dunbarton bridge quiet, starting tonight at 10:00 p.m. a full bridge closure that extends all the way until tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. complete closure and the san mateo bridge the best alternate. southbound 1 01 at university various lines close, right now we see slight delays. a look at south bay in just a minute. >>> what is wrong with my airline peanuts they are yummy. >>> from the royal wedding this was sold at an auction yesterday for $2,500. the bidding started at $160. >>> a piece of history. standing by for a new threat >>> the trouble for a big part of fire crew coming out >>> refunds for people who bought facebook stock. >>> we've been talking about the closure of the dumbarton bridge will tell you why and what they hope to accomplish. >>> the bridge built against all odds the golden gate bridge celebrates a big birthday this weekend. all the latest on the celebrations and traffic tieups. >>> a body found in a trash can near bay area mall, the details on the victim. >>> second chance for people who bought facebook stock, a ch

. >> the dunbarton bridge is closed this holiday weekend. what's being done to the bridge and how you can get around the closure. >> and the history rush u.s.s. iowa begins its last voyage. >>> good evening, everyone. home you enjoyed the baseball game. thanks for watching this special edition of k.t.v.u. news. i'm heather holmes. >> and i'm ken wake. more sports including highlights from the giants game later on. first the news. >>> a surprise strike by golden gait ferry workers left thousands of travelers stranded on both sides of san francisco bay this morning. noelle walker is at if he ferry terminal. >> reporter: on a holiday weekend and big bridge anniversary weekend, when commuters are being urged to take public transit, the ferries in larkspur never left the dock. >> i don't know but i been told. ♪ i don't know but i been told ♪ golden gate just then got sold. >> reporter: workers with the golden gate ferry system walked the picket line. >> very generous when management takes on additional responsibilities that they compensate them.

. >> the dunbarton bridge shutdown this weekend.working our round-the-clock for earthquakes safety measures. it will not be opening up until tuesday at 5:00 a.m. possibly earlier but traffic going south is encouraged to use highway 37. caltran spokesperson talks about the work being done >> nearly 100 people on the job at once working 24-7. there have been tractor's coming out to do in different portions of the job but caltran has been up the entire time. >> it is not over until it is over because it will not be done after this weekend's closure. two-three additional days if needed of additional closer. >> this marks the 70th anniversary of the golden gate bridge already celebrations the 75th-anniversary. cons' of activities planned marking the anniversary movies, tours, incidence leading up to tomorrow's celebration and fireworks. the bridge will be closed for one hour. here is remembrance. >> in 1917 i had a great life but i was able to walk on the golden gate bridge 75 years ago! >> we said why don't we take a walk on the bridge

this ahead of schedule when the dunbarton bridge will reopen.ay to the animals used to sing that song but its other commitments to the bay area's two that has one man plotting to sue. >>> a bay area middle school beaten while the classmates' cheer on the video her mom wants everyone to see. like father like a son and daughter me the bay area's family of fencing now one of them is headed to the olympics. >>> good evening the net and scanner of tonight's the dumbarton bridge to will reopen earlier than expected did tell is what went right to. >>> juliet goodrich at three month to block off both directions of the eastern side of the span they just announced a few minutes ago that the bridges said the open two hours ahead of schedule. at the galt team worked weather and diligent workers the dunbarton has been closed since friday since the seismic construction crews and added beefier joints and and bearings to allow the sections to move independently than an understanding difference is the says there were few surprises but nothing major. we've palanc

patience to get your around the disclosure that is expected to last fall weekends crew shut down the dunbarton just last night here is a look of the last cars make it through the whole purpose of the shutdown is to seismically straight in strengthen the bridge how they plan to do is to remove an expansion joint. crews have consistently worked on the bridge since july 2010 its importance this project well from the dumbarton bridge into state-of-the-art seismic standards this is why it's been done in 2013 as he mentioned is that a closure that dunbarton may be 1.6 mi. but serves the past have led for 61,000 cars a day connecting cities menlo park to hear in fremont and sell it is a really big closure and they're hoping everything runs smoothly. those early-morning commuters a bill to get to work and not have to run around all these detours this weekend is starting a major disruption for writers of many in metro's busiest line and san francisco of for crews are in the midst of replacing a stretch of new track in the intersection at church street attended a real upgrade project will end the servic

