bart board president.et me introduce john mcfarland. >> of good morning ladies and gentlemen. bart is in the business of transporting people around the bay area. we provide the best transportation would possibly can. during this weekend when the westbound traffic for the bay bridge is going to be shut down there is going to be 247 bart services. i will end up turning this over to the assistant general manager for operations, he is going to give you some of the particular is associated with that. >> of good morning everyone. this is really a bart to endure their holiday weekend. this is a weekend when the bay area can take full advantage of the investment they have in the bay area rapid transit. we are anticipating with the clothes are in the westbound direction of the bay bridge that the detour is being suggested will be lengthy and time-consuming. we think the digestion will be substantial on those detours. we are here to tell the public that the way to get back in and forth between the east bay and the w

if it coming interest bart, you know what the answer is, take bart.sing tomorrow night at 8:00 until early tuesday morning, bart officials out here this morning saying that's wait to go. take a look at bart trains that are going to be doing the extra duty. because they going to be running trains overnight, keeping 14 bart stations open, 24 hours a day, during the closure of the westbound bay bridge. that is going to go from 8:00 tomorrow morning to -- 8:00 tomorrow night to 5:00 tuesday morning. work is being done, detail going in so crews can complete the new bridge's eastern span. i talked to some people with bart about maintenance. they say no problem, they've been through this many times before. bart operating 24 hours a day. ferries operating this weekend on a holiday schedule usually they are off. ac transit is going to drop people off at the west oakland bart station so you can head into san francisco that's the story getting around the bay area, bay bridge closes westbound tomorrow night at 8:00. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> 6:56. final che

and the bart parking lot. bart has indicated they are interested in pursuing development on their parking lot. it is a 54-based parking lot across from the bart station. they have not come forward with any proposal at this time. the time does not proposed rezoning that parcel at this time. it is p for public use and would require rezoning for mixed use development. the plan supports infill. that may make sense given its proximity to the bart station and the commercial district. bart has indicated they are interested in conducting a community process specific to the lot that a rezoning of the parcel would need to come out of that. and building height. this is a photo down diamond street. as you can see, a lot of the buildings here, it has a continuous street wall of 30 feet. this is -- there's a portion of the glen park neighborhood district that has a small scale. we heard it is important to residents as an indicator of this village atmosphere. as we looked at this, the small street in the scale of the buildin

terry mcsweeney is live at the bart station. what is bart doing? >> reporter: bart is going to ride to the rescue! what do you expect bart to do, according to the bart president who was out here this morning giving an update on what bart is going to be to its riders and to get people from here to there. meaning from the east bay to san francisco. the bay bridge is not going to be an option this weekend. take a look at pictures of those trains that are going to be riding to the rescue. they are going to be running overnight hours, keeping 14 stations open, 24 hours during most of the closure of the westbound bay bridge. the westbound bay bridge is going to be closed from 8:00 tomorrow night to 5:00 tuesday morning bart is going to be running from 8:00 tomorrow night through until 1:00, tuesday morning. work is being down on the westbound lanes from the toll to the incline detours so crews can complete the new bridge's eastern span. if you look now, a graphic we have telling you about the bart operating 24 hours until 1:00 tuesday morning. help from

bart might be a good option for president obama's trip into town.to you. >> thank you. >>> a new tool will be used today in the search for victims of the speed freak killers in san joaquin county. investigators will be putting a camera down a 50-foot hole where about 1,000 bone fragments have been found now that they have reach the bottom of the well. the next step will be to explore another well nearby. but they are not sure when that work will begin. >> we'll take a look at this second well and evaluate what information we have and what do we need to do to proceed. >> some of the remains have already been sent to the state department of justice's crime lab in richmond. it is expected to take scientists a number of weeks to do dna testing in order to identify those victims. >> pg&e has agreed to continue talks with san bruno officials over restitution for the deadly pipeline explosion that happened in 2010. those talks are expected tomorrow. the utility contacted san bruno officials just yesterday after the san bruno mayor complained that talks wit

bart is a good option. going to be doing the richmond/san rafael bridge to the golden gate. so we're expecting heavier traffic than normal. let's go out towards the south bay where we're still following a traffic alert southbound 880 by the alameda. two lanes blocked and damage to the guardrail. they will be out there for an extended period of time. th street backups in the area. 280 not too bad out of downtown san jose so far. we're following this accident in the east bay. a quick look at the bay bridge. where it's stacked up to the maze. >> lawrence? >> lots of sunshine around the bay area. cool early on, temperatures all over the map with the offshore winds. latter part of the day, best day. week, temperatures up in the 60s, big changes coming

