oakland bay bridge, but the weather has been pretty cooperative this weekend so as you mentioned, crews are going to be able to re-open the top deck way ahead of schedule. >> thanks to great teamwork, great support by motorists, and great weather, the bay bridge is going to open tonight. >> reporter: on the second full day without traffic flowing over the top deck of the oakland bay bridge, crews continued their work on the westbound approach and made great progress. so good the bridge is opening more than a day ahead of schedule. most of the really complicated work on the project was done by sunday morning. caltrans says the sunny weekend has been one of the biggest factors in the progress. >> the work is going well, things are on track. we have been able to do the work we planned for. >> only a few odds and ends neat to get done before the westbound deck is re-opened. >> the bridge opens at 7:00, and

i mean we're going to begin picking up cones at 7:00. >> even if construction crews made quick progress, this closure created a squeeze on the other bridges. traffic on the san mateo bridge was not an issue for most of the weekend, but on the golden gate bridge on saturday, some drivers saw an hour delay in both directions. on the bay bridge, where eastbound traffic was open, traffic moved easily. >> last night and friday night we saw a lot of traffic, so cars were slowing. >> reporter: and right now we have been seeing some activity on the top deck of the bridge. a few construction trucks and a couple chp cruisers driving up and down, probably in preparation of them picking up the cones, because within the next hour or so, traffic should be flowing back again westward on the top deck. reporting live, i'm sergio

quintana, abc-7 news. >> during the last 48 hours traffic has been heavy, especially for those trying to get into san francisco. the golden gate bridge has seen nearly twice as many drivers as usual. lillian kim is live with the latest out there. >> reporter: as was the case yesterday, traffic has been slow going heading to and from the golden gate bridge, this is doyle drive. the road leading up to the bridge. it's been nothing but stop and go all day. it's unclear why it is heading out of san francisco since the lower deck of the bay bridge is open. it's only the upper deck is closed. perhaps it's confuse, and it's a holiday weekend and many tourists are visiting the bridge. regardless, drivers have been sitting in their cars longer than they're used to on this stretch of 101. >> it's crazy. i didn't expect it to be this busy because of the holidays. >> been pretty much stop and go

for the last three or four miles. >> how long has it been taking you? >> probably about close to 20-25 minutes to go three miles. >> how are you enjoying it? >> a nice rental car on a beautiful california day. i'm loving it. >> no figures for today but yesterday there were 20,000 more cars on the golden gate bridge than a typical saturday. >> thank you so much. here's a look at other spots tonight. traffic on the san mateo bridge is at least flowing, a lot of cars out there. but it's moving. let's take a look at i-80. look at all the cars. but fortunately again, the bridge will be opening later tonight. about an hour or so. things should be lightening up on the roadways. >> you can also check on traffic conditions anytime with the inclusive abc-7 waze app. you can see the trouble spots

from drivers that feed the site with real-time data. to become a traffic spotter, go to our web site and download the waze app to your smartphone. >> developing news in san francisco, crane came loose and is dangling off a highrise. it's happening at the corner of california and kearny street. here's the latest. >> reporter: we are here in chinatown and this incident somewhat of a tourist attraction. that is a container holding about five tons of mechanical equipment and is dangling off the side of the bank of america building. now, this incident happened about 3 and a-1/2 hours ago. workers are installing new window washing equipment on the

roof but this is the heaviest low they have lifted so far and it proved to much for the winch on the crane. that container weighs 11,000-pounds and is dangling 500 feet in the air of the street. we spoke with the sfpd. >> it contains two spools of wierks weighing about 11,000 pounds, and the winch snap, so now they have to hand-crank it. 100 feet, going to take three hours, three and a half hours, and then it will be secure. >> the danger right now is? >> there's no danger right now. we have everything locked down. traffic and pedestrians out of the area, officers on the corners to make sure nobody gets in here. >> we're told there are two men at least winching the container up by hand the last 50-70 feet. it's only moved 20 feet in the last hour. it's caused traffic jams all over the financial district and chinatown. kearny street is closed from

bush to sacramento. pine and california are closed from grant to montgomery, and police say if you don't have any business in the year, you're advised to stay away because this is a real traffic snarl. now, police say no one has been hurt but they're making sure to keep the streets clear, and they're going to keep them clear until the container is safely up on the roof and that may take another two and a half hours. reporting live in san francisco. abc-7 news. >> in the east bay, 23-year-old alameda man is in custody tonight on suspicion of murdering an elderly man in the berkeley hills. police got a call just before 9:00 last night of a suspicious person trespassing in the grizzly peek boulevard area. a man walked out of his house and was beaten to death. police arrested the suspect a few blocks away. >> seemingly suspicious prowler attacked the home owner outside the property, and rendered that

