good morning, everyone. let's start you off with a quick look at the weather. >> good morning to you. the marine layer looks compressed. we have fog in san francisco, oakland. it's clear in the north bay. temperatures have been pretty mild this morning, and we're looking at about 60 in lo los gatos. later this afternoon, a warm day inland. very mild around the bay, and it should be pleasant in oakland with highs in the mid 70s there. we're looking at coastal temperatures. a little sun more so. the beaches of the north bay. san mateo coast, half-moon bay, clouds hang tough in pacifica.

a warm day inland. this will be the warmest day of the upcoming holiday weekend. i'll explain and talk more cloud cover. maybe a shower or two coming up sooner than you think. katie? >> lisa, thank you. enwe want to start you off with the new bay bridge. crews have removed the old surface and repaved it. workers began painting new stripes on yesterday. the bridge is scheduled to reopen by 5:00. but it could be sooner if the work is done sooner. looking live, a beautiful view. a little fog over the top there. work continuing around the clock. ali long reports on the impact this closure is having on business in san francisco.

>> reporter: this couple lives on top of the hill overlooking the bridge. >> you're used to it. woke up and thought we lived in napa or somewhere. >> it was so quiet. >> we heard a bird singing. >> reporter: that's also the sound of money not making its way into the city. >> we usually stay busy until 9:00. sometimes we have to tell people that we're closed. >> folks, sorry to have to scoot out of that story. we want to bring you live. the construction update from caltran. >> here's the construction update. construction continues on schedule. the progress has been good at the tunnel. all pave iing into and out of t mouth to connection that section of the bridge has been completed. today the work will focus inside the tunnel.

and later today they'll be washing the inside of the tunnel. demolition continues to move forward as well. they're removing a 1,000 foot-long section of the original westbound approach out of the toll plaza onto the original bridge. that's causing a conflict with the bike and pedestrian path in oakland. they are scheduled to have that completed by late tonight or tomorrow morning. to public can use the bike and pedestrian path at noon on tuesday. there's a conflict at the west end of the bike and pedestrian path because of the original span that will not be connected until early 2015. on oakland end, they will be able to finish the permanent connection in 6 to 12 months. all grinding is complete. they are paving asphalt.

that work is ongoing. it will be ongoing for the next 24 hours. that could cause minor delays with some of our asphalt trucks. if that does, it's not an issue that we cannot recover from. any general questions on the construction? i have mcm production manager. he can give you more information about that. >> the part about you removing 1,000 foot. >> so we are removing a 1,000 foot long section of the original westbound deck. that is causing a conflict with

the bike path. we are removing that 1,000 foot long section. we expect that work to wrap up late tonight or tomorrow morning. once that is out of the way we can use the temporary. once we move traffic onto the new bridge, it will take 6 to 12 months to put in a permanent bike connector. once the public is on that we will take out the temporary connector. you know, there's always that potential. right now we ask everyone still plan their holiday weekend travel, the tuesday morm commute on a 5:00 a.m. tuesday opening. >> how dirty is that tunnel? >> i think greg can answer that question. i would say pretty dirty. i don't know what it takes to clean it out. i'll allow greg to take that

question. >> one more question. >> yes. >> what will become of the s-curve. >> it's going to be taken out as quick len and safely as possible. it's one of the things that is preventing us from the bike path aural the way to the island. there's a temporary eastbound onramp. but the s-curve is preventing us from building a permanent on-ramp. so it will come out quickly. i don't know when you'll see demolition start. but as soon as traffic is on the new bridge, the contract will have access to the original east span. particularly to start that demolition process. >> so tuesday at noon can we make it all the way to the island? >> no. on tuesday at noon you can access it only from the public side. we cannot build the pedestrian

bike path all the way to the island. the entire s-curve is in the way. once that has been demolished the current schedule shows us opening the access to the island in early 2015. when the pedestrian bike path opens at noon on tuesday, you can get past the tower of the suspension bridge. all right? >> all right. you're listening to caltran updating us this morning. big picture, sounds like everything is still on schedule. still plan for 5:00 a.m. on tuesday opening of the bay bridge. the cal and a's game may delay the asphalt trucks getting to where they need to be on the bridge this morning. or throughout the day. he says that's only a minor problem. still working to get a temporary bike path open. riders should be able to use that by noon on tuesday.