yesterday, they said they had 236,000 passengers on bart, the fifth highest in bart history, so thank goodness, ann, they're going to be reopening that bridge. >> good news for berry drivers. thank you very much, linda. don knapp is taking a tour of the bay bridge construction, and he'll show us that at 11:00. >>> gianna franco joins us with a complete look at the traffic area. >> until those lane get reopened on the bay bridge, we're not out of the woods just yet. here's a live look at chopper 5. as linda mentioned a couple of minutes ago, we are really jammed if you're on doil drive and lumbar streets, slow and go, traffic conditions are just crawling along. stays slow past the toll plaza and sluggish toward the tunnel. stay patient if you're working you're way through there this morning. if you're headed away from marrin city, south toledo, the golden gate bridge towards san francisco, slow speeds there as well. this was just jam-packed out of the east bay. so we're seeing green on our censors, showing quite a bit of improvement. westbound 80, slow conditions as you're waking your

here at bart you can either talk to the station agent or any bart employee. in san francisco, sharon chin, cbs 5. >>> it's being called a make-or- break night for mitt romney. minutes ago the polls closed in his home state of michigan where he is locked in a tight race with rick santorum. the polls just closing in michigan. 30 delegates are at stake in that state's primary. another 29 up for grabs tonight in arizona where romney is heavily favored. the polls close there in just about an hour. but, of course, most of the focus in the michigan race has been on romney. it's the state where he grew up. his father was governor there. but he has been facing a strong challenge from santorum, who has made inroads appealing to the evangelical christians as well as tea party activists who are concerned that romney isn't conservative. the latest polls heading into the primary shows the candidates even. we are waiting for the first numbers to come in. we'll have a live report from michigan coming up a little later in the newscast. >>> a sign the economy could be on the r

prepares for the bay bridge closure, bart is talking about what riders could expect. >>> president barack obama is coming to the bay area today, where he will be and what he will be doing, it is all ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the ktvu channel 2 morning news >>> good morning. >>> thank you for joining us. i am dave clark, let's check weather and traffic, is it cold? >> it will be breezy as well being pam and dave and some of the temperatures held up to 40s and 50s. a few high clouds are dragging across the north bay and today we will go warmer some 50s to 60s up in the north bay, here is sal. >>> we are looking at marin county and it looks good from san rafael to the 580 interchange and it also looks good on the 101 approaching the 880 split to san francisco, let's go to dave and pam. >>> they will make a decision on whether to expand the search for human bones and remains. those remains are tied to two serial killers so what is happening today, tara? >> reporter: well yesterday, crews pulled up 5 to 7 miles of -- pil

bart will have extra overnight service and transit service, they will be starting at bart stop. extra service for ferries out of the east bay and 108 line will be running out to treasure island. >> terry: caltrans is due to give us a progress report about an hour from now. they say the closure went very well last night. it was no simple task to stop traffic at five different points. tomas ramon has more. >> reporter: bay bridge traffic started to slow to a trickle a little before 8:00. last car passed through almost exactly at 8:00. dozens of chp officers blocked off access to the bridge beginning about 7:30. they say the chp and motorists were listening to the warnings helped make this a smooth operation. >> there are so many different feeders in the bay bridge, it take up to an hour for chp to get the your. we had so little traffic tonight. we were able to cut it down to 12 minutes. >> dozens of workers are tearing up old asphalt to make the new approach. roadway will be moved to the south. >> i think a lot of people it won't a difference. >> reporter: toll plaza is talking an

christie smith is live at the west oakland bart station with a look at how bart is stepping up to help people get around the closure. good morning, christie. >> good morning. it's coming fast. tomorrow night at 8:00, the upper deck of the bay bridge will shut down and caltrans is circulating, not one, but two flyers. i've been speaking with these guys here, and they tell me that they've been at bart station for nearly two weeks, letting people know about alternate routes and that bart will run 24 hours a day this holiday weekend and something everyone might know by now, but they don't. caltrans has signs up at the entrances to the bay bridge which will be closed until tuesday morning so that realignment work can be done on the new eastern span. 370,000 commuters drive it daily which is roughly the same as bart. instead of closing at midnight, bart will run 24/7. one commuter told us she didn't hear much about it. >> a little bit late, i would think. >> i don't think it was a big promotion on that piece. >> when did you find out? yesterday? >> but the times we've run overnight before an

