it's a weekend job in which crews must remove the roadway and create a new temporary one linking it to the completed southbound tunnel. >> come monday morning it'll be a new driving experience. they will be on a safe road, that's important on a new bridge and into a new tunnel that they have never experienced. >> as far as size,. >> reporter: the former president is bringing in 210 workers. >> think will use pressure to punch holes through and some of them will yun much and cut the rebar as it weakens up the bridge for the bigger equipment on the ground. >> reporter: it'll create 65 towns of rubble but the bingest problem this weekend is time. >> timetable is the biggest problem because unlike most jobs you have the next day to figure it out. we need to spare equipment,

manpower. >> reporter: some of that on the scene. it it's to get the equipment up on the ramp. christian is on lambard street with a look at how the demolition will affect the city. >> reporter: it'll have major effects on just about everybody who drives. we are here, you can see the traffic as people are heading toward the bridge. you can seat sign in the distance. caltrans working up until the last minute to get the word out to drivers that they can expect delays if they are coming or going out of the city. the science are everywhere and richmond drivers say caltrans has let them know -- if they would wind up in the marina district. >> there would be traffic going through -- on 325th and through -- i have to go marin. i'm a little worried.

whatever. >> reporter: this afternoon the police said officers will be stationed at 11 expected hot spots. it's to help them get to and from the bridge. >> the department is also preparing staffing that -- any traffic concerns that may arise in the surrounding areas that we will be able to assist with traffic. >> reporter: to reduce the expected jams officers are urging visitor to find other ways and use public transportation. >> there will be large traffic delays, that's why we want to encourage the -- educate the public. >> reporter: businesses will also be coping a close eye on traffic since the main route in to the city from the north will be shut down. nobody knows if the area will be left empty. we are live in san francisco. ktvu channel 2news. if adding to the possible

traffic problems in san francisco, two big events tonight. have you critical mass which is going on right now and the giants take on the padres at the park coming up in about an hour. >> reporter: we have a look now at some of the options -- get around. >> reporter: even though the bridge is going to be open during the closure your best bet may be to avoid the area all together. this is one way to do that. it's taking the long way around that could take less time from going across the golden gate. this little red spot, that's the closure. what you want to do starting from san francisco is take 80. the bay bridge across to the east bay. on 80, head up and go to richmond. catch 580 and jump across the richmond san rafael bridge and that takes new to the marin this is the long way but it could get you there quicker than the golden gate. another option is the ferry.

the golden gate transit district is doubling its ferry service this weekend. however, we have learned reserve vacations for the ferry are already sold out. baseball fans can take the ferry to the ferry biling then take mun reaction down to the park. the big message from the project notwithstanding -- here is now stay away. if you can't stay away leave a lot of extra prime to get to where you need to go. >> be patient. >> thank you. here now is a different look at the doyle drive construction through time l aps e. you can see crews use crane -- major construction started in december 2009. the whole project is expected to be done in 2015.

we have a special -- on the website, ktvu. >> a video camera caught it all. when two bike rider was struck by a hit and run driver rob is live with a call for safer roads for bike riders. >> reporter: you can see how narrow the street is for cars and bikers, now police are investigating a hit and run that was captured on video by one of the victims. the crash has gotten tens of thousands of hits. a bicyclist is riding up tunnel road. a video camera was mounted on the bike. then a black car hits br are uno. and police say almost at the same time the car struck his riding partnern. the post he wrote we were hit by a car. the guy didn't stop. he ran away. we showed the video to a

bicyclist who frequently rides up tunnel road. >> it was scary. that's -- the bikers always worry about that stuff. >> reporter: police located the car on oakland. it was reported stolen wednesday night. riders say it's a dangerous road to ride. >> this part is pretty harry. we always are on the look out and troy to -- try to signal. people are tikiing off. >> reporter: the coalition said an accident like this soonish. >> a car coming up from behind is very rare they hit the psychist. >> reporter: we try to contact him but he didn't respond. those who know him say he is from brazil and very experienced. reporting live in berkeley. rob roth. >> washington dc police have arrested the brother of vernon davis. dc police are investigating the series of recent attacks luling the killing of a tourist earlier this week. the 19-year-old michael davis

is facing charges of assault after police say he was caught with a hammer last night near the most recent victim. police also consider him to be a suspect in the killing of that tourist that happened on tuesday night. >> a man could face charges for engages police in a long standoff tonight after a fatal stabbing. police responded to a call early this morning on cleveland avenue. they say they found a 51-year- old plan with stab wounds out said a home. a man -- refused to come out and a standoff started. he finally came out nine hours later and could face charges of obstructing the investigation. the city of oakland is suing two more members of the occupy move helicopter for vandalising properties. they allegedly spray painted on property at the convention center during the demonstrations in january. oakland wants $400 from each protester for clean up as well