kara is on the bridge right now. she'll take a tour of the construction so you can see her report in the next newscast which is at 4:00 this afternoon. keep an eye on twitter as well. because of the closures commuters are forced to find another way around. crowds appear to have thinned compared to the day before. thursday was the third busiest day ever. friday was the forty busiest day ever. bart will continue operating trains 24 hours a day through labor day. and a live look at the bridge. so keep an eye on it for yourself. and you can explore abc 7's realtime traffic map to see

where the worst closures are. as soon as the grid opens we will notify our twitter followers. so you should be one of them. this morning we have breaking news out of oakland where a person was killed in a shooting at a club just before 1:30 on #rd street in jack london square. authorities found a man with at least one gunshot wound at the scene. no arrest has been made and no word on suspect or a motive. demonstrators will gather at powell and market street to protest the government's possible plans to deal with the crisis in syria. the u.s. military could take action as soon as this weekend. the president and his staff are trying to figure out how to respond to the massacre. four u.s. navy ships are off the syrian kous.

abc 7 news reporter ama daets as the latest. >> reporter: president obama is weighing the options to the chemical weapons attack carried out last week. the president is speak with his national security team while assuring americans it would not pull the u.s. into a long-term conflict. >> we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act. we're not considering any open-ended commitment. >> military experts say the u.s. is eyeing a response of air strikes in syria's capitol. >> they know who that unit is. they know where they can be located. they will punish them with military strikes. they'll probably level a ministry of defense building. >> but it may be a tough sale to the u.s. public.

50% of americans oppose taking military action in syria. the u.s. would be acting without the help of one of the strongest allies. the president indicates france is him. this congressman says he's seen conclusive evidence of a chemical attack by the syrian government. >> we don't want to rush to judgment. whatever targets are being considered, if they were to strike syria, that we do not hit civilian or innocent people. >> ama daetz, abc news. it's #:11. there's fog sticking around this morning. >> earlier it was sunnier. now the fog is increasing around the bay. there's a game in oakland with

fireworks, the green day theme. the thicker marine layer may be an issue tonight and in fact, we're looking at a cooler holiday weekend. i'll have the forecast when we return. >> also an elementary school principal accused of killing her husband. how parents are reactioning to her arrest. and what a fire chief is saying may have sparked a huge wild

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he was giving people an update on the different congestion on the different free ways. caltran is back at the podium. >> as much as he magically appears he has disappeared. and his whereabouts are unknown at the moment. but we may have information soon as to when and where he will be reappearing. hopefully that's coy enough. so make sure you have signed in. you need a hard hat, safety vests. >> andrew gordon talking with media about the tour they're about to take and a message about what happened to the bay bridge troll. a lot of people curious where the troll will end up. nelson mandela remains in the hospital despite reports that says he has been released.

even though he was admitted to the hospital early in june with what officials said was a recurring lung infection. he spent 27 years in prison as a par tide. ruth bader ginsburg will become the first supreme court justice to perform a same-sex wedding. the 80-year-old says it will be one more statement that people who love each other should be to enjoy marriage. a bakersfield elementary principal is being held without bail on suspicion of killing her husband. 46-year-old leslie chance was taken into custody yesterday. farm workers found her husband's body in a field. police say he was shot multiple times. >> we believe he was in the vehicle. we're still trying to determine

where he was shot. >> i'm shocked. really, really shocked. >> why? >> she's a principal of the kids. to commit murder. what are the kids going to think? >> she is scheduled to be arraigned on tuesday. a little boy who fought cancer is learning his family is fighting to keep his swing set. >> are you ready for an underdog? here we go. >> for the last tu months little weston has been enjoying his swing set. it's been a tough year for this 5-year-old. >> we found out his diagnosis and he was in a terminal condition at that point. they told us to rush to stanford. >> he asked us not to use their last name. since zwran he's been in and out

