pornography. the school where he works and was arrested. >> on friday 6:00 with labor day weekend and upper deck is all quiet. >> taking a look elsewhere at the san mateo bridge, which is getting increased traffic because of the bay bridge closure and as you can see there is good volume but it looks to be moving long okay. >> we will look, also, at the golden gate bridge with plenty of fog moving fine another alternative to get to san francisco and right now we go to our traffic reporter. how is it, leyla gulen? >>guest: we have one problem the at san mateo bridge and it is moving along fine in the westbound direction but it is before you get to the rest of the bridge we have a problem. we have three different accidents at the toll plaza and

that is where we are seeing backups. if you look at 880 we are seeing a buildup of traffic to highway 92 from castro valley 238 locking heavy and this shot is your drive across the mayo bridge so you -- the san mateo bridge taking you 15 minutes from the high-rise to foster city and 101 is in go shape. >> we start with visibility. we have thickest fog in napa and throw miles visibility at half moon bay and 101 is better is along the bay shore with spots of it but it is not hitting our reporting stations. the next 12 hours, misty and 62, and sunshine and 71, and much warmer and 80 at 4:00, and 69 during 7:00.

inland, most of the clouds are in the north by and low 60's and sunny elsewhere and 81 by noon and 91 and above average warmth inland and 82 at 7:00, and the coast will see more sunshine today and temperatures will go from the low 60's to the mid-to-upper 60's in the afternoon hours. eric? >> we will continue our coverage of the bay bridge closure and matt keller is near the bay bridge toll plaza. matt? >> yes, a lot of work has taken place. you can see there are a lot of trucks and workers have shown up. at 5:00 we see the activity pick up. yesterday, they grinded the road and this only they laid out the asphalt. they then rolled over it with the bulldozers. you can see the difference in the road in front me.

there could be 400 workers working in shifts 24 hours a day aiming for the scheduled tuesday 5:00al opening. >> construction scheduled have "float" which is budgeting room in case something going wrong. there is a very, very slim chance we will not make it. but we have seen nothing to indicate we will not make the tuesday morning at 5:00. >> the old bridge is blocking the way for the bicycle path and a thousand' is -- a thousand feet having laid. weather could cause a delay on the work but officials say, so far, everything looks favorable through the the weekend. >> bart is seeing an increase in ridership. our coverage continues with abc7 news reporter katie marzullo in san francisco. we hear the ride was not

>> there were more people on the usually morning trains but they are not overstuffed. not like yesterday. those are in the a later hours. i talked with the bart spokesman and he said yesterday 61,000 additional riders at the same time yesterday and he does not have new numbers yet but he has his own experience and took the train from san francisco to oakland and he says that there were more people on his train. >> fridays are usually lower ridership day than thursday and we see how it goes, it is hard to predict. i noticed that the car i was on at 5:10 this morning, each seat was taken. that is unusual. very unusual. people are getting up earlier and gettingen at trains earlier which is what we want.

>> bart is running overnight trains from 14 different stations and, also, longer trains and overnight trains through the week, as well, and bart running the longer trains to accommodate people looking to get to special events including the a's game and gay pride. commuters will have an easier ride but for the week, longer trains to accommodate people going to social events. >> we will look at another option the bay area ferries seeing a boost in popularity. ridership yesterday on boats to and from the east bay jumped 57 percent compared to wendesday's commute. on the ferry, there was a unanimous percent increase and additional ferries have been added. >> now, track, with abc7 news engineer, with cell 7 technology and southbound on 880 in

hayward. leyla gulen warned us there was a backup forming. dick? >> yes. the backup starts as soon as you hit the 238 interchange southbound on 880. that is primarily because 238 funnels a lost traffic in from castro valley and livermore and pleasanton, points east. so that traffic is merging on to 880 southbound and a lot of the people that normally are going over the san francisco and oakland bay bridge are now having to use the san mateo hayward bridge so we have this backup. traffic is moving at 20 to 35 miles per hour and i am getting ready to take the two right lanes to exit from highway 32 in the san mateo bridge. >> thank you, dick. the bay bridge toll plaza closing lasts for up to five full days. it will re-open action next tuesday morning, perhaps

