sky 7hd with a live look at an historic moment of the golden gate bridge. it is closed until monday morning. it's the longest closure in the bridge's history. 80,000 drivers would cross the span on a typical saturday forced to look for an alternative route. hello. we do begin with live coverage of the being bridge closure and a live picture of the scene shows us work crews putting up the moveable median barrier.

until the work is complete only pedestrians, cyclists and buses can cross the bridge. here's the latest on the work. the project involves placing 3500 steel clad concrete blocks to separate the north and southbound lanes. more than 80% of those blocks are now in place and bridge officials say the project is on schedule. they anticipate a first run of the zipper truck tonight the truck that places the blocks. and there have been no major traffic incidents today. cornell bernard is live now at the bridge with more on he progress. reporter: no cars on the bridge makes this a very, very quiet place tonight. but far so so good. the bridgees scheduled to re-open 'monday morning at 4:00 a.m. let's go in sky 7hd where the piece office the puzzle are in place.

restriping to the pavement hassles begun. the countdown to a safer bridge underway. >> the golden gate truly a bridge to nowhere this weekend. not a car in sight. he rode the span on his bike twice to take it in. >> it's stir reel. there's no car traffic. usually you ride across and have all the background noise. today you just hear the tourists and pedestrians and walkers and construction crews. >> sky 7hd was over the span as crews hammered the new moveable barrier into place. 1.7 miles of steel and concrete. engineers say the project is on track. >> we are on schedule and as of 3:00 p.m., we have -- we installed 10,000 linear feet of the barrier. so this is about 87% of its length. >> the barrier is designed to prevent head-on collisions. bob says it's long overdue. >> i think it's good that the barrier is being put up. surprised it took this long, but

i think a lot of things take a long time to get done. >> you can park there and walk there. >> the marina district confusion and questions. traffic control officers are very busy. >> what's the biggest question today? >> how do you go to the golden gate bridge. i say, it's closed. i didn't know that. >> it's hard to say you warrant warned. these traffic signs are virtually everywhere. detours in place. >> did you know it was closed today? >> no. no. >> all weekend. >> disappointed. >> those who ditched their cars and hikes up to the iconic span say the experience totally worth it. >> it's historical. it's phenomenal. we leave here and this is something that never happened in my time of being here. so it's great. reporter: back live on a very empty golden gate bridge tonight. there's been 1 28 head-on collisions and 16 fatilities on

the bridge since 1970. the new barrier could eliminate those altogether. traffic around the bay area not too bad. i commute on the golden gate bridge mitchell commute to san francisco takes about 3035 minutes -- 35 minutes. today's commute on the richmond san rafael bridge and bay bridge, about ten minutes longer. we're live, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> not bad at all. thank you. another option for commuters, taking a ferry or bus across the bay. some pictures for you. this is the 8:20 a.m. fer groom larkspur. ferrieses are running until 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. golden gate ferry says it has ten two and a half time the tip al demand on the line but added more than enough service to cover that. while buses are running on the regular weekend schedule. many passengers tell us they gave themselves extra time. >> i had to wake up really early to catch the bus. i was afraid it would be cried about it wasn't.

>> -- cried but it wasn't. >> buses are not running through sausolito. instead free shuttles are offer between the downthe marin city where people can catch the bus. another option is taking the bay bridge. a live look for you right now at traffic from our bay bridge toll plaza. you can see pretty slow going at this hour but also kind of typical for this hour. the westbound lanes of the bridge are typically congested on saturday afternoon, but it does appear the backup a little longer than normal. the metering lights were turn on today. a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge. no problems here right now at all. hardly any cars on the road in fact. let's take a look at live drive-time traffic. a rare sight. the purple indicating the bridge is closed, and you see the traffic trouble spots in the red there, including a portion of interstate 80 in the east bay.

