with the transportation authority and their consultants to coordinate the specifications to new caltrans standards and coordinate the requirements from the city departments that are affected. that cost is $77,787. the next category is just the amount of the contract. the transportation authority did a public procurement and received five bids. the award to the lowest responsible bidder was in excess of $180,000 above the amount budgeted. this category alone depleted the project reserves by over 70%. the final -- no, the next category is for cost over runs during construction from staffing and from unanticipated expenses due to a traffic signal coordination, man-made bird objects and relocating a bus stop that affected this project. these additional inspection fees and related costs make this category an additional $33,698 and the final category is for project reserves and this is the mechanism that the transportation authority is able to fund changes that happen over time. there have been change orders and costs incurred for the man-made bird objects and other tasks that were required in

caltrans doesn't have a good history or track record of doing things on time and on budget and we see that through the last bay bridge we tried to build; right? so i don't think this is the last of it. >> that's why cal trans is not doing the reconfiguration work and we hired the ta to do that work and this issue with the soils is sort of the last issue with caltrans. the items before that were the cost over runs like the submissions -- the initial phase of getting the job ready to go but the ta is doing the work on behalf of them and not cal transs. >> they're going to go ahead and do it and how confident are we are with sticking to what is approved today? >> i will refer to liz from the ta if she has comments about the construction and the things that we may encounter. maybe liz if you could add additional detail and where we are in construction today. >> good afternoon. i am the senior engineer for capital projects with the transportation authority. i am the project for the project during the construction phase and we're as sure as we can be given we're not finished digging so kevi

i will tell what you caltrans is saying coming up. >> officer in the south bay shot at. now police are looking for the gunman. >> we continue to follow breaking news in the south bay. an intense search for this man escaped inmate in the south bay. we will bring you an update next. >> then at 6:00 turning a south bay mall into the state of the art shoppers paradise. >> we will get a flag ship three stories bloomingdale's. >> how it willcater to the silicon valley lifestyle. that's new at 6:00. sfs we have breaking news. there is an intense manhunt under way at this hour. this is going on under the santa clara medical center. that is near the 880/280 interchange. 40-year-old carter escaped from the hospital around 1:30 this afternoon. where he is seeking unknown treatment. carter injured a deputy before escaping. last seen before running into the intersection of thonton way and moore park. >>> a follow up on a new concern about the new bay bridge. this time there are questions about whether rods near the base of the tower of the bridge were impacted by other work on the br

caltrans is there on seen their serving in the tunnel to insure that all us structurally it is ok for to access the tunnel from their real to the tunnel a lucky spot traffic through 11 to open up. >> reporter: the two cars right there those of the two left lanes of their boat that are open right lanes no cars and buy right now stay tuned will in no of this is cosmetic in the combat the later time and make repairs or if it so bad to have a shot down and go while in the afternoon. >> reporter: one of the things being said by foreclosure tell transporting cohen's out now to get the traffic merged over alongside the road with to get their crews an opportunity to work in the right-hand side also a to ease the back up look at how with 13 the entire length of 13 vote warm freeways back up all the way suit to interstate 580. said the matter only hot thing continued the check delays here 680 in the southbound direction well behind schedule because so much earlier occurring 10 car accident here in the san ramon valley. drive time just run down to 255 minutes coming down from the benicia bridge

little number of vehicles into the freeways to improve performances we know that is something that caltrans would like us to look at it will be something to look at some of big strategies that will potentially do the most to help improve the performs and accommodate performs high occupancy or hoov lanes are more transit and vehicle lanes with two or three or more people can use and express lanes that allow a single occupancy such as the ones in santa clara and the east bay they used to have an hoov lane downtown and on 6th street until the loma prieta earthquake and after that the closer that happened that in 1989 it was turned back into a mixed slow lane so with this stem today is for us to share the background information for the goals and objectives frashths and the focus areas for the next phase of the technical analysis on the operation strategies we are working with folks - there's a whole set of folks with the municipal transportation agency would assist and participate in the study focusing on the interface between local streets and the freeway ramps we're participating in other for