person dead, is extremely unusual for the city of berkeley. >> there's no word on exactly how that elderly map was killed -- elderly man was killed or his identity. the suspect is daniel jordan dewitt of alameda. >> tragedy struck a washington state ski resort knee stevens pass. the victims were part of 12 people hit be the avalanche. the rest dug themselves out, but the rest were swept 1500 feet down an out-of-bounds canyon. another woman was swept out but was saved bay safety device she was wearing. >> saying goodbye, the final journey for whitney houston. >> the controversy isn't over but tonight what espn says it's doing to try to make it up to jeremy lin. >> celebrating carnival with a twist. what's new this year coming up.

>> hi there, i'm leigh glaser. plenty of sunshine this afternoon. but the sutro cam showing the clouds increasing. yes, we're going to see showers. we'll take a look at the forecast coming u

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>> espn fired the person responsible for the racist headline directedded a basketball player jeremy lin. the headline ran on espn's web site. and the network apologized again today. >> when you're as big of a power as espn, with great power comes great responsibility and if you can't handle it, you don't deserve to handle -- have it. >> what's the appropriate thing to do? it's a teachable moment for all of us. >> lin scored 28 points and had 14 assists to lead the new york knicks to victory over the mavericks. >> the palo alto native is no stranger to controversy, he says there's a lot of stereotypes asian-american athletes have to live with.

>> they say he's deceptively athletic or quick, and i don't know if that's because i'm asian. it's unique. it's a different platform and something i embrace and i love. >> lin added he is just a regular 23-year-old guy. he loves video games and of course junk food. >> shu, what do we have going on? >> mike: how about more jeremy lin. took it out on the defending took it out on the defending champions, dallas

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>> whitney houston is in her final resting place. she was buried in a quiet service beside her late father this morning. dozens of devote fans gathered outside the cemetery to pay their respects to houston. >> i love her musician -- music, and all of it. she sung gospel music before that music and we listened to her gospel music yesterday. >> the funeral service was held yesterday at her childhood church in newark. more of a celebration of her life.

>> one of the oldest known survivors of the great san francisco earthquake has died. she was 109 years old. she was just three during the 1906 earthquake, and said she remembered watching the city burn from the hill. this year's 106th earthquake commemoration will be dedicated to rose on wednesday, april 18th. >> in syria today, gunman killed a prosecutor and a judge. activists say 14 people were killed. >> protesters are marching by the thousands in cities throughout spain. the first show of anger over the government's new labor reform. the reforms make it easier for companies to fire workers and pull out of collective bargaining agreements. spain is battling a 23% unemployment rate. >> on a lighter note in brazil,

carnival is in full swing. the annual festival began friday and leads up to lent. a dazzling scene, complete with fireworks, pounding drum beats and condoms. yes. they're giving away three million condoms during the three-day event. the government initiative aims to stop the spread of aids and other sexually transmitted diseases. >> another pleasant day across our area. great weather. >> leigh: great weather, gave the bay bridge -- isn't it great it's going to open up this evening, but dig out the umbrellas. we're going to see a few showers develop across the bay area overnight tonight, and definitely tomorrow morning, live shot from the east bay cam. you seek the high clouds on the increase after a brilliant clear afternoon across the bay area. here are some current readings. 48 in napa, 54 in redwood city.

livermore, 47. antioch, 52. los gatos, 51. clear skies there. look for the showers to return overnight tonight, and definitely tomorrow morning. we'll keep scattered showers in the forecast. and then improving weather monday afternoon, so the holiday tomorrow, a few showers in the morning and then you can enjoy sunshine, and then a warming trend will take ahold of the bay area with 70s returning to the bay by mid-week. this was the cloudiness, and also a few light showers that developed ahead of his warm sector of this cold front this morning, and then as we worked through the afternoon, those clouds moved on out. we saw some sunshine, and now already the frontal band right here is bringing us increasing cloudiness and will bring scattered showers tomorrow. the live doppler 7 hd picking up returns along the north coast,

cross scent -- crescent city, our -- eureka, and then the bay area tomorrow morning. tonight, thickening clouds, and after midnight, 2:00, 3:00, when the first bands start to reach the north bay, ukiah, santa rosa, san rafael by 2:00 a.m. and then it slowly sags south, and 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, showers starting to move into the east bay. the peninsula. as well as santa cruz. not a lot of moisture with this. not going to stick around very long. in fact by 4:00, 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, get ready for partial clearing and probably squeeze in some sunshine as well. so, tonight, overnight temperatures, warmer thanks to the clouds coming in. mid-to-low 40s across the bay area. after the midnight hour the showers move in highs for monday. morning showers, afternoon partial clearing, mid-to up

