.

you can download the app, exclusive waze traffic app for your is that right phone. go to our website. it is free and wily it will help you get around the congested areas caused by the bridge closer. to get across the bay, bart is offering around the clock service through 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. ferries will also be operating on a holiday schedule. a. c. transit won't be able to cross the bay, of course, but its transbay buses will drop you off at the west oakland bart station. for complete coverage of the bay bridge closer, stay with abc7 news. you can also go to abc7news.com or check abc7newsbayarea anytime on twitter for the very latest. sports network espn is apologizing for a website headline containing a racial slur about nba star play per and palo alto native jeremy lin. that headline referred to lin's friday night performance in which his new york knicks team lost. lin has gained worldwide attention for his rise in the nba.

here's the story. >> jeremy lin's rise in the nba has led to descriptive terms like linsanity and lin-finity. there's a new one causing an up roar. it came recently. they ran a headline "chink in the armor" and the headline was removed after 35 minutes. >> the incident is clearly unacceptable, inexcusable, and they have managed to marr what has been a great american story with racist language and at the same time insulting millions of people. not just asian americans but all people who believe in fairness and decency. vincent is the executive director of the chinese affirmative action. this is the apology they offered. they say they are conducting a complete review of our cross platform editorial procedures and are determining appropriate

disciplinary action to ensure this does not happen again. we regret and apologize for the mistake. " >> an apologize is not enough. if you look what they put on line, they are apologizing for the use of inappropriate word. the word isn't merely inappropriate, it's a racist word. >> it's sparked an outcry from the asian american community. a senator said he wants more than a simple apology. >> the chinese-american community and to the asian-american community, they said they have learned a lesson and it will never happen again. it seems the apologies are hollow words when you continue to do it time and time again. >> they say espn o's it to the asian american community to do outreach to asians and make sure their employees are aware asians are a large part of the american experience and deserve better.

in san francisco, abc7 news. >> espn is owned by disney, which is the parent company of abc news. lin, by the way, is going to be back on the court when the knicks play the mavericks here on abc7 this morning at 9:30. and i don't think he's commented on this incident so far. they have a prefile on him on "good morning america" coming up. >> sorry, i didn't know what day it was. >> it's sunday, and lisa argen is here with your accuweather forecast. >> yes. you know yesterday looking a a lot like today in terms of the cloud cover. we will see a little more cloud cover. we broke into sun some sheen, but gusty winds. right now things are calm. we are talking 30s and 40s around the bay. rain wants to come our way as soon as president's day. i'll have the details coming up. >> lisa, help a sister out, okay? also ahead, the new winter green at crissy field and the new green era that's about to begin

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welcome back, it's 6:38. this is a live look at the san mateo bridge west downed. not much going on yet but that span is one. ones that was a workhorse yesterday and will be throughout this holiday weekend as the westbound lanes of the bay

bridge remain closed. don't forget, you can still head eastbound across the bay bridge, but a lot of people don't know that and a lot are still coming into the city, trying to find these alternate routes like the bay bridge. >> the future is on display at crissy field in san francisco. >> it's a huge collection of electric cars. a demonstration of where we are headed in the years ahead. among the experts some students are lending a hand. abc7's jonathan bloom has the story. >> clustered together in a corner of the parking lot, it may be the biggest gathering of electric cars crissy field has ever seen. everything from a roadster to a nissan leaf, all here nor one reason, free electricity. >> it's basically like getting free gas. >> except without the gas or any fossil fuel for that matter. on a sunny, breezy day like this one, all the power running through the cables is literally coming out of thin air. >> through the golden gates a steady wind comes, especially when the fog is blowing in or out, so it's an ideal situation

to generate power. >> august is one of the engineers behind the quiet, vertical wind turbines that, along with some solar panels, charge cars and provide half the power for the chrissy center. it is only fitting the power to lift them into place didn't come from fossil fuel either, it came from a group of students that took turns at the helm of the pulley system to start what is now their science project. just inside the highschoolers from galileo academy are monitoring the power generated by the wind and reporting their findings back to the company who makes the turbines. they will also study the impact on wildlife. >> keeping track and monitoring if any birds do get injured. >> their vertical design is meant to protect birds, a fact not lost on these sixth graders. >> instead of it moving this way, it moves that way, so that means the birds won't get sucked into it and die. >> generating teachable moments as they generate electricity is the whole reason the national park service put these turbines here.