last month, caltrans discovered a connecter rod suffering from rust and croatian. engineers believe it was exposed to standing fresh water during construction. >> all right. do we need that microscope to go over the doppler radar like yesterday? probably not. maybe. we do have the scientist in the house, meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> you don't need a microscope to take a look at our doppler. look at all this space i have to show you the numbers coming in. good morning to you. clouds are moving in at this point. we don't have any rainfall in your forecast for today, but there is some coming your way, as we get into the next couple days. san francisco right now showing you a beautiful clear start to the day. gorgeous conditions. as we get into this afternoon, we're at 49 degrees for the south bay. 50 degrees on the peninsula. good morning to you, tri-valley. you're waking up at 48 degrees. and we're starting the new day in san francisco at 52 degrees. so spectacular conditions. for the last couple days of winter, we're actually going to warm you up,

there's caltrans roadwork the usual stuff but the bottom line is that traffic is fine at the pay gates and all the roadwork should be cleared out in about an hour. >>> thank you. police in gilroy are searching for a teenager who they say took part in a murder plot last month. 17 years ago isabella chabez allegedly killed 56 robert heiser. surveillance video appears to show her and another young woman in an east san jose convenience store last month. police say they used a credit card that belonged to heiser. he was found dead inside his gilroy home at 3 p.m. that same morning. an autopsy revealed blunt-force trauma. two suspects are already in custody. police identified him as the third suspect last night and one neighbor talked to the victim the night before he died. >> offered to help me work on my yard and we talked over the fence so to speak. a really nice guy. university of santa clara graduate. >> police say heiser lived alone and used to work in the i.t. industry. his death is the first homicide in gilroy this year. police believe the suspect knew heiser but not clear why he was

. >>> a caltrans worker injured a homeless person this morning. the worker was using a skip loader to remove debris from an encampment. a woman was in the tent. the loader hit the woman and caused minor injuries. >>> two pedestrians were

not officially from caltrans, eastbound traffic is countercommute.n get right back onto the freeway using the on ramp. it's really westbound traffic that's pretty backed up through about i don't care approaching hill -- antioch approaching hillcrest and the road work and emergency crews have left now on eastbound 92 crossing the san mateo bridge. that's kcbs traffic. back to you guys. >>> liz thank you. new video shows more of what happened before the deadly shooting of a homeless man by lapd. surveillance video from a roof shows officers talking to the man outside a tent. they were investigating reports of a robbery. several minutes passed and then the suspect goes into the tent. and that's when a struggle ensues. so far the police chief is defending his officers. >> the man forcibly grabbed one of the officer's holstered pistols resulting in an officer shoved shooting. >> the chief provided photos of the gun that the suspect allegedly tried to grab and an enhanced photo of the suspect supposedly reaching for it. there's also video from two officers

so i also want to talk about the loss of the curb cut-out spaces along the caltrans station. this is a photo of what it looks like and you can see that the no parking taxi zone sign has been moved from what was the front of the cut-out and we've lost about four spaces there, and they've been given over to bicycle racks for the bicycle share program, and which is totally unnecessary because you can't see it in the picture, but behind that bicycle facility on the right is a rather wide plaza-like area where there are already some bike stands and many more could have been located. taking away this zone, it's like kicking somebody when they're down. why did this happen? we weren't notified of it. i have been told this was not even agendized, maybe if i'm mistaken about that, please excuse me but i've heard this was not on an agenda, it was just done. whether or not twitches, we should have been notified this was going to happen so we could weigh in on it. you'll see in the picture that there are already vehicles using that zone, maybe they're dropping off, but we believe that thi