live at the dunbarton bridge., because it gives you a look at the alternate routes you can use this weekend. you can either go north and use the san mateo bridge or go south and get around the bay on highway 237. >>>a federal crime lab in walnut creek is examining evidence from a rigged flashlight that exploded at a salvation army warehouse in arizona. two workers at that phoenix salvation army center were hurt on thursday. the salvation army says one of the workers picked up the flashlight while sift ing through a donation bin. when he turned it on the flashlight exploded and a nearby worker suffered minor injuries. >> concern with these devices is there have been no targets. they have been randomly left for any innocent victim to pick up. >> earlier this month, two rigid flashlights confer left outside a business in glendale, arizona. the crime leg run by the u.s. bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives is going to try to determine whether the flashlight that went off thursday was rigged in the same

dunbarton. >> dunbarton bridge is closed this weekend. friday actually, 10:00 until tuesday. hopefully reopening by 5:00. hope to tell you the photograph will be moving slowly. 237, top of your screen, that will take you east-west as well. point out south bay map speeds to the 40s for 101 as well as 87. seeing the yellow crop up on our screen. highway 17, i are check thing out. we had a report of a closure of a road. 17 at the summit. it is also the time when they are picking up the crews from summit. we have overnight construction and no reports the closure. so far we can tell it is just because they are moving crews there. earlier car fire heading away from the bridge through hercules. haven't seen any slowing there. just smoke under the hood. >> mike, thank you very much. >>> it has been no secret facebook not such a great like since last friday's ipo. the company under pressure. scott mcgrew with conning coverage. >> good morning. we first reported to you at the top of the newscast, there are a number of accusation this morning that underwriter morgan stanley was telling

. >>> options for crossing san francisco bay or the weekend are limited, dunbarton bridge will be closed as part of a seismic retrofit project anne mackovic with more. >>> bright early and windy. the closure stars on the dumbarton bridge at 10:00 p.m. tonight at closure at that last 77 hours although they hope they can get it done a little bit early. we've seen the signs warning drivers of the memorial weekend closure that runs from fremont to menlo park, they've been doing prep work so the can get to the meat of the project and not including putting a steel plate across all six lines along workers to start in the work on the concrete underneath. >>> the entire bridge needs to be closed for the first time on the job this week and the crews will cut across all six lanes to replace its size and it joined with a larger expansion joints that helps the bridge absorb energy during eight seismic event. >>> they are replacing it with one twice its size that allows the bridge to move more in the case of an earthquake. a $60 million project said to be finished early next year, the alternate route

. >> and caltrans will close the dunbarton bridge through 5:00 tuesday morning. it could reopen sooner if work is finished early. crews are likely to need the full 77 hours. this will mark a major mile snon a project there that is set to be completed next year. >> crews will be cutting across all six lanes to replace seismic joint with a larger expansion joint helping the bridge absorb energy during an event. >> and be sure to give time if you plan to use the bridge or highway 237. if all goes well you'll not notice a change on the dunbarton bridge. >> and it won't be easy getting around san francisco this weekend. first street between mission and howard will be closed through tuesday morning for work on the transbay transit center, crews will be doing excavation work. friday fight muni shutting down the j church lines for 10 days to work on the skmuch intersection and along carl avenue. and severe congestion expected sunday along the water front for golden gate bridge's 75th anniversary we've been talking about. events planned all day long and a show beginning a

. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the construction work that's closed the dunbarton bridge all weekend. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live now with an updated time line on exactly when that bridge will reopen. lloyd. >> that's right frank, a late breaking development we just talked to caltrans a few minutes ago and we told them that the work on the bridge has gone a lot faster than we anticipated. they expect to have the bridge reopen to car traffic at 3:00 tomorrow morning. >>> crews have -- >> reporter: crews have been working around the clock since saturday night installing a new seismic joint. this is what the joint looks like and this is the only close up look you'll have of it because once the bridge reopens some 60,000 cars a day will be driving over it. caltrans says no one will notice a difference unless an earthquake hits. >> this is very exciting. this is state of the art. >> reporter: tonight we were the only ones to talk to the chief designer of this expansion joint which connects two segments of the bridge and will allow the bridge to move as much as 37-inches in the e

. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the construction work that's closed the dunbarton bridge all weekend. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live now with an updated time line on exactly when that bridge will reopen. lloyd. >> that's right frank, a late breaking development we just talked to caltrans a few minutes ago and we told them that the work on the bridge has gone a lot faster than we anticipated. they expect to have the bridge reopen to car traffic at 3:00 tomorrow morning. >>> crews have -- >> reporter: crews have been working around the clock since saturday night installing a new seismic joint. this is what the joint looks like and this is the only close up look you'll have of it because once the bridge reopens some 60,000 cars a day will be driving over it. caltrans says no one will notice a difference unless an earthquake hits. >> this is very exciting. this is state of the art. >> reporter: tonight we were the only ones to talk to the chief designer of this expansion joint which connects two segments of the bridge and will allow the bridge to move as much as 37-inches in the e

tightly it will be a long weekend and that will happen in the next couple of months live along the dunbarton please the washington cbs five that the latest year let's check and the john of the traffic across the day of combat to chapter 5 helpless this closure will go smoothly. in fact most of the morning it's been very nice and lights samoset bridges also in a very good read this morning jog and never to maps in u.s. and to report along 11 to read into blocks. no. 11 that season chavez to read lines to avoid that if he can rescind topics on government bonds rallied toward 680 break let's about a 19 minute ride this point in the antioch sledge conditions continue west on highway 4 but ended up passed that area as the head toward the shore freeway. the bay bridge is now owned was the is the news once again. many in the forest very low 50s. and at sarah's and not the coming in the mid 40's because of fog so- called distress sale might cause today there are delays on arrival in the bed out by degrees secure take a few degrees you'll notice the bigger difference and santa rosa 7 cisco not as muc

dunbarton bridge is right on track to reopen and there westbound the past hour, crew as announced they've completed the installation of a new joint on the western part of the bridge. that joint will help absorb shock of an earthquake. next steps include building barriers, striping and cleaning up. the project started two years ago and it should be done next year. >> and many of us are sleeching in this memorial day, some hearty souls woke up before dawn to take a dip in waters of san francisco bay. there is 400 swimmers with water and swells that is a one fafl mile water trek. now among the group was a 9-year-old jordan freer. she could be the youngest female to ever swim from alcatras. >> one told us we're where we should be and we just kept aiming for the gold dome. >> wow. jordan says scariest part is jumping off the boat. and she made that swim at about 45 minutes faster than many adults. go jordzan! >> that is great. >> i would not do it. >> and it's cold. >> and as we continue tonight there is an auction giving elvis fans all shook up and it may have the king rolling over in his gra

and caltran crews continue their nonstop work to retrofit the dunbarton bridge, which is closed to traffic until early tuesday morning. thanks for joining us, i'm carolyn tyler. let's start with a quick first look at the weather. here's our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi there, carolyn. good morning, everyone. here is the birthday girl. we are lacking at a cloudy start. can't tell now but all bay area locations except for napa reporting plenty of low clouds, and this that we are looking at temperatures fairly uniform, in the lower 50s, except for santa rosa and napa where you had a bit of a clear sky for the past couple of hours. 47 there. 53 in oakland and 51 in san francisco. here's the way it's going to play out throughout the afternoon. the late morning hours we will get into the clearing. but notice the clouds are going to hang along the an mattio coast and we are expecting numbers to come up today except right here where the marine layer sits. we will talk about texas temperatures and a look at a warmer week ahead in a few minutes. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. today is the 75th anni

may 26th, within of the bay area's bridges is closed this weekend as caltran works to retrofit the dunbarton bridge. and a judge denies ross mirkarimi's request to talk with eliana lopez by skype who is in venezuela with their three-year-old son. good morning. i'm tray mcsweeney. let's look at the long weekend forecast, a big birthday bash for the golden gate bridge. here's lisa argen. >> good morning, everyone. here's the view from mount damage. we have a marine layer. you see angel island in the distance. we will look at more sunshine today and not quite where we should be this time of year. still some instability out there. some of the moisture could continue to pile up in the form of higher elevation clouds here. and that could lead to a sprinkle. we have sprinkles in livermore earlier. 50 in the city, 47 in redwood city, and we will be looking for numbers to climb through the 50s this morning with partly cloudy sunny conditions. cool still with numbers mainly in the 60s today. 50s at our coast. i'll show you where had shower could pop up this afternoon and when our warming trend begins.

