yesterday morning while workers were installing ceiling panels. look at the traffic and the impact out here. yikes! this is fremont street. this will be very confusing for commuters after they come off the bridge and realize they can't go straight on fremont. this is what is greeting them. road closed signs. it should make for a tough, confusing morning all around in the city. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> we are bracing for the impact. any word until how long before they open the transit center? >> reporter: no word, jessica. it's going to take them days just to inspect the issue and figure out what happened. then they have to come up with a plan on how to address it. this could be the new normal for a while. >> ouch! that's going to be a huge impact. amy, thank you, reporting live from the transit center for us. >> we were able to fly a drone.

these aren't the affected beams. but it gives you an idea of how prom tpha prominent they are in the building. >> thousands were forced to walk several blocks to the place they left behind last month. the terminal will be used until further notice. they are urging people heading downtown to leave their cars at home if they can and just take rough this mess. alexis? >> yes. well, good luck. i'll start off with that this morning. if you can leave your vehicle a the city today, don't do that. live at south beach

part of the ramp is closed. once you make it to the end, you won't be able to continue straight on fremont past the sales center. i recommend taking harrison exit. i had no i just took the embarcaderembar. the city view of our traffic maps, fremont closed between howard and mission. we are covering it all morning for you. >> the cracked beam is not the first problem. two weeks ago the walkway roke . workers have been patching the holes there. adding to the traffic challenge of the estimated 170,000 people for the dreamforce conference. abc 7 news was at the moscone

center as the annual event at the center took he over yesterday. conferencegoers are encouraged to use public transit. >> we use the abc 7 news app to send out this push alert when the news of the crack alert. we have information on every bus line that uses the sales force transit center. enable push alerts to get the latest developments developing news in the confirmation process for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. republicans are scheduled to vote after hiring a female prosecutor to question christine blasey ford. >> she has argued the senators should ask her the questions themselves. halana zak has the information >> reporter: he is trying to depoliticize tomorrow's hearing and president trump is going hard on the politics, accusing democrats of laughing behind the

scenes. president trump let go of the appearance of detachment tweeting overnight, the democrats are playing a high level con game in their vicious efforts to destroy a fine person. pray for brett kavanaugh and his family. the lawyer mora mere resident, who is not yet scheduled to testify, tells cnn the republicans are engaged in politics. >> a lot of game playing going on by the majority party. >> reporter: republicans announced rachel mitchell, a republican prosecutor with sex crimes experience. >> i think it's smart of them to get outside counsel. inadvertently somebody will do something that's insensitive. >> chuck grassley said the goal is to de-politicize it and get to the truth. >> it's important to take allegations of those who have come forward, to take them

seriously. >> reporter: senators apart going to have a lot of time to deliberate. they have scheduled a vote in the committee okavanaugh's hearing the very next day. lana zak, abc news, washington. lana, thank you. dion lim will be live from washington tomorrow. a proposed ikea store is getting pushback this morning. the commission voted 3-1 to not recommend building the new store in the city. the city council will have the final say next month. ikea wants to build on on an empty plot of land it owns near 580 and hacienda drive. while some say they would welcome the new store, on opponents worry it could cause traffic congestion. air canada is pointing a finger at sfo after it almost crashed into a line of planes on a taxiway.

air canada said it is hard to distinguish the right way because of bad lighting at sfo. >> i would view any party's input, including faa, the city of san francisco, who woepowns airport, air canada on finding a defensive position. >> they allow their pilots to fly planes when they are fatigued for 19 hours is very, very troubling and it ought to be changed. >> ntsb will issue its final report in the coming weeks. bart passengers have been seeing homeland security officers patrolling trains. the officers are part of a normal anti-terrorism checks and they're members of immigration and customsen

they are part of the v.i.p.r. team. they patrolled during the week of super bowl 50 and warriors three victory parade. so they have done work around here okay. taking a look at your commute this morning. we of course are staying on top of this huge issue. the sales force center is closed due to the crack they discovered yesterday. on our traffic maps, the purple is where we have full closure. fremont closed between mission and howard. we have closure armed moscone center. for the dreamforce conference. traffic flows are looking okay. you can see surface street flows. a little bit of delay around the fremont closure. give us a couple hours and that will look much, much different. if you can avoid driving into the city today, that is recommended. bart will be adding longer traipse. you're definitely recommended to

