down in three hours. the closure will force people in the east bay to find another way to get into san francisco. bridge is closing and what it means for the construction of the new bay bridge. live steam covered about everything coming up. >>pam: the bay area has been through these types of clothes as before. plans closes during holiday weekends when traffic is not as heavy. if people are trying to beat the clock. we're going live to dan herman with more.

>> greetings everyone, a figure for coming out for our first update on the closure. the closing is going to allow us to do some seismic safety work that will be shifting traffic to the south side of where it was previously located. we should complete with this by tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m.. traffic will be on a new- line mid that will allow us to put a construction team between the existing bridge and a new breed and allow us to finish the entire bay bridge at the same time, approximately six months ahead of schedule. we are going to be doing in three hours, closing the westbound bay bridge. the chp is going to be activated shortly, they will be in positiontraffic from the . free of traffic if by no

later than 9:00 p.m.. that is what our next briefing will be. the south. we are here tsk to say that the bay bridge will be closing in exactly three hours. >> right now the croats are going to their final planning. our command center is moving up and we will have a complete traffic consulting here in the construction site.

>> right now we want to tell you exactly what this instruction is going to look like. first, let's orient ourselves. san francisco is at the top of the screen, oakland at the bottom. once westbound traffic is shut down the cruise will come and it moved west from lanes of traffic a bit to the left for about two fifths of a mile just past the toll plaza. the new lanes are in yellow. that will allow them to demolish a small part of the orleans rotary. once that is done it will be able to construct the new boss was count approach to this guy would. i 2013 the old road we will be demolished and the new eastern span will look something like this. we will have more on this update at 5:30 p.m..

>>pam: our team coverage continues now live with charles clifford. he is live at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>charles: right now, you're looking at a light fixture of westbound traffic. you can see the back side of the metering lights on the right side of your screen. traffic is moving very well. in about three hours caltrans will shut down lanes. caltrans crews have been out here all day to get things in place for this closure. they are getting ready to start the work that will happen over the weekend as they make changes. coming back over here, traffic is actually pretty thin. the metering lights are not on an by cannot see any backup. at the moment things are going very well. stay with us, we will have updates throughout the evening.

>>charles: here is a look at some of the clauses in the east bay. adjusted 80 will be closed approaching the bridge. also closed the palace streak on ramp. >> there will be more public transit options than normal. for will be running overnight service in some stations. ac transit buses will be linking up to bart on my service station and there will be more fair is going across the bay.

for a complete list of public transit options we put a link on our web site. coming out was to be a special section dedicated to the shutdown. we will have more team coverage >> investigators are still looking for victims of these two convicted murderers. the two men are suspected in more than 20 murders and convicted in a four of them. the crews are now filling in an abandoned well where they have already discovered more than 1000 bomb fragments.

the j.r stone was with investigators outside of stockton today with more information on the next search. >>j.r.: right now the focus is entirely on the second well which is said to be on the same property which could be completely covered by grasses. for the first time since last sunday, investigators allowed our cameras to show the first sight. the location was mapped out by a convicted killer who is now in the present. next i want to say this area south. acre after acre of land. this is where cadaver dogs are now searching.

there was from a today between the sheriff's office, a bounty hunter and a former fbi agent. i will talk more about that in mind 6:00 p.m. story. >>pam: so far, none of the remains found have been connected to facing hayward girl mckayla garrett. shermantine says she was kidnapped by his partner, herzog. continuing our coverage, a bay area facility will be playing a critical role in identifying the remains uncovered in that well. as you can see a large teams of forensic archaeologists are at the property process and the fragments that have been recovered so far.

the lab in richmond is highly specialized and could finally provide some answers in this unfolding case. >>terisa: using a standard device like this one is the first of many steps dna experts will take to figure out the identity of the fragments discovered in the linden well. this lab in richmond is one of the few in the country to have experts and technical equipment on hand to examine remains buried deep in the ground. take a look at these boxes. they are used to transport fragments. this what is for a femur bone in this one is for a school. after the dna is extracted they will submit the dna into a computer program and it will be compared to a national data base. if it matches her longing to family

>> what is the oldest case you have worked on? >> from the 1930's. kai >>brian: and high today of 60.