earlier, and we will alert our twitter followers the moment it opens. >> commuters have a variety of detours to get around the roadblock. parking lots have had plenty of spaces suggesting that the commuters took public transit or stayed home. a banker booked a hotel room in san francisco in order to marriage it to a business meeting. >> we decided to come in last night to avoid the commute. >> was that a good strategy? >> a very go strategy. >> one downtown restaurant says no one has been canceling reservations but business is lighter than usual business. >> we have continuing coverage of the closure this morning and will stream the morning construction update at 8:00 and the afternoon briefings at 4:30

will be aired at 4:00. information on all of the extra service bart, a.c. transit and the ferries are providing to help you get to the fun bay area events. the big event on monday is the chain-cutting ceremony and we will air that live on abc7 news. >> we will check traffic again and the latest information from leyla gulen. >> we are tracking the accidents and we do not have other accidents other than before the tolls and that is where we have the heavy bumper-to-bumper traffic long the nimitz if you are traveling to highway 92 you will find a buildup of traffic. on the amount pass we have talked about the possibility of folks staying home or leaving later for the get away weekend for labor day. this is the altamont pass which usually is solid red from tracy

to dublin. it is already after 6:00 and we are at 60 miles per hour under half an hour to get to dublin/pleasanton along highway four excellence drive, and 101 san rafael to san francisco under 20 minutes. not too bad. >> that is good news. now a look at the temperatures on the peninsula, not too many microclimates, 60 in foster city and menlo park is 62. palo alto is 64. in the hills, woodi'd is -- woodside is 54 degrees. san francisco is 60 and hayward and oakland and los gatos at 61. san jose is 64. isn't that a gorgeous if picture in our highs today are from two to eight degrees warmer than we should be.

today the warmest day in the forecast with cooler temperatures saturday, sunday, and a chance of thunderstorms and the cool of the day is labor day, monday. >> breaking news, an attempted robbery leads to a police shooting in san jose and details are next. >> a south bay substitute teacher is arrested and accused of storing child pornography.

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>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, the bay bridge closure continues and we will look from yerba buena island showing the eastern span with crews trying to put the finishing touches on it before they can open on tuesday morning. all on schedule.

>> san jose police say a robbery suspect has been shot after he tried to run one over at at almost rock avenue. officers spot add car they believed was used in a robbery and they tried to stop the car the driver took off. the vehicle crashed and the suspect was shot at least once during a confrontation with police and was taken to the hospital where he is being treated. the search is under way if a second suspect. >> san jose police believe a substitute teacher had thousands of images of child porn on the commuter and remains in jail after being arrested by the crimes against children task force. the 39-year-old teacher has worked in oakland grove school district since 2006. the arrest alarmed the parents and stunned a neighbor.

>> so, this is a shock to you? >> big time, big time. big time. >> the superintendent tells abc7 news that there is no evidence that any of his students were involved in the case. >> we now know the identity of the san francisco police officer arrested on child molestation charges in concord. the 37 year old rich hastings is accused of molesting a 15-year-old and the case if the hands of the district attorney. we have confirmed that the san francisco police department launched an internal affairs investigation against hastings. >> back to our continuing coverage of the bay area closure, we go outside to the roads from abc7 news engineer. >> dick, you were trying on get on the san mateo bridge and it looks slow. >> yes, it is slow, kristen.

