>> kgo news. >> it is open and by most accounts a spectacular 2.2 mile drive. but as you see in this picture, the toll plaza, traffic is heavy this morning. here is what it looks like right now. the traffic as you might expect on this first morning commute on new eastern span of the bay bridge. good morning, i am eric tom. in less than an hour, israel -- caltran will on the first

bicycle and pedestrian paths. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is on the path with more on that. >> welcome to the new bike and pedestrian path, eric. this is opening to the public at noon in another hour, but, first, they wanted to have a ceremony to commemorate the moment so media invited guests and dignitaries are here including the mayor of oakland who rode her bicycle here. there are two lanes for bicycles, with one lane for pedestrians. the views, of course, are amazing. the bicycle ride is not for the faint of heart. >> it is uphill from oakland to the island. it will be a pretty hard ride and a stiff walk. the other is, that means that it is downhill from the island to oakland and for bikers, especially, we encourage them to

keep their speed down because you can go pretty fast just coasting. >> maybe not ideal for small children. it is about a four mile round trip right now. remember, it is not finished. it doesn't go all the way to san francisco yet. that is still a few years away. the s-curve is gone, but right new from sunrise to sunset, you can park, if you want to, on the north side of the road with limited two-hour long parking to come up here and try this out. they are expecting there will be a large crowd today. c.h.p. will be on bicycles to keep traffic up here flowing. >> here is a look at the first morning commute on the new bay

bridge from our cell7 technology. we took you along for the road live all morning and we saw the usual backups but it was mostly a breathtaking and smooth commute for many drives. >> the big headline from c.h.p. is everything is going great. there have been warnings issued, mostly for taking pictures. there was one arrest. someone was taken into custody for drinking and driving. other than that, no major problems to report. the toll plaza, though, is backed up most of the morning and we will look at how it looks now. here is our traffic reporter, leyla gulen. >> it is looking exactly the same as what it normally does in our rush hour commute. if we can go to sky 7 h.d., there we go, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with the metering lights still on. we do not normally see this much traffic. can you see how back the backups are stacked out the maze.

it will take you, still, 20 minutes to head away from the maze and into san francisco. if you are coming arm from highway four, that is 40-minute commute, so, still, very busy and it is not going to thin out any time soon because a lot of people are bypassing the other briggs so they can take advantage of the brand new stretch of the bay bridge. >> commuters have two reasons to celebrate. one, no more long detours to get across the bay and they can soak in the new scenery. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is on yerba buena island with reaction. >> look at the scenery, hold and new, side by side, cars zipping along on the new span. i talked with a lot of commuters and they are in love. this is what drivers see. this is how they feel. >> it is a beautiful new bridge. >> a real experience, pretty nice. >> a beautiful sight.

>> it was it will dark and some drivers took advantage of the light traffic. >> it was beautiful and, yes, i drove slower just to admire the bridge. >> commuter whose arrived later by bus found themselves caught up in traffic but all the better to see the new sights. >> tale stayed awake coming across the bridge to see it and there was excitement. >> the white tower draws the eye but drivers and riders are will impressed with the wide lanes and new lighting. >> nice and bright. it looks good. >> faster than the other one. >> so far, a crowd-pleaser among commuters. >> now, last i talked with bay area commuters they were frustrated and stuffed on bart because of the bay bridge closure. what a difference a couple of days days days and a brand new bridge makes. >> last night, eager drivers waited for some time to be the

first to cross the bridge and many waited on the ramps to the freeway, waiting for them to open to get bragging rights. this bunch crossed weapon it opened at 10:15 and they have bragging rights. hours of fanfare ended with the lt. governor cutting the chain to the new span marking the end of construction on of $6.5 billion bridge the largest public infrastructure project in california history. we want to know what you think of the new bridge. join the conversation on facebook. happening now, fire crews are cleaning up after a small fire at sky walker ranch in marin county that started at george lucas' studio north of san rafael at 4:30 a.m. we flew offer the scene a short time ago and you can see a parking lot full of items. county fire spokesman said there were no injuries and damage was

