>> good morning, our top story we're following this friday august 30th. construction on the bay bridge continues as we now on the second day of the closure. more on the progress of the transition of the new eastern span. >> and thousands of bay area commuters flocked to public transportation in wake of the bridge closure. we'll have more on the increased ridership and what you can expect when getting around they bay today. >> we also have a developing story in the south bay where police opened fire on a robbery suspect overnight. we will have more on what happened coming up.

toss traffic! >> this was a four to five crash that was blocking the right hand lane. if they have made some progress. 880 southbound is a little heavy. things are better yester day today than there were yesterday. here is a live look and the traffic volume is definitely down as you would expect on a friday before a holiday weekend. and reminder for those of you who normally commute to san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge is a better alternate. over on interstate 580, the richmond center fell bridge kron4 jackets as thougjackie sissel i

thankfully the traffic is still moving smoothly as it did yesterday. >> the golden gate bridge, one of one south bond ride is looking fine and there are no delays or problems at the sir francis drake boulevard exchange. >> and that's our top story this morning, update to of the bay bridge closure. crews have been working around the clock connecting interstat80now to the constructn work. crews have been working around the clock. connecting interstate-80 to the new span.

at the same time, they're also demolishing portions of the old bridge. kron4's will tran joins us live from the oakland side where he's been following their progress. >> if this opens up possibly before to stay you will see the new pavement. we will show you the other side. on the right side of your screen this is the new eastern span. on the left side is just the contrast. this is the old span. what they're doing right now is not get out about 1,000 ft. section of the span. they built a bike path that can go as far as it could. it will run into old eastern span and they have to knock this out to extend the bike path. there is a lot going on right now and a another great thing about this shutdown is that caltran

told me that because normally they will spend 34 months doing this with all of the traffic but because of the sun shalthis shutdown the able to up and get it done sooner. >> a number of people turned to mass transit for the first day of the bay bridge closure. bart ridership hit record highs yesterday. from midnight yesterday morning to 7:00 last night, more than 390-thousand riders took bart to get around. that's about 62-thousand more riders compared to >> san francisco bay ferry also saw an increase in ridership. just over 47-hundred people rode the ferry during the morning commute yesterday. that's a 57-percent jump over the day before when about 3-thousand people used

the system. boats will continue to run every 45-minutes during commute times today. >> another route commuters are using to get around the bay this morning is the san but that is where we find kron 4's jackie sissel. jackie how is the commute so far? >> i can tell you that it looks like the volume is down from yesterday's but on a normal day it will be pretty heavy. given the circumstances of things are pretty small. the bridge itself is full capacity and the traffic was moving slow. the key word is that a camel we all morning long. we are hoping that we get this same field today. i can tell you the right now, the span itself is full and the traffic continues to us go through.

>> and stay with kron 4. we'll keep you updated on the bay bridge shutdown. you can also get the latest info on our website. kron4- dot-com. and on our new kron4 mobile app. there's a special section devoted to the latest updates on the bridge. and >> developing news this morning. the san jose police department is investigating an officer involved shooting. just after 1 am officers located a car suspected of being involved in a robbery. it was in the area of king

road and alum rock avenue in east san jose. willofficers attempted to stop the vehicle, but it fled the area. the car crashed and officers reported shots being fired. one suspect was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound. no word on their condition. >> shortly before 4:45 a.m. a suspect riots of the safeway in san jose near meridian and san carlos. this historistory was open at te time, employees called the police shortly after the suspect left the store. a shorofficers saw the men that match the description of the suspect and approached him. officers saw the the suspect had a gun. officers felt

threatened and offers a shot at the suspect. the suspect was not hit with gunfire and surrendered at the scene. it appears that the second incident is not related to the first police involved shooting. >> coming up on the kron4 morning newest. when it comes to success in your career, men and women cannot be more different about how they feel about it. details on a new study coming up. >> thousands of workers across the country are demanding higher wages and benefits. we will update you on that story. >> as we head into the weekend, fire crews continued to battle the yosemite wild fire in the sierra. but some evacuation orders have been lifted. >> we will be right back.