of the hospital and marshall asked something to keep his son's mind off the pain. i said when you get home, who knew when that was going to be. i said, what is a wish that you have? and his response was a swing. >> weston's dad built a swing set and installed a small trampoline. last week they got a letter from the homeowner's association. the swing and trampoline are against the rules. >> they unilaterally decided the swing needsed to be removed immediately. >> doug is owner of the monday min yum. he's hoping the homeowner's association can revisit the issue. i tried contacting the leader by home and mail. if they don't allow them to stay where it is, his grandfather says he would help build a community play park for it. >> i would be willing to donate money to build something to be more acceptable to the board,

but i would like this to stay here nl it's completed. >> as weston continues to recover, his swing is a big help. a fire chief's suspicions about the cause of a fire burning near yosemite have a lot of people talking. they still have the fire 35% contained. we have a new number for you this morning. it's burned more than 219,000 acres. the fire chief has an idea. during a community meeting a week ago he said we know it's human caused. there was no lightning in the area. we talked with the u.s. forest service. the forest service is aware of the chief's comments but says there's still no official cause. weather wise it's getting foggy the later the morning goes on

here. >> it's getting foggier, but we'll reverse that. today will be cooler than yesterday. wow, smoking hot yesterday with upper 90s inland and this morning, the fog is sitting over oakland. in san francisco it's at the coast. we are enjoying a mixture of 50s and 60s. the numberses are have really bottomed out in the north bay. a cool start downtown with 60 in oakland. low 60s with the fog along half-moon bay and bay bridge is pretty gray over in oakland. the pride parade is tomorrow. and then we bring you a chance of showers along most of the bay area along your sunday. 65 in concord and livermore at 66. this is east bay camera towards mount diablo.

there's the marine layer. the onshore flow picks up allowing for more cooling today. and then labor day, partly cloudy skies. no more 90s into play. low pressure north and west of us. this kicks up the sea breeze and deepens the marine layer in the days ahead. rp to the south and east of us has allows for showers and storms for reno, southern california. that doesn't change. the flow around it will bring cloud cover our way. we'll have the fog tonight over to hayward, castro valley. and that will allow for obscure city. so tomorrow on sunday, you can see the green in the sacramento valley. a slight chance of showers and by labor day we still have a

little bit of rain here. maybe need the jacket if you're out for a picnic or bike ride. we'll look for things to reverse towards the rest of the week. temperatures around the bay today will be quite comfortable for the art and wine festival with numbers in the mid 70s and plenty of sunshine. and back home look for 85. that's three degrees cooler than yesterday. 82 in redwood city. big time cool down there. 72 in san francisco. and up in the north bay some oranges here. 79 in fremont. out over the hills we're looking at low 90s. not as hot.

mid 80s inland labor day. 60s at our coast. pretty cloudy there. then we'll get to more sunshine at the beaches with average temperatures on tuesday. and by the end of the week it will be quite hot. >> and a very clear picture behind us now from our emeryville cam. and a return to royal duties. kate's first appearance in t

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the duchess of cambridge surprised everyone at an ultra marathon in wales. she joined her husband, prince william, who was the official starter for the three-day race. she left 5-week-old prince george napping at home with granny. well, if you ever wanted to run away with the circus, you mised your opportunity. clown auditions were held. hopefuls got their chance to clown around. some tangled with ropes. the ones selected do get to travel with the circus. they

welcome back, everyone. we're starting this half hour with a quick look at the weather. >> hey, katie. good morning to you. we have warm temperatures. already at 72. a cool 56 in santa rosa. low clouds and fog to burn back to the coast today, making for a nice afternoon. we'll call it mostly sunny. here's a look at san jose. a couple of degrees cooler than

yesterday at 8 # 5. coast side it will be mild, mid and upper 60s with clouds around pacifica, half-moon bay, and we're back to the 70s today. plenty of events over the labor day weekend. but the weather chances get interesting. i'll have the details in a few minutes. >> lisa, thank you. turning to the bay bridge where we just received an update on the work being done now. this is a live picture from our camera. you can view the crews that work there. caltran officials say the taping work is done. that's been completed and now we can listen to them explain what is being done today. >> this morning they are working on continuing to switch out the lights for the traditional lighting to led lights.