limited to office furniture. they have their own fire brigade but marin county >> now police have to keep a record when they arrest someone but let them go after complaints that officers stop minorities and make him sit on the curb for an extra amount of time. matt? >> san jose police were battling complaints a few years ago that officers targeted certain racial groups. a new policy is put in place that will let them know who is being held in temporary detention incidents. san jose police have to document when an officer orders a detain career to sit on the curb, when an officer handcuffs a detainee or set as detainee in the back seat of a car. the police departments cross the united states have come under fire recently for policies like stop and frisk because of the

possibility of racial profiling. >> our officers are held to a legal standard when they are conducting proactive police work. if they are going to detain someone they need reasonable suspicion. if they are going to arrest someone, they need probable cause. >> beside race they will report the reason for the stop, if a search was performed and other details on the interaction. the program was kicked off by the retiring chief but was suspended to work out the operational issues. no word on this data is released but it is considered to be of public record so they expect to release it so the public will know how the results turned out. matt, thank you. family members of who victims of a hit-and-run crash if san jose are questioning if the c.h.p. did the right thing in calling off 9 pursuit of the driver. a memorial at crash scene marks the spot where carmen zavala and christina de leon were killed. they died when a silver mercedes

bond sided their vehicle. the c.h.p. was about to stop the car when it was scene weaving before the crash but officers decided not to chase the mercedes open city streets. >> she probably would have seen the police lights and wait pod them to pass to make her town. >> the driver of the her said ran off and family members are appealing to him to turn himself in. >> rebounding on the president's plan to use military force in syria. >> and dennis rodman explains why he is back in communist

>> now to the crisis in syria, congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle say a united states attack on syria is necessary. this morning, president obama met with key republican and democrat leaders at white house. house speaker boehner and democratic leader pelosi support the president's call for action against the syrian regime over the alleged use of chemical weapons. speaker boehner urged republican colleagues to vote in favor of the president's plan. we have enemies that need to understand we will not trillion rate this type of behavior. >> hundreds of children were killed. this is behavior outside the sickle of civilized human behavior. we must respond.

>> senate intelligence committee chairwoman feinstein of california says that military intervention in syria is important to the security of the world. international tension over syria ratcheted up a notch this morning after russia says it detected ballistic objects launched in the mediterranean and israel said it was part of a test with the united states. israel says a single missile was fired but gave no other details. russia says the targets fell in the sea. >> basketball hall of famer rodman is back in north korea this morning. he wants to see his friend kim jong-un. he says he is planning a five-day visit as a friendly gesture calling kim jong-un "the marshall." >> this is not to be a dip 3459 -- diplomat but a friend of the mar shell and the country of north korea and show people that we as americans can get along

with north korea. >> despite media reports he is not trying to gain the release of korean american who has been jailed since late last year. the trip is sponsored by an irish gaming operation. >> microsoft is buying nokia cell phone business to catch up in the mobile market. the deal gives microsoft access to their patents and 32,000 employees including the c.e.o. who could become a candidate for microsoft c.e.o. with the deal closing next year. >> meet obligation mike nicco is ahead with the trust. >> the fall weekends with sunshine and warmth at the coast...it is fall. it is here. we have 100's coming this weekend so enjoy the wonderful weather because it will get tremendously hotter in the

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>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> crews battling the massive fire is now 75 percent contained in the national forecast at yosemite national park which has destroyed 235,000 acres since it broke out 18 days ago making it the 4th largest most

destructive fire in state history. 111 structures have been lost including letten homes and thousand more than 4,300 firefighters are trying to put it out. >> got a warm up ahead of us, is that what you were saying? >> the winds have shifted and blown the smoke to the east. the air is getting better. it is getting better. with a big warming trend. san jose, third summer in a row you did not reach 100. east bay valleys, boy, you could reach 100 this weekend. right now, it is tuesday so we will talk about radar and salt light -- satellite which dry the win is 15 miles per hour. 12 in northwest and 13 miles per hour in napa. we have a little bit of a sea breeze but really dry air on top of us and you can see the changing of the guard as the whiter clouds are on the lower right part of the screen headed