san leandro, marina and davis, caltrans crews out there now. but heading into downtown oakland, everything looks great. quick check of the south bay if you are coming up from morgan hill everything is green on the sensors. 280 in downtown is still fine but roadwork there at lawrence expressway. that is "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> 4:48 now. there's a gas station in the bay area that's selling gas for 85 cents a gallon. the all-star fuel station set to open in san francisco this morning on cesar chavez street is alternative fuel station touting its e85 flex fuel with corn ethanol. it's cheap k the 85-cent price is good from 9 a.m. to 6:00 in the evening. >>> a group of cap companies is going after uber accusing the ridesharing company of misleading customers. uber's advertising claims include slogans such as the safest ride on the road. but in a lawsuit filed yesterday, the cab companies say that's false advertising and it's taking business away from them. the cab companies say their safety standards

caltrans really hard at work especially the next half hour, in fact a full closure in antioch the eastbound lanes of highway 4 closed at hill crest avenue. use the on ramp to get back onto the freeway. the rest of the drive coming up. >> nice and early. >> on a tuesday. >>> thank you. well, two east bay women are accused of stealing as many as 25 vehicles, jessica adkins and ellis of alameda are accused of vehicle theft. they were seen in the same jack in the box property transferring property from one car the another. >> doing the same thing. day after day. >> after spotting them a second time, police tracked the suspects to a hayward home and out front, were the same two stolen cars that had been seen in the fast food lot. >>> a driver smashed through a pet clinic in campbell and ended up in the lobby. the driver was pulling into the parking lot last night and kept going right through the front entrance of the united veterinary on dale avenue. no one was hurt. >>> state supreme court has everyoned a major ruling about sex offenders. the court ruled prop 83 violates the constitutional righ

going to happen at the end of our two year permitted run, the existing lights will come down and caltrans will get up and maintain the bridge to a new and higher standard and then we will install some new and robust leds that have been custom made for the harsh conditions of the san francisco bay and we think those will perform well over the long haul in the hands of caltrans. >> jeff :people sure do love the project and they do say thatthe lights will be back up and running in time for the bay area to host superbowl 50. i'm jeff bush, live in san francisco, kron four news. >> pam :new at 11. a former counselor is facing life in prison. after being convicted of sexually abusing five -children. waking bailey was found guilty of abusing children while he was a counselor at a facility for troubled or disabled youth in santa clara county. to 20-11. at two facilities. one san jose.the other in los gatos. he was convicted on a number counts that each carry a life sentence. he will be sentenced on april 24-th. police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after his alleged role in

caltrans says it needs to spray. people nearby worry the spraying will cause a bigger problem. >> this map shows where it will be happening. highway 84 between skyline boulevard and highway 1. >> we all live downstream. >> patty has lived in the coastal mountains in san mateo county for decades. >> i'm frustrated. >> last year she spearheaded an effort to ban the use of herbicide spraying in the country, which is now in effect. however, the ban does not apply to land owned by the state. >> it's all this toxic threat that is not necessary. >> next week caltrans will spray the vegetation near high way 84 between skyline boulevard and highway 1. >> only using the amount of herbicide we need and absolutely no more. >> bob haas with caltrans said the plant is a fire danger. when overgrown, it can threaten driver visibility. >> i understand about fire safety, but it is always possible to mow as an alternative. >> caltrans says mowing isn't an option. >> we just don't have the manpower right now, the rer resources to take c

the crosswalk falls under caltrans but they won't comment while the investigation is underway. >>> a helicopter medic is facing child pornography charges. police officers arrested him last week. they told us he has been suspended from his duties in the helicopter unit. he was a paramedic licensed. and was a den leader for the cub scouts. the boy scouts of america says it has severed ties with him and there is no information to indicate scots were involved in the case. >>> caltrans announced the winning bid for demolishing the old eastern span of the bay bridge. they submitted the lowest bid, $69.5 million. that is 25% cheaper than they estimated. they plan to save money by lowering the bridge on to barges and scrapping them elsewhere. work will start this summer and finish in three years. >>> san francisco and new organizers have three months to prepare for the pink saturday. how something happening thousands of miles away this summer could make it the biggest pink saturday in 25 years. >> reporter: city of richmond is looking at a new way to battle blight in the neighborhood. you be