>>craig: bart is one to have to do some heavy lifting. 14 bart stations will run limited fall my service starting at 1:00 a.m. on saturday and lasting until early monday morning. the bridge is scheduled to reopen on tuesday morning. bart trains will run once an hour at the station d.c. the stick. again, how is the stations will have overnight service, but only once an hour. >>gabe: www.kron4.com now has an area dedicated to the bay bridge closure. he into watching this explain why the closure is happening and how it will affect traffic. near the bottom of the screen there are links to get updated invitation for the transit agencies. it's another resource is our traffic is at. is always there, just a click away. he can see up-to-the-minute traffic conditions in the bay area. for assistance avoiding traffic in getting around the bay this holiday weekend, let us help you. >>brian: a cooler day around the bay area. sunshine by the afternoon but temperatures will only into the 50s and 60s. we have strong winds gusting up to 40 mi. per hour. we have winds between 10 and 20 m.p.h. a in many loc

san jose gets a bart bonus. the city ended up with more money than it expected to build that long promised extension to the south bay. >>> all systems go for this weekend's closure of the bay bridge. what happens if it rains? we'll tell you more. >>> gay and lesbian couples will descend on city halls across the state this valentine's day. how they are turning their love into a political statement. >>> remember oscar sunday february 26th, right here on abc7 get the latest buzz and predict the winners right now at oscar.com. you can download the oscar app for iphone and pad it will give you live access to the -- red carpet and backstage on ?t?t?tñ can lulu have some beef pasta, too? -here you go, lulu. -hey?! you had an imaginary friend once, too. she's full. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper beef pasta. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. gives us the most nutritious of gifts. but only when they are ready to be given. that's why green giant picks vegetables at their peak. ...and freezes them fast, locking

this morning, 2300 people rode bart.verall there was a total of 178,000 passengers on bart sunday. saturday was their fifth visit saturday. despite these record numbers of a number sourball explains what offer its service cannot continue. >> several bart passengers said transportation would be easier if trains ran throughout the night. >> i would not have restrictions on when i'm going >>alejandra: thousands of people took advantage of overnight service for the upper deck was closed. a bart spokesperson says maintenance prevents them from extending hours on a permanent basis. >> they take out sections of the rail and replace them. that is the kind of work you cannot do with a trade on the other side. >>alejandra: a study done of last month lutz at the impact of passengers. the board decided against it. >> we found that the people who rely on bart are using it to get to work in the they have no other way to get to work. hall >>pam: the sister of one of the speed freak killers speak out for the first time. >> you are my br

what they are doing that they say will reduce crime on bart trains and at bart stations. . >>> a quiet welcome for whitney houston. funeral plans underway for the star who died suddenly over the weekend just hours before she was to sing at a grammy award party in beverly hills. she will be remembered in a private funeral set for this weekend. the message went out today to let the family mourn away from the spotlight. >> they have shared her for 30 some year was the city, the state, with the world. this is their time now for their farewell. >> a private funeral is scheduled for noon on saturday in her hometown. the governor said he will order the state's flag flown at half mast that day. the singer was part of the cultural fabric of new jersey. >> think you know she belongs in the same category from a musical perspective in new jersey history with frank sinatra and bruce springsteen. she was a cultural icon in the state. >> investigators have not determined the cause of her death. officials found small amounts of drugs in her hotel room. tox reports underway but it's to soon to speculat

we are live at the bart station and we decided to time it out for you. this bart rider missed the signs indicating a closure. >> reporter: do you have plans? >> not this weekend. no. i will avoid that hassle. >> reporter: what if you need to get into san francisco saturday afternoon. bart. this map shows the route. how long does the trip take? san francisco train 6 minutes out. here we go. one rider voiced her concern about travel aboard bart this weekend. >> it will be crowded. run slower or faster. >> reporter: we reached the station in 31 minutes. >> it will be good just to have a new bay bridge. hopefully everybody can get to work on time. >> reporter: if those who have no fear of driving. we decided to time it. from jack london and travels north. we ran into normal traffic. we continued on to 580 and to the bridge. all the while clocking our progress. driving from oakland into the marina on a thursday without traffic. this trip, 40 minutes. but there is no guarantee this weekend. for those stip opting to drive from oaklands in the opposite direction

oscar was shoot by a bart police officer new year's day. the mother of tony jones says her son was shot after running from police. investigators suspected the car they stopped might be linked to a robbery a passenger ran from the vehicle and shot bay an officer. jones' mother says her son was not armed. >> i talked to my son. my son says momma the officers is lying they watched me get out the car, watched me walk and started speeding up and i took off running across the street. when i took off running i just her the gun. >> jones' attorney says his client has not been charged. he plans civil claims against the police department. oakland police have not responded to our repeated requests for comment on the family's claims. >>> investigators looking for clues into the death of a man whose body was found on the sidewalk in the mission district on julian between 15th and 16th. the question is how long was he there before anyone called for help? a woman called police at 7:45 sunday morning asking them to do a welfare check on a man she saw lying