it is slow from the interchange at 880 to westbound 92. there was a report of an accident earlier and that is clear right now but i have been in a consistent backup all the way approaching the toll plaza and half a mile from the toll plaza you could see in the left hand side of my picture right now there is c.h.p. and a taxi van and a caltran tow truck. i believe that could be the accident they were talking about earlier. i also see...there is another caltran tow truck and a big rig on the right-hand side with two other vehicles. probably, related. the two incidents left and right-hand side of the road are related or one could be as a result of the other. those were the two sheriff shers

before the toll plaza and after the accidents the traffic starts to move into the toll lanes. that is the report from here. kristen and eric? >> thank you, dick. it looks like you are sailing smooth beyond the two accidents. that is a great view. >> now, traffics elsewhere from leyla gulen. >> those are the accidents we were talking about and a third one has been cleared but we still have the active scenes on either side that could slow things down. the drive time traffic from antioch to hercules, under 30 minutes and, really, it is a friday get away along i-80 away from highway 4 to the maze it is 16 minutes along highway 87 to head to the san jose airport from 85 and that is under ten minutes so it is good out there and a picture of the golden gate

bridge and you can see shrouded in fog, we did have a bit more traffic funneling in the southbound direction from marin county and to san francisco and san jose is 87 beyond the julian off-ramp is clear as is 101 clear, as well. not too bad. >> good morning, everyone, done -- shows mist out there because the clouds are so low this morning with high pressure nearly wiped out the marine layer and compressed it to a low level. you can see san francisco and you might be able to see billy dee williams. some people got that joke. >> star wars. "back to the force." >> thank you. good morning, everyone, a beautiful shot. we will use this as a backdrop for our forecast highlights, quicker sunshine, warmest day is today and our weekend cooling trend is on its good time frame

and monday, watching for a chance of storms, one of the three molds i look at is percolate a couple of those so we will watch that. stay tuned. low-to-mid 90's is the warm spot and los gatos and gilroy and sunshine. mid-80's in the santa clara valley and millbrae is 76. half moon bay is the warm spot on the coast. low-to-mid 70's for downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. up to 90 in the north bay valley and the blessing of the games -- grapes today at 10:00. mid-to-upper 70's berkeley and richmond. low-to-mid 90's in the valley with the hum of air conditioning in the evening hours. tonight the temperatures are in the upper 50's to mid-60's with more cloud cough around the bay and the north bay. we have festivals this weekend,

the greek festival is sunny on saturday afternoon and 76 and foggy longer on sunday morning so temperatures are cooler and it will be partly sunny monday and 73 degrees. we have sunshine sandwich for our weather today stuck between two systems and it is this low pressure up here, the next one, that will bring us the cooling trend for the weekend at two to four degrees cooler tomorrow and again on sunday and the cool of the day is monday and temperatures slowly warm again tuesday, wednesday, and thursday and a slight chance of a thunderstorm on monday. >> one of the must popular pain relieveers has a new warning, the reason that tylenol is putting this alert on the bottles. >> mayhem in san diego with the mayor stepping down after a dozen accusations of sexual harassment. a look at the roads with cell 7

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>> right now you are along at abc7 news engineer and cell 7 traveling on the incline of the san mateo bridge westbound.

you are about to get into fog. >> it isit is looking nice eastd and westbound traffic. i am coming down on the foster city side both moving at 60 miles per hour and when you get beyond the accident scene before the toll plaza which has traffic backed up all way to the 880 interchange on 92, and you get beyond that the san mateo bridge is great in both directions. >> dick, so a lot of the new commuters presumably will get on to 101 either going south toward san jose or north to san francisco and yesterday that was busy, too, so it looks like you are seeing brake lights?

i did see brake lights as we approach the highway 101 interchange so i will check that out. >> thank you, dick, happening today the san diego mayor is expected to finally leave office in disgrace amid allegations that he sexually hard regarded more than a dozen women and a former ten term congressman and leaves office after ten months and had a defiant farewell speech. there will be a special election in november and so far 13 candidates have expressed interest. >> bolts of extra strength tylenol get a makeover and johnson and johnson is putting new warning labels on the bottle to make sure that consumers know of the dangers to reduce

accidental over doses which one of the most common on poisoning world wide. taking too much could cause severe liver damage. >> we have complete conditioning of of -- complete coverage of the bay bridge toll plaza. dick was moving along and now he is on the other side of the bridge it has slowed down and we will check with leg -- leyla gulen with the traffic. >> the travels along i-80 are not too bad at 14 minutes away from highway 4 with the details coming up on the hotspots. >> check out this beautiful picture, we have cloud cover this morning but it will not last. the warmest day of the seven-day forecast is pop us