as funnive damages. the city torn said -- some took advantage of the occupy demonstrations to destructive. > >> police describe a kidnapping suspect as possibly latino in his early 20s, weighing around 180 pounds, he has bushy hair and a thin mustache. a 16-year-old girl was walking on the 5700 block of mission street when she was grabbed. she said she was able to fight off the would be kidnapper who ran away. >> police are warning taxi drivers after a cabby was robbed and kidnapped in antioch. investigators see you the driver picked up three men at the pittsburgh bay point bart station and drove them to antioch. he was then robbed ordered in to the car's drunk. the three drove the cab to oakland and let the victim go. the cab driver was not hurt. nobody mass been arrested.

police say two cabbies in oakland and one in antioch have all been robbed this week. >> safety was the single took for in the decision to cancel all off shore boat races, they are all postponed in the wake of the deadly accident near the islands early this month. we spoke to the coast guard captain who said she made the call out of an aboundance of caution. there is no word on what the events will resume. >> this fall california voters may have the chance to have the state oversee health insurance costs. harvey was out -- for petition in san francisco. in 1998, his proposition regulated auto -- now he said he is ready to take on health insurance. >> once we force companies to open their books, improve, under penalty of perjury -- that they need them it'll give

them the power to stop them if they aren't justified. >> to qualify november the ballot it needs 200,000 mower signatures by may 15th. lobbyists have blocked the form in the state legislature. >> looks like california voters split on the governor's proposed plan to raise taxes to help pay for public education in california. a new policy poll finds it's 65% are in favor of raising the state income tax for people making more than $250,000 a year which is part of the plan. 34% oppose the idea. by contrast 52% are against the second part of the plan that calls for raising the state sales tax while 64% favor it. wall net creek's two libraries may see their hours cut once money from a parcel tax runs out. this is video -- right before it reopened in 2010. the money that helps the 21

hour ace week at the two libraries will be gone by 2014. it's up to city councilmembers to take action if they want to keep the hours intact. >> apple is in talks to offer streaming movies. they are report that appear saint luis talking to pix about a joint venture, netflix as a deal with epix. a deal with apple would shore up the interest in providing content. also apple is still working a high defend television. >> the deadly trend facing the city of oakland right now after a 17-year-old boy was gunned down on the ststreet. >> with the stroke of a pen the america's cup is a done deal. the progress being made to bring the world famous regada to the bay. >> the bay area weekend here on back in ten minutes with the complete forecast door your neighborhood.

. its been a violent week in oakland with three people killed so far including a 17- year-old boy last night. we talked to the victim's brother who didn't share his identity and a neighbor in a fatal shooting. >> killing me right now. i haven't even cried yet. >> there was fighting, like landed on my truck. i heard the shots, heard -- i got down and ran in the house. . >> reporter: neighbors identified the young victim as cody. he was shot on the 1100 block of 34th. . >> they were investigating. there were 103 homicides in

2011. . >> an issue has been issued to potentially restart executions, a judge stopped them in 2006. he ordered prison officials to improve their lethel injection procedure that included using three different drug ares, the governor now wants officials to explore eye single drug for them. pg&e said it has paid more than $26 million in fees and taxes to two east bay counties, they paid more than 14 million to alameda county and more than 12 million to contra costa. the money is from 2011 franchise fees and property taxes. they pay franchise fees to tyes . >> with the transformation

already underway. tom. >> let's have a look. this is where, much of the shore side action will take place when it's done. now the cup is really on. >> reporter: with the stress of a dozen pens the mayor and the official agreement to host the america's cup. >> there is a lot of jobs -- eight thousand jobs, resulting from this fantastic international event. >> reporter: here construction is well underway on what will be the village complete with a stadium. >> the races will be in -- happen for a few hours a day but in the visitors will linger here. they will go to the restaurants and the clubs and they will go to the museums, enjoy other outdoor activities. >> reporter: for two weeks this summer, and -- the this will be the world's sailing capitol.