here at bart you can either talk to the station agent or any bart employee.san francisco, sharon chin, cbs 5. >>> new tonight, the overcrowding crisis in california's state prisons is apparently clearing up. state corrections leaders say gyms, day rooms and other spaces not intended to hold prisoners are not crammed with bunks anymore. they plan to make that official announcement on the friday. the u.s. supreme court last year ordered the state to fix the overcrowding problem. since thenars the state implemented its prison realignment plan which puts lower level offenders in county jails. >>> facebook has more than 700 million users. among them, some of california's most hardened prisoners. grace lee takes us inside state prisons to show us how inmate are getting online and what's being done to stop it. >> for the guys that we catch, it's popular. >> we got a hit on 27 up. >> reporter: in the constant battle to stop the inmates from poking and posting on facebook, the california department of corrections and rehabilitation uses a team of belgian shepherds to

people not headed this way, at least not right now or maybe they are taking bart because bart is running trains hourly during the overnight hours all weekend long. abc7 reports from emeryville for champ edges facings drivers this weekend. >> when it came time to close the westbound lanes to the bay bridge, the caltrans caravan was all over it. flashing arrows and barricades to divert traffic away from the bridge. if you didn't make the deadline, you had to find another way into the city, which brought many people to the west oakland bart station. >> i totally forgotten and saw the signs. i was supposed to meet some friends for dinner and it was like, oh, man, you have to bag it and, then, no, take bart, it's easy, fast. >> he is in good spirits despite forgetting about the closure. >> i hadn't taken bart for a while. i was look forward to it to see what it's like again. >> he normally drives to san francisco for work. >> the only way to get to my job today, i have to take the bart. >> but he's been on bart a time or two before. >> you know, i kind of like it. sometimes when i -- my car i

which is for the bart station at 24th and mission. [speaking in spanish] >> in the photos that he's given that the woman selling at the cart is illegal. and he believes that the food should not be mixed together raw and cooked. as you see in the photos, it's not good sanitation. it's all together, the cooked and the raw and the oil. and that's part of the sanitation rules and he certainly wouldn't eat a hot dog from this cart. >> this lady uses some aluminum utensils that are used in restaurants. oh, to cook. and every time that this woman cooks on the aluminum, part of the aluminum pan comes off in the cooking process. and that goes of course directly into the food that is served. and that again is sanitation rules that should not be so. and as you can see in the photos of how they operate, that is not how he operates. [speaking in spanish] >> and that when ms. stacey told him to stop selling when he had no permit, he did so. commissioner goh: i have a question. your permit, you have a -- first question is did you understand what was

jim allison from bart is joining us on the phone right now. >> bart was shut down. the trains were held for five minutes. right now they're doing tracking sessions meaning they're going at slower speeds just double checking that everything is safe. assuming that everything is safe we will get back to normal speeds. >>darya: have begun reports of it being felt any stations? >> none of our alarms were triggered. i was in our offices in oakland but did not feel it. >>mark: do you automatically stop the trains were sent word to conductors? >> we have a series of levels in terms of earth quick response. this is the lowest level. the control center immediately notify as operators to hold their position. unless they're in the berkeley hills tunnel or transit aid to, they stay in place for five minutes and then resume a slow speed inspection of the tracks. >>darya: can we expect any type of lead time? >>mark: we're back with more after the break. >>mark: and another smaller earthquake in vallejo, a 3.5 magnitude hitting an 9:13 a.m.. this comes after a 3.5 magnitude just af

the reason bart could buy this new technology is for a grant for counter-terrorism. in oakland, ann notarangelo, cbs 5. >>> hundreds of people today weighed in on a plan to build a megachurch in contra costa county. the sue if i religion community wants to building a huge church between walnut creek and lafayette. opponents say it's too big and disruptive to the community. >> it will be throughout the whole neighborhood. >> previous comments indicated there might be some religious bias. >> comments on the proposed sanctuary will continue next week. sufi community members say that they have received a lot of support for their project. >>> in other bay area headlines, two african tortoises are alive and well tonight following an early- morning garage fire in castro valley. the fire started at about 3 a.m. no one was inside the detached structure on almond road. other animals including chickens and ducks were also unharmed. a heating pad or an extension cord supplying power to the garage may have started the fire. >>> hayward police say they are looking for a dangerous

the bay citizen reports that bart will be posting more officers on trains at stations and in the bart lot so they can get to know the local people and problems. the new policy comes more than three years after former bart officer johannes mehserle shot and killed oscar grant at the fruitvale station. >>> state officials are looking more closely at pg&e's pipeline safety practices. the new scrutiny coming after two welders claim defective welds in some of the lines. the state public utilities commission says it has already checked earlier claims of pipeline leaks and found no problems. the safety on the lines was questioned after the deadly san bruno explosion in 2010. >>> you might have heard lawrence. valentine's day today means love is in the air. this is literally true for some small dogs flying from san francisco to the big apple. lisa washington has the scoop on operation chihauhau. >> reporter: there's an abundance of chihauhaus at the san francisco animal care and control. yet the tiny pooches with the famously large ears are in high demand in the big apple. >> plenty of large

