i'm katie marzullo. it does appear to be smooth sailing for the most part but there are those drivers who were caught offguard by the closure. cornell bernard is live on the san francisco side of the bridge with a progress check. reporter: not everybody got the e-mail on this. what we just learn the project is on track. that is really good news. to make the deadline of monday at 4:00 a.m. sky 7hd is live over the span tonight. where the work is continuing. we just learned the last barrier piece has been fitted into place. still lots of work ahead but the bridge, juan step closer to being safer. at the going bridge, a virtual ghost up to. not a car in sight. laura and jeff journey yesterday the santa clara to see it up close. >> gentlemen woke up -- we woke up and said, let's go check out the bridge. >> i was born here in san san francisco it's a great experience to see the bridge --

it's landmark and it's just amazing. >> 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 bay area designed to prevent head-on collisions. there's been 16 fatilities since 1970. >> i think it's good that the barrier is being put up. surprise i it took this long. i think a lot of things take a long time to get done. >> you can walk there. >> in the marina, lots of confusion and questions about the bridge closure. traffic control officers had their hands full. >> what's the biggest question today? >> how due you go to the golden

gate bridge. i say, it's closed. i didn't know that. >> hard to say you weren't warned. these traffic signs are virtually everywhere. detours are in place. >> trying to see the golden gate bridge. >> did you know it was closed today? >> no. >> no. >> all weekend. >> disappointed. >> those who ditched their cars and decided to hike up to the span say the general was totally worth it. >> it's monumental. it's historical. it's phenomenal. we live here and this is something that has never happened in my time of being here so it's pretty great. reporter: back live. sky 7hd over the golden gate bridge where the last barrier has been fitted into place. what happens next? well, bridge workers have to practice moving the barriers with zipper trucks to reconfigure lanes and we're told that takes a lot of program. let's come back live at the visitor's center where the sound of silence is everywhere. with an occasional bus, though. but i do have to say no cars

makes this a very quiet place this weekend. we're live at the golden gate bridge, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> thank you. let's check some of the alternatives to get around the bridge closure. this is the bay bridge toll plaza in oakland. traffic had been slowing smoothly most of the day, but you can see for yourself right now, a lot of backup. the cash paying lanes as well as fastrak. traffic almost at a standstill there as cars approach the toll from oakland. from these bay. and at the richmond san rafael bridge toll peninsulas, should problems to report. you can see how smoothly traffic is flowing. not even that many cars on the road. our camera along 101 in san rafael shows traffic moving kind of slowly as well, but no major problems, at least they are moving. those who typically don't take interstate 80 into the city the full so many street exit is closed for a construction project. so you can still use the offramp

to exit the bay bridge, but you'll have to veer to the left and take the fremont street exit. you can see traffic backed up in the area today. the folsom and it is expected to re-open in april. >> tike a look at these maps. you can see a lot of red on the traffic map, and most of that red concentrated on the bay bridge, as you saw in the live pictures there also along the east shore freeway. so do give yourself extra time if that is your route tonight. right now the ferries from san francisco to the north bay are busier than normal. with the bridge closed people are packing on to boats to get across the winter. there are extended hours until 1:00 tomorrow morning. golden gate ferry says it is seeing two and a half times the typical demand on the larkspur line but it added service to cover that. passengers don't mind taking a weekend off from driving because that's know this will make the bridge safer. >> i think it's necessary and okay. i don't think everybody has to

come into the city every weekend. >> it was kind of fun. we went by the prison. it was interesting. and what can you do? >> bus service is the only traffic allowed on the bridge this weekend. so far, golden gate transit has not seen an uptick in passengers. here's a closer look at exactly what you can expect. once all the work is finished on monday. there will be a new $30 million moveable barrier system in place. it's made of concrete and engineers say it will reduce or eliminate head-on collisions, major safety concern on the bridge. each block is 12 inches wide and 32 inches high. it does take up slightly more room in the center lane. >> encroaching six inches into the center lane where you'll be adjacent to the barrier, and if you follow the speed limit it won't feel different.