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, at 6:29. we have a picture from cell 7, driving around to bring you the latest traffic reports you can see this is 101 in san mateo off

92 and dick is on 101 north. it is looking good as he headed up 3rd avenue downtown, with the aiport coming up and it could be a tough commute the second morning of the closure. >> good morning, everyone, thanks for joining us. >> we want to gift you other looks at what is happening. we showed you 101 but before you cross that you have to get through the san mateo bridge and this is westbound tail lights increased traffic because of the bay bridge closure with accidents that slowed it up as people approached the bridge so keep that in mind. >> right now we go to our traffic reporter, leyla gulen. >> i can say it looks like traffic is moving along pretty well in most areas along 880 is where you fine the heavy delays. we have a few accidents at the

san mateo bridge and those have been pushed to both shoulders, one in the center divider and one to the right-hand side causing slowing approaching the tolls. it clears up but slow-and-go and along 101 it will slow down. through castro valley it is status quote, and you can see 28 miles per hour in the southbound direction along the nimitz. walnut creek shows traffic is still moving well as you maybe the drive down to the highway 24 junction. mike? >> thank you, leyla gulen. still tracking low clouds and fog. the high pressure has compressed the marine layer and the clouds are sitting low. santa rosa is four and same at half moon bay. our day planner: mist on the bay shoreline and 62 and sunny by noon. brighter and remain warmer and 80 by 4:00, 69 and delightful in

the evening. the clouds up north and 62 and sunny and 81 at noon and 90 at 4:00 and above average and low 80's in the afternoon. more sunshine at the coast with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's. eric and kristen? >>guest: construction work to get the new bay bridge ready next week continues around the clock and we continue our coverage near the toll plaza. matt? >> yes. before we get to an update on the construction i want to tell you about a conversation with c.h.p., the accidents around the maze are not related to the closure and traffic is heavy this morning but they say it is lighter than what they expected. we shot this video in the past hour and we watched at work picked up for a new drainage system and crews took the

asphalt from 2" to 6" lower and laid down the new asphalt this morning. >> work is progressing very well. we have not had any hiccups. at yerba buena island tunnel the road surface is finished and a lower deck is half done. it will improve traction in wet conditions and will last longer. things are going well and everything is on schedule and they anticipate opening up by the deadline on tuesday at 5:00 a.m. they hope to re-open the bridge then. >> bart is reporting an increase in ridership so that means packed trains. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo continues our coverage from san francisco. katie? >> good morning, eric. most people at embarcadero bart

and people on twitter believe this will enfewer commuters because it is friday of a holiday weekend. the answer is yes and no, riders are saying the trains are full, more full than they would expect, down to the last seat where commuters are used to having the police to themselves. we are headed into standing room only territory. >> we have a lot of carrying capacity on the shoulders of the rush hour so 7:00 to 8:00 or 9:00 to 10:00 if you can be flexible in the commute, you will find much more room. >> i took the early train, very early, usually it is empty. the last two days the seats have been full. a lot more people, more like an 8:00 commute.