over to the sierra which is where we have the best chance of thunderstorms today. check out the dew point or the comfort scale: 46 in novato and concord and ho in livermore. that is dry. and very comfortable 50 degree dew points for the rest of us unlike the 60's from yesterday. mid-60's at half moon bay and san francisco and oakland and hayward and fremont and fairfield and everyone else, though, in the mid-to-upper 70's so dress accordingly. check this out, a whip of fog as we lock from sutro tower to the marin head lands and we will see a lot of sunshine at the coast headed to 9 weekend and today sunny, less humid, and clouds at the coast and maybe a little hint of fog in the north bay valley and the warm sunshine is coming this weekend the right now, we will look at what happened last night: you can see the dry air right here, the orange, the lack of any green which is more moisture. that is what has moved over us

and why we are seeing a robust amount of sunshine. tropical moisture is moving east and not coming back any time soon. temperatures today are close to average and low 80's around the south bay, like 82 in san jose and mid-to-upper 80's from cupertino and los gatos. and sunshine and 82 in santa cruz. half moon bay is at 70 degrees. we will hit that in downtown, 71 in south san francisco. 74 in sausalito. now is the time to head out there, thursday, friday and saturday, to get the beautiful pictures. now, low-to-mid 80's in your valleys and mid-to-upper 70's along the east bay shore and mid-to-upper 80's inland but not so sticky as yesterday. a night game tonight and still fighting for first place and 67 degrees and dropping down to 62 as the rangers are in town take on the a's. tonight, in the 50's in the north bay and san francisco and half moon bay and low-to-mid 60's for the rest of us. we will talk about what happened

this time of the year. the san francisco, september, your warmest month with an average high around 70 and quarter inch of rain. san jose is about the third warmest month this september and we drop great 82 to 79 and a last look, we go over to oakland to show you what to expect because it also is your warmest month with an average high of 74 degrees and the all time high of 1309. the seven-day forecast shows tomorrow the same as today temperature-wise with cloud conditions, too, and the jump up in temperatures above average on thursday and away from the coast, most of us are in the 90's friday and through the weekend and 70's and 80's at the coast. apple is expected to announce the release of a new iphone but we are getting a look at the new devices today. rows of what are believed

iphone 5's ready for shipping, coming in pink and other colors including blue and yellow. the pictures have been removed from the website and apple has scheduled an event for a week from today at the cupertino headquarters where the iphone announce merchandise is expected to be made. >> a man is claiming that a new london skyscraper melted his car after leaving his jaguar across the street from 9 new building he returned to find the side view mirrors, panel and the emblem developed and the developers are trying to fix the problem blaming it on the position of the the sun and three parking spots have been blocked off until they figure it out. >> katie couric and the new bling she will wear o

>> coming up at 4:00, a couple gets the surprise of a lifetime: the beach boys got involved by mistake. >> at 5:00, a first of its kind athat sis from the centers for disease control says that a quart other of the debts from heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure are preventable. the good part? the steps are obvious. that is later today on abc7 news at 4:00 and at 5:00. >> a man was caught on camera

allegedly robbing a restaurant if his underwear. according to chinese television network police found an empty cash drawer in the bathroom. when police checked the surveillance video a man was in his underwears with plastic an his head and they arrested a new waiter would was using a false identity. he told police he had an emergency and needed money. >> katie couric will wear an extra piece of jewelry when she returns for the second season of her new show next week. she became engaged to her boyfriend over the labor day weekend. he reportedly popped the question at sunset on a beach in the hamptons. she 56. he is 50. he is the head of mergers and acquisitions at a chicago-based brokerage. you can catch "katie" weekdays at 3:00 right here on abc7 news. >> bet you could ice skate on that ring. >> bet it's big.

>> the "emergency" of the waiter was that he needed more clothes. >> thanks for joining us.

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