>> teams will use the zipper truck to change positions before monday morning to make sure everything fits and works as it is supposed to. visit us online at abc7news.com for more detour details and public transit options. you can also download the traffic app ways on your smartphone to help navigate the detours. it's free on app store or from google play. other news now and breaking news from san francisco both directions of busy van ness avenue are closed near mcallister street. there's been an accident there and a motorcyclists has been killed. we understand a pedestrian also was hurt in the accident but their injuries are not life-threatening. police have shut done van ness for the investigation. muni and golden gate transit bus service is affected. the search for a shooter or shooters continues tonight after four men were killed last night in san francisco. lisa amin gulezian is live in

the hayes valley neighborhood. reporter: as you can see small memorial has been set up. it popped up this morning. meanwhile, san francisco police posted this sign today, asking for help in solving this quadruple homocide. four young men were so the and killed inside a stolen black honda civic last night parked at laguna and page police say at least two people shot into the car and killed everyone inside. today inspectors from the san francisco police department have been going door-to-door, asking anyone if n this normally quiet neighborhood saw anything that might help them solve this crime. i spoke with one woman who drove by just as the victims were being shot. >> i'm at jared right now that i witnessed that. i wasn't -- i mean, i wasn't sure what it was at first, but now that i see it i'm a little freaked out. >> she also gave police details

about what she saw last night. and investigators do think this was a very targeted attack and that it was gang-related. there will be more officers out here patrolling the streets in case of retaliation. back here live now. police have not released the names of any of the victims and no arrests have been made. live in san francisco tonight lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 6:00 the act of kindness that was investigated as a crime. how paying it forward got a pastor in hot water. plus, the quest to conquer yosemite's el capitan. progress on the climbers hoping to make history. >> i'm abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma. a mild saturday in the 60s under haze. >> sunshine. been a while since we have seen rain but i am tracking changes that could include moisture. i'll show you when that

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a live look outside. bad air makes it 10 "spare the air" days in a row come tomorrow. meteorologist drew tuma has the accuweather forecast. >> coming up in sports the a's made a trade and new england tries to advance to its fourth straight action

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two daredevil rock climbers hoping to complete a grueling quest up the el capitan are reporting progress. tommy caldwell and santa rosa resident kevin jorgingson could complete the climb in a few days. last night kevin wrote on his pace he is still trying to scale one wall. he has had the most difficulty with the climb but is vowing not to give up. a renowned oakland watering hole is on the move literally. a moving company picked up the king fish bar located on claremont avenue in north oakland and moved i it 35 yards down the street to telegraph

avenue this morning. the 1920s era bar is known for its divey atmosphere and cheap booze. the current property owner decided to sell the land to a condo developer but he secured a new space for the local favorite nearby keeping locals and cal sports fans happy. well done. >> lack over to drew a check of the forecast and another "spare the air" alert. >> our 11th one tomorrow. basically a hit on our atmosphere, thanks to high pressure. we need a storm to mix up these winds, and get this air to be moving and not so stagnant. live doppler 7hd, we're tracking a few sprinkles north of santa rosa in the north bay not hitting the groin, but nonetheless this is an indication of a weak piece of energy that is moving through overnight. we'll take you outside this afternoon on our sfo cam showing you the haze and mainly cloudy skies, and we'll do this for an 11th day this you're with another "spare the air" in effect. it has been quite a dry stretch. the last time it has rained in

san francisco, way back on christmas eve where we picked up .07 of an inch of rain. 17 tase without rainfall and we'll tack on another six to that number. open up the almanac on the tenth day of january, mild. sfo, 61, oakland, of 0, san jose 61. above this normals. typically we should be in the mid-to-upper 50s this time of the year. right now we've falling back into the 50s. the same in oakland. currently 52 in hayward, 53 in san jose, and livermore on the mild side. satellite and radar showing a fair amount of cloud cover over the bay area. an area of low pressure to the south and west of los angeles is bringing rain to southern california behind area of low pressure the strip of cloud cover, the weak piece of energy rolling through as we speak, keeping the clouds intact and also giving us a chance of a couple sprinkles overnight tonight.