>> the rim fire in and around yosemite national park continues to grow, however firefighters are making progress. right now, the fire is only 32% contained and has burned

199,000 acres. mandatory evacuations for toulumne and willow springs have been lifted. fire crews are working to protect the hetch hetchy reservoir. and, both the tuolumne and merced sequoia groves inside yosemite national park. meanwhile, the u-s park service are building fire lines around the two sequoia groves threatened by the rim fire. crews have set-up a sprinkler system around the trees to moisten the fuels -- making them less likely to burn >> the rim fire in and around yosemite national park continues to grow, however firefighters are making progress.

>> take a look at this video. inches of rain on san bernardino county. and this is the aftermath. hills are washed away and roads filled with mud, rocks and debris. the mess has about 15- hundred residents in the community of forest falls stuck. they can't leave or get into the canyon. locals are used to this, so many are prepared and have stockpiled supplies. crews are working to clear the roadway. no injuries were reported. >> of next summer kron4 news as 6:00 a.m. we are keeping an eye on the bay bridge work that is under way as we

enter a date to of the closure. george rask will update you on your commute. >> there has been a snag in the investigation into syria's alleged chemical attack on civilians. we will have those stories and more on we come back.

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>> go morning the time is 6:14 a.m.. we are keeping our eyes on the construction. you can see the flashing lights as they are trying to get this done. also, they may be ahead of schedule. that may have this done before tuesday morning. >> we will keep our fingers crossed. if you want to learn more about the construction process but is under way at all you have to do is go to our web site at kron4.com we have a special

section with a video player. you can watch the stores from the reporters who are falling as they track the progress. there also links to mass transit and other resources. >> we have had four accidents, maybe 5 leading to the san mateo bridge. even with this the conditions are still better than there were yesterday. let's lay this out for you. there is another accident reported once again at the bay bridge toll plaza. this time a five car crash. thankfully, there were no injuries. look at this 880 ride south bound. it is a little sluggish but the westbound traffic is looking pretty good and as i show you the camera from the toll plaza you will see that the volume is here but it is not

as heavy as it was yesterday. when i spoke with kron 4 urs jackie sissel he told us that it was not heavy as it was it yesterday but it is reaching the saturation point. the good news is that it state moving and we did not have any problems with accidents. but as the volume builds up on the ride across the span it will mean heavier traffic for the sir francis drake boulevard. >> it is pretty foggy at the golden gate bridge. let's find out what we can expect from the weather. >> there is a lot of dense fog along the coastline. san francisco's of visibility has improved but it is still muggy. the

temperature is running homicide. so when we started the broadcast we were dealing with 70's. take a look at the current conditions. antioch is coming in at 66 degrees. we are dealing with upper 50s for daly city. as we follow these numbers into afternoon there will be sunday and warm to hot. today is expected to be the hottest day of the week. this is certainly the day to be out. the upper 80s for now but in santa rosa. >> the temperatures will be a fairly mild. by 8:00 p.m. it will be 67. wu it is foggy and we do have delays at sfo there averaging about

an hour for arriving flights. if the 7 day around the bay highlights cool weather for the weekend and a system working its way and that may bring 20% chance of showers. >> u.n. experts have delayed the start what is expected to be the last day of their probe into last week's a suspected chemical weapons attack and syria. a convoy of you in vehicles left the inspectors hotel in central the markets today, but returned minutes later. it was not clear why the team turned back. the inspectors was expected to wrap up their investigations to date into the august 21st attack. the u.s. blames the syrian government for the attack, and has signaled it could carry out punitive strikes. while in a stunning vote yesterday, the british

parliament voted not to intervene in syria. that could leave the u.s. to go at it alone. president obama is expected to unveil evidence today. >> the latest wave of attacks and iraq, primarily targeting shiites, is being claimed by zeral-qaidas branch in the country. the group says the this week's bombings were in retaliation. at least 82 people are dead. more than 4000 people have been killed in violent attacks since the start of april. >> a judge in los angeles has ruled that a lesbian army veteran and her spouse

should be entitled to disability benefits. the judge said that a federal cold the city is bows as a person of the opposite sex is unconstitutional since the high court's decision along legally married gay couples the right to health care benefits. the department of veterans affairs denied an application from veteran tracey cooper-harris . >> employees are returning to work this morning following the largest strike to ever hit the fast food industry. yesterday, workers walked off the job across 60 cities nationwide including the bay area. organizers say that most a fast-food workers only make about $8 an hour. >> those workers are also asking for the right to unionize, and one full time schedules. >> how would you feel if

your partner got a promotion, won an award, or read some high goal and you did not? well, according to a new study from the american psychological association, it seems that men might feel worse about it than women. men automatically feel worse about themselves when they thought their female partners were doing better. the men in the study saw their partners' success as their own failure and suffered a bruised egos. get this, the study says that women did not feel worse about themselves if their male partners were more successful or if their man lagged behind them. >> still ahead on the kron4 morning news. the bay bridge is close for a second day and we have crews of their