among closures planned this weekend there is caltrans closing down the dunbarton bridge to allow it to better manage earthquakes. it should be reopened by ak a.m. tuesday morning in time for people heading back to work. >> and there are orm closures this afternoon, muni shutting down at 7:00 tonight they'll be closed for 10 days to allow work on the intersection along carl avenue there. is a run down for you of the closures on abc 7 news.com. just click on see it on tv. remember our waze traffic app can help you navigate through all of this. and to learn more bo to abc 7 news. >> i know what you're thinking. umbrella? >> this is owed. sandhya patel is here now. >> this is late in the season but we're going to get showers out of town. that is the answer to my earlier tease. there is a view from our ski resorts. you can see there is snow that let up in tahoe. it's raining if blue canyon. there is no chain restrictions. and there is some of of you seeing blue skies. there is lawrence saying cloudy, cold winds that is the way it's been. and it's still active in parts of the bay area. there

dunbarton bridge, no problem this morning.emember, that brigitte self 84 closed is completely on friday at 10:00 p.m. we are also watching, of course, warnings for redwood city. don't even plan on going downtown redwood city any time after 3:00. between el camino and 101. broadway, avoid that area. wind advisory has been cleared for the san mateo bridge. not an issue. also clears the air so no fog advisory this morning. smooth drive once the vehicle got off of the freeway, upper deck of the bay bridge. that was moving nicely now. bay bridge toll plaza shows you christina is talking about -- i'm talking about clear roads. beautiful sun coming up. skies, no clouds now. back to you. >> good looking day. >> beautiful out will. thanks so much. 5:21. how is this for a food fight? 9-year-old prompting change in scotland after blogging about the food served at the school cafeteria. on her blog called never seconds, martha snapped pictures of her school lunch every day. i guess it is a piece of pizza. looks like hashed browns. corn. ne

the dunbarton bridge is set to close memorial day weekend.ruction crews will replace a major joint across all six lanes of the bridge. part of the work will force the closure of the bridge memorial day weekend. the entire project should be completed by next year. >>> the news about education in california has not been very good lately. look around and you'll see schools closing, tuition rising and qualified students being turned away. >> except at one bay area high school. a school that took a big risk and has turned things around. >> that's right, you know. you don't get much of a success story than immaculate conception. a distinction that was almost lost along with everything else were it not for some sisters who with put more than just their faith on the line. it's tonight's bay area proud. >> there are 240 students enrolled at san francisco's immaculate conception academy. and on an average day, one quarter of them don't go to class. >> got everything. >> reporter: you may be surprised to learn is the way sister lily fitzpatrick likes it

caltrans is closing the dunbarton bridge for the entire holiday weekend. the span will shut down at ten tonight and it's ankled to reopen at five on tuesday. in less than an hour muni and judi will shut down for nine days for rail repairs. the work will also force the jay church line to shorten its route. the lines are scheduled to reopen on june 4th. at 8:00 tonight first street in san francisco will close between mission and howard street. crews will set up temporary bridges to allow traffic to move through the area during the construction. temporary bridges will be set up to move traffic through the area. the street is set to reopen at five on tuesday. >>> be sure to stay with ktvu and help get around the detours. >> we saw it all today. sun, rain, snow up in the sierra and noelle where she experienced the unusual mix of this weather during the travels around the bay. >> i was in it all day with my photographer shaun. we are ending the day with a little bit of sun and blue skies here but take a look over my shoulder. there are lingering clouds still aro

but no slowing and dunbarton bridge has your typical eastbound route. the weekend closure for highway 84 and today we are also watching redwood city because some visitor -- i don't know. have you more on had a? what's going on? >> a little something going on. decision 2012. signs are up, roadblocks are out today in redwood city as president obama rolls in town for a whirlwind fund-raiser. the president and mitt romney turning to the bay area this month for campaign praig. >> this as a new poll reveal it is candidates have a virtual tie leading up to november. team coverage of the poll results and the presidential visit. we begin with christie smith live in redwood city. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we got off the freeway and i can tell you that the sign are flashing. they are lit up letting you know traffic will be impacted. i wanted to show you, though, marquee. we were surprised it is somewhat blank this morning in redwood city where president obama will attend a public obama victory fund 2012 event at the fox theater. four streets

dunbarton bridge, construction crew clearing from both directions.rton bridge major construction. closing it for memorial day. that will be the case that entire three-day weekend. highway 4. antioch, that's not a concern. typical slow, redwood. 24 at ells street. heavier volume here as well. similar to a tuesday commute seeing slowing heading over in towards concord. watching 242 and 680 as well. live look outside. see how things are shaping up across the golden gate bridge. low clouds covering around. traffic moving slowly out of the north bay. we haven't had any problems reported. we will follow this as well. that will change the conditions as well. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. what a difference a day makes. giants and a's struggling in their games last night. giants hoping to extend their winning streak to four. they took on the rockies again. lincecum on the mound. giants not getting much done. eventually rally tying up the game in the to top of the ninth. 4-4 for the rockies. spoiled that party in the bottom of the ninth. home run. majo