>> to be a true exemplar in sustainability, and use that to educate the public. >> that car is awfully quiet, isn't it? >> yes. does it run on electric gas or something? >> let's face it, we could all use a little education. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >> looking good out there today. the day that jonathan was out there anyway. i supposed to, as well. >> yeah. that's true. although we will see some changes as we head toward president's day. that's no different. day-to-day things have really been different in terms of whether or not the weak weather systems bring us rain. we are faced with one again overnight tonight. 6:55 is the sunrise. you see from this beautiful shot of our sutro camera we have a mostly cloudy sky but making for a do you feel sunrise out there. the cloud cover has allowed the temperatures to bottom out and not drop much more. so we won't be looking at any 20s or numbers dropping into

the low 40s in san francisco. it's 45 right now, but it still is much, much cooler than we were yesterday morning. 39 in redwood city. good morning, mountain view. 37 for you with 37 in napa. coming up two degrees. it was down to 35. and a chilly 37 in livermore. that brings you 15 degrees cooler that morning than yesterday morning. so with the clear sky overnight and those winds backing off, we dropped off quickly with that dryer air mass. nine degrees cooler in napa and 7 degrees cooler by the delta. partly cloudy sky to start and then we will see a few more clouds by the afternoon. then by the evening hours we are looking at a slight chance of showers as we head through sunday night into president's day. we've got most of the rain offshore, but some of that wants to sneak in to parts of the north bay. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd where we have moisture well out to the north of us. and it's not really going to do much in the next 24 hours. in fact, it's just high and

mid-level moisture associated with the clouds. offshore we still have a weak ridge protecting us throughout the day today. upstream there is a little bit of energy, a twist in the atmosphere that could provide the lift necessary to ring out a couple of showers. it won't be much, if we see any, on president's day. here's the way it looks in terms of the clouds. increasing throughout the afternoon. here's noon. we will still see some sunshine down around the monterey coast and into the south bay. so numbers will barely make it into the 60s today, but there's the rain shield or the chance of it offshore. and by the end of the day you will notice we still have the clouds and most of the activity is still not making it on shore. but as we head toward 8:00 president's day, a darker green up here, sonoma county, could see a a few showers there and by the afternoon still a little bit of moisture around so that the possibility exists for a

spritzel or two into monday. if you have family or friends headed back from the mountains, they could get a couple inches. perhaps powder at higher elevations. a possibility along the northern sierra. 16 fresno today with cool numbers back home. 56 in san francisco, but not as chilly as yesterday. we don't have the gusty wind headed our way. 59 fremont and 56 in santa cruz. we will look for numbers to come up significantly after the weekend. isn't that always the way? but still not bad out there. maybe a slight chance of showers tomorrow and then big-time warming into wednesday, thursday, and friday a little cooler. >> those numbers, though, are just astounding when you look at what's going on in other parts of the country. >> i know. they are freezing in the midwest. >> thank you, lisa. this morning friends of a 25-year-old amador high school graduate battling leukemia are intensifying their efforts to find her a bone marrow donor. they are holding two more donor

drives in pleasanton, one today and another next saturday in hopes of of finding an asian dor for janet deang. students held a bone marrow drive for her on friday. if you would like to find out if you are a match, we've posted the times and location of the bone marrow drives on our website, abc7news.com under "see it on tv." don't go away, 7 on your side is next. >> a couple spends two decades piling up frequent flyer miles and it's not so easy to use them. i'm michael finney. 7 on your side

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"and what do you do?" "oh, i sell insurance like no one else." "oh, that's nice." "thank you." now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> welcome back, it's 6:48. thanks for being up and joining us for the sunday morning news. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge easy does it. of course, at this hour of the morning. but yesterday starting in the afternoon, traffic was really clogged heading into the city, even though there is extra staffing there and all four lanes were open coming into the city. but that's because, as you know, the upper deck of the bay bridge is closed for repairs. so beware, be advised and go to our waze traffic tracker if you

would like up-to-date information on ways to navigate around the bridge closer. >> it seems easier than ever these days to rack up miles with your frequent flyer program, but how easy is it to redeem those miles for flights you want? 7 on your side's michael finney helped one couple who had plenty of miles, but got as far as a brick wall. >> in enrique's house is a gallery of his own art. he works in stained glass, metal, ceramics, many inspired by his travels. >> every time i go, i learn a lot. >> an upcoming trip to france with his wife holds huge excitement. >> we have not been in paris in a long, long time. >> a river cruz will take the couple through normandy through homes of famous artists like claude monet. the problem, using the frequent flyer miles. >> i was very upset because we had been using the card for