>>kimberlee: pictures just into the newsroom of whitney houston's daughter at the funeral home. meanwhile the celebrity guest list continues to grow. we have a bizarre tribute from bobby brown to his late ex-wife. >>pam: we continue counting down to tonight's showdown of the westbound lanes of the bay bridge. this is the likes of. team coverage continues with more on how you can navigate through the weekend interruption and avoid those traffic caused floods.

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>>haaziq: they're not calling as an abduction at this time because the mother is not calling it an abduction and does not want to press charges. officials at a hospital stay there is no doubt, the baby needs to be with its mother. the baby is 1 days old and needs to be fed and clothed and care for. the mother is the best person to do that at this time. stick with kron4 for the latest on this developing story.

>>pam: and kiberlee sakamoto has the latest details on tomorrow's funeral details for whitney's did. >>kimberlee: family members are already arriving in new jersey where we need to will be laid to rest. new photos for just posted online on tmz. here is a look at her daughter, 18 year-old bobby christina. she and other family members just got into a new work for private dealing service. there is houston's mother. there is her cousin dionne warwick. so we're getting our first look at the invitation cost despite rumors that he will

not be welcome, her ex- husband, bobby brown has been officially invited to the funeral. last night he made it interesting tribute to houston. >> thank you for your prayers. life is life. you have to move on sometimes. >>kimberlee: you heard him say, you have to move on some times. slated to speak is actor kevin costner. he stood in costner co- starred in the movie the bodyguard together. you can watch funeral services for winning is the

tomorrow on www.kron4.com and we will be streaming it like. >>pam: a moroccan man is under arrest for plotting an attack on the u.s. capitol building. authorities say they arrested the man as soon as he took the best with the explosive devices. they say the man was acting alone and is not considered connected to a terrorist organization. third >>brian: as you can see we have some clouds rolling in here tonight. a storm system is headed our way. walnut creek is one of the warm spots at 66 for myriad

sensors as low as one of the cool spots. here is the storm that is impacting us a for tonight. clouds in the north bay and showers of around eureka. this is all pushing southbound for tonight. basically this thing is falling apart as it approaches the bay area. we of sprinkles forecast for this evening.

partly and mostly sunny but cold with high temperatures in the mid-upper 50s. for the holiday weekend sunday is looking okay. passing clouds and sunshine.

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>>pam: neighbors of a man stabbed to death last week in san jose are now in it jill. investigators say an argument broke out just before the stabbing.

the victim died at the hospital. a very special free concert at san francisco's ocean creek to on a philanthropist and bluegrass lovers helmand. the free concert is on sunday from 11 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.. hellman died at age 77 from leukemia. we will be right back.

panorama of the westbound lanes will be shut down at 8:00 p.m. until tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m.. right now, here is a live picture, traffic is a very heavy on the approach. we will be right back. we have much more news to

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>>pam: we are not to one half hours away from the shutdown on the new eastern span of the bridge. dan kerman is joining us live from oakland with more on what he learned this afternoon about france from caltrans. >>dan: caltrans says everything is looking good. they say if the weather stays nice throughout the entire time we could possibly reopen earlier ended tuesday at 5:00 a.m.. they say if the weather is that the shutdown could go a live later than tuesday.

>> right now crews are staging and going through final planning. our command center is loading up. we'll have a complete traffic control tapes at the construction site and to the contractor is preparing some mobilized. besieged people deactivated very shortly as the imposition by a pm theory is we should be free of traffic by no later than 9:00 p.m.. >> caltrans said they should look at this as a hard shot down. again, they want to look at this as a heart attack and by 8:00 p.m. about all cars will be of the bridge by 9:00 p.m.. they have some restriking in

the demolition. that will be happening throughout the weekend. >>pam: our kron4 tech report qr gabe slate has more. >>gabe: www.kron4.com now has eight bay bridge closers section packed full of videos. near the bottom of the screen there are links where you can get updated information from the bay area public transit agencies. another great resource is our traffic sections. it is always there, just a click away from the top of the screen. you can see up-to-the-minute traffic conditions. for assistance avoiding traffic in getting around