>>mark: once again a caltrans has shot and killed a pedestrian a son paulo out so.tracks about a half hour about the consensus that mattel quarter is on same right now investigating the accident occurred at around 625 this morning according to caltrans they say a northbound train traveling literature and also struck a victim killing that male victim on the tracks. this to a person has >>jackie sissel: we are expecting the public's into formation to be here at the same in the hour trains along very slowly through the area. >>mark: he is following the traffic implications. >>george: there shall the to get back on time and think fleet then another and another recall affects the evening because of the incidents on city streets they're able to get churchill avenue pretty quickly the man peninsula traffic heavy steel southbound out of burlingame leading down to hillsdale for the bay bridge where no longer backed up into the macarthur maze but just to west grand ave. >>george: for the san mateo bridge highway 92 intermittent improvement in the westbound ride is still quite

the contractors asked caltrans if they could simplify the drainage. caltrains agreed but didn't make sure other parts were properly sealed. the leaks are causing concerns about corrosion that could weaken the bridge. >>> several lawmakers are pushing a bill that would give money back to taxpayers. specifically taxes that were collected and later considered illegal. right now residents have to go through an appeal's process to get their money back. this would return the money automatically. >> it is just crazy thinking. an easy fix. we ought to say when the state collects a tax that is illegal or unconstitutional the court decides that -- and the court decides that the people out to get their money back. . >> one tax that is being challenged is fire prevention fees. 800,000 homeowners have to pay that fee which starts at $152. >>> muni at the center of two controversial campaigns. >> we apologize for people who are offended. >> the ads now posted and why some say they go too far. >> why researchers say the state's drought could be a long term crisis. >

drills are frequent, involving caltrans, chp, fire. >> the lay out is important for us to know what the environment will be like if and when there is smoke in there. where to hook up to the water if we can't access the echingskins how the communication system works. -- engines, how the communication system works. . >> things this morning went well. there was good cooperation between the agencies. no communication issues. able to access quickly and take care of business. >> reporter: the system in the tunnel worked well enough. >> the exhaust and the ventilation systems are addressed. >> reporter: before the tunnel opened they inspected it. >> our caltrans team from sacramento came down and did an inspection before it was reopened and there was no structure damage. >> reporter: in october 2013 the smoky car fire injured 8 people who had to evacuate the tunnel. in 1982 a fiery crash killed 7 people, 33 years ago, damaging the tunnel and closing it for several months for repairs. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >> thank you, tom vacar in the caldecott tunnel. thank you. >>> oak

caltrans crews are everywhere right now. we see busy construction in san leandro between marina and davis. north- and southbound 880 blocked. westbound and eastbound between clawiter and coming into foster city boulevard various lanes blocked. bay bridge toll plaza just some slight delays cash lanes no big deal but eastbound on the skyway they have lanes blocked. >>> investigators are looking into possible links between real estate heir robert durst and the disappearance of two teenagers in northern california. both reported missing in 1997. tara mitchell was last 16 when she was last seen in eureka. another was 18 when she disappeared in san francisco. a man who wrote a book about about yourst says he was in those cities around the same time of the disappearances. durst was in those cities. >> before the case was in the public he had been living this random bizarre lifestyle throughout the 1990s even stealing identities >> he was the subjected of an hbo documentary and days ago and he was arrested in new orleans in connecti

was escort, caltran at time of the clean up. our protecting news coverage continues twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> the european aviation safety agency is expected to issue new rules this afternoon in light of the deadly germanwings crash in france. investigators carried pockets of evidence from the home of the co-pilot 27-year-old andreas lubitz who locked the pilot out of the cockpit and directed the plane inside of mountain killing everyone on board including three americans. many european airlines are introducing new cockpit rules matching united states policy that requires two people in the cockpit at all times. >> police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who stole a safe from a sushi restaurant. we have video released by the morgan hill police department and police say on march 18 before 5:00 a.m. a man burglarized the sushi restaurant and the video shows the man walking out the back door with the safe. anyone with information should plaza come forward. >> the fight to keep the only public hospital in contra co

