please welcome commissioner who claudine at chiang -- commissioner claudine chang. >> [speaking chinese] at the beginning of every year, whether chinese new year begins in january or february, the city and county sets a great example for the other major cities in this country in the way we celebrate lunar new year, and especially with the leadership of all the members and supporters and volunteers of the chinese chamber of commerce. we have seen so many years of the street fairs, the parades' that attract a quarter million people. we really have set an example for the rest of the country. i want to congratulate everyone for their hard work. i look forward to seeing everybody this saturday at the parade. taking an example of the lunar utah -- lunar new year and how celebrate it, we talked about it lunar new year and chinese new year as the same period that are pretty much the same, but lunar new year is celebrated by many groups within the asian american community, including korean- americans, vietnamese americans, and many others. we want to celebrate the chinese new year every year, bu

you've already heard from claudine chang. she is a member of treasure island authority. thank you. the president of that commission is here. that is lender richardson. -- linda richardson. [applause] then there is the newlywed to city government. she is due to the small business commission. commissioner white. [applause] i will go through more. i have so many things in my head, i am so move today by what we are doing. the next thing i get to do it is bring up an incredible lawwoman. i will speak from that clipboard right there. they have two wonderful daughters who they have raised to attend college, and we are very honored to have you here. as our first lady of the city and county of san francisco. our first lady is a fabulous role model for us all. she has dedicated her self to work as well as family. we all know that is often challenging to find the balance in life, taking care of family. that is a great accomplishment. the mayor has said that he will never be where he is without her love and support. this is the best testimonial of what a first lady is. i hope you'll join me in

changes tonight and through the whole weekend. that artery going to be shut down at 8:00 p.m. so traffic could be moved on a temporary bypass. claudinejoins us more on the subject. >> drivers coming in and out of the city have used doyle drive. tonight all that changes. the last drivers will cross that roadway tonight and then it gets shut down for the weekend so crews could move traffic on a temporary bypass. doyle drive is the major artery linking san francisco to the north bay. a lot of people will be -- your best advice really is to avoid that area all together if you can. but if you can't avoid it and still need to get in, you can. we want to give you a better idea how that trip in and out of the city is going to change. this of course is doyle drive coming through here. this is what is going to be shut down. which means you will not be able to access marie that or lombard street. it's going to be crowded so yo have to expect delays. all this starts at 8:00 and should be completed by 5:00 a.m. monday. >> the ferry service another option to avoid headaches. they are doubling their service from sausalito to lox burg. baseball fans

claudine and dave. well, the conditions continue to change. still pretty slow in la fayette. is kind of making a little wit of an appearance here and it could dry off the roads. still slow from walnut creek to to la i fayette -- la fayette. for the most part, the whole ride will be under the speed limit. the toll plaza has cleared out at the bay bridge. let's take a look at 237. a little bit of rain moving through here. 237, stop-and-go traffic continuing out past zanker. this time it stays with you 0 a little bit at the lawrence expressway. 208 and 85 are slow. we have a lot of stalled fender- benders, those kinds of things that happen especially when it's wet out there. >> there are a few sunbreaks. there will be better conditions by the coast and inland we'll -- we'll start to get mostly cloudy to cloudy. although showers could come in at any time. sun, cloud, showers. after last night, yesterday, and last night's pain is -- rain is finally out of the area. so rain turning showery. today is a showery day. friday will be showery and the weekend will be okay. sum sun. it wil

claudine wong. >> good morning, everyone. i'm mike mibach. rosemary is tracking changes this morning. hi, rosemary. >> good morning.ike mentioned, cooler on the coastline. anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees of cooling expected. we have fog and partly to mostly cloudy skies for the coast. rest of us will be just as warm as we felt yesterday, even warmer in some cases. we'll look at the numbers in your neighborhood, what you can expect for the week ahead, even have a few showers in the forecast. that's coming up. >>> well, continuing coverage of the doyle drive closure now. demolition is mostly done. us from we'll show you the scene from news chopper 2. what was doyle drive is now just rubble. at this time tomorrow the replacement roadway should be open for the monday morning commute and as ali rasmus tells us, all signs are pointing to that happening on time, right, alley? >> reporter: that's right, claudine. behind us is kristi field. up until five minutes ago, there was a long row of 20 asphault trucks parked along mason street. you see there is a lot of congestion here, a lot of regular cars and vehicles passing throug

change is his story and making misleading statements. the d.a. publicly questioning whether mirkarimi should ever serve in law enforcement again. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police in alameda looking for vandals responsible for some disturbing graffiti. these messages of hate had the police department on alert. they're showing up on buildings across the city of alameda. the vandals have spray-painted the words cop-killer and dirty boy. police are following several leads but don't know who is respononsible and they're askin for the public's help. >>> time is 7:38. starting this afternoon, there will be some help for pedestrians who try to get across a dangerous intersection near san francisco's state university. a new stoplight at the intersection of san juan avenue will be turned on. 20-year-old stacy crouse was hit and killed as she walked in a crosswalk there three years ago. the ceremony will activate the stoplight and also honor crouse's life. all of this begins at 12:30 this afternoon. >>> no such thing as friday light this morning. it's been incredibly busy. let's check in again with sal for some of the big problems. >

changes tonight and through the weekend. that artery is going to be shut down at 8:00 tonight so traffic can be moved on to a temporary bypass. ktvu's claudine wong in studio now to tell us more about the project and how you can get around all of this. claudine? >> well, dave, it is going to be a big issue for drivers who use doyle drive. right now the drivers are some of the last to be using that. the heavy machinery is already in place and starting at 8:00 tonight, doyle drive, as we know it, will shut down for good to make room for a seismically safe roadway. a lot of work needs to be done to make all of those changes. so crews are going to move traffic on to a temporary bypass. to make that transition, however, you have to shut down traffic through doyle drive which is, of course, a major artery linking san francisco to the north bay. drivers are being warned to plan for heavy traffic in the area while the transition is being made. your best advice is just to avoid the area if you can. if you can't avoid it and you still need to get in, you can but here's how that trip inened out of the city is going to -- in and out of the city is going