50ers. of for san francisco, 58 for san jose. antioch, 58. south of san jose, the less likelihood that the moisture will reach you guys. you'll see a little more sunshine. temperatures a little warmer with gilroy topping off at 60 degrees. once we get through this, going to enjoy the next four to five days. high pressure will build in. tuesday, wednesday, thursday. sunny and mild temperatures. by thursday, the warmest day of the work week, mid-to possibly upper 70s, and close to 70 degrees at the coast as the offshore winds will redevelop. i know we need the rain but -- >> jeremy lin, he is a quick study against the dallas mavericks. >> i got your 9:45 a.m. text to watch the game. it's turning into a lin dynasty. they took on the mavericks. coming off a loss friday night

put an end to "linsanity", which i think would be a good movie. >> people asked me, could anyone write a hollywood script like this. i say, no, it never happened. now somebody will. >> jeremy lin! >> mike: lin not the only local in the big apple. landry fields. the reverse dunk. he had 13. then j.r. smith, blasting. lin -- here come the mavs in the third. they're the world champions, mavs up 4. time for "linsanity". jeremy, the steal, finishes with the dunk. knicks within three and step it up in the fourth. lin, the tree over dirk. plays some defense. strips nowitzki. pushes it up to chandler. for the nail in the coffin. lin had 28 points, career-high 14 assists, and the nix knock off the defending world champs.

>> we're thankful for any win we can get, and obviously this one is a big one just because they're a greet team, defending champions, and we wanted to come out here and be aggressive and see where we measured up. we're glad we won. >> mike: great story. giants pitchers and catchers hit the field with buster posey set to catch for his teammates for the first time since last year. will his ankle hold up as a catcher? that's the big question, and buster is adamant about remaining behind the plate and not moving to first base. brian wilson is coming back from elbow surgery and threw off the mount, but all eyes were on buster. >> a good feeling to have, as player, you want to have that passion to be out there. >> it was special for me because i've put in a lot of work to get back to this point, and this is just another step. there's still some work to do. but i was very happy with today. >> mike: down on the farm, david

shaw out supporting the number two cardinal baseball team, facing vanderbilt. commodores come out swinging. but the car -- cardinal explode for eight. 'stanford rolls 18-5. to sweep the three-game set. >> sharks are in detroit. five games into the nine-game road trip. the red wings have won an nhl 22 records at home. sharks make it 23. and joe pavelski takes a slap shot to the helmet but stays in the game. sharks down 2-love in the second. a scrum in front of the power play. couture buts the biscuit in the basket. then helm past neimi. the wings win again. sharks 1-4 on the road trip. the sap finals, milos had the serve cooking early. the a's smoking

150-miles-an-hour. only had seven aces but made them count. then taking the match in straight sets. wins the sap open for the second straight year. >> find round of the northern trust open at riviera country club. bill haas roars from the back of the pack. mickelson needs this to force a playoff. got it. bradley, playing with phil. how about a three-way playoff. are you kidding me? we go to sudden death. and the second playoff hole, bill haas from 45 feet for birdie. he wins it. in sudden death. what a day. >> thank you very much, shu. >> a race to see who tops the holiday weekend box office, and it's a close

>> you were in a car accident. >> my head hurts, doctor. >> a battle between love and action at the box office this weekend. as the row -- romance, the vow, and ryan reb nadals and den sez washington's safe house has a slim lead. ghost writers, in third. journey 2 is number four, and this means war, wraps up the top five.

>> and get ready for the academy awards. oscar sunday is one week from today right here on abc-7. right now you can go to oscar.com to predict the winners and get the latest buzz and download the exclusive oscar app and get in on the buzz on twitter at pound sign oscars sf. i get it's called a hash tag. >> mike: jeremy lin should win as oscar, best performance of a rookie. captioned by closed captioning services inc.