tonight it comes down so caltrans can do maintenance on the cables. they will be reinstalled next year just in time for the super bowl. >> 4:31 on this thursday morning. my old compadre in arms, how are you, miss gonzalez? >> how old is that in we don't want to go there. >> i don't know. feels like yesterday. [ laughter ] >>> good morning, everybody. we have clear skies for openers and we do have a beautiful full moon. out the door with the clear skies the temperatures have been going down. right now, we are sitting at 40 degrees in santa rosa. 53 in san francisco. livermore reporting 40. i know when i left my home in pleasanton this morning at o:dark-00, it was 38 degrees. upper 60s today in mountain view. these temperatures are going to be above average for this time of the year 70 in san francisco. as you take a look at the extended forecast nothing but a string of sunshiny days approaching even nearly 80 degrees especially in monterey county by sunday. we do have a chance of rain showers wednesday. we'll talk about that next time around, gianna. >

caltrans sells us it is scheduled until 6:00 and then yeah the usual backups out of tracy beginning around mountain house. it does move from that past flynn. still in the clear, and here's a live look along the peninsula. 65 miles per hour just south of sfo but caltrans crews are pretty hard at work on this stretch too between millbrae and broadway. they have various lanes blocked. fortunately not causing a huge delay. san mateo bridge, great in both directions, we still have green on the sensors celebrating daydy. no delay there. -- st. patrick's day. no delay there. eastbound 92 though all the way up to clawiter, they have that overnight road work they often do. they have it this morning as well. actually scheduled until 11:00. so we can't see anything in our camera right now but westbound 92 should be about 13, 14 minutes out of hayward. and a live look at the bay bridge. the toll plaza. the delays continue maybe a little bit in the cash lanes but it's not too bad. at this time of the morning trying to get into san francisco. and they're just about done with the overnight road work too.

. >> caltrans says the exhaust system performed well. >> we're pleased to say our exhaust system and our other systems worked up to standards of that are in place. >> fans are part of the system but nothing like these. the giant jet fans built into four number four and at this point, according to caltrans there are no plans to put them into the older tunnel. >> witnesses say a truck driver lost breaks and died after smashing into a restaurant the driver hit three vehicles before slamming into the restaurant. witnesses say the breaks failed and big rig gained speed, running red lets. it happened just before employees awived. >> my husband daughter and did he have yu and i >> witnesses say it appears the driver did everything he could to avoid hitting anyone. >> we're hearing from sheriff deputies who played a role of hero over the weekend saving teenagers from a burning bus. that bus caught fire saturday night. a deputy was driving to work and decided to ask once you saw teenagers inside. it helped a bus driver and teacher. >> it could have gone very bad. especially had they not immed

>> reporter: just three weeks ago caltrans announced that it wants to remove the old bay bridge piersa series of small explosions beneath the bay a sort of mini implosion they describe as more bay- friendly. >> so we can really minimize the impact to wildlife. >> reporter: and less expensive. >> and we're done in about 6 seconds. >> reporter: but now, the california department of fish and wildlife wants to make sure that cost-effective implosion strategy won't cost the lives of too many smelts and this isn't the first time the demolition has run into wildlife concerns. >> at this point in terms of deterrents and monitoring, we spent $3.3 million. >> reporter: protecting birds on the ol

. >> caltrans says the exhaust system performed well. >> we're pleased to say our exhaust system and our other systems worked up to standards of that are in place. >> fans are part of the system but nothing like these. the giant jet fans built into four number four and at this point, according to caltrans there are no plans to put them into the older tunnel. >> witnesses say a truck driver lost breaks and died after smashing into a restaurant the driver hit three vehicles before slamming into the restaurant. witnesses say the breaks failed and big rig gained speed, running red lets. it happened just before employees awived. >> my husband daughter and did he have yu and i >> witnesses say it appears the driver did everything he could to avoid hitting anyone. >> we're hearing from sheriff deputies who played a role of hero over the weekend saving teenagers from a burning bus. that bus caught fire saturday night. a deputy was driving to work and decided to ask once you saw teenagers inside. it helped a bus driver and teacher. >> it could have gone very bad. especially had they not immed