>> bart will continue to run overnight trains and long are trains through the weekend to help with the bridge closure and a couple of events including oakland ride and a's game. during the bridge closure, the bart system is running 50,000 extra miles a day. we will take you back to the roads with our engineer who has been giving us the traveling reports with cell seven. it looks like you are at sfo and not hitting the brake lights too much, right? this has not been a bad drive and as you know this stretch of 101 in the morning going northbound backs up from time to time and i did not see any of

that backup so far on my drive this morning, granted, it is only a little after 6:30 but the only two spots that have been a problem in my driving so far this morning have been a consult of the accident going into the san mateo bridge toll plaza and that is slowing traffic to 880 and off the bridge to the 101 interchange it backs up, maybe to edge water boulevard which is less than quarter of a mile and it has not been bad. >> looking good, dick. >> we will have continuing coverage on the closure streaming the israel morning construction update at 8:00, and the afternoon briefing is at 4:30 aired live at 4:00. there is information on our website on the extra service that bart and a.c. transit and the ferries are providing for events this week. on monday, at 3:00 p.m., a ceremony on the new bay bridge

aired live right here. >> signs of progress as a stubborn wildfire continues to burn near yosemite. the go news people would live near the fire lines are getting. and the updated containment numbers. >> another look on the roads, this is the san mateo bridge, you can see westbound not too bad right now with traffic and weather

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>> welcome back at 6:39 and it is friday light. we had a few accidents at san mateo bridge tolls and we are looking at slow traffic approaching highway 92 along the southbound nimitz but castro valley is still looking decent into 238. to our waze app we have fog reported by our abc7 news wazer to get an the traffic. a look at the golden gate bridge and you can see fog is shrouded the drive so be careful. use low beams not the highballs -- the high beams. >> now, we are headed to millbrae art and wine festival with temperatures near 70 or dropping into the low 70's and upper 60's by the end of the weekend. look for increasing clouds as we head through the weekend.

air quality is an issue at tuolumne county until noon and from mammoth up to tahoe until 8:00 and the haze and smoke will hang around through the weekend and flooding is a possibility to the south and most of the thunderstorms are going to stay during the holiday weekend and if you are headed to tahoe it could work their way up by sunday. >> new progress on the fight against the huge fire burning near yosemite which has burned 200,000 acres but containment has increased. it is at 32 percent. evacuation advisory in place for tuolumne city was lifted an aquality warning for residents. >> our time is 6:40 and trading is underway on wall street with a look at the dow, down ten

points and to new york city for the bloomberg business report. >> but, first, at look at the toll plaza and there is no traffic. the bridge is shut down until tuesday morning. we will check with leyla gulen on the friday morning commute and abc7 news engineer and cell

>> covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, everyone, at 6:45, at look at the oakland maze and the approach to the bay bridge all shut down with people being routed to interstate 80 with things slow. >> some folks have been choosing to take the san mateo bridge and we will take you to the roads with our engineer who has been giving us traveling traffic reports with cell 7. you turned around passing millbrae and still not hitting the brick lights? >> the track is building. no doubt. but it is still moving at the speed limit and that goes for both northbound and southbound at millbrae and i am headed back down to the 101 interchange on the bridge to look at that. so, i could say compared to

yesterday i would call the traffic more balanced. yesterday it was heavier in the commute direction into the city and lighter in the reverse commute but today it is more balanced so maybe that is because people are leaving town for the four-day weekend or fewer people coming to work or to a combination of both the we will see the morning unfold. >> or all of the above. the housing mark it is becoming a cash market. >> if you fly out for holiday weekend be prepared for delays. we go to the new york stock exchange. deborah, good morning. >> good morning, not everyone is planning on relaxing and many of you, your friends or neighbors, will labor on labor day but all employers offer it as a paid holiday. a poll found 40 percent of businesses will still require some of the workers to come in on monday and many work in health care and services sector.

>> if you are one of the millions headed to the airport, watch out, sfo is 7th on a list of the worst airports for departures in the world. there are more than 24,000 flights delayed 44 minutes or more last year. the only airport which did worst is liberty, international, outside of new york and that is newark where i am headed. remember, markets are closed on monday for the labor day holiday but right now we just getting underway on wall street and what we see is not a lot movement and the dow and nasdaq are lower but the s&p is higher for right now. the silicon valley index is trading lower and as the housing market heats up you could be surprised to hear what of home buyers are paying in cold, hard cash. cash purchases jumped to 40 percent of all sales in july and