years and years. the couple saved up 480,000 miles over two decades by flying united airlines and using it's mileage plus credit card. but when he tried to use those miles, he hit a rough patch. >> it's unfair to the customers not being aware of what really is going on with the awards. >> enrique points to this. the united awards program that lists a saver fair of $50,000 -- 50,000 miles one way to europe for a seat in business class. however, when he tried to book the tickets, united said they were all gone, even though the business cabin was wide open. >> the plane was actually empty. >> agents told him he would have to pay the standard fair of 125,000 miles each way. that's 500,000 miles round trip for two, more than double the saver rate. he e-mailed united customer service and an agent wrote back saying unfortunately your main issue is not going to change anytime soon. the underlying problem is that we need to sell seats to stay in

business." enrique was stunned. >> it's a teaser, and, oh, if i can collect so many miles or spend so much money, you know, and use their card overtime, then i can get the 50,000 miles i need. and when you get to that point, it's not available. >> not only that, enrique didn't have enough miles to cover the higher fare. the couple contacted 7 on your side and we asked united about this. the spokesperson told us getting the saver fair is similar to waiting for something to go on sale. the airline would not say how many tickets it sells for the lower rate, saying only discounted saver awards, while widely available system wide, are capacity restricted. however, after we got involved enrique was allowed to use his miles from both united and continental airlines to buy those tickets. united also threw in 10,000 extra miles for enrique because he described to us a confusing experience booking the tickets and to show we appreciate his long time loyalty.

>> and we are really, really grateful for 7 on your side. >> most major airlines have partnerships with other big carriers that will accept those frequent flyer miles. so you may be able to find a lower fare there. as always, book a flight way ahead of time for a better shot at the discounted seats. now if you have a problem with frequent flyer miles or anything else, let me know about it. go to abc7 news.com. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> up next, our entertainment reporter, don sanchez, is on the isle with a look at reece witherspoon's new movie. it's not your usual romantic comedy. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center

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we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. hey, i love your ceal there-- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way. lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male announcer ] 80 delicious calories. fiber one. >> reese witherspoon stars in the new film "this means war." don can sheas says it's not your usual romantic comedy. here's don's "on the isle" review. >> they are slick cia agents and it seems wherever they go, chaos follows. but they are best friends and have a way about them until they meet a girl. that's right, a girl, reese witherspoon.

>> i was doing the same thing. >> do you want to see her? one, two, three. >> i feel weird. i feel weird about dating two guys at once. >> each of them uses their resources to spy on her, which may be a little bit creepy. >> she likes red wine, lavender bath salts and she collects posters by him. >> this is incredible [screaming] >> this is so fun! >> and they try to cool the romance of the other guy. i know, i know, our tax dollars at work. hey, it's a joke. inevitably there is a showdown >> they are rational. they may even become friends. >> things heat up, but you know how this is going to wind up for miles away. ♪ >> it has a split personality, an action spy film or romantic

comedy? it can't seem to make up its mind. here's my idea for the sequel. for the sequel go with a bromance with the two guys. they are sophisticated, cool, dangerous. getting back to this film, it is really sort of out of touch with reality and it should be a disaster, and yet there are things about it that work and i kind of like it. i will give it half a bucket. i'm don sanchez, abc7 news. see you on the isle. >> and don't forget, one week from today the academy awards will air right here on abc7. oscar sunday is february 26th. you can predict the winners and get the latest buzz right now at oscar.com. you can also download the exclusive oscar app for iphones and ipads. it will give you live video from the red carpet and from backstage on oscar sunday. >> lisa, can you see the forecast that far in advance? >> for southern california, of course. it's always sunny there, right? 75.

that's my guess. >> all right. >> today we are talking about 56 in the city with more clouds around. >> 58 concord. another cool one but we won't have the gusty winds. a chance of showers heads our way. tomorrow mainly in the morning hours, and we will keep it pretty cloudy, but then sunny and warmer the rest of the week. >> all right. thank you, lisa. that's going to do it for us. thank you for joining us. our next newscast starts at 9:00 this morning. i'm carolyn tyler, along with lisa argen. good morning america is up next. have a great day, everyone!