so put -- notice tomorrow morning, 5:00, 6:00 in the morning, couple showers south of san francisco in the south bay, and anything we do see though short-lived and on the light side. from clouds to sunshine tomorrow afternoon, and then the clouds fill back in on sunday. so we'll deal with hazy sunshine again to kind of round out 0 the weekend. next weekend, our next best chance of seeing showers. as a cold front moves through saturday night into sunday you do notice green is on the screen so we could pick up anywhere from a quarter to as much as a half of an inch next week and we'll keep fine-tuning this as the storm gets closer. overnight lows mixture of stars and clouds on the mild side 50, san francisco 47, oakland 46, san jose 43, concord 39 overnight in napa. highs sunday-59 in san mateo. 62, san jose. 57 downtown san francisco and 58 in oakland. another "spare the air" in effect. don't forget the north bay and

the santa clara valley in poor air quality, and then a bit better monday, tuesday, wednesday, back into moderate air quality. so maybe we'll have only an 11th and final "spare the air" day tomorrow. the accuweather seven-day forecast sunny on monday, mild on tuesday steady pattern on wednesday, sun and clouds on friday and then a next chance of showers next saturday. >> that's he green on the screen. >> the grown on the screen. >> thank you. >> helps me remember. i do like that. rick kwan hires tonight and football playoffs. >> one very exciting game so far. another is looking pretty good too. the nfl playoffs continued with baltimore new england. over the last 15 years the patriots had the best home record in the nfl. temperatures were in the teens today. tied in the second quarter joe flacco takes his game up a notch. gets daniels.

baltimore ups the lead to 14 as flacco finds justin forsett alone in the flat. goes in untouched. bill bill chick says huddle up, guys we'll come back, and they do. tom braid where with a bullet to rob gronkowski. new england dips into the bag of tricks. edelman finds amendola open down the sideline, a 51-yard scorch the ravens answer with a field goal but brady again with the combback, this time, a perfect ball to brandon la fell. his 46th postseason touchdown pass, the all-time leader passing joe montana. with 1:40 left. baltimore was driving but flacco goes for the bomb and this ball is picked off in the end zone. new england advances to its fourth straight afc title game with a 35-31 victim. it wasn't easy as the pats twice had to come back from 14-point deficits. bratty was asked about passing

his boyhood idol, joe montana. >> i've been part of a lot of great teams and a lot -- those are all team awards to me. joe was obviously one-my two idols growing up. it's special. a lot of toughness coming back from the two deficits. took a lot of effort, a lot of guys to make a lot of good plays. we'll be happy to host the championship game. >> in the nfc seattle is tied with carolina. the win are plays either green grebe or dallas for the conference title. >> the a's continue to play let's make a deal. today they acquired infielders ben send brits and uneil escobar for catcher john jaso. zobrist is an all-star, last season he hit .272. he can play second, short and the jostled. escobar is primarily a

shortstop. he hit .258 and seven homes in return the a's are sending jaso and two miner leaguers to tampa. jaso was drafted by the rays in 2003 and made his major league debut with the team five years later. >> when the sharks host the rangers tonight they'll be seeing 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 has 33 points the season and hopes to boost the team's struggling power play. then that's dan boyle who spent the last six years with the sharks. he says there's extra motivation to beat his former team. >> a lot of guys that talked smack for six years. it will be fun to be on the other side of it, and once again you want to make sure you get the win because there's a lot of guys that have big mouths and they're going to rub it in your face for a little while and we woken get that chance to settle the score for another year. >> on monday it's going to be oregon versus ohio state for the

national championship. it's a 5:30 kickoff and espn and the watch espn app. this sports rolling has been brought to you by bank of the west in the nfc playoffs, seattle just taken a 14-7 lead. >> all righty, thank you. a live look for you now at the golden gate bridge. up next, an update on how the big safety upgrade is

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