the uptick in interest rates could be the contributing factor. that is the news from the new york stock exchange. >> thank you very much. have a good holiday weekend at 6:48. >> cell 7 driving down 101 in the san mateo area, leyla gulen, not too bad. >> not bad at all, and a lot of people are taking an extra day off for the labor day holiday and that is what it is. we will see later on this afternoon heavier commute for the friday get away drivers something to look ahead and prepare for and make sure you download the abc7 news exclusive waze app to navigate the road. we do have people reporting nog and that is what the bubbles are all about telling you where to avoid certain areas that congested. if you route your commute from one place to the next, you can

find the shortest and the quick of the way to get an the delays. on the were maps i will show you travel times. off the san mateo bridge it is slow. 101, you saw dick sailing along in both directions. headed into san francisco you are looking at a decent drive. 92 from hayward to foster city, that is 20-minute commute 101 southbound 18 minutes and 580, 15 minutes to get across that bridge so at a decent clip and not too much of a buildup of traffic. mike? >> thank you, leyla gulen. live doppler 7 hd shows the clouds hanging away the cost right now with mist possible for the commute and a boost picture from sutro tower. the blanket of fog and the pillars of the bridge. it shows how compressed the

marine layer is so we will have quicker sunshine and the warmest day today. we still have a cooling trend. now there is a slight chance of a thunderstorm on monday. one model is picking up on that. the sunrise from the similar inform shows a -- from the exploritorium shows a lack of clouds and we have flight arrival delays of an hour at sfo. 24 hour temperature change is three degrees warmer in santa rosa to 90 today. five degrees warmther in san francisco at 74. concord is 92, seven degrees warmer. los gatos will be in the 90's. sun in the santa clara valley and along the coast, 70 at half moon bay today and a lot of sunshine along the coast and mid-to-upper 60's downtown, south san francisco, sausalito,

low-to-mid 70's and mid-80's to 90 in the north bay valley and the blessing of the grapes at 10:00 and at the beaches, upper 60's and everyone in the low-to-mid 80's on the east bay shore. most of you there will need the air conditioning. >> tonight, it cools off upper fits i to mid-60's with more cloud cover around the coast, the bay, and the north bay. high pressure to our south and we are sandwiched in between with sunshine for today and mop -- monday the low will pick up the moisture and that is why we have a slight chance of a thunderstorm. before that happens, the low will intensify the sea breeze and a two to four degree drop saturday, sunday, and monday with monday being the cool of the day in the forecast.

kristen and eric? >> ahead, seven things to know before you go.

>> as we hand things off to "good morning america" here are seven things to know. >> the san mateo bridge shows spaces between each car westbound to the high-rise. it will take you 15 minutes from hayward to foster city. the golden gate bridge shows a decent drive from a fog filled sausalito to san francisco and to the map, something we do not see during this time of the morning at 61 miles per hour along 580 from tracy to dublin. >> caltran says work is on schedule and the new span will open by tuesday morning. work involves demolition,

completion of the road surface at yerba buena island and striping of the new road. >> bart expects to carry more riders than usual today running longer trains and overnight trains through the week. some riders say parking lots are filling up at some stations. >> breaking news in san jose where police are investigating two separate officer-involved shootings, the first happened in east san jose and police say a robbery suspect tried to run over an officer with the car and the second shooting handed at lincoln avenue where an for shot at another robbery suspect after he refused to put down the gun and the suspect was not hurt and was taken into custody. >> a substitute teacher is facing charges after san jose police found child pornography on the home computer and he has worked in the school district since 2006 and the district believes no students were victims. >> six, san diego mayor filner is expected to leave office in

disgrace amid allegations he sexually harassed a dozen women. the city council president will serve as mayor until the less. >> thickest in santa rosa for the fog and novato. san francisco is floating in the fog and temperatures run 90's inland and mid-to-upper 60's along the coast with sunshine today. >> thank you very much. we will see you in 25 minutes.

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