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welcome back. the opening bell on wall street. facebook stock is still gaining. it is up to almost $42 a share. it dropped all the way down to $17.55 but their stock has been getting higher. >> the time is 6:30 a.m.. we go over to george to follow some of the driving conditions. >> it is lighter than usual traffic from most of the bay area. we are seen heavier

than normal traffic on the two bay bridge alternates. richmond san rafael bridge and the ba mateo bridge. we have had 4 to five accidents and the most recent was a new one at the toll plaza in the westbound direction. this ever-present there are no lanes that are blocked but it is slow on both 880 southbound approaching 92 pin westbound which is slow. the conditions are much better for the san mateo bridge and that was it yesterday. here is a live camera look. actually this does not look much heavier than the normal commute day. because of a lighter commute even with the extra traffic coming down from the bay bridge we are still seen a pretty good ride. for those of you who normally commute the san mateo bridge

you should head to the dumbarton bridge. here on the richmond san rafael bridge we are getting full to capacity. there is not a big wait for westbound ride. but we are still looking in heavy conditions across the span. sir francis drake boulevard is okay. here is the golden gate bridge with the volume is up over a normal day but not much in the southbound direction. there are no delays even with the additional traffic coming from the richmond center fell bridge. >> we have team coverage of day two of the bay bridge closure. crews have been working on a round-the-clock to connect interstate 80 to the new span. at the same time, they are also demolishing portions of old bridge. kron4 will tran

joins us live from oakland side where he has been following the progress. >> there is a good chance that they may reopen the bridge before tuesday. this is ahead of the tuesday 5 they unscheduled. here is video that we shot 30 minutes ago. if this is the work that is been done. we do not see the volume of trucks that we saw yesterday. they did a lot of the heavy lifting by removing some of cold rolled away. you can say that there are laying down new roadways so when you go across you should be careful because it will be smoltz that you will be tempted to go faster. also, they're working on a new span and they are knocking down the old portion and the reason why

is because they have a new bike path that they need to extend. right now, it has gone as far as it could. they have to knock off about a thousand ft. of this section and then get back to working on this. >> there film really good about this especially with everyone knowing that the traffic is shut down. they have plenty of space tomorrow then. george, he was talking about that accident on the san mattel bridge. we will give your real time of day and joining me now is the chp who has also been monitoring the bay bridge. >> there are a frifield collisions. we are expecting

to get this cleared. they are on scene and all of these collisions to make sure that they did cleared. we will be in force all over the bay area just to make sure inning traffic hazards are all the way. that accident on the san mattel bridge right now is not a problem. >> we're expect this to be light traffic all we're expect people to go on a ton for labor that so you might see congestion after the noon hour is people are leaving the bay area and it may also be on the other areas but it should be pretty light. >> where is your hard hats?

>> i was on the toll plaza side and that is why i had on a hard head last time.at cla >> i am saying over here so i don't have to have on one. fe over here so i do not have to have on one. >> our team coverage continues this morning at they know the route that commuters are using. kron4 jackie sissel joins us live from a richmond san rafael bridge. >> things have changed out here and you can see at the

toll plaza within the last 15 minutes things started to back up. in fact, just a few minutes ago it was a stop. i do not know that if something happened on the span is self or is this just that capacity. we have six to tow boats that go down to two lanes. even though we thought to they would be lighter in appears to italy's her that today is lighter than what we saw yesterday. it kept on moving and we are starting to get to a capacity and is only 6:30 a.m., we have a long way ago. >> stay with kron4 we will