this is animation from caltrans in a bart spokesperson. the demolition started at about 6:00 p.m.. >> it is a surgical removal of this piece. when people here demolition they think we go with big guns, not this time. this time, we are very specifically cutting out a triangular sections of the roadbed is in the way of the new bridge carried one of the biggest challenges is, as we are trying to quit that bridge in the exact same place as the original. >>craig: you can see that workers are hard at work. they're working even faster than they normally would on a project because they do want to get this open in time for rush-hour furiou. the k continues ahead of schedule. the weather has been cooperating. there is no rain anywhere inside. chris >> >>ysabel: sometimes we forget about what it takes is bring down the sheer tonnage ended bridge period. >>erica: yesterday morning was not so bad, but we really saw traffic began to tie up in the afternoon hours around 4:00 p.m. stretching all the way until 9:00 p.m.. there are no delays right now. the

up to 10 minute delays on bart lines throughout the state if all of bart. they stop the trains after an earthquake to make sure the tracks are ok. trains are back up and running again. we would like to hear from you if you felt or heard this earthquake. >>pam: we have another caller on the lane, she look, what was it like for you? >> i of american get it. i heard a big noise. it sounded like a truck was driving by. a big truck. i could hear the glasses in my kitchen clanking. >>pam: how long did it last? >> not very long. and while >>pam: was there any damage at your home? >> not where i can see. only bridling at glasses. when >>pam: data for calling us. again, our developing story, at 6:09 p.m. a 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit in the east bay near vallejo. people are feeling it fifth for the gannett is a moderate earthquake. fit seems at this point that things are under control. we will take a break and we will be back with our sports director gary radnich. he will be talking to the high school coach of the german land. if f safe b in >>gary: i thought about

to get around bart will be offering 24 hours a day. but after midnight the trains will run once an hour and stop at 14 stations. ferries will be operating on a holiday schedule. you can get live updates on twitter at abc7 news bay area. and let me before i move on demonstrate some new technology we have to cover traffic. i need my handy dand econ troller. dandy controller. i can demonstrate what will happen. i can zoom in on the bay bridge showing an area around the maze. you can see traffic is fairly smooth. there are no tie ups. if i click on say one traffic spot, it will tell me they joined two months ago and are moving at less than 10 miles an hour. if you haven't already, be sure to download the exclusive ways app. it will help you navigate around any traffic back ups. go to abc7news.com/waze to download the app to your smart phone. it is free. >> and we will be keeping track of this all weekend long on abc7. >>> after seven hours an infant is returned home. abc7's jonathon bloom is live where the baby is back tonight. jonathon? >

>>pam: police target crime on the bart. we will tell you about the new strategy to keep the writers say. we will also tell you why gasoline prices are subleased surging and a pedestrian struck in the streets of san francisco. surveillance video of the crash caught on camera. that is coming up next at 5:30 p.m.. from a >>pam: a man crossing the street in san francisco was hit by it shuttle bus. >>pam: the man had just entered the crosswalk when the bus hit him full on. check out the surveillance video from a store nearby. you can see the man being transported to the imbalance. you can see right here, watch the man. he is in a crosswalk making a right hand turn into the bus rolled right over him inching closer into closer. it appeared as though he did not even notice that was coming towards him. this happened at 80 and leavenworth's street. a portion of any was shut down as the crews worked to free the man. no word on the extent of his injuries. authorities say he is expected to survive. >>pam: no matter how many times a week

but that's only happening in 14 stops of bart's 44 stations. and they are only going to be doing it hourly so from what i gather from that, they will be staffing once an hour starting at 1:00 in the morning so plan ahead. no overnight service between 1:00 and 4:00 a.m. on tuesday even though the bridge will still be closed at that time. so what needs to be done on the bridge? well, crews will finish paving a connection between the metering lights and the incline section. they will also install new barriers and railings as well as deconstruct part of the old bridge. >> what our demolition work will begin this weekend is the surgical removal of that structure. so we'll be torching the steel and taking it out of place. >> reporter: having this bridge closed for more than one day is a huge inconvenience especially when the bridge has hundreds of thousands of cars crossing it each day. now, this is the last time the bridge will be closed during the construction phase. the next time it will be closed is 2013. but they will be closing at that time in

to get around bart will be offering 24 hours a day. but after midnight the trains will run once an hour and stop at 14 stations. ferries will be operating on a holiday schedule. you can get live updates on twitter at abc7 news bay area. and let me before i move on demonstrate some new technology we have to cover traffic. i need my handy dand econ troller. dandy controller. i can demonstrate what will happen. i can zoom in on the bay bridge showing an area around the maze. you can see traffic is fairly smooth. there are no tie ups. if i click on say one traffic spot, it will tell me they joined two months ago and are moving at less than 10 miles an hour. if you haven't already, be sure to download the exclusive ways app. it will help you navigate around any traffic back ups. go to abc7news.com/waze to download the app to your smart phone. it is free. >> and we will be keeping track of this all weekend long on abc7. >>> after seven hours an infant is returned home. abc7's jonathon bloom is live where the baby is back tonight. jonathon? >