carpool if you can or use mass transit this morning. bay bridge toll plaza, everything looking okay right here. no metering lights yet. you are okay right now. but another hour or so and it will be tough to get into the city. drew on top of everything going on in san francisco, we have a spare the air alert too in san francisco. >> we do. the warmest day this week will be today. here's your temperatures right now. 40s from napa to santa rosa. # brent wood, 60. let's go hour by hour. we have is spots well into the 70s, if not the low 80s. it will be a very warm morning for a lot of us. san francisco already into the mid-60s. we advance is the clock into the afternoon. by 3:00, 4:00, our hottest spots going well into the 90s, even the bay shoreline let me know in

the 70s and 80s. just like alexis alluded to, be we have a spare the air day in effect. it will be a warm day. air call the moderate to poor. the worst quality inland. and santa clara valley. haze in the atmosphere from time to time. if you have respiratory issues, take it easy outdoors the next 24 hours. traveling today, warm in l.a. sacramento even hotter than that. high of 96 today. matt and jessica. drew, thank you. breaking down barriers. a simple locker room is solving a complicated situation in the east bay. get ready, san jose. you're about to see a lot more ads as you get around. executives from google go

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>> good morning. temperatures in the south bay waking up into the 50s from san jose, sunnyvale. novato, bow degas bay chilly. looking at the exploratorium camera the next three days. sharply cooler to finish out the week on friday. matt, jessica. thanks, drew. people can expect to see more downtown ads in san jose. lt nio

allow new billboards and electronic signs on city-owned land. will bring in more revenue. in the east bay, uc berkeley will open a brand-new locker room. >> this is very unique. larry beale has the details of what that means for students at uc berkeley >> reporter: touring a new addition into the uc berkeley sports facility, ben can recall his experience as a disabled student more than a decade ago. >> i went from being my disability that only my two best friends and my mother and father saw to 30 people on a dorm floor as i'm going to take a shower. >> reporter: then even changed clothes in his room before hitting the gym just to keep things simple. now, as manager of campus access

services, he's celebrating the grand opening of a new facility. it offers seven private showers and 16 private changing rooms to start. the project manager said they benefit a wide range of students who might not feel comfortable in traditional settings. >> gender nonconforming or trans who may want privacy. >> reporter: people with body issues, strict religious beliefs were also on the list. cal students pushed for this facility and raised much of the $2.7 million to build it. ben perez hopes it breaks down barriers, both physical and psychological, for a new generation. >> and i hope that's what this type of facility does. >> that was larry beale reporting. the locker room is the largest in the state and one of a few in the country. san francisco's first robot burger joint is welcoming walk-in customers. i first told you about this when

it opened in june is. 20 computers, 350 sensors and 50 actuators cook and assemble burgers. the first customers needed a ticket to get in. now it is open to walk-ins wednesdays, thursdays, fridays for lunch. chefs worked on the project to make sure that the burger is tasty. >> that's the most important thing, right? >> it has to be. >> it almost looks like an art exhibit right there. >> very fascinating. wow. >> we need people to do the traffic and weather this morning because we have serious issues going on. >> he yeah. unfortunately it is not going to be an easy commute getting into and out of san francisco today. if you have not heard yet, sales force transit center, the brand-new one is closed. a crack was discovered yesterday. so they have closed it for inspections until further notice. that means we have street closures around it. it will impact you as you head

into the san francisco area from the bay bridge as well. part of the fremont off-ramp is closed. obviously that bus lane that those buses and mass transit were use to go get to the new transit center is close said since they can no longer use that. they are heading back to the temporary trans bay terminal today instead and maybe for the next several days. i think we will see delays on the fremont off-ramp very soon. once you make it to fremont, that is fully closed between howard and mission once you get into the city there as well. i highly recommend stick to go harrison and using mass transit if at all possible. let's check in with drew who is in for mike today. hi, drew. warmest day we have all week. a live exploratorium camera showing you patchy cloud cover. not a huge issue but locally dense fog expected along the coast. 40s in the north. that's our coldest spot. most spots we're sitting in the

50s as you get the sun up in the next couple of hours. highs today in your microclimate. warm in san jose, 87. 85, cupertino. gilroy hot. warm and sunny away from the coast. 80 for menlo park. cloudy along the coast. pacifica, mid-50s later today. downtown san francisco, warm one, up to 70 today. 64, though, for daly city. into the north bay, 80s and 90s widespread. 88, sonoma. 86 in san rafael. 90, novato. into the east bay, 70s to 80s. 83, fremont. warm in oakland, 76 with sunshine. 78 in hayward. inland, it is hot. in the 90s. spare the air with poorest air quality inland. you will notice haze in our atmosphere. autumn heat today. little relief tomorrow. a huge drop in temperatures by friday and over the weekends. it's comfortable.