allow important slowing in both directions as you pass the exits along the dunbarton bridge. >> thank you very much. >>> we are following developing news this morning. a tense calm right now in oakland after another might of violent confrontation with protesters. >> followed a day of mayday rallies across the bay area. most of them peaceful except certainly for a few. christie smith joins us live in oakland where things got ugly overnight. good morning. >> good morning to you. we still see a few police cars sitting around downtown oakland, keeping an eye on things. i can tell you that the crowds are gone. much quieter now than it was last night. when you drive around you can certainly see the damage from last night. a number of businesseses are boarded up this morning. there are graffiti. we are at the plaza which seems to be the center of the protests. up to that -- mayday march and demonstration, really started out peaceful very early yesterday morning her in h oakland. but the situation deteriorated as the day went on. oakland police this morning reporting they made 25 arrests, inc

the dunbarton bridge is closed for seismic upgrades this weekend. the work is about one-third of the way done, caltrans says. a new steel plate is being installed across the deck, that plate should allow the it bridge to be move and be flexible during an earthquake. >> replacing the original with a new seismic joint, giving the deck an additional 18 inches of movement in a seismic event. >> officials say they'll have better idea when the bridge will open to traffic tomorrow. as of now, the plan is to have the bridge open in time for the morning commute tuesday. >>> next at 6:00, san jose police investigate the death of a 16-year-old boy this weekend. we'll have the latest on that. >>> also ahead, we'll take you out to the east bay as the family of michelle language meie one day since she disappeared. also the family of sierra lamar is taking part. >>> the u.n. holds an emergency meeting over the massacre in syria and offers some harern wo storm bers.l w yl bears tropical storm beryl b down on the east coast. we're back in two minutes. mom? hmm? what

the dunbarton bridge. it's closed for seismic updates. we have a look at the progress of the work this weekend. hello, kimberly. >> reporter: hello, everyone. 100 crew members are working around the clock to make sure that the bridge is ready to be re-opened for tuesday morning's commute. now, the bridge originally opened back in 1984, and so it was built to 1975 seismic code. since then so much has been learned about the way bridges act during seismic activity. state-of-the-art technology is used to bring the bridge up to code. they are raising this bridge five inches at the site of a seismic joint which is replaced with a steel plate run across the entire deck and will allow the bridge to move during an aearthquake. right now workers put in the steel support plates that create the base for that new joist. >> what happens is there's these two disks, one that connects to the deck and another that connects to the foundation. in a seismic eefvent it allows e deck to move independently from the foundations. so give the bridge the ability to

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. >>> we want to remind you about the dunbarton bridge closure of this marled a week and they're shutting down friday through tuesday may 29th highway 84 you'll need to find alternates, the san mateo bridge a good one as well as to 37, both was flowing nicely. and earlier wind advisory for the san mateo bridge lifted. they picked a rose wet road work on highway 84 in antioch. now we are seeing the usual slowed traffic in the commute direction of westbound highway 4 things improve out towards pittsburgh/bay point. as the wind turbines toward livermore use the brake lights a little sluggish. all drive times in the east bay in the clear, west bound to 37 for silicon valley and easy of away from milpitas to san jose. mass-transit good to go. no issues for bart or the ferries. we have in the and the shutdown will tell you about that coming up. >>> two homes destroyed as a wall of fire rages near the california and nevada border. it began near gardner ville nv strong winds spread the flames across 4,000 a. the wind shifted direction and push the fire away from homes crucial for full containment

and there is caltrans closing down dunbarton bridge for work expected to take until 5:00 a.m. on tuesday. it might be a good time to down load the waze traffic app to help you navigate throughout traffic. >> still to come here at 6:00 developing news on the san bruno pipeline explosion. there is a report that tags pg&e with millions of pipeline safety violation autos also a remarkable story from stan stored. one surgeon pulled off a triple transplant. >> your cell phone may reach out and touch you. i'm michael finney. ahead... tattoos that let you know when an e mail arrived. >> and there is a juicy johnsonville sausage. made with only premium cuts of pork since 1945. johnsonville. sausage is all we do. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> pg&e put millions of people at risk by allowing pipelines to run at the wrong pressure levels. the report sedz pressure levels may have contributed to the deadly san bruno explosion and the p.u.c. claims the utility failed to monitor them. multiplied by the number of days comes to 16 million violations. in a letter