nick smith spent the morning with construction crews on the golden gate judge has a closeup look at the work and what commuters can expect come monday morning. >> on monday people should go slow. >> this is the reason why. engineers are calling it the largest safety construction project the golden gate bridge has ever seen. a new $30 million moveable barrier system of high density concrete, timely pinned together, intended to reduce or eliminate crossover collisions. >> this is a great improvement and that's why we are very excited. we making a big step forward. >> a big step and for some a tight squeeze. each block is 12 inches wide, and 32 inches high. >> the center lane of the bridge is supposed to be ten feet wide but with the barrier in place it's less than nine feet. >> we're encroaching six inches into the center lane where you'll be adjacent to the barrier, and if you follow the speed limit itit won't feel

different. >> crews started the project this morning and by 9:00 a.m. has completed 54% of the work including the installation of new crash continuators at the toll plaza. before the bare irs given in the all-clear engineers will test tension and position of the blocks and then the giant zipper truck will be put in place to test the three different lane configurations depending on transportation needs. teams working around the clock to hopefully beat the clock in time for monday morning's commute. >> going to be a new configuration so people should take it easy. it's not going to be like it was before. >> on the golden gate bridge, nick smith, abc7 news. >> visit us online at abc7news.com for detour details and public transit options. we also have a link for you to download the traffic app on your smartphone to help navigate the detours. ways is free on the a store and google play and join the abc7 news group. >> developing news out of san francisco tonight.

police investigating the killings of four men. they were shot to death in a storm car last night. the car was on laguna street between haith and page in hayes valley. officers trying to determine if another car that witnesses saw speeding away is linked to the shooting. >> i was good together complain about the helicopter and then i raileesed it must be something -- a crime going on or the helicopter wouldn't be here that long. they weren't just snooping. they were doing their jobs. >> police are still looking into a motive for the shooting. they say the year has had issues with gang violence. >> caltrain officials re-opened the southbound tracks near the millbrae station where a northbound train hit and killed a person this morning just after 9:00. officials stopped all cars operating in the area for more than an hour. no word on why that person was on the tracks. no one on the train was hurt. a massive maphunt and huge rallies nowed france in the aftermath of two deadly hostage standoffs.

three days after the massacre at french newspaper "charlie hebdo" the last crime suspect is still on the run. here's the latest. reporter: this is the face of the world's most wanted woman. now believed to have slipped out of france before the attacks took place. records show the flew from madrid to turkey on january 2nd and made it to syria. images of her head to toe armed with a cross bowe, a far cry from the smiling woman in a bikini hugging her partner the 32-year-old who seized this sew sher store on friday, allegedly killing four hostages before police brought him down. >> a professional hit. they had fire discipline. their bullets hit the targets. >> investigators believe she may have been a communications link between her boyfriend and the kouachi brothers accused the massacre that killed 12 people.

prosecutors saying in 2014 she made more than 500 phone calls to the wife of should rear kouachi. on friday police caught up with the kouachi brothers as a printing factory. the owner said he had time to hide his employee but not himself. he said, sharif and said kouachi were not aggressive and gave him coffee. the brothers came out guns blazing, dieing in a hail of police bullets. at almost the same time in eastern paris their friend, making his final stand. on saturday, hundreds of thousands rallied in paris and across the country, silent marches to honor the victims. >> we will have continuing coverage of the terror attack in paris on air and online at abc7news.com. reporting continues on twitter. up next, a better life. a look at new rules in

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another live look at the golden gate bridge. scheduled to be closed until 4:00 a.m. monday so crews can install a moveable median barrier. so far work is on schedule and there have been no major traffic delays. we'll have an update at 6:00 and always on twitter at abc7 bay area. a congregation in saratoga will be listening to music from a new sound board and drum set at tomorrow's service because of this generous donation to the west hope presbyterian church from a local drummer. someone stole $10,000 worth of musical equipment from the church just days before christmas, including a drum set, microphones and equalizer and mixer. church officials are very grateful for the donation since

replacing the items would have been very costly. let's send it over to drew tuma. another check of the forecast. it's been awfully lovely these days. >> it's been mild but has been on the dry side. it's been 17 days since live doppler 7hd had seen some action and right now it's quiet. right now, we're pretty comfortable. 55 in san francisco, 57 san carlos. a 58, concord antioch san ramon, mid-50s. 54 in mountain view. satellite and radar going to show you a fair amount of cloud cover overhead. the reason why an area of low pressure off the coast of los angeles brings showers to socal. i do note the strip of cloud cover behind the low pressure. it will be moving through overnight tonight and could thank you touch off a few sprinkles south of san francisco. in future mode we're in and out of the clouds through the evening and overnight. i think by 5:00 6:00 the morning we could see sprinkles