an audit last july a knife-wielding transient was killed by a bart officer, bart brass warned change happens more slowly than many would like. >> it is not overnight. it's not going to change everything overnight. it's a process. we're a long time getting to where we're at. >> and bart brass says you shouldn't expect to see more officers around stations but when you do see them, hopefully everyone will have a more quality, more fruitful interaction. >> and whitney houston will be laid to rest in her hometown of newark, new jersey this weekend. the governor ordered flags on government buildings to be flown at half staff. her private funeral will be held in the same newark church where she got a start as a youngster, she was found dead in the bathtub of a beverly hills hotel room. toxicology results are not expected for several weeks. 2020 is planning a two-hour special that will air friday at 9:00. >> and there is gorgeous weerj it will be interrupted by perhaps showers, this evening we're expecting partly cloudy skies and will be on the chilly side getting late yefr into evening hour

two major alternatives are bart and are the ferry. bart is running nonstop while the ferries are shifting their schedules. >> i would have been home by now. >> if you had driven? >> yes. >> sometimes driving is more convenient because you can do it your on time. >> its faster way to go. >> a ferry was a lot more fun through bart, all of that. >> carolyn: all transit buses are driving passengers to bart stations. for a complete coverage of the bay bridge closure, stay with "abc 7 news." you can also go to abc7news.com or check "abc 7 news" bay area on twitter to get the very latest. >> it's not just traffic that might be keeping some people off the road this weekend. gas prices are skyrocketing. the cost of filling up is the highest itself it's ever been this time of year, well over $4 in the bay area. you can blame the pain at the pump at rising oil prices and temporarily closed refineries. don't expect relief anytime soon they spike could hit $5 a gallon by memorial day. >>> sports network, espn is apologizing for a headline containi

bart is running trains hourly during the overnight hours all weekend long. abc7 reports from emeryville on the challenges facing drivers this weekend. >> when it came time to close the westbound lanes to the bay bridge, the caltrans caravan was all over it. flashing arrows and barricades to die variety traffic away from the bridge. if you didn't make the deadline, you had to find another way into the city, which brought many people to the west oakland bart station. >> i totally forgotten and saw the signs. i was supposed to meet some friends for dinner and it was like, oh, man, you have to bag it and, then, no, take bart, it's easy, fast. >> he is in good spirits despite for getting about the closure. >> i hadn't taken bart for a while. >> he normally drives to san francisco for work. >> the only way to get to my job today, i have to take the bart. >> but he's been on bart a time or two before. >> you know, i kind of like it. sometimes when i -- my car is not working or something i just jump on the bus and my job is not far from the station as well. >> someo

to be more available agents and police on and off of bart.hat is where it lot of activity takes place. even in west oakland, being someone who has got robbed before going to her car, that is why cats dart, but the police are never here, only if they are called for a reason. >>james: bart police are launching a new strategy to battle crime. dan kerman tells us, the approach breaks down arts coverage area into five districts zones. >>dan: the new policing strategy devised the coverage area into five different zones or districts. oakland stations are sold one, of berkeley and contra costa barzun to, alameda county south of oakland in zone 34 and san francisco stations are zoned for. san mateo county stations are is on five. >> it is going to be good for our customers and address the quality of life issues that they face every day. it will also reduce crime. >>dan: each zone will have its own lieutenant and a set of officers. that will allow officers to respond to problems and hunt down criminals and to determine what can be done to prevent crime

increased fairy service and bart trains will be running 24 hours a day. kron 4's grant lodes shows us wear. >> reporter: bert will have to do heavy lifting. 14 bart stations will run limited all night service, lasting till monday morning, the bridge scheduled to reopen tuesday morning and bart trails will run once an hour at these stations. you see them all here. these stations will have overnight service but just once an hour. i am grant lodes, kron 4 news. >> westbound lanes are scheduled to reopen tuesday but a dry weather forecast is needed to make sure the work is completed on time. we are standing by in the weather center with your weekend forecast. rain? >> doesn't look like it. we have a storm tonight but it is falling apart and all the rain will not make it to the bay area. we may see sprinkles tonight but that is it. sprinkles or drizzles. nothing more. we have clouds but that will clear out tomorrow. tonight, we are looking at mostly cloudy skies. the fog moved inland, fog and low clouds. there could be a few sprinkles overnight. tomorrow, part