caltran has to go up into the cables and consummated spirit do not worry, the lights will return and1 months. >> reporter:the final sunset on the first itteration of the bay lights >> reporter:by all accounts, the project has been a huge success and people have come from around the world to see the sculpture with their own eyes and take pictures with their own camerasartist leo villareal says he is overwhelmed by the stories people have told him about their experience with is work. >> reporter:leo villareal artist >>i've heard stories of people getting engaged romantic moments, where they were if the moon was out the water and the atmosphere. it creates experiences for people and binds them together. i've often called it a digital campfire. >> reporter:the hypnotic dancing lights are a big hit with everyone who comes to the embarcadero to get a look at them. >> reporter:when we first saw those go on it was like it put san francisco on the map in terms of one of the most beautiful cities in the worldit always was but that was something special. >> reporter:ben davis is one of the orga

but it's really eastbound where we're seeing some delay because of caltrans crews hard at work eastbound 80 between the 4th street exit all the way to the span itself. they have various lanes blocked. that's scheduled until about 6:00. so for the next hour and a half or so. here's a live look at the southbound 101 ride across the golden gate bridge. we haven't seen zipper crews yet just a few cars so far heading out of sausalito. not too bad heading on to doyle drive and bart we just checked has 23 trains all on time. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." juliette, michelle, back to you. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> the price of gas went up 75 cents last month in northern california. the average cost for a gallon of gas is $3.41 for the bay area. san mateo has the most expensive gas at $3.47 a gallon. drivers in vallejo have it slightly better at $3.35 a gallon. aaa says the national average is $2.45. >>> california has a new way of evaluating students. for the first time yesterday, kids logged on to computers to answer questions in math and english. the new exams do away with mu

the suicide in a pot of gold led to an extra vigilance by police in certain areas but caltran says itis not feasible to deploy. the entire 77 mi. corridor there are no explanations as to why this is happening caltran says the extra patrol and outreach efforts to provide information about suicide prevention are working. officials say, at least 94 attacks have been canceled over the last three years. >> grant: potentially deadly and they are on the black diamond drill. you can see a hit right there and it hit right there. someone sent us a picture of to rattlesnakes. the photographer wrote " i was with my dog on the trail and my dog found to rattlesnakes right along the side of the trial. lurking in the tall grass right there. please let people know that there were huge. the man went on to say, it was right there in clinton. >> pam: is fight to keep the school open. coming up next >> pam: then, a strong reaction to a documentary on scientology was the church has scheduled to target is movie star reliever. >> reporter: tonight wendy this evening scattered high clouds and low clouds at th

that is from caltrans. the rest of your bridges though, look okay. here's the live look at the bay bridge, the toll plaza. problem free so far coming into san francisco. your east bay drive times all look great from the carquinez bridge to the maze and b.a.r.t. is also on time system wide. that's kcbs traffic. frank michelle back to you guys. >>> nearly 77,000 fans descended on quicken loans arena for -- levi's stadium for wrestlemania yesterday. biggest crowd in the stadium's young history. in addition the first weekend of the season for great america next door. traffic and public transit seemed to go okay for the most part. for many fans before ressable mania as people arrived at staggered times. >> a bit early you know, kind of rite where you're -- route where you're going to go before time and kind of carpool you know. >> it was rougher after the event as you might imagine as all the fans left at once. vta expected record ridership. a big percentage of fans were from outside the silicon valley and took lightrail and buses from hotels in san jose

now caltrans has to do maintenance on the tables along the western span of the bridge so the 25,000 white lights have to come down. we spoke with the founder of the project here ben davis this morning. >> this morning it's beautiful. this morning is about love and community and generosity all the effort that everyone put into this, shining for the past two years. this is just a chance for to us reflect together and, you know, look optimistically to the future when it comes back and stays "forever." >> reporter: this light sculpture has been very popular. back out here live now on the embarcadero you can see dozens of people came out to watch the lights fade away this historic morning along the bay. thanks to a big fundraising campaign about $4 million was raised. these rights are going to be back in time for super bowl 50 and they will be here to stay next year. anne makovec, kpix 5. >> a lot of people showed up to say good-bye. >> what a beautiful shot. >> beautiful shot. >>> all right. let's check in with gianna right now for a look at the morning commute. >> we are going back to the ba