south of san francisco around san jose. anything will be short-lived. by sunday afternoon the clouds are out. we turn to wall-to-wall sunshine and then sunday evening the clouds fill back in. so another mild and mainly sunny day across the region. fast forward into next weekend. that's our next best chance of seeing substantial rainfall. the cold front begins to move through next week, and you notice lots lots of green on the screen so we could pick up as much as half inch of rain next weekend. we'll fine-tuning this over the next couple of days. overnight lows mild. 50, san francisco, 47 oakland. 46, san jose. mainly cloud and skies and highs for sunday, seasonal. 57, san francisco, 58, oakland, 60 napa 62, san jose, going from clouds to sunshine. a "spare the air" day in effect for sunday. poor air quality in the north bay and santa clara valley and then a little improvement early next week. here's your accuweather

seven-day forecast, "spare the air" in effect on sunday. see clouds to sunshine, monday it's a dry day and mostly sunny, tuesday, it's mild out, in that pattern continues mid-week into wednesday, thursday is january warmth around here friday sunshine, the clouds and then saturday, our chance for some rain. so the next six days will continue the mild and dry stretch. >> very good. thank you. we have rick quan in tonight for shu. >> the local guy tom brady in action today. a little bit of football. exciting game, too. coming up in sports, nfl playoff action two days on tap today. many are picking the patriots to make it back to the super bowl but could

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the nfl playoffs continue today with baltimore at new england elm the winner plays in the action championship game. over the last 15 years the patriots have the best home record in the nfl. temps were in at the teens today. tied 14-14 in the second quarter. joe flacco hits daniels. ravens lead by seven at the half. baltimore ups the lead to 14. the point after method it 28-14. bill belichick says we'll come back, and they do. tom brady with a bullet to rob groen cow skimp new england dips into the bag of tricks, brady to al men dolla who finds -- a 51-yard score. the ravens retook the lead with

the field goal but brady has the answer. this time with the perfect toss his 46th postseason touchdown pass makes him the all-time leader passing joe montana. with under two minutes left baltimore was driving but flacco goes for the bomb and the ball is picked off in the end zone. new england hangs on to win the pats on had 14-yard rushing but brady threw for 367 yards and three touchdowns. with this 20th victory, belichick ties tom landry for most coaching wins in playoff history. in college football, don't forget on monday, oregon versus ohio state for the national title. a 5:30 kickoff on espn and the watch espn app. >> with just over a month until spring training theways continue their wheeling and dealing. today they acquired infielders ben zobrist and escobar for catcher john jaso. zobrist is a two-time all, has

season hi hit .272. he can play second, short and the outfield. escobar is primary lay shortstop. he hits .258 with seven home runs. thewayss are sending jo and two minor leaguers to florida. when the sharks host the rangers tonight there will be some familiar faces on the ice. for joe thornton is expected to return to the san jose lineup after missing the last four games with a shoulder injury. he hopes to boost the team's struggling power play. then there's new york defenseman dan boyle who spent the last six years with the sharks. he loved playing here but says there's extra motivation to beat his old time. >> a lot of guys that talked smack for six year and it will be fun to be on the other side of it and you want to make sure you get the win because there's a lot of guys that have big mouths and will rub it in your face for a little while, and we

won't get that chance settle the score for another year. >> the sharks routed the rangers last time, but new york comes in having won 12 of its last 13 games. the patriotsed advance and play the winner between indianapolis and denver tomorrow, but you almost knew that. >> thank you, rick we'll be right back. , yeah when we come back another look at the bridgework

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capitan. moving day. quite literally, for a beloved oakland institution. we're going to show you how this project went. join us for abc7 news at 6:00. >> for now, we leave you with a last look at the historic construction project on the golden gate bridge. sky 7hd live over the scene where you can see the crews on the deck working around the clock. they're building a moveable center barrier. so far, 80% of the steel-clad blocks are now in place. so things are on schedule which means the bridge is set to re-open monday at 4:00 a.m. we have cornell bernard live. he will we back at 6:00 but he let us know his is his normal commute. normally takes him 3 he took the detour on the other bridges and it only added he said about 10 or 15 minutes. so good news to report. progress on the bridge and no major traffic impacts. that does it for us here at

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