and only, cheerios >>> we're talking about traffic before the break now there is an update on the dunbartonridge closure, work is 75% complete. and the track is on track to reopen. crews have just completed installing a new expansion joint on the western part of the bridge's main span helping the bridge bend instead of breaking should we be hit by a major earthquake. there are crews now cleaning up a $60 billion project that should be done by next year. >> if you missed it here it is again. the fire works show that lit up the sky last night celebrating golden gate bridge's 75th birthday. only the second time fire works were set off and the first time accompanied by a light show. we've posted more on abc 7 news.com. and it's on the home page. >> this afternoon, research on organ transplants shows a diseased lungs of smokers are better than nothing at all this, study done in briten, 40% come from people who smoked. findings show people live longer if they're willing to accept lungs from anyone, including smokers. there have been questions about whether the policies can be changed but doctors

street closing that will remain shut down until tuesday morning and starting at 10:00 tonight the dunbarton bridge will close until tuesday morning for retro fit work. and there is a list on our web site. our app can help you make your way through it all. to learn about this go to abc 7 news.com. >> there is more breaking news, pleasanton police identified a body of a woman found yesterday near stoneridge mall. laura anthony is live at the police department with the information that was just released. laura, what is the latest? >> hi, larry. we just spoke with a lieutenant here. they are not able to identify this body at this point. the autopsy performed this morning was inconclusive. but police are releasing additional information. they hope it will elicit the public's help. the body found in a plastic 45 gallon trash can yesterday morning. police won't say how the body was hidden inside of the trash can. and this was found by a resident who saw knit a grove of trees. it's uncertain how long it had been there. again, because of the condition of the body at this point investigators cannot i

. >> just ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00 the retro fit project closing the dunbarton bridge. will crews get the work done in time for the morning commute? >> and going to take you live to tahoe for a look at how ski resorts are transforming them selfs into year-round playgrounds. >> noticeably warmer days wednesday and thursday. i'll show where numbers will end up, coming up. >> and there is automatic renewals can be a great convenience but there can be problems ending a >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> right now seismic work on the closed span is 75% complete. caltrans says crews are making good time and the bridge is on track to reopen by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. you know the span has been closed since friday. today, crews completed installing a new joint on the western part of the bridge. the joint will help absorb the shock of an earthquake. next steps include building new concrete barriers. >> we're going to start that this evening. it will go into early hours of tuesday morning. and then, we'll stripe. and clean up and open up the area to motori

. >>> we're talking about the closure of the dunbarton and bridge and on the north side, the golden gatebridge is a huge party expected today. >>> first let's go to the dumbarton bridge. >>> they're working around the clock to seismically retrofitted to the bridge. the three day closure this week and provide the time and space to rebuild the expansion churro it is. create a seismic drawing to. we got an update from caltrans earlier. >>> we are continuing to work on that. we have finished removal of concrete and the original joined yesterday. today we are continuing to put in the new joint, the still play to the mix up the pace of the new joint and a lot of paving this afternoon. >>> call caltran says so far the bridge is expected to be open on time on tuesday. the san mateo bridge is one way to go as an alternate route. >>> and speaking of transportation isn't the ferries service is bad in service today prepared >>> workers picketed upper the >>> the golden gate bridge looks pretty good for being 75 years old. the milestone is being celebrated a big way today with a fire show that is sai

. >>> the dunbarton bridge is set to shut down during memorial day weekend. it's been undergoing a seismic retrofit and now they need to replace a key joint that ones across the span. crews will lift the roadway and slide in seismic bearings. it should take three days. >> the shaking is all done. the bridge will be exactly in the same operation that it is today. >> reporter: engineers say when the work is completed the roadway will be able to sway up to 3 feet in any direction in the event of a major effort quake. >>> this is a great time of year for river rafting in northern california but everyone though river rafting is fun it can also be very dangerous. and ken pritchett tells us what happened this weekend is a case in point. >> reporter: they are called the troublemaker rapids but they offer more fun than trouble for these kayakers. >> normally people go on the left side because that's where the rapids are but today you can go down the left or the right so a lot of fun. >> reporter: this is the south fork of the american river where rafting season is in