>> officials say they expect the removal of a 1,000 foot section of the old bridge blocking construction of the bike path to be completed. meanwhile, look at this spectacular new video showing the new span being constructed, piece by piece. ultimately creating this 59-month time lapse movie. so cool to watch. caltran is ensuring everyone the lucky troll on the old bay bridge will have a spot on the new one. the troll was removed by an aaron worker. >> it's an iron worker icon. our locals installed it 24 years ago. and i'm part of that local. rock on.

and you know, i believe it needed to go onto the new bridge or possibly in the museum. >> sky 7hd gave us this shot of the outline where the troll used to be. some people believe it provides protection against natural disasters. transportation reporter heather ishimaro released these photos. if you would like to take a closer look at the picture. the effort to rename the western span of the bay bridge after willy brown hit a snag this morning. the san francisco chronicle reports several boards of supervisors are zbens the renaming. an assembly committee passed a resolution to rename the span willy l. brown jr. bridge. it then passed through the full assembly 68-0. opponents sent a letter asking

that the name change not be heard. they are the first family of the bay area bridge builders, if you will, claiming four generation. albert was an iron worker on the bridges in the '30s. now his great grandson is working on the new bay bridge. laura anthony has the story. >> in the 1920s when al zapa first went to work, he was just a young man looking for a good job. >> at 27 he started on the first bridge. working there doing anything. then got into the seal part and loved it. >> when al worked on his first bridge in 1927 he and his fellow iron workers were untied to the structure in any way. >> i don't know who quoted it, but for every million dollars you use a person.

>> after this bridge, he went to oakland to work on the bay bridge. soon after he joined a cruise. it's a move that almost cost him his life. >> they have a net. they allowed him to dig into the dirt. he went into saint luke's hospita hospital. >> that became his legacy. passed onto three generations of men who have followed. >> for a lot of people, it's not glamorous. but it's what i love and what we leave. >> al died in 2000 at the age of 95, six weeks after the ground breaking for the new bridge named in his honor. and two years before instruction began on the new bay bridge.

are you going to miss the bay bridge? >> not really. >> are you going to be sorry to see it come down? >> nah. we're ready for a new one. that new one is beautiful. i think it's time. >> they think al would agree. >> consumers spent $3.5 billion on them last year. we're talking legos. abc 7 news business and technology reporter david louis dove in to the kids fest in san jose. >> at last count, over 400 million lego bricks are in existence. this is $10,000 worth of them falling on the floor for the kids to enjoy. >> they're awesome. i've been playing with them for over, i think, five years. >> it's what you can make with

them that continues to capture the imagination of kids and inspires them to build things. at age 30 chris is one of seven master builders who make the life sized figures and cars. this car is made of 360,000 bricks. it weighs almost two tons. the most difficult part of an honor like this is the most difficult part of the colors. but all the different colors mean you need a ton of trays of lego brick. so when we do models, the fewer the colors, the faster it builds. the prime age is about 5 to 12. but there are no restrictions. so a person of any age, inclu including mine, could get into it. london's tower privilege has 4,295 pieces. what happens when kids leave bricks all over the floor?

there's a sweeper for that. now he's also a master builder. >> something is satisfying about putting something down, snapping it together. there's something inside our brains that says, oh, that's good. i made that. >> abc 7 news. thousands of people are expected to attend there will also be wines from 75 different vendors, along with plenty of music from lisa marie presley and the english beat. the festival runs today through monday. there will be extra ferry service to help you get there. for more information go to abc7news.com and click see it on tv. happening today, all things mediterranean.

now the third year 20,000 people are expected to flock to it. the festival runs through monday at the greek orthodox church in belmont. next on the abc 7 saturday morning news, the new laptop going to the east bay schools. and let's take a live look outside at one empty bay bridge toll plaza. we just heard from caltrans. the bridge still planned for 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning opening of the new span.