the bay this holiday weekend, let us help you. visit www.kron4.com. >>pam: here is a live picture again. coming up in a few minutes we will show you some of the hot spots you will want to avoid serious those are the areas that could become the most congested because of the shutdown. >>grant: we are profiling some of the area's most wanted suspect. there is a $2 million arrest warrant for a guy named maurice vernon. police say he raped, robbed and threatened a woman and her family right behind vallejo city of back in september. police say he in brushed a woman walking to her car. they held a gun to her head, forcibly took her jewelry and raped her in her own car. they were orderly to cartelize this upper wallet, read her name and address back to her and told her they would kill her and her family.

vernon is also wanted for two other recent crimes. >>pam: the los angeles unified school district is admitting that it broke state law by waiting a year to tell an agency they were firing someone accused of molesting students. since the credential in agency was not notified immediately, bird still had his teaching license but has since been suspended. the commission says of the late reporting post eighth potential risk to students

they did. famine a deadly shootout between immigration and customs enforcement agencies appears to be work- related violence. the long beach office shooting happened last night while a high ranking official was talking to an aged about his performance. >> one agent fired several rounds at the average aged. when the incident occurred another agent working nearby intervened in fired his weapon to prevent additional rounds from being fired. this resulted in the death of the shooter. the fbi believes the shooting is an isolated incident and that the gunman was acting on.

noon tomorrow some of the strongest winds will be along the coast. denver full-color shows wind gusts up to 40 mi. per hour.

>>pam: dan kerman shows you where the most congested areas are. >>dan: between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on saturday and sunday. the first area are the three told bridges as around the bay. the golden gate, the richmond center fell into the san mateo. look for congestion in all three locations. next, expect congestion on southbound 83 oakland. traffic experts also expect congestion on sir francis drake boulevard between san quentin and 101.

>> there are no guarantees that any roadways will be congested but they are basing their predictions on the previous week and closers. it is important to mention that this is the first time that just the westbound portion of the bay bridge has been closed. >>pam: here is another live look at the bay bridge. you can see the approach of westbound is pretty heavy. in just over two hours or so this will all look very different. we will be right back. ebla heth with

>>pam: and the manhattan mean someone with earning a rebel will continue to to pay for it, along terminable the benefits will be cut back.

the government will raise tens of billions of dollars by auctioning off under used parts of the broadcast spectrum. it will be used to improve wireless internet access for first responders into the general public. their results will eventually be faster connections for smart phone, ipad and other data hundred mobile devices. both california senators voted for the tax that extensions. >>pam: the u.s. coastal service is now talking about raising the price of stamps to 505. the government agency has already proposed closing hundreds of offices and processing facilities and canceling saturday deliveries in order to save money.

last year there was a 2% decline thanks to the internet and people paying their bills online. by 2015 the u.s. postal service could lose $18 billion annually. today, some good news, caterpillar announced plans to build a manufacturing plant near athens torture and create 1400 new jobs. they will take on work now done in japan. >> more than half a million bottles of and did tylenol are now being recalled. they took the action because consumers complained that the dosage was difficult to use. the recall applies to 1 oz bottles of greed flavored instance tylenol.

look for a few sprinkles after 10:00 p.m.. wind gusts 25-35 mi. per hour. for sunday, morning clouds and mostly sunny. for monday, increasing clouds with a chance of light rain. the next storm for monday is pretty weak.

>>brian: here is a live look from the sierra. a few inches of snow and the higher elevations. not a huge storm by any means. for tomorrow, small showers. tomorrow could bring a little more snow in the higher elevations. for tomorrow, partly sunny skies, dusty winds and temperatures in the mid- upper 50s and 60s.

>>brian: a small chance of rain north of the golden gate to the evening. as as the symbols of a was a lot of sunshine. temperatures are warming up, possibly some 70's coming into the bay area.

>>pam: more snow headed into this year this weekend. fee lot of people will be heading to the slopes because of the extended holiday weekend. let's check in with someone who knows for sure. we have an officer with the chp to talk more about what to expect.