this morning at 8:00 caltran will give us a progress report on the done -- dunbarton bridge which is closed for the weekend. the bridge is expected to stay closed until 5:00 tuesday morning. the overall retrofit project is scheduled for completion early next year. >>> in san francisco construction work has parts of the jay church light rail lines closed for the next nine days. muni will i providing bus service along those routes. our exclusive waze smartphone map can help you navigate traffic. details at abc7news.com/waze." i know you have the waze and the means. police are looking for a green car and a shooting that brought traffic to a halt in redwood city last night. the shooting actually happened in menlo park but police finally located the victim in his car on highway 101. traffic backed up just south of woo side road while police and paramedics attended to the victim. he said the green compact was weaving through traffic trying too catch up with him. >> pulled up alongside of him and started shooting at his vehicle. he continued driving, made some phone calls. one those people

. >>> the dunbarton bridge is set to shut down during memorial day weekend. it's been undergoing a seismic retrofit and now they need to replace a key joint that ones across the span. crews will lift the roadway and slide in seismic bearings. it should take three days. >> the shaking is all done. the bridge will be exactly in the same operation that it is today. >> reporter: engineers say when the work is completed the roadway will be able to sway up to 3 feet in any direction in the event of a major effort quake. >>> this is a great time of year for river rafting in northern california but everyone though river rafting is fun it can also be very dangerous. and ken pritchett tells us what happened this weekend is a case in point. >> reporter: they are called the troublemaker rapids but they offer more fun than trouble for these kayakers. >> normally people go on the left side because that's where the rapids are but today you can go down the left or the right so a lot of fun. >> reporter: this is the south fork of the american river where rafting season is in

meanwhile, it was smooth sailing on the dunbarton as the span reopened earlier than planned, linking fremont and menlo park opened at 3:00 after a three-day closure for seismic fitting. they installed steel plates to allow it to flex during an earthquake. it could require another weekend closure. >>> on saturday night he scored the game-winning touchdown for the san jose sabercats. late last night he was found dead inside of a santa clara hotel room. police are investigating the death of 26-year-old johnny. they do not believe any crime was committed. he was a newcomer to the sabercats, joining the team earlier this month. he was also a star player for the university of washington before joining the arena football league. the sabercats today canceled practice. you see here some flowers were left it at the hotel where he was discovered. the sabercats released the statement. johnny was a great team guy and hard-nosed player, and he will be sorely missed. our thoughts and prayers go out to johnny's family in this difficult time. >>> well, just last week the warriors announced they plan

dunbarton bridge, construction eastbound. heading north, no surprises there. south of there, construction on 101 between embarcadero and shoreline has just cleared. you might find slower moving vehicles for the next few minutes there. as well as further north, broadway and milbrae, 101 southbound has crews as well. they should be clearing now just after 5:00 is when crews should be on the move and haven't heard any delays. san mateo bridge moves slowly. let's check the toll plaza at the bay bridge. very light volume here. nice clear view. beautiful. looking at east shore freeway in the distance and no slowdowns there. >> that looks nice. thanks, mike. still ahead why water experts are already getting anxious about next year's water supply. >> also, do you happen to have one of those flip phones? you might be in the minority now. the rise of the smartphones, next. >> mark zuckerberg's hoodie a sign of disrespect? coming up. and reduces friction. thes skin think bond. gold bond. ♪ this stuff works >>> welcome back. beautiful live look outside this morning. kind

. >>> work crews have been dealing with windy conditions on the closed dunbarton bridge. seismic retro fit project is on schedule. workers and engineers have not really stumbled into any big problems. yesterday crews actually cut the bridge in two to make room for a new steel joint. >> next up is putting in the steel support plates that are going to create the basis for that joint. and then starting to install the rebar and welding, do welding for that. >> the $60 million project will nearly double the amount of movement the bridge can handle during an earthquake. cal trans says it expects to have the bridge open by 5 a.m. on tuesday. the bridge closure really hasn't hurt traffic on the main alternate route. the san mateo bridge to the north or highway -- 237 to the south, it has been smooth sailing all weekend. >>> good morning to you. we have a slight warm-up in store for the afternoon. a live look here from san jose, i will told, mostly gray skies, it's a little tough to tell when all you see gray out there. you have to get up above about 3000 feet to have that blue sk