a comment on the accident caltran system will get back to us. including their own independent investigation. >> pam: the mother and five year old daughter was hit and the galleria parking lot. and san francisco where hit and the stones town gallery a parking lot in front of the city's sports club wednesday. police say and 86 year old woman failed to stop at the intersection and hit them both. it is cases like this which has stanley roberts investigating pedestrian safety. >> reporter: when making a right-hand turn look both ways noticed this driver is looking to the left accurate, times have you tried to cross and the driver is looking in the other direction? >> reporter: if you're not interested in talking to it my advice is the top 30 seconds or more. and the intersection it is common to see drivers try to peek at the district like they are in some kind of race. another issue that causes problems at intersections is there is under this rule that seems >> reporter: if you are saying to yourself how does this affect the drive in safety in many c

it was a public art project put up in 2013 but caltrans has to do some maintenance on the westernspan of the bay bridge. so the lights have to go. >> we have to take our lights down so they can paint the cables but fortunately we were able to raise enough money to put it back up and at that point, the piece will become permanent. >> reporter: next january, the lights will be back and that's thanks to a private fundraising campaign. they will become permanent just in time for super bowl 50. later on this morning, members of the san francisco symphony will be performing here and we hear they are going to be playing here comes the sun by the beatles. it's going to be kind of a slow fade because eventually as the sunrises, it's just going to basically block out the beautiful lights sculpture we see behind us. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> an appropriate song, right, for the occasion? >> george harrison the great meteorologist. [ laughter ] >> i'm going to miss the lights. >> i am, too. i remember the first time laying eyes on it coming across nob hill heading towards the

but to caltrans, the longfin smelt could be a big pain in the next. allen martin explains why it's disrupting plans to tear down part of the old bay bridge. >> so the longfin smelt are on a countdown to extinction. >> reporter: meet the latest complication at the new bay bridge. a palm sized fish that's in big trouble. >> the longfin smelt combined with the dealt smelt and chinook salman really demonstrate that this is a systemwide collapse, not just a, you know, some frail species that can't hack it in a changing world. >> right now i'm just asking can i do this once? >> reporter: just three weeks ago, caltrans announced that it wants to remove the old bay bridge piers with a series of small explosions beneath the bay. a sort of mini implosion they describe as more bay friendly. >> so we can really minimize the impact to wildlife. >> reporter: this isn't the first time the demolition has run into wildlife concerns. >> at this point, in terms of deterrence and monitoring we spent $3.3 million. >> reporter: protecting birds on the old bridge has alread

. >> reporter: caltran will be moving in here with their equipment derrick this investigation will beng on for quite some time. shanty here on eastbound fight a zero and a height of the afternoon commute is just a mess hall here. --out here >> grant: going onto hours now. yet it's the light colored vehicle has bellotto's. --bullett holes. it is always hectic this, knight is even more this evening. >> grant: will continue to follow this story throughout the bar broadcast. >> catherine: to mike investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a three alarm fire in vallejo. it ripped through an old school district building. kron4 mike pelton has the story. >> reporter: this building used to house offices. and has been vacant for many years. there is a lot of burned the greek left behind. arriving early this morning to take pictures to peace everything together. many transit's live inside of the building for several years. over the time police has responded to several smaller fires. >> reporter: here near the corner of of napa st. officials called for three alarm as smoke came through