>> the roads are pretty clear. i do not think anyone will have any difficulty getting up here on these big weekends, sometimes there are huge delays. >>pam: we are looking at the chp cameras, they shall the roads clear and not much traffic yet. when you expect things to get habit? >> it will slowly pick up tonight and tomorrow morning as well, it will be heavy. as long as there are no accidents, you might need chains while you're here is. make sure that you have your windshield wiper fluid filled up in the that is not just water.

flickr >>stanley: in some cases, their inspectors have seen people come from escalator's there's just to avoid the $100 fine. the ticket is a $100 but there is a catch. if you do not pay this citation, there is a $300 fee that will be assessed any time you are inside the muni fair gates or on the platform, you are required to have proof of fair or you could be doing your own

version of the muni fair ebrd adds. bob >>pam: coming up at 6:00 p.m., continuing coverage for the cab down to the bay bridge shut down. we'll have a live chat on traffic and how caltrans crews are preparing for the p.m. deadline. we also have team coverage of this be freed killers and what investigators are saying. the cousin of one of the killers speak out.

>>pam: crews are getting ready to take a big step in the construction of the new bay bridge. it could cause headaches for commuters. this week and we of live tv coverage. >>dan: within the last half-

hour caltrans has given us a briefing with plans for the weekend. >>charles: i am at the bay bridge toll plaza where caltrans is making last- minute preparations to shut down westbound lanes of the bridge the fact details are coming up. >>pam: bart is stepping up its service this weekend. we will show you what sections to go to if you need to catch a ride overnight. >>pam: in just two hours until the big shutdown of the bay bridge. kron4 has recovered. coverage begins right now in oakland with dan kerman. >>dan: all systems are go for the 8:00 p.m. shut down. the bay bridge is closing in the westbound direction. they say they will start filtering the feeder lanes that lead in bound at just about 8:00 p.m. and they hope to have the entire westbound portion of the

bridge completely emptied of cars by 9:00 p.m.. here is the work that they will be doing tonight and through the weekend. once westbound traffic is shut down the cruise will command edible the westbound lanes of traffic to the left for about 2/5 of a mile just past the toll plaza. the new lanes are in yellow. >> will we have right now is a line and that is pretty much in place. we have to connectors that have to be paved and have utilities put in place like drainage and stripping has to be done. >>charles: that will allow them to demolish a small part of the old bay bridge. then, the crews can complete the work.

>>dan: right behind me, there are numerous construction vehicles and chp officers that are staging right now. they're getting ready to move into formation for this bridge closure into the work that needs to be done. this is only possibly a small percentage of all of the vehicles needed to shut down the western section of the bay bridge in to the feeder lanes as well to get the work accomplished.

>>pam: our team coverage continues right now. charles clifford is live at the bay bridge with an update on traffic. >>charles: right now i am standing next to the toll plaza, you're looking at the westbound lanes added to the upper deck. everything is moving very smoothly. caltrans says on a normal day one of the 40,000 carlsbad's to the toll plaza. there are reporting today traffic is lighter than normal. it appears the drivers are getting the message about the closure. caltrans has been out here all day not only to close lanes but to work on the construction they have planned for this weekend. they will be here all evening. we will have details of three of the night. >>grant: the powell street on ramp is going to be

closing, westbound 80, of course, the connector to the bridge, the 580 connector, the northbound 880 connector and the west grant ramp. that is where we find reggie kumar. reggie, how are things looking? >>reggie: right now traffic is moving smoothly. we saw a couple a chp officers drive up there getting ready to close down this on ramp. once they do that, if drivers tried to sneak through before that 8:00 p.m. deadline, they could be turned around because the toll plaza is completely shutting down at 8:00 p.m.. the chp will be escorting those drivers to the san francisco side. during past bridge closure is we have seen the chp and caltrans close these on raab's in the commanders a

few minutes before the deadline. we will see as that happens this time around. they are supposed to close the on ramp exactly at 8:00 p.m.. >>grant: 14 bart stations will be running limited service late tonight and lasting into early monday morning. the upper deck reopens tuesday morning. trains will run once an hour at the following stations.

these are the stations that will have overnight service which is once an hour. stay with kron4 for continuing coverage of the countdown to the shutdown. after pam have a security breach leads to a father taking a newborn baby away from the mother and out of the hospital for the child was medically cleared to be released. this happened at 1:00 p.m.. the sheriff's department explains why it is not considered a child abduction. >> it is a newborn, they both have custody. he has every right to be with the baby as much as she

does. she said she does not feel the baby is in any danger. it is against medical advice, but it is not a crime. at this point we would like to get in contact with the father. >>pam: the father was last seen driving away from a hospital in a 1996 gray ford taurus. >>pam: it to crash that could actually hurt your teeth instead of preventing cavities. the fda warning about these brushes and of the harm they could cause. a chinese company is challenging apple over its popular tablet and what that could mean for the shipment of new ipad. >>stanley: coming up, some

people have filed a way to buy the new carpet not use it. i will explain in the next edition of people behaving badly. >>brian: rain to our north tonight.

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>>pam: this is a story will see only on kron4, rob fladeboe spoke with a cousin of shermantine. >> i was a kid and he scared me. on top of that, if to know that he has done all of these things all of these women. >> what he remembers most about his cousin is how often and easily he got mad. >> i distinctly recall a * when my father bought me game boy and i would not let

him play with it so he took me outside and choked me. my father had to pull them off of me. >> on his block ebro how shermantine was also prone to episodes of verbal abuse aimed at anyone around. >> any mild confrontation ended up into some kind of outburst. things were thrown, broken or some kind of physical altercation. >> this was in the late '80s. he was 10 years old at the time. he says even then there were plenty of signs that his behavior was getting worse. >> later in life i ended up living with them in san andreas. he was doing drugs that. >> besides drugs are also a

lot of guns. shermantine was an avid hunter. >> there could of been incidents where it was me or different family member indicative done something to us.

some of the >>brian: and gusty winds may be 30-40 m.p.h.. court 6:00 p.m. tonight we have clouds moving in. they continue to increase to 10:00 p.m.. we have a couple of spots of green, those are the sprinkel is expected later tonight and into the early morning hours. we will see mostly cloudy skies.

here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. send it partly sunny and temperatures are a little bit cooler. >>pam: a pain when afraid of the water. kiberlee sakamoto has videos that would have you talking. the >>kimberlee: watch as the

sheriff exam up and read some towards the exit. he eventually demand goes limp, his breathing tube was pulled out and could not breathe. officials said the share of was let go for using excessive force and could face charges of aggravated assault. check this out, a van crashed into a house in austin, texas. the impact cracks the bricks of the home. the air bag went off into the front end of the vehicle was dented. no one in the home was injured and there is no word on the drivers condition. take a look at this, a penguin too timid to dive into the water. trainers have tried placing him into the water but he frantically

>>pam: a new controversy brewing in china. a company their claims it owns the trademark name for ipad. the company claims the brothers to the ipad trademark back in 2001 but apple says they bought the rights with 2009. paul a faja how how the

>>pam: investigators say he used the account of a facebook employee. facebook noted the breach and reported to the fbi. we will be right back.

>>pam: is a warning about a popular type of electric toothbrush. the fda said the two of prescott to pitied among other things. the battery powered toothbrush is sold under various names including armand hammer, crest. the fda received reports that parts from a toothbrush broke off sending pieces flying into and out of people's mouths. in some cases teeth have broken four people have been choked. we have a link for more information on our web site. www.kron4.com.

>>pam: denied the big stories in one big block of unease. >>charles: the bay bridge toll plaza, and about an hour and a half caltrans will be shutting down westbound traffic. the closure is expected to start at 8:00 p.m. ending 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning. caltrans has to close down westbound traffic so that they can finish work on the new eastern span of the bay bridge. >>reggie: here in oakland, you can see this staging has already done under way for the westbound closure of the bay bridge. this is just a small percentage of the people and vehicles needed to shut down a portion of the bridge. caltrans is saying that if the weather is good the bridge could open earlier than tuesday morning.

>> the chp will be closing down connector ramps. caltrans officials tell me if a cart makes it through a minute or two before the actual deadline they could be turned around at the toll plaza because that area is shutting down completely at 8:00 p.m.. those already on the bridge will be escorted by the chp to the san francisco side. >>gabe: in tech news, www.kron4.com now has a bay bridge closure section packed full of information to help you get around. we have live traffic cameras monitoring major highways and bridges including a live look at the bay bridge. at the top of the screen there are links for updated information from the transit agencies.

for assistance avoiding traffic in and getting around, visit www.kron4.com. >> investigators are still busy on the speed freak killer case. they finished searching an abandoned well and on friday they spent the day searching for a second abandoned well with the help of cadaver dogs. at this point they have not picked up any trace of where the well might be or what could be inside. they plan on searching for the weekend. >>terisa: continuing our coverage, bone fragments discovered will soon come here to richmond to the california department of justice dna laboratory. this is one of only a few in the country. lab technicians still kron4 that once the fragments are here it will take anywhere from one-three months to

extract the dna and put it into a data base so that finally, hopefully, they will be able to figure out who the victims are. terisa estacio, kron4 news. >> a cousin of wesley shermantine is writing about the case on a blog. in an exclusive interview recalls spending time with shermantine when he was a boy and shermantine was a teenager. he said shermantine had a violent side and his life was slowly being taken over by drugs. announcer: here is stanley roberts and found some people behaving badly. >> i am going to issue you a citation. >>stanley: some writers using the cards have found a

way to avoid paying the fare. allow me to explain. the clipper system for muni is based on the honor system. in other words they are trusted to the money on the card in the use it. some people are buying the cheapest card for the sake of having a card, but they never actually put money on it. in other cases they have money on the card but denies can until they get caught. fair inspectors check to make sure writers are being honest by scanning cards to see if people are behaving nicely.

if the writer did not stem the car there is subject to a ticket. fair inspectors have heard all the excuses. in the end people get caught and end up paying the piper which is $100 for not paying a $2 fare. >>brian: we have some changes coming up for the weekend. tomorrow is going to be cooler and windy. we have a weather system arriving for tonight with an increase in the clouds. there could be a few sprinkles after 10:00 p.m. tonight. for the beginning of the day saturday, mostly cloudy skies. into the afternoon, mostly sunny with gusty winds, 30- 40 mi. per hour with temperatures in the mid-

upper 50s. for sunday, look for a better day started with clouds, mostly sunny may day and into the afternoon. by monday, another weather system will arrive.

>>pam: we have a link to whitney houston's funeral tomorrow on our web site. coming up in sports gary opens up the mail bag with his lovely wife lisa. pitchers and catchers are reporting for spring training tomorrow. former raiders head coach hued tracks and gets a job and gains to possible first- round draft picks. sports is next.

>>gary: the sharks are in the midst of their longest road trip of the season. highlights from north carolina. the caroline the hurricanes' leading 2-0. the newcomer just acquired

from tampa's course. the game is tied at 2. it is now the final period carolina 3, san jose to. -- the final score 3-2 carolina.

>>vern: how will the pitching handle the pressure of carrying the offense? for the a's, are they going to bring in manny ramirez? they are talking, but if he does come, a 50 game suspension comes with him. dallas is the only starter left that won 10 games in the season. cahow >>gary: former raiders coach hugh jackson has a new job.

he is from cincinnati. he is going back to cincinnati as an assistant on the defensive side. he made the big trade with the bengals. we have an auto racing confiscation, nascar has taken a part of the jimmy johnson state on a car because of illegal modifications. the no. 48 chevrolet has illegally modified seeds. the sheet metal to in the groove and inside metal,

illegal modified she posts. this is historic you will hear only here.

her >>gary: watch closed. he is probably going to get killed during the fight tomorrow, but he looked good during a press conference. >>gary: when we come back, it is e-mail time.

♪ so good-bye ♪ please don't cry whitney houston's family -- >> will hold a private wake before her funeral. >> cousin dionne warwick's church rehearsal. godmother aretha franklin today. >> do you know what you're going sing? >> at the new hope baptist church with the newest information on the star-studded guest list expected to pay their last respects. >> kevin costner, oprah and beyonce.