then early next week, monday and tuesday, we have a chance of showers as that stormy pattern looks to return as fall arrives next week, guys. drew, thank you. a big announcement from sales force c can eo on the opening day of the dreamforce conference. he announced sales force is donating $15.5 million to help support students and faculty in both the san francisco and oakland unified school districts in the upcoming year? i started sales force so i could give back to the city that i love and care for so much. to have a company that lets me do that, that's all that matters. >> the company is also donating $2 million to organizations that work directly with the homeless. executives from google are expected to admit privacy mistakes in front of a senate panel. spotify is offering play list. >> in today's "tech bites", google will acknowledge that it has made mistakes what it comes

to privacy. >> an executive from the search engine will testify in front of congress saying it has improved its privacy program. the written testimony offers no specifics on the mistakes. tinder is texting a new feature in india that gives women more control over conversations. >> the option called my move prevents men from starting a conversation on the dating app even if they've matched. no word if tinder will expand the feature. spotify is offering users a chance to create tay truly unique playlist. >> it is allowing members to input their dna results. spotify generates song selections based on the user's family tree. they call it a way to explore the sound track of your heritage. >> interesting concept is. those are your "tech bites". >> i don't know about that. i don't know if any dna has anything to do with my music taste. >> all right. well, we're going to talk about doughnuts here.

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hottest spots inland well into the 90s. jessica? drew, thank you. a milestone for san francisco's asian art museum. the mayor was in attendance for the ground-breaking ceremony on a major expansion project. the museum on larkins street is adding a new ex peuhibition with art space. it will be open during construction. delta air lines says operations are back to normal after a technology issue that stopped domestic planes from taking off. the airline issue bed a ground stop for u.s. flights which prevented planes from departing. it delayed delta flights nationwide. the airline says employees were working to accommodate customers choose travel plans have been affect stkpwhraod california may give you more money if you buy an all-electric car. they are considering increasing woffset changes the trump

administration is make to go environmental regulations. the federal tax credit on electric cars is actually being reduced. dunkin' donuts is getting rid of "doughnuts." it's not what you think. they are dropping it from its name and will just be be callc d the change becomes official nationwide in january. the move is to reflect the increasing focus on coffee and other drinks. but they will still have doughnuts, alexis. >> thaepnk goodness. i think drew is a huge fan. he is obsessed. might need some extra coffee trying to get into san francisco today. a major issue with salesforce transit center. brand-new one closed with no estimate of reopening. they found a crack in one of the support beams yesterday. so they are doing inspections today. fremont is closed between howard and mission. also part of the fremont off-ramp from the bay bridge is

closed. i highly recommend harrison instead. all transit that used the sales transit center moving over to the temporary trans bay terminal. if you use casual carpool, you may be affected as well. that's really our only major problem so far. here's a quick check of walnut creek 680. no major issues. >> that is a mess going on. 12-hour day planner. sun's up at 7:01 this morning. hazy sky later on. autumn heat away from the coast. well into the 80s and 90s. overnight, thursday, cool spots in santa rosa, napa. mainly holding in the 50s thursday. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. there's that heat today. a little relief tomorrow. but a huge drop in temperatures on friday. that leads to pretty comfortable

weekend. sunday could have coastal morning drizzle. early next week, we could have is amon and tuesday, a chance of light showers across the region. matt and jessica. >> great morning for a coffee run. a new study says surgery is not always needed for appendicitis. a pill could solve the issue instead. a study out of finland the study of 500 adults found two-thirds of patients treated with antibiotics fared well after five years. one-third had another case of appendicitis that required surgery an original animal one computer sold for $375,000. it was built in 1976.

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>> a cracked steel beam forced the transit center to close for inspections. >> if it's possible, do not drive downtown this morning. use other transit options good morning. it's wednesday, september 26th. alexis tracking all the commute issues. it really does not look good. >> it looks like a tough morning. there are closures and transit issues. >> first a look at your weather forecast with drew who is in for mike. >> we are dealing with dense fog especially in the north bay and the coast. we are down to zero. that's as bad as it gets. take it easy in the north bay. outside, exploratorium camera showing you partly cloudy skies. a quick warming morning. by noon, 70s and 80s. haze in our atmosphere. it is a spare the air day. later this afternoon, today is the hottest day we havell