we now know the man shot by oakland police is related to oscar grant, the man killed by bart police. john alston is live with the story you will see. >> police have said nothing about the weekend shooting beyond a press released they issued yesterday and they have not addressed the new information. the man was seriously injured ever after being shot in the grant. >> it emerged from a hospital in oakland after waiting all day to see her son. she says he was shot in the lower back after running from oakland police late on sunday night. >> i talked to my son and my son said mama the officers is lying. they watched me get out the car. they watched me walk, and then they started speeding up. i took off running across the street. when i took off running i heard it go, bow, bow, bow. >> her son is tony jones. she says he is a cousin of oscar grant, the hayward man shot and killed by a bart police officer on new year's day 2009. sunday evening short lebefore midnight, oakland police stopped a car on the 2,000 block of 62nd avenue. they suspected it the vehicle might be linked to a robbery th

bart. that is the fifth highest ever. sunday, 178,000. compare that tolast sunday, 121,000 people used bart. >>> coming up, as the search for a second well possibly containing more human remains continue, the sister of one of the "speed freak killers" is speaking out and the hunch for a vandal, someone using rocks as weapons. >>> later on, the same old paper clips, clippers visiting oakland and the warriors. what happened at the finish, i have the answer. >>> storm pazzed us to the north but clearing skies tonight. warmer temperatures on the way, i will have details coming up. we will be back. . >>> a police officer is on leave after shooting a robbery suspect. police say this man, tony jones ran away from police after a traffic stop. he is suspected of committing a robbery in oakland last sunday night. police say he was armed. however he did not fire. he was shot and wounded by police. they are looking for a second suspect who also ran away during that traffic stop. >>> police are looking

bart officials believe their trains are the best way to go. >> there's not many alternatives. the either you take the richmond bridge and golden gate bridge into san francisco or else you go south on the nimitz and take the san mateo bridge. both are going to be time-consuming for people. we think those two s are going to be very conjested. -- >> bart will run 24 hours beginning friday into tuesday morning. after midnight bart will run every hour at 14 of the 44 stations. >>> you can become a traffic spotter by downloading our exclusive waze app for iphones or androids, it is free and could come in handy during this bridge closure period. for information, visit abc7news.com/waze. >>> still ahead, important warning about arsenic that may be hiding in your baby's formula and energy bars. >> looking to be health question skip the turkey sandwich. >>> no more king size. changes about to come to some of mission's most popular >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> another health warning. high levels of arsenic this time not in juice, but in baby formula. kat

. >>> a change in strategy for the bart police department.gency announced they are adopting a more community- based approach to patrolling the transit system after the department faced scrutiny for three fatal shootings in the last four years. officers say the tactic will help them better understand the issues in the neighborhoods surrounding bart. >> each different station where people board trains has a different feel, different problem. so we doesn't have a one size fits all cookie cutter approach to trying to address these issues. >> bart police have only implement a fraction of more than 100 policy changes recommended after the oscar grant shooting. >>> bart is getting more money than it expected to extend service to san jose. the feds approved $250 million for the project. that's 20 million more than bart officials originally estimated. state funds and local sales tax revenues will also help pay for the $2 billion project. groundbreaking is set for april. >>> students have a chance to leave their artistic mark on a major bay area constr

we now know the man shot by oakland police is related to oscar grant, the man killed by bart police.on is live with the story you will see. >> police have said nothing about the weekend shooting beyond a press released they issued yesterday and they have not addressed the new information. the man was seriously injured ever after being shot in the grant. >> it emerged from a hospital in oakland after waiting all day to see her son. she says he was shot in the lower back after running from oakland police late on sunday night. >> i talked to my son and my son said mama the officers is lying. they watched me get out the car. they watched me walk, and then they started speeding up. i took off running across the street. when i took off running i heard it go, bow, bow, bow. >> her son is tony jones. she says he is a cousin of oscar grant, the hayward man shot and killed by a bart police officer on new year's day 2009. sunday evening short lebefore midnight, oakland police stopped a car on the 2,000 block of 62nd avenue. they suspected it the vehicle might be linked to a robbery that just oc

bart officials believe their trains are the best way to go. >> there's not many alternatives. the either you take the richmond bridge and golden gate bridge into san francisco or else you go south on the nimitz and take the san mateo bridge. both are going to be time-consuming for people. we think those two s are going to be very conjested. -- >> bart will run 24 hours beginning friday into tuesday morning. after midnight bart will run every hour at 14 of the 44 stations. >>> you can become a traffic spotter by downloading our exclusive waze app for iphones or androids, it is free and could come in handy during this bridge closure period. for information, visit abc7news.com/waze. >>> still ahead, important warning about arsenic that may be hiding in your baby's formula and energy bars. >> looking to be health question skip the turkey sandwich. >>> no more king size. changes about to come to some of mission's most popular honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we swit