it'll happen inside the bay, not the open ocean it'll be the closer to spectators. >> it's -- the crowd, just as much as it is for the yacht club crowd. >> reporter: even though the sales more like model airplane wings at 13 stories tall they will be some of the fastest on the bay. at fleeway speeds. >> this will be the -- fastest, most fan friendly cup. >> and internet and television the eyes of the world will be attracted. >> the ability for people to see san francisco shine with this sort of activity is unparalleled. people are looking for something new. for new experiences. that is what defines visitor satisfaction. >> reporter: everybody should start a series of legal challenges as preparations proceed. reporting live. ktvu channel 2news. >> we will will know if the

university employees have authorized a strike. today was the last day of voting. if approved 24,000 staff on 23 campuses could walk off the job. the vote at a very tough time for the csu system. it's lost almost a billion dollars since 2008. in sacramento the california student aid commission held a hearing if they will use californians for people getting online degrees there. are 200 programs on the internet. the commission said its looking at whether the appropriate standards are in place at those online schools to make sure student students get age quality education. >> it's friday. looks like a beautiful weekend. want to check in now with bill martin who is tracking the forecast. >> reporter: it'll be a nice weekend. temperatures increase. you will notice more of the increase, especially on sun. the warmest day. no fog to speak of now. maybe a little returning on

sunday. the winds toward the bay bridge gusting to 20. go to the bridge -- make for good sails. san francisco bay, one of the best waterways in the world for competitive selling because of the way the winds funnel through the bay bridge. warmer -- today 70s. tomorrow lots of 70's. couple low 80's and on sunday more low 80's. the extended from the the rain is done. into tomorrow temperatures increase. these are the highs today that warmed up a good five to eight degrees. highs tomorrow increase again. as you get into saturday 80 in santa rosa, 80 concord. 77 in sanious. lue notice the warm up, a beautiful day. warmer but chilly in the morning 42napa, 50 in haywood. there was frost in some bay valleys this morning. tomorrow morning cool but not as cold. as we head into the deal we have high pressure in place and that high will set us up with

the great looking weekend. weather system tracking north. a few sprinkles in the cascades but not for us as the bay area weekend dominated and temperatures warm, a nice looking day on sunday. warmest of the weekend. what this high will do is allow an inversion on sunday which will allow the fog to reform. looks like the coastal sections on sunday, patchy coastal fog, not a lot but the patchy coastal fog, the computer model just for fun because it's not going to show any rain, everywhere but here. up in the -- here comes the fog along the coast at 7:00 a.m. see how patchy -- not a big deal but could impact your day sunday sunday afternoon. other than that smooth sailing right through the bay area weekend. these are the highs, i have 44 cities because it's saturday tomorrow and you just may want to see that many because you may visit antioch or brentwood. 79 downtown livermore. the santa clara valley with good air quality because the

winds are including, keeps the quality up. tree pollen trending high. i don't need to tell you which trees bad. if you -- you don't get allergies do you. >> i do. i have been sneezing. >> i get them too and the pollen will be big. >> we have some breaking news. an accident involving an ac transit bus in oakland. it happened in just the past ten minutes. we are told it involved a bus and a car and happened at foothill and fruitville and there are possible injuries. we do have a crew on the way and we are will have more information coming up on later newscasts. >> coming up, on tv36 the countdown is on to the doyle drive closure. crews staying on top of it leading up to the closure and what you need to know. ? it works like viagara only twice at fast. the bay area connection at

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. octo mom's planned appearance at the vice lounge in walnut creek has been canceled. they decided to cancel it after seeing a tmz report that her 14 children were living in squalor and only had one working toilet. police say they checked on the home and saw no evidence of miss treatment. she was supposed to appear on may 12th the day before mother's day. >> mark is off. fred is here. nhl draft. >> sounds like a cool guy. the first thing 49ers first round draft pick will do with his contract is buy his mother a brand new bathroom door. he was introduced to the immediatey. he said he was in the bathroom when his cousin kicked the door down to give him the phone. 49ers liked aj and intelligent and took him as a serious

overall pick. >> it's a dream come true. now -- now playing san francisco. that's a dream. >> words can't really -- describe that feeling. >> my agent said i may go late first. it wasn't -- . >> the second round of the nfl draft just done. colby joins luck with the colts, the swartz goes to cleveland. stanford lineman martin is going to miami and michael ken direction was picked by the eagles. 49ers just took james as the 61st player overall. a's starts the east coast trip. big time players, big time gloves, a's have been challenged but eric starting a 154 batting average. break the tie.

oakland leading 4-2. the giants open their nine game home stand tonight and james -- that's a good addition. >> he was great. >> lot of bay area guys picked today. ott of offensive line men, defensive -- the stanford, they know how to get the big guys. >> they do. >> and a reminder the closure is now just an hour and a half away. before you head out the door visit ktvu.com for a complete guide. >> and always find live traffic maps to alert you about any delays and thank you for trusts us.