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>> the time is 6:45 a.m.. george is keeping his eye on a commute problem. >> this is the friday before the holiday. this is why caltran picks this weekend to do the work. as we heard the chp officer from the toll plaza talk about we are hoping for the traffic to be light. let's take a look at the approach. even with the numerous accidents in the westbound direction and 92. we're not doing that bed for westbound ride. at least at the san mateo bridge. we may be okay for a while as we reach closer to 7:00 a.m.. i will show you the map to give you a broader view. i have to tell you that all the rest of the bay area it is a very light as well. the normal commute pattern did not

happen. >> here is a look at the camera. you concede that the volume is up and that is why the speeds are down. we are seeing a back up the toll plaza and we're starting to reach capacity on the span. there are six lanes of the toll booth only to across the span. if you normally use the san mattel bridge you should try the dumbarton bridge instead. the golden gate bridge, 1 01 is problem. the volume is up a bit. so far there are no problems with the 1 01 southbound ride. >> let's head over to the weather center. >> it looks like some of the fault was start to lift. we wilog this starting to left. we

are waking up tup to cloudy conditions. it is a little bit cooler in the valleys with 50s in livermore. as we put the clock and emotion take a look at the noon hour we are talking 70's inside the bay and 80s for the warmest spots. '90s will make an appearance by 3:00 p.m.. i do want to talk about the numbers at 3:00 p.m.. today, is expected to be the warmest of the week. sunnyvale has a high of 83 degrees. we will squeeze out '90s for fairfield and pittsburg. 92 degrees is expected for danville. downtown san francisco will be checking in at 70 degrees. >> the kron47 day from the

bay shows more cloud cover and cooler weather for the weekend. there is a system that may bring light rain as we head into labor day, on monday. past that we will have a pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine. >> new this morning. the santa cruz county sheriff's office is looking for an inmate that escaped. patrick collins, who had been in custody since july 14th on theft charges, walk away from the facility yesterday morning. at the time of his escape, he was performing schedule delays. he was scheduled to be released in october but now he is someone. >> a substitute teacher has been arrested in san jose off for allegedly possessing at least 2000 images of child pornography. the suspect starting 9 year- old brian westfall.

authority say that he has been a substitute teacher in san jose off since 2006. police are now interviewing students in the school district to make sure there were no incidents of lewd conduct. >> the danville community remembers 17 year-old who lost his life earlier in the week in a car accident. robert orlando would have been a senior at san ramon valley high school. family members, friends, and those who went to school with robert lit candles last night in memory of him. they stated that he was quiet,

seemed to live life with a smile always on his face. >> firefighters and fairfield went back into the five red tag homes to help residents recover some of their personal belongings. meanwhile, residents confronted city officials said a meeting. hamas said that the city is responsible for the strip of land that is between the second wall near where the fire started. hamas claimed that before the fire burned everything bay area was overgrown weeds, which help the blaze spread. if the city says that their records show that the homeowners own the land in question, but they still are investigating who was responsible for maintaining the land. 15 homes has some degree of fire damage. >> the 49ers put an

exclamation point on their preseason. colin kaepernick through a touch some pass to cap is only drive, the san francisco giants beat the san diego chargers 41-6 in that exhibition finale for both teams. >> the raiders pre-season end with a thud and no clear choice at quarterback. the raiders lost 22-6. mad flynn set out thursday with a sore elbow, and prior was given an entire have to try and show he deserve the job.

he was lackluster, completing 3 of 8 passes for 31 yds and an interception. >> days away golden opportunity to complete a four game sweep in detroit. facing ppitcher max s cherzer and his remarkable 19-1 record. they jump on him early. brandon moss cruises past tim. here comes the hard break, a grant belfort comes in with a 6-3 lead, needs only just three outs for days this week, but he gives up a run and then with to own. the tigers win 7-6.

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it is 656. a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast. it will be warm and land with low 90s as you can see on the map. 70 out of the coast. and we will cool things off as we head into the weekend and again next week. all in all not a bad looking forecast. >>mark: we are following the latest from the bay bridge closure commute. coming up at 7:00. commuters are sharing their story about the beginning of the bay bridge closure during their commute will assure the stories with you. we're also watching the construction under way at the bay bridge during the labor day holiday weekend. and secret documents are giving us no information on what happened after the death of osama bin laden . all that and more in two minutes.

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good morning and the top stories we are falling into day two of the closure of the bay bridge and how are people getting are around today. we have our eye on traffic. also watching alternate route. and thousands of bay area commuters taking public transit yesterday. we will have more on those routes and what to expect for today. >>mark: to shootings in san jose and bob and police officers. we will have the lead some of those coming up. >>darya: first let's get right back to that top of the story with a commute. a >>george: much better today than yesterday. we should emphasize that there is late traffic.