>> reporter: what we now have is 1400 feet by caltrans with some of the more challenging work to come here we have an ice peak that extends from the bottom. caltrans wants to remove it next october. >> we see the least impact to all of the bay and the environment here would be an implosion using highly controlled charges set around the foundation. >> reporter: it is an experiment that may lead to more of the same, or not, depending partly on comments from environmental groups. just a friday attraction right now from a roadside view. >> that was wayne friedman reporting there. we lost wayne's audio because of interference with a radio station, but that walkway will eventually lead all the way to treasure island. the exact completion is at about this time next year if all things go according to schedule. >>> still ahead on abc news at 4. call it a buzzkill. why you may soon think twice about pouring yourself a shot of your favorite liquor. >>> rapper shug knight suddenly collapses. what a judge told him seconds before he fainted. >>> in mississippi a man is found hanging from a tree. is

. >>> a caltrans crew injured a woman while clearing out a homeless encampment in san jose today. now, the skip loader seen here was tearing down a tent while a woman was still inside. she had to be treated for minor injuries. chp officers were escorting the caltrans crew at the time of the injury. >>> the investigation into what police are calling a kidnapping hoax is still going on this afternoon. >> denise husband kins' attorney insists she was a victim of the crime. her attorney strongly denies the kidnapping was made up. >> she was a victim of a very serious assault. and like a number of women who have been victims of serious physical and emotional assaults she was initially hesitant to come forward. but she's fully cooperated with law enforcement with the hope to clear her name. >> police accuse her and her boyfriend of orchestrating the hoax and plundering valuable resources away from the community. the pair could face criminal charges. >>> fire officials say a quick-thinking bus driver rushed 35 students to safety after their school bus burst into flames. this is incredibl

. >> reporter: caltrans said earlier that the inspection found standing water and substandard grout and microscopic cracks in one rod. >> we needed a microscope. a high-powered microscope to see the cracking. so it is not a safety issue, but we do need to understand what in fact may have been the cause. >> reporter: caltrans insists the bridge is safe. lisa fullson is not convinced. she's a material scientist. >> more concerns. more alarms. because any additional damage to rods is going to make the cracking worse. >> reporter: scientists date back to 2006 to determine the cause. drivers who have heard of issues with the bridge before say they are concerned. >> it's a safety concern mostly. >> i just think it's bad. the bridge needs to be there and we need to be able to drive it to get to and from work. >> reporter: now a bridge spokesperson says it could be one cause or a combination of things. they just don't know yet. and it's too soon to say exactly when they might have a definitive answer. reporting live on treasure island christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> well, months of prepa

caltrans got out there. that's easing the congestion as you make your way to the troll plaza.s talk about the st. patty's day parade. just a suggestion. we have our waze app. a brand-new feature, a new addition that you can get around the parade routes. any delays, street closures. here's a look at the route for you off of market street ending up at the civic center plaza. it starts at 10:00. and the abc 7 waze app will get you around the delays or get you there. it's not just for the st. patty's day parade. this is for any main event. it's a great addition. >> thanks for the info. >> maybe we see new kids on the block. and abc 7 is a proud sponsor of this year's san francisco st. patrick's day parade. michael finny will host the frad live beginning tomorrow at noon. you can catch it on the go with our free app. >>> seven things to know before you go. >>> first, abc 7 news now. we'll keep weather and traffic up for the commercial break. you see the mt. hood was left off the list. so was the oregon coast, the columbia river gorge and the painted hills. smith rock and the wallow

ken wayne, ktvu news. >>> caltrans says a demolition company plans to save money by lowering large pieces of the bridge into barges and scrapping them elsewhere. the work is expected to take three years to complete. >>> checking in around here we had a nice warm day today. temperatures got up there. warmest day of the week pretty much. antioch was 85 degrees. it was 80 in morgan hill, 80 in san jose. a nice looking day, 77 in napa and 83 in fairfield. what i'm tracking is this moisture that's coming in. see how it's split, you see the jet stream splitting right here. the main jet is going this way but you see it splitting right here. these clouds, are going to stream over the top of us. they already are as a matter of fact. and as we go into the next 24 hours and right to the weekend too. you see current temperatures right. you have a warm spot like concord at 63 right now. livermore inland 63 degrees. still pretty warm inland. tree pollen are trending high. it's been nasty out there and they're going to stay that way for some time. because that's how it goes. for the next week, at least