bart plans to offer round the clock service during the bridge closure. ac transit bus also continue regular service to and from the west oakland bart station. and the website is a special section dedicated to helping you get around. check out its traffic page for the latest on the detours and any accident that may slow down the drive. >> a thief has delayed valentine a for dozens. new at six john is live now in richmond with the catch up now underway to keep people smiling tonight. >> reporter: we are standing outside the floorist on mcdonald where the rush is winding down. all day the staff has been playing catch up because of a grinch. >> try to do what you can. >> reporter: one of the big of the days of the year for any floorist. including park florists. >> he got here early, we work really hard to get it all made up, put together. >> reporter: early this morning someone broke into several van around the time they were being loaded stole 60 or more bouquets. >> very frustrating. we are here and try to make people happy and when people pay for them the

it has bart bus, light rail, mta, there is a confluence of pedestrians and buses and cars and freeways that lead to a big snarl. having this the advisory committee that can look at how we can manage transportation issues that can work with the mta as well as other transportation agencies like bart, we can manage development that has to happen around the area. the station itself is almost an industrial area surrounded by communities that use the station. we need to figure out how we can have a strong community presence that can assure the city departments, make sure that the city departments are moving forward to make the place safer for pedestrians. better markings for people to make their way around the area, abide by the station area plans. all these are considerations to move forward, making sure that our departments are going to be accountable in the movie got a schedule that really works for the stationary at -- and moving on a schedule that really works for the station area. supervisor kim: any questions or discussion on this item? i am happy to support this resolution before us

learned today that bart officers will be the first in the country to get a new high-tech tool.he same people who develop a taser gun, created a camera small enough to fit on a pair of sunglasses. officers control the on and off button, but cannot delete footage. the video will help settling accusations of police misconduct. >> it's another tool that will help us provide transparency in our effort to mend our relationship with the community. >> and bart bought 160 of the cameras for their front line officers, their sergeants and field lieutenants. the agency is working on a policy. >>> bears should be hibernating, but one in particular has stayed awake causing a whole bunch of trouble in lake tahoe. the nevada department of wildlife is using chocolate cake to try to get this bear into its trap. the department says this particular bear is a threat. she tore sieged siding off a house, broke into a bar, and she needs to be euthanized. putting toys on the trap. >> my idea, i bring stuffed animals because we all love the bears in the neighborhood. >> bears in the area are waking up f

bart's numbers are already in from one until eight, this morning, over nine thousand hopped on bart.ut 7700 of them crossed bay. bart is usually closed on weekend overnights. another number to set a record, more than 236,000 people rode bart yesterday. that's the 5th highest rider ship number on a saturday. the number one highest day was set back in 2007 on labor day weekend when the bridge was closed. to bring you back out live caltrans just said the westbound lanes of the bay bridge will reopen tonight. that's more than 30 hours ahead of schedule. we will have reaction on that it for you tonight at ten. reporting live. jade hernandez. >> on the facebook page we asked you how you plan to get around this weekend during the bay bridge closure. betty says we will avoid interstate 80 going to a bart station and stopping near union. another said i'm not, visiting local areas in my own city, good to stay home sometimes. join the conversation and let us know what you think. just look for the page on facebook. >> a mississippi lawsuit against facebook is now being transferred to california

. >>> bart officers test out a new kind of crime-fighting tool. why the next time an officer pulls a taser everyone will see it. >>> for just a couple of hundred members, the size of this thing is humongous. >> not in their backyard. how bay area residents are fighting to keep a megachurch from moving in. >>> food for thought. should we stop those gourmet trucks from hanging around schools? that's the plan and some people are saying, what? that story coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, new-high-tech tool for poli. >>> bart officers could be the first in the country to wear a new high-tech tool for police. it is so small, it can fit on sunglasses. and ann notarangelo tells us, it offers an extra set of eyes. >> reporter: passengers may not notice the police are wearing them. they are small, discreet but there will be about 160 of these cameras out in the field. >> the camera itself is about the diameter of my pen here. so what you would see is a camera on a collar or on a sunglass mount. >> reporter: the same people who developed the taser gun have come ou

and so far, mass transit including all bart trains appear to be on time. for a check of this friday and this weekend's forecast, let's go to lawrence. >> elizabeth, you stay out there long enough, i'll find you some rain. a lot of high clouds and patchy fog down below. should be a nice friday outside. but not like yesterday. that was something else around the bay area with temperatures well above average. today we cool down, sea breeze kicking in. 39 now in concord, 4 in oakland, 36 in livermore and 49 degrees in san francisco. by the afternoon temperatures pleasant above average but cooler than yesterday. 65 degrees, sunshine, clouds in san jose. 62 san francisco. about 64 in fairfield. next few days we are going to watch some cooler temperatures coming our way even a slight chance of sprinkles, maybe some light showers into early tomorrow morning. then we dry out. i think now the better part of sunday looks okay but sunday night into monday there's another chance of rain heading our way and by the middle of next week the busted out the 70- degree tempera