>> what i have found is it has completely changed everything about the classroom. >> the inexpensive laptop from google, and soon her students will have them, too. the books only cost $2.50. the chrome book, at that price point, allows grades 6 through 12 to have the device.

they store everything in the cloud so the dog can't eat your homework. >> the student shares the document. >> but these are far more than the reto turn education upside down. >> really switching to teacher facilitator. >> we'll multiply it tyke every i have students who choose to hit play again eight times. while excited the whole time. >> then she can watch and help them apply what they've learned. >> we really want to transform teaching. >> they are retooling curriculum

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welcome back, everyone. you are looking at construction as crews are trying to piece together the eastern span of the bay bridge with i-80. we just got an update within the hour that looks like everything is on schedule for a tuesday a.m. opening. they're sticking with their original story. tonight the a's host the tampa bay rays. here's larry booel with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. tampa bay pitcher david price did not know about the bay

bridge being closed. so he was in for quite the ride after a $202 cab ride price arrived ready to take on the a's. parker hasn't lost since may 22nd. you know escobar scoring jennings, 1-0 tampa. in the fifth. suzuki welcomed back. 3-1 homer. his first start since being traded back. lowry off of joel peralta. texas loses. the a's are two games back in the west. the score the giants' only run in the first. the giants with the only run of this game.

tim lincecum pitching. pablo sandoval. it would have been a short double and throws him out to end the inning. he has his eight win of the year. giants find a way to get it done in a 1-0 victory. the sunny era begins tonight in berkeley. cla hosting northwestern. first game for true freshman quarterback. he was excited to get his first true taste of college football. he is ready to tee it up for the first time at memorial stadium. so any time it's something different and new you're always excited about it. the student section especially. we're excited to take it all in. most importantly we're excited about the opportunity to play against a good football team.

>> vina william looking to move on. nice rally at the net. winner is serena. she will face stevens in the third round. and kobe bryant has to be feeling good about his achilles tendon. is this normal rehab? kobe writing if i can run, i can jump. that's a wrap on morning sports. don't forget. the kickoff of college football on abc 7. we have georgia and clemson at 5:00 followed by the season premier after the game right after that. have a great weekend, everybody.

time to turn to our forecast. >> it sounds like fall. is it going to feel like fall? somewhat. we see a little bit more cloud cover and look at cooler temperatures. the temperatures today really spot on normal. so yesterday was kind of warm. and today we'll look for a little bit of a cool down. the days are a little bit shorter. it's nice and sunny in san jose. good morning to you. up in the northbay it's been cool with 58 in san francisco. 63 right here. half-moon bay, a mile and a quarter visible. and the bay bridge with the cloud cover. in oakland more changes come your way tomorrow. 56 in santa rosa. mid-60s in concord and fairfield

and a little bit of a breeze out there. you can see the marine layer. it's going to be a very nice afternoon. we'll show you that in the computer animation. but partly cloudy skies return for labor day. we are looking at an area of high pressure. that's bringing up the cloud cover here. and today the possibility of thunderstorms in southeastern, california. but for us it brings a stronger sea breeze and a few high clouds. no cloud cover, slower burnout for your sunday.

slight chance of showers in and around the bay. and through labor day, we're still looking at maybe an isolated shower. more than anything you notice. more in the way of cloud cover. and the sea breeze will be stronger. we're looking at heat in fresno. 102 there with 70 in monterey. very warm day with 82 expected. 68 in half-moon bay. so pretty mild. you'll be in and out of the clouds. more sunshine up today. 7 in fremont. so it will be a nice afternoon. but the warmest day of the weekend will be today with mid 70s at the art festival and temperatures temperatures will be cooler into tomorrow. that is sunday in oakland with mid 70s for the afternoon hours.

and then back to average on tuesday. typically we're getting the hot, fog-free september weather. >> next, a treat for lisa and other

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here the winning numbers. 619 and nobody correctly picked all six. tuesday night's jack pot is estimated at $85 million. the band metallica will be in the bay area for the screening of the new film the movie will premier in san rafael on september 17th as part of the mill valley film festival. all of the band's members are expected to attend next month's screening. can we get excited about the weather? zbr definitely. we're looking at mostly sunny

skies. a few high clouds around. the numbers are really where they should be for this time of the year. looking at the warmest day out of the holiday for today. and then we're back to this will ever beheat up. >> thank you for joining us the news continues at 4:00 this afternoon ahead of college football at 5:00 p.m. you can